I broke my first 100 play count on iTunes with Korn's Tearjerker. Hooray for situation-inappropriate misery and the related song addiction!

Tue 21 Aug – Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, Against All Authority

There's nothing quite like being pushed into a mosh pit ("It's not a mosh pit anymore. It's a mosh floor."), shoving against dozens, hundreds of people you've never met before and never will again, for a band you've never heard before (but they're not so bad, really), for their entire set. Sort of like having a sweaty fat guy (again, it's not so bad; you're already coated in sweat, yours and others', and it's kind of like padding against the vicious people) pressed up against…

I wonder why my iScrobbler isn't submitting tracks. Eh.

Family Values Tour '07 was actually rather good. Atreyu, who I'm honestly not into (though, apparently, I watched at Ozzfest or X-Fest or some such concert in the past), was the first band we watched (though we wandered through bits of Five Finger Death Punch (whose name makes me chuckle) and Hellyeah (who used to be most of Pantera)), and they sounded better than I remember them being on recordings. The drummer can sing, while the vocalist screams. They metalicized Jon Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name," which wasn't bad. After them came…

It kind of frustrates me that, if I listen to a song more than once on my iPod before submitting my tracks played from it, only one play registers. Oh well.

To: All artists
From: He7
Subject: Anti-War Albums

Message:

For the love of Christ, stop making anti-war albums. I am so terribly sick of hearing all this stop war, make peace, love is the answer crap. You're a musical artist, not a politician. You stick to your role. They'll stick to theirs.

(Also, to A Perfect Circle, stick to metal. Please.)

Love always,
He7

Dear Marcy Playground,

Thank you for making music that is such a nice contrast to the metal and heavier stuff on my iPod. Your music is ideal for a spring stroll. I am very glad that I randomly decided to put your CD on the Pod.

With love,
He7

Dear Bright Eyes,

What happened? Are we suddenly country? There's something icky about this new music, or what I've heard of it. I have issues with my music being labeled as "Folk." We used to be such emos together, and you used to bring such touching music, but now what is there? I hope that something better comes along when I hear the rest of this.

With love,
He7