What I’m Listening to

I don’t usually write what I’m listening to because most of my friends think I have a terrible taste in music and don’t want to know.  But today I got to listen to a couple of cool cds.  A friend of mine that I met at a TMBG show gave me a cd he had just finished.  It’s handmade, including the packaging.  And it’s really good.  Hopefully, he’ll have a myspace site up to share some of them.  His name is Jimmy Dority.  He’s really good.

And then my roommate let me borrow "The Best of Free Design".  They do a cover of "You Are My Sunshine", one of the best songs ever written.  I got a little teary. 

the free design

Well, there’s that.  And then, I finally found Andrew Schroeder songs.  He was the french horn player in the Polyphonic Spree.  He gave me a cd with a song on it a couple of years ago and I love listening to it.  I found his myspace under Andrew Tinker and The Goodnights.  I guess that’s why it took so long.  Here, go listen:

http://www.myspace.com/goodnights    

Oh, and I saw Jon Brion last night at the Canal Room.  I wanted to leave because I was getting inspired to be a better musician but I didn’t because I wanted to see him continue his brilliance.  If you’re ever in LA on a Friday go see him at Largo. 

And when I finally got home I went to my piano and disappointed myself and went to bed.