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Got both of the CD's I mentioned earlier. I like East Autumn Grin (2000) better of the two. Despite some odd but possibly deliberate production quirks, it's a solid album, simple but honest. With a sound featuring M. Ryan's characteristically rough vocals and mostly acoustic intrumentation, set beautifully against violin and cello, East Autumn Grin is not extraordinarily innovative as an album yet quite original. While love and relationships are the dominant theme, a couple of political songs are thrown into the mix (such as "The World Is On Fire" which attacks media sensationalizing violence) and changes of pace are frequent and effective throughout. Pretty much every album I have breaks down as follows: 3 or 4 songs are those that I skip through immediately, another 4 or 5 that are quite alright, and maybe 3 or so that I really like. With East Autumn Grin, I actually enjoy each and every song... about as close to a perfect album as I've ever heard. Regret Over The Wires (2003) was a little disappointing by comparison, it seemed to lack much of the bittersweet passion and honesty. This album maintains a faster pace and has a more of a country vibe. While Regret... is a step back from the 2000 release, it does have quite a few excellent songs. The genre-bending and anthem-like "I Hope Your God Has Mercy on Mine" is a catchy tune with a very original sound, and songs like "I Can't Steal You" and "Long Blvd." serve to remind of the quality of the material present in East Autumn Grin

Yeah I wouldn't buy that.

Jackson Pollock was hardcore.

So true, those types are everywhere in downtown Portland.

It's always a little different depending on the album and such, sometimes it gives off a very country-ish vibe, sometimes it's quite electronic. I've found that his stuff isn't the easiest to download because of the relative obscurity. In fact the only reason I found out about him was that I was downloading tons of Matthew Good stuff and accidentally clicked on Matthew Ryan as well, and strangely enough actually liked the music just as much as MG's music.

I dig them. Very interesting music.

The CD's are ordered are "Regret Over The Wires" by Matthew Ryan and "East Autumn Grin" also by Matthew Ryan. To my disappointment, neither has arrived yet, it's getting me frustrated. I've never heard of Matthew Ryan. What kind of music does he play? Kinda folk-ish alternative. A little bit like Matt Good with a more gruff voice. It's really good stuff from what I've heard. If you've by chance heard of Strays Don't Sleep, they've released their debut album sorta recently, Matthew Ryan is one of their singers, but before that he released several relatively unpopular (and therefore very under-rated) albums.

The CD's are ordered are "Regret Over The Wires" by Matthew Ryan and "East Autumn Grin" also by Matthew Ryan. To my disappointment, neither has arrived yet, it's getting me frustrated.

"A Soldier's Dream" - Sleep Station

There's a new Postal Service album? I should definitely look into that. No. I've ordered a couple of CD's and they're coming in the mail.

If the postal service does their job, I'll have a couple of things to put here this week.

I've a chronically stoned friend who writes exactly the same way.

Apparently it's out on DVD, and they did at least 3 seasons. http://www.tv.com/titus/show/247/summary.h...ks;full_summary

Especially the dad.

That's like something I would do.

Definitely agreed on Titus, also Arrested Development.

I don't, they're shitty-sounding.

That's a really catchy song.

hooray for bashing system of a down! ;) Damn straight.

I think think most people have shows that they think should be brought back, or should never have been cancelled in the first place and thus still running. For example, clearly enough people have thought this of Family Guy and thus bringing about its (disasterously bad) comeback. I think the show John Doe (which ran the same nights as now-famous and likewise cancelled Firefly on Fox) should have run for at least another season or two, instead of being allowed to finish just the first. Sure it wasn't absolutely brilliant, but I think it was pretty interesting, and is certainly much better than some of the other shows Fox has tried running. There are of course others, but they don't come to mind at the moment.

Not for me, it's all know.

I don't wanna die.

I would kill to have a thread like that made about me. But you gotta be able to get women before you can have other people talking about you losing them. ;)

Christy's a fahking genius.

I haven't heard anything by either band, I don't think I'm missing that much.