Music

The nice people we're staying with gave us some "Merry Christmas" money, and the other day we went out and bought ourselves some presents. We ended up buying 4 CDs at Vintage Vinyl. I had just read the Entertainment Weekly article about Gwen Stephani, and I realized I did not have the No Doubt Tragic Kingdom album. I mean, what is wrong with me? I was in high school and college when that album was really big. I danced around to "Spiderwebs" I don't know how many times, and like many others (Travis included), I had part of that song on my dorm room answering machine. Some of those songs meant a lot to me back in the days of rollercoaster emotions and broken relationships. Oh, wait, I think I still have rollercoaster emotions at times, just as Travis. Anyway, I bought a used copy of that album.


And we got the new Avett Brothers EP which has a song on there we can really relate to at the moment:



"Some say with age that our purpose comes clear. I see the opposite happening here. Am I losing my mind, or am I growing backwards with time? For all I know, there's more I don't." It seems these days when people ask us questions, much of what we answer involves the words, "I don't know." But I think that's actually ok.


Travis also got the new Beck album and the first album by a new band with Jack White called, well, I don't remember what it's called. I guess it's not as catchy a name as "The White Stripes." It is just so fun to have some new music to listen to!