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So I have this friend who shall remain nameless (Kristina), who swears by late-night showers. There was a time (last night) when I would make fun of her for this compulsion...now I understand. Usually I come home from a smoke filled bar room and crash immediately...not tonight though. I just took a shower and feel absolutely wonderful. I know, I know...weak subject for a post, but fuck you guys, you never leave comments anyway so eat me. That being said, the comment board is open...again.
Much Love,
Bo

This may be old news, but I just discovered it. Many of us have heard Emily Strand play her accoustic folk music at the University of Dayton's Pub. Emily is a teacher at UD, and last year won the grand prize in the John Lennon Songwritting Contest in the Folk category. This is a contest that I have been trying to gain the courage to enter for the better part of the past two years. Not that I'm gonna enter now, but it does take away some of the apprehension to know someone local has won it. Anyway, you can hear Emily's award winning song, "Lou" at the link above.
Much Love,
Bo

So I have come to the heartbreaking conclusion that the bar patrons in Mount Lookout Square just don't want to hear original music. I remember talking to a musician friend of mine about a year and a half ago who claimed he had gone to the "Dark Side," playing covers, because that's all anyone would respond to. At the time I swore that the day would never come when I would join...but I fear that day is fast approaching. Last week I split my set at the open mic at Millions between covers and my original music and, with the exception of "Friend Zone," I got a much better response from the covers. That being said I've spent the past couple of years writing and playing my own songs so I've forgotten many of the covers I once knew. Be My Yoko Ono, Anna Begins, and Hit Me Baby One More Time (that's right I said it) just aren't gonna cut it for very much longer. This is where you guys come in. I need some suggestions on other songs I should play. The comment board is open.
Much Love,
Bo

As many of you know, I have had a long-standing, one-sided love affair with Counting Crows. Adam Duritz is one of my all time favorite song writers (though he is a prick of the first order), and Anna Begins was my favorite song of all time...was. My new obsession...Fix You by Coldplay. What an amazing song. It starts off with an old pipe organ playing a slow melody and a very simple vocal progression. Then, out of nowhere, a great guitar solo kicks everything into high gear. Next, an amazing FOUR PART HARMONY from every member of the band...I think that's what did it for me, I was spent after hearing that. After smoking a cigarette and drinking a bottle of water to rehydrate myself I'm ready to listen to the song all over again. My only fear is that this song may become a single and get overplayed...becoming a whore for the masses. Se la vie. If you don't have X&Y, get it. That's all I got.
Much Love,
Bo
P.S. Is it just me or did everyone else forget what a great CD Barenaked Ladies' "Rock Spectacle" is?

I really really want to hate Drew Rosenhaus...but now I can't. How can you hate a guy that brings a drowned boy back to life? Here's to the Shark.
Much Love,
Bo

Some things just make no sense at all. Things like brail on drive-up ATM's, windshield wipers on the headlights of luxury sedans that will never see a drop of mud, Pauly Shore having a new television show, and an article I recently found on foxnews.com. I was reading the Health articles on said web site and I came across the most asinine title ever...ready? You sure...alright here we go, "Study Finds That Medical Research Is Often Wrong." I shit you not. It sounds like a joke you would read on the newspaper at the beginning of "American Dad."
In attempting to discredit many research studies done by other scientists, the article actually says,

"Experts say the report is a reminder to doctors and patients that they should not put too much stock in a single study..."

Ironically enough, these "experts" failed to realize that this is, in fact, a single study. Fuck, I mean c'mon guys...think it through. If they're saying this we have to assume they want us to believe them, but if we do believe them then we can't believe what they're saying because it is coming from data collected from a single study, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE DENOUNCING IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!! Finkle, Einhorn...Einhorn, Finkle...my head hurts.
I'd like to go read the Fox sports page now, but I'm afraid I'll find an article like, "Heavyweight Champion Denounces Violence As A Form Of Entertainment." My faith in humanity couldn't handle it.
Much Love,
Bo

You ever just wake up in a bad mood? I did today. When I woke up this morning I was depressed as hell, but there was no apparent reason for it. Days like this suck. There was a time when they occured quite often for me, but are quite rare now (thankfully). Usually I just listen to some music, but I realize that even the albums that convey soft soothing melodies (eg. August and Everything After) often throw in up-beat songs in the middle of them so that you don't drink yourself away before the release of the band's next album. My roommate in college never liked to listen to sad songs when he was in a bad mood cuz he said he couldn't understand why you would want to make yourself more depressed. For me it's more of a "I'm in a pissy mood, I need to know that someone else has felt the same way before." If you don't understand it, you never will...congrats. For those of you that do, though, I made myself a mixed cd without any of the up-beat, life is great songs in the middle of it. Here's the play list:
1. Black Sheep (Live) - Martin Sexton
2. More Than Anyone - Gavin DeGraw
3. Burning Bridges - Jason Mraz
4. Today - Joshua Radin
5. Through Dreams - Bo
6. Boston and St. Johns - Great Big Sea
7. Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
8. Black and Blue - Counting Crows
9. Colorful - The Verve Pipe
10. You'll Think of Me - Keith Urban
11. Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls

OK, I know, some of these songs don't seem like they belong. First of all, Through Dreams is one of my songs, but beyond the blatant, narcisitic, egocentrism, I think it's a good song, and it comes from a very sad, very real place so it fits. Secondly, Closer to Fine is an upbeat song with a hint of hope in it...that's why it's last. Though I wouldn't put it in the middle of the cluster-fuck of depression, it fits at the end. That's about all I got...off to study for my final final. Wish me luck.
Much Love,
Bo

When I grow up...I wanna be Superman.