Guitars, Drums, Tones, and Saxophones

Hi there! It’s been a while, I know. Things have been busy, as they get around the end of the year. And if you don’t know, I’ve been spending my time as part of the editorial staff over on Punknews.org, delivering news to the masses! It’s been pretty awesome.

My Best of/Year End List will be going up there in the next week or so, and I’ll have a somewhat expanded version up here at that time. And I have a couple of albums to discuss. It’s gonna be good times, let me tell you.

Doing some upgrades to the MySQL DB and WordPress, so if the site goes down, that’s why. Stay strong!

Pray for Mojo.

EDIT: Well, that wasn’t bad. Now we at the latest and greatest!

Just a quick note, did you know that you can “like” Guitars, Drums, Tones & Saxophones on Facebook? It’s true! Man, crazy, right?

Click here to get into it. Tell your friends! It’s cool, seriously.

Death to False Hope Fest!

Hey folks! I know I’ve been somewhat remiss in posting, but things have been busy. Just wanted to put out there that Death to False Hope Fest is happening in Durham, NC this weekend, and that I will be there! Anyone else who will, give me a shout and let’s hang!

For those who won’t be attending, you can follow me on Twitter to get jealousy-inducing updates live from Motorco! Just add @gdts_blog to get in on the fun!

Finally, here’s the schedule. Alright, see you in North Carolina!

Happy 2011, everyone! What better way to start off a brand new year than to spend a whole lot of words looking back at what’s passed? In that spirit, my Best of 2010 has been posted! You can check it out here.

And don’t forget, there’s still time to enter the Bosstones giveaway!

Just a quick FYI, if you’re the sort of person who’s into Twitter, you can get notifications of updates here by following @gdts_blog on Twitter!

That’s a cool thing, right? The kids are into it, I’ve heard.

Watch out for wayward Star Children

If you’re the sort of person who enjoys reading other people’s opinions- and I know you are!- you might be interested to know that the GDTS Best of 2009 list has been posted for your reading pleasure.

You can hit this link right here for an obscenely long list of albums, plus descriptions of the top 10, just in case you forgot how awesome they were.

Also available over on the sidebar are the Best of… lists from 2007 and 2008, if you care to visit those olden days.

Finally, coming soon will be a list of the top 50 albums of the decade. Because, well, when you’re in list-making mode, why stop? And it’s fun to look back and see what came out this decade. 2001′s How I Spent My Summer Vacation seems like a long-ass time ago, huh?

Here’s to 2010!

Yeah, this blog has fallen into bad disrepair. But I am going to bring it back to the juggernaut you all know and love. I still have music to gush over in a fanboyish manner! Such as:

• Teenage Bottlerocket – They Came From the Shadows
• Cobra Skulls – American Rubicon
• Chuck Ragan – Gold Country
• The Tim Version – Decline of the Southern Gentleman
• The Lawrence Arms – Buttsweat and Tears 7″
• and more!

So yeah, stay tuned, true believers. Excelsior!

Well, the holidays are upon us, and as a result, I’ll be away for some time. So, in keeping with the spirit of the times, I’ll suggest some albums for the holiday season.

• Various Artists – A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong (out of print)
• MU330 – Winter Wonderland!
• The Vandals – Oi to the World!
• Jimmy Buffett – Christmas Island

I might add some more here if I think of them. So happy holidays to everyone! We’ll meet again after the Bosstones’ Hometown Throwdown!

I was driving around this weekend, and thinking about the “X stars” system of ratings albums/movies/etc. I wasn’t pleased with it, as I feel the whole giving numbers to these things is pretty arbitrary. Why not give something more concrete? I was thinking it would be way more useful to tell people whether or not, in no uncertain terms, the album is worth buying, downloading, etc. However you choose to get it, is it worth it. So I’m going to move away from the stars/numerical rating system.