Tonight, I’m off to the east coast. I’m taking a red-eye to NYC, will spend one night there, then Friday night in Philly, then Saturday night down the shore (for Drink Until You Shit), then Sunday night in Philly, then two or three nights in Boston, then I’ll close out the week and weekend in NYC. I’m flying back to LA from NYC on Monday night, July 21. This is not looking like it’s going to be a very relaxing vacation at all.

(As a reminder, my 29^th birthday is Thursday, July 17. I assure you that any and all birthday gift donations – which can be made my clicking the “Make a Donation” button on the right – will be promptly spent on booze and/or in the pursuit of boobies. Thank you for your consideration.)

Therefore, posting will…well, posting probably won’t happen it all. Uncle Jason desperately misses the east coast and needs some time to get back to his former life.

However, some music before the break. These songs can be heard on muxtape, along with the last Six Songs.

Six Songs

“You Can’t Break a Heart and Have It” Black Francis

I have no idea if this song is new or old or whatever, but I’m guessing there’s a 92% chance that it’s playing at either Motor City or at 151 right now. Bet on it.

“Let Me Know” The Sunshine Underground

Starts a little slow, but then gets slammin’. You will bang on your desk or car or chair. Promise.

“Warwick Avenue” Duffy

I’m inclined to say, “Ok, ok – I know this is totally cheesy.” But to be honest, I don’t think it’s really all that cheesy. Forget for a second that this is the chick that sings “Mercy” and you’re left with a nice little pop ballad with all the proper elements: a sad songstress, some strings and some minor key changes, and a climatic resolution. And true, while I do feel a little gay because I don’t think anyone has given such thought to a Duffy song before, remember, this is a guy who spent much of 1997 seriously believing he was going to marry Baby Spice. So I’ve come a long way since then. So back off.

“Amie” Pure Prairie League

If this doesn’t want to make you grow a beard, have a drink of some warm brown whiskey, and sit around in a circle with some friends and some guitars and have a good old-fashioned sing along, well, we must be listening to different songs. This recently randomly came on my iPod and I hadn’t heard it years; I then listened to it about 15 times in a row.

“Country Girl” Primal Scream

Just for fun.

“Anything You Want” Spoon

“If there’s anything you want/Come on back ‘cause it’s all still here.” I’m pretty sure that in one Spoon album, you can find every emotion experienced in a drunken night: there’s loss and sadness and longing all over the place, but there’s also exuberance and fun and even sultriness. If they only wrote a song about eating pizza and getting grease on your new jeans or yelling at a cab driver when he says he doesn’t have change, I mean, it’d be downright creepy.

[Have a good week/weekend/week/weekend – and wish me luck.]