it's jen's birthday. happy birthday baby :)

this modest mouse cd... i dunno. i remember fresh/soph year that i sorta listened to them, got a poster from working at tower, and whatever, dismissed them as another too-cool indie band. a band that people name-dropped to sound cool. but now i'm listening to good news... and i want to go back to all their other albums, cuz this one is awesome. simply awesome. if you recall, i gave the modest mouse a relatively low grade, in comparison to franz ferdinand. when revisiting that, i have to say that i think the modest mouse is a hell of a lot better than the franz ferdinand. i do like a couple of the tracks off the franz ferdinand a lot, but regardless, modest mouse is much better. it's more approachable too, while the franz ferdinand has some tracks that are just weird.

my website has been chugging recently. i apologize. i think i'm going to get my site hosted. what this means is that i pay like $200, and some company lets me put all my files on their servers, servers which are connected to the internet on much larger pipes than cable modems. i think its a good move for the long term. the $200 will get me two years. i just need to find a time when i can afford dropping $200 on this site, a site which has cost very close to nothing up to this point. i've spent like $60 on the box its on and the cables connecting to it... pretty cheap, for 4 years of elscorcho.

i hope you guys like the new banner graphic. its kind of intense, but i like it a lot. it reminds me of when i had the eyes picture in the header... way back when...