tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30500365.post-82757251886098838242007-03-11T08:31:00.000-05:002007-03-11T08:58:08.945-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Q9MF-5U-Eis/RfQFNPNl7UI/AAAAAAAAACM/fsLszMDbzxM/s1600-h/57383853.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Q9MF-5U-Eis/RfQFNPNl7UI/AAAAAAAAACM/fsLszMDbzxM/s400/57383853.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040659607914409282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.brendanbenson.com/">Brendan Benson</a> and I have a sordid history.<br /><br />When I first moved down here I hated it. I hated that I knew I HAD to move for my own good when all I wanted was to be back in Chicago. All my friends were back there. Everything I had grown to love was in the city. My friend, who was in a similar situation said to me, remember what Brendan said "It's only temporary..."<br /><br />It was at that point I threw "Me Just Purely" on constant repeat, identifying with lyrics such as<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And I promise I'll get back on track</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I'll get better so I can come home</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">My looks and my skin and in my head</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In this town, this place I call my home</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Well it's me just purely<br /><br /></span>Well, when I found out that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">bb</span> was playing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Birdys</span> back in September of 2005, of course I went. Alone, as I had no friends down here, really. And it was that fateful show that I met my first real rad <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://resistinginertia.wordpress.com/">friend</a> down here, who turned out to be far more like myself that I could have ever imagined.<br /><br />Well, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bb</span> has been awful quiet lately. Sure, he's been doing the whole <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.theraconteurs.com/">Raconteurs</a> stuff, but as for his solo stuff he's been missing for awhile. When I read the White Stripes were putting together a new album (am I the only one who vaguely remembers them saying <span style="font-style: italic;">Elephant</span> was going to be their last album?), I thought, huh, maybe I'll get some new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bb</span> stuff too.<br /><br />Apparently <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://somuchsilence.com/?p=599">So Much Silence</a> was thinking the same thing. Turns out Brendan has put up some new tracks on his <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/brendanbenson"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">myspace</span></a> page. It's a little darker than what I've come to love. But<br />I still dig it. And it makes me <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">squee</span> like a little girl at the prospect of a new album and subsequent tour.<br /><br />I can only imagine what sort of memories I'll make with that.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30500365-8275725188609883824?l=monkeymusiconline.blogspot.com'/></div>monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069321078505135848noreply@blogger.com1