Musical Checkpoints

Here's a couple of notes so far for the below post.  So far, I've checked out the Editors and HARD-Fi, with both coming out to be intriguing enough to check out in the near future.  Minus the Bear and Los Amigos Invisibles also sound fairly interesting enough to check out.  One band, though, that had been suggested to me and that wasn't on the list happened to be the Arctic Monkeys.  They shred.  Hard.

Anyhow, it was noted that I tend to spend a lot of time going over this stuff and this year's been somewhat unusual as I'm devoting more time to it than before.  Maybe it's become my "thing" to obsess over concerts and the like, but I really enjoy discovering new music and there's really a lot to appreciate about the live experience as opposed to sitting at home with your buds firmly planted.  Sometimes, it's a disappointment. When the performance transcends that which has been set down in the studio though, it's truly a special thing.

Surely, this was a phenomena began in the high school years.  Orange County itself has a unique local music scene, but definitely not for the meek.  Taking an inventory of many old shows experienced, I've lost contacts, my friend has had shirts torn, I've hung upside down, crowd surfed, been punched in the ribs, and loved every minute of it.  There's something to be said of concerts once you're a bit older, you tend not to want to get beaten on the one hand but on the other hand, the same thing I still take away from any concert is the energy you share with the performance and the crowd. 

I'm still delving into the list in my spare time. There are tons of bands yet to go through, tons of music to experience, and plenty of time to get familiar before the big weekend approaches.  Musically, I anticipate it to be one heck of a year and I find it's a good primer to try out something new.