"I thought we really had something moving faster than love in plaster"

The day started off very well.  After I woke, I headed up to Wheeler to run with Jake.  He said he wasn't in good shape, but we ran a hilly 8 miler through Shorewood in under 56 minutes.  It was nice to catch up with him on some stuff since I hadn't seen him since early June.  When we got back to his house his mom cooked us an awesome breakfast.  Thanks Jake's mom: you rock!  After I got home I spent most of the day just playing bass.  I had to go up to Merrillville later.  That's when the day got crappy.  It started to rain and my car battery died.  So right now my car is sitting in a parking lot in Merrillville.  I'm probably getting a new battery for it tomorrow afternoon.  That's about it for my day.  Now I would like to move on to music...

I picked up the Hives' new CD a couple of days after it was released.  I honestly didn't know what to expect when I first popped it in, however, 30 minutes and 5 seconds later I realized that I had just listened to garage rock/punk perfection.  What's really cool about The Hives is that they have less than an hour and 1/2 of music on 3 major albums, yet they manage to have more kick ass riffs than many bands can squeeze in 5 or 6 albums.  Bands like Sum41 claim to be "All Killer, No Filler"..... The Hives ARE all killer.  Tracks to definately check out are "No Pun Intended," "B is for Brutus," and "See Through Head." ~ Rich