I just got back from the waste of time that was my accounting class. Out of the 2-1/2 hours I spent in class tonight we talked about new material for only 20 minutes. We had a take home test due tonight but my teach went over all the answers including the extra credit in class. What a joke. Is it too much to ask to learn something during class? I mean, I’m willing to play along and get an easy A, but it’s such a waste of my time. I don’t have a whole lot of extra time just floating around. I also think that the amount of $$ I am paying to attend this school justifies my whining. On to the music.

Most people are probably familiar with Tim Kinsella’s work in some form or another. You may know his work in caP’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Sky Corvair, Friend/Enemy, Owls, and now Make Believe. While I would never really classify anything that Kinsella has done as “easy listening” most of it is (to me at least) enjoyable and rewarding. After hearing the caP’n Jazz version of “Winter Wonderland,” Ben Weasel called it “the proof that caP’n Jazz is the cruddiest and most pretentious band in Chicago.” I have to believe that only fueled his fire.

The new Wilderness album has been getting a lot of play in my MP3 player (no I don’t yet own an iPod) as of late. It is reminiscent sometimes of Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, John Lydon (PIL) and other bands in that vein, but that is a good thing. They are also from Baltimore. I don’t why I think that’s strange, but I do.

MP3 | Make Believe – We’re All Going To Die ST EP
MP3 | Wilderness – Marginal Over ST

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