I woke up today, as I normally do, some time around 7 a.m. I fell back asleep, woke up again half an hour later, cuddled on the wife and went out to the kitchen for my morning coffee. This is my life now; A life where exercise and good eating have replaced staying out late and drinking. It might not be the most exciting period of my life, but it sure is the happiest.

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Didn’t listen to a ton of music this week, apparently, but I did listen to a surprising number of my favorite bands. Some brief thoughts under the cut.

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It’s a strange phenomenon of punk rock adolescence. You get into something that few people are into. Something that, in the pre-Internet age, takes a bit of digging around and commitment to find out about. Then other people find it. Maybe they’re your friends, maybe not. This thing that you’ve desperately wanted to share with other people becomes turf, something that you have to defend with the tenacity of a mother bear.

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Another week where all I do is post music that I listened to. Not to fear, though, kids. I feel like I’m coming back online a little bit after a long-term creative funk. You might just hear me frothing at the mouth about things no one else cares about soon.

I listened to a whole bunch of music this week. Top 30 is under the cut. And no, I didn’t listen to Slayer until I heard that Jeff died. Then I listened to a whole bunch.

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