Can't survive a day without music.
Living in Los Angeles, it's part of everyday life. This is mine.
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Following
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Kent - If You Were Here
from the 1997 album Isola
Swedish alternative act Kent never really made it big outside of their homeland, which to this day remain successful there. The band has a minor hit on the US charts, an english version of their tune Om du var här.
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Bad Religion - Only Entertainment
from the 1992 album Generator
(via misterpeace)
AFI - Very Proud of Ya LP 1996
A damn fine album that I used to listen to again and again as a youngster. AFI the band has certainly progressed as a unit, unbound to whatever “punk scene” they were attached to in their past. Sometimes it’s hard to believe today that this is the same band I normally chatted with at The Glass House nine years ago.
Much like their heroes and friends Rancid and The Offspring, AFI worked their asses off constantly touring and not being afraid to change their musical style, and I think it seemed to have paid off.
blogging away in LA moves to Tumblr
So it’s come to this.
I’ve been posting more music over at my tumblr blog than right here. I’m sorry, but aside from reading friends blogspot’s I spend more time on tumblr.
Not to say tumblr is perfect, but I do get a more ‘community’ feel out of using it. You can ‘like’ and reblog other posts, and follow people, and they can openly follow you! The major downside? It gets slow and the downtimes are constant. But when it works, it looks cool.
By the way, I am no longer listed in The Hype Machine, which is with merit as I haven’t updated this blog in a long time now, mainly due to several factors which I would not like to get into right now.
To the bands, groups and management who reached out —thank you and I promise to get back to you all on the new blogawayLA.com —though until the process is complete it’s called:
http://blogawayla.tumblr.com
Thank you and thanks to blogger.com for four very awesome years together. I’ll post one last time here when the switch is official…
—Ivan
email: ivan at blogawayLA dot com
James - Sit Down
The Traits - Nobody Loves The Hulk
