That? Is what came out of my garden before blight and all manner of negligence took over. Next year.

Here’s a soundtrack-in-progress for Fall 2009:

Beastie Boys/Shadrach JSBX/Afro Ricochets/Little Bit of More Soundgarden/Fell on Black Days Curve/Fait Accompli Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/Love Burns Breaking Circus/Knife in the Marathon Hum/Iron Clad Lou Rodriguez/Rich Folks Hoax Smashing Pumpkins/Starla Black Cab/Hearts on Fire The Go/You Go Bangin’ On Chameleons/In Shreds LCD Soundsystem/Disco Infiltrator Lightning Dust/Take It Home Depeche Mode/Enjoy the Silence Black Mountain/Stormy High Loop/Cinnamon Girl Assemble Head/Mosquito Lantern Kinski/All Your Kids Have Turned To Static

I run (yes, run. I run quite a bit lately, especially since my new skates gave me the worst blister I’ve ever had, but that’s another story, and I kind of LIKE the running) to this music. I’ll be making a sitting-around-with-friends-and-beers soundtrack when the weather shifts for good. I have about had it with this fake “summer” we’ve had since the end of June. Forget it. Come on already, Fall, let’s just get you over with. SPRING 2010, Y’ALL.

I was talking with @RUTHER4D last night on the ol’ Gmail chat and was getting all nostalgic for when I first arrived in CHGO EIGHTEEN EM-EFFING YEARS AGO. He made CHGO so, so fun for me those first two very, VERY weird months. We crammed a lot in, including some benign mutual stalking, being stopped by the cops for open containers on Lawrence Avenue, a couple movies, sharing that first listen to Nirvana’s Nevermind when his promo copy beat mine to the mailbox, many hours on the phone, some wack house partying, quite a bit of drinking, and the birth of his zine (Speed Kills - no Wikipedia entry???? WTF???). O, man. I was not yet 23. I was a CHILD! What was I doing in CHGO all by myself at 22? Having a blast. What else?

Anyway ,all that reminiscing got me a little melancholy - I am not young anymore! OH NOES! Suffice it to say that after our chat last night I was more in the mood for Red House Painters and Codeine instead of Susanna Hoffs and Honor Role, but that is not a bad thing, just a melancholy thing. Stay awesome, @RUTHER4D!