Pedro The Lion - Magazine

4:01 for April 1st

This is the song that originally hooked me onto Pedro The Lion (and subsequently David Bazan). It’s also my favorite song to play along to on the drums. If you’re ever interested in diving into the PTL catalog, the album Control is a good place to start. 

Wouldn’t you love to be on the cover of a magazine?
Healthy skin; perfect teeth; designed to hide what lies beneath. 

Headphones - Shit Talker

3:24 for March 24th

I guess that’s what you get for being born in the seventies.
But I won’t hold it against you
If you don’t hold it against me. 

Pedro The Lion - Diamond Ring

3:22 for March 22nd

But I’d hoped that you would change your mind by autumn
Especially when I bought that diamond ring

David Bazan - How I Remember

3:14 for March 14th

With one eye open you can focus like a camera on whomever you are capturing
Without exception I prefer it as a way to document the objects of my interest

David Bazan - Selling Advertising

3:09 for March 9th

A song that was not so subtly written about Ryan Schreiber and his Pitchfork Media empire of bad journalism.

So if it starts to get you down:
Just pretend that you don’t make your living
from selling advertising,
tracking trends,
corralling demographics,
and maximizing traffic.

“Anyway, more people need to tell lazy, sloppy journalists to go fuck themselves.” - Bazan

Unsurprisingly, I am beside myself with excitement to see him play in Buffalo next Thursday. 

David Bazan - Don’t Change

I’m so deep
That only in my sleep
Do the secrets that I keep
Float to the surface.

So I hold them down
‘Til they don’t make a sound
Like they accidentally drowned
Except on purpose.

And when I wake up in the morning I tell myself
“Today I’ll make a change,”
But falling into my bed at night I think
“Man it was a beautiful day to stay the same.”

David Bazan - Won’t Let Go

Who or what controls the fates of men I cannot say
But I keep arriving safely home to you

And I humbly acknowledge that I won’t not always get my way
But darling death will have to pry my fingers loose 

‘Cause I will not let go
I will not let go
I will not let go of you

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all.

Pedro The Lion - Second Best

After all… what’s wrong with second best?

David Bazan + Band - Gas and Matches

Holy crap. The original was good, but this is… holy crap.

David Bazan - The Man In Me (Bob Dylan cover)

Live in my living room. September 16, 2011.

And, oh, what a wonderful feeling
Just to know that you are near
It sets my a heart a-reeling
From my toes up to my ears.

Headphones - Major Cities

All empires eventually expire and when they finally do it’s never pretty.
So just sit back and wait for the attacks - especially in the major cities.

Please hold my hand, son. Daddy’s got you.
Mamma’s out in the car and she packed your favorite blue shoes.

Here they come: exploding like the sun, ringing in my ears like independence.
I agree; this doesn’t favor me. Still, bullies ought to get what’s coming.