33 1/3

I finished the book 33 1/3, which is about Neutral Milk Hotel and the album Aeroplane Over the Sea, recently (last Friday). It was pretty intense. Great read. Very informative about the band's beginnings, recordings, tidbits, what-they're-doing-now, etc. And I've listened to the album. Multiple times. So I understood what the author was talking about.

But then I listened to the album, the entire album, uninterrupted on a recent solo drive to a show in Lafayette. THAT was intense. I haven't let an album of music take over my head-space like that since, well, probably since I first started delving into Zeppelin and Steely Dan in high school, listening reverently in my car or at my house or someone else's with my friends. Its just always so amazing when a group of songs, friggin' music, can make you feel a certain way, can take over your being for a while. I had kind of forgotten about that feeling--its comforting when music can bring you back.

Anyone have a good album they've been listening to that they just can't seem to get out of there head? When was the last time you had this kind of experience with music? Comment on it...