Seed at Zero

I've been in several bands, and been generally an involved member of a local music scene in my time.  I'm had friendships with bands, and seen a couple of bands who had songs I thought were good enough to justify the tape to put them down.  Still, my all time favorite song by a local band is called "How Your Mouth," written by a friend (well, acquaintance at least) from college named Whitney Mower.  I heard it on her myspace page a year or two ago, and fell in love with it.  It's just one of those songs - I've woken up with the melody in my head.  Anyway, her album is on sale on iTunes now, called Seed at Zero, and it's solid through.  Congratulations Whitney.

Bruce Springsteen

I feel weird about Springsteen's music; I don't hate it, but I'm not wildly enthusiastic.  This is strange, as everyone else I know feels one of the two.  He's not a musician you're supposed to be able to have mixed feelings about, supposedly.

I was in a band with a guy who fell into the maniacal fan camp.  He had every "Official Release" as I discovered when I tried to show him the Japanese single import (I don't even remember which song) with the live version of "Chimes of Freedom: as a B-side.  Oh, yeah, already had it.  Being in a band with a self-confessed Springsteen fanatic was trying occasionally.  We almost became a Springsteen cover band on one or two occasions, and had a strict one song by the Boss per set-list rule that I credit with keeping us together.