So ya’ll might not know that I play the drums. Started when I was about 14. That means I’ve been playing for, um, a while. Turns out though that I haven’t played much in the last couple of years. Mostly I think this is because most new music these days just blows. Playing the drums is a purely right brained thing, a trip into the indescribable, and nothing has been inspiring me lately. I just gotta say that most of the music that is popular these days makes me want to yak up something disgusting, put it into a envelope and send to the music companies. One quivering pile of yak per company.

One band I’ve really learned to respect and enjoy is Big Head Todd and the Monsters. They’re not flashy. They don’t sing about bad ass they are. And the only cap they’re busting is a comfortable ball cap. So there. What they do do is write great songs and play their own instruments very well indeed. They’re a guitar band, very blues based. Great vocals and catchy songs. They’ve been around a while and I first found out about them a few years back when I saw them open for Dave Matthews band. Check em out. “Sister Sweetly” is a good disk to start with. Give them a few listens, I guarantee they’ll grow on you. Interestingly, I could care less about DMB now, and I’m still listening to BHTM.

Check out their web site: http://www.bigheadtodd.com/index.shtml

Tell em’ I sent ya.