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Day Three Hundred Fifty Four

Today was a hodgepodge of musical stuff. Here's a list of the stuff it included...
1) I uncovered two more songs to add to my ongoing list of "supremely catchy pop music."
One of the songs is the first song on the latest record by the Smoking Popes, who I saw the other day. It's called "Wish We Were," and it's a glorious pop-punk distillation of unannounced love.  The second song is by a band called the Vaccines. It's called "Norgaard," and it comes off as a mix of 60's California pop, punk energy, and surf rock.
2) Found a poster frame for my Alkaline Trio poster.
3) Heard from B. via text tonight. Apparently she has rediscovered her knack for "creepy, cool lyric writing again." I couldn't be more excited about this. When she hits that kind of stride, B. usually comes up with some pretty great stuff. She tells me she got an entire lyric tonight. Some rough ideas about melody, but nothing concrete yet.
As for me, I dove back into the music side of our record late tonight. I spent most of the time getting reacquainted with what I had been working on a few days back. Haven't had much time to devote to the band stuff since Saturday night, so I'm hoping that tonight was a warm-up for whatever successes tomorrow will bring. It seems like, whenever I have two days off back to back, the first day is a bit sluggish, and the second is more productive. Let's hope the trend continues.

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