(apologies to Public Enemy for the entry title – and kudos to anyone who recognized it)<\/p>\n
Those who know me know that I am little, well, obsessed about music. My CD and now digital-music collection are prized possessions. I have a stack of at least a dozen self-created music mix CDs in my van at all times. I have an iPod Shuffle that I wear for walks of any length. And I listen to music while working, writing, almost anything really.<\/p>\n
Typically when I like a song, I'll check out the album. If I like the album, I typically look into other CDs by the band and read up on the band, etc. It's a bit obsessive, like I said.<\/p>\n
I much prefer a good album versus a couple of singles. Singles don't have much satisfaction for me; I like the impact of the greater whole versus the individual part. <\/p>\n
Good bads produce albums that are like good books. You can get different things out of them based on what you put into them. A careful skimming yields the gist of things, even though there is more under the surface. A devoted reading has deeper rewards. But the really GOOD ones don't give up everything until you really go back and re-read and savor at new levels. <\/p>\n
I love those sorts of CDs. <\/p>\n
Anyway, what Robert is spinning a lot lately:<\/p>\n
(in no particular order)<\/p>\n
AFI's DecemberUnderground<\/i>
Breaking Benjamin's Phobia<\/i>
Slipknot's Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses<\/i>
VNV Nation's Empires<\/i>
Coheed & Cambria's Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness<\/i> (long album title, fantastic story and sound)<\/p>\n
–Robert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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