Chasing the Essential

"When I'm with you, I'm trying to do the best I can" - Chrissy AmphlettPlasticsoul (She's Got) The MoveWestside Cowboy PaperchainsGreen Circles UndecidedThe Pretty Flowers Ocean SwimmingKelly Jones Fire EscapeThe Cars Keep On KnockingMichigander TaxiRooney PopstarsDramarama Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)Baby Scream 5 - 21st Century BullshitCheap Star Happy As The TimeXTC PlaygroundThe Eyetraps every wordSpygenius Horizon ShineMark Ward Near YouJohnny Marr It's TimeThe Figgs Wait'til DawnSuperdrag Baby Goes To ElevenNick Piunti Every SorrowChrissy Amphlett Sometimes

"This indecision's getting more than I can take. Play it again so it don't look like a mistake." - The StrumbellasCheap Star Unhappy NowThe Summertimes LuminousMichigander OH GOOD!Elvis Costello Less Than ZeroGreg Freeman Loser's PrizeCal Everett & Zip Six I'sThe Strumbellas Skin Of My TeethThe Anderson Council Cable CarVampire Weekend CousinsLife In Film Get CloserThe Caesars Fun & GamesThe Connells Fun & GamesJohn Doe Never EnoughThe Soundtrack Of Our Lives NevermoreBiltmore Never Let You GoLiz Phair Never SaidKelly LaMay & Eric Payne Tin MenMantaray I Don't Make PromisesTrashcan Sinatras The Bitter EndBrian Fallon Love at the End of the World (feat. Brandon Flowers)

"I met a guy who wasn't real. His checkered past was just an act ... or just a style ...or just a lie" - The BongosThe Anderson Council Meet Me At The MelodyGreg Freeman DecadeThe Half-Cubes When the lights are outMarcy Playground Bang Bang BangThe Jack Rubies Witch-Hunt In LotuslandPete Yorn MurrayParthenon Huxley BeautifulThe High Dials Silas, Please Come HomeThe Bongos The Beat HotelThe Glimmer Stars Autumn GirlBrijitte West and the Greenowskis Doin' AlrightThe Tisburys The Anniversariesmatt pond PA Straight Into The NightJosh Rouse Things Are Looking UpMatt Hopper In It For The MusicNeko Case Madonna Of The Wasps4 Out of 5 Doctors Breaking RocksThe Romantics When I Look In Your EyesThe Producers You Make the HeatRyan Hamilton NAME

If someone wrote a story about my life, would I even bother reading it? - Michigander13th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss MeGreen Pajamas The Lucy ParadeTodd Thibaud Three WordsSteven Wright-Mark ProjectorMichigander Starting A BandThe Strumbellas Take Me DownThe Summertimes Save You NowAztec Camera Still On FirePJ Harvey Down by the WaterGlen Phillips I Was A RiotLanghorne Slim & The Law StrangersThe On and Ons Don't Miss Your MiserySpygenius But is it Powerpop?The Strokes Going To Babble OnBaby Scream ParoleBrigitte Calls Me Baby Truth is Stranger Than FictionGreg Freeman Gone (Can Mean A Lot of Things)Gene Champagne I'm DisconnectedThe Killers When You Were YoungRadiohead High and Dry

"The bell rings . . .It's a decade past my decadence." - Jim CarrollPlasticsoul J'adore The Drams Unhinged Spoon The Fitted Shirt Pete Yorn Life On A Chain Brian Fallon Nobody Likes You in NYC Gary Calamar featuring Robyn Hitchcock Who Are We Gonna Be Today? (featuring Robyn Hitchcock) The Connells Scotty's Lament Duncan Sheik On A High The Jim Carroll Band Work Not Play John Larson The Answer Tommy Keene Back To Zero Now Mike Doughty Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well The Strumbellas Skin Of My Teeth Ryan Hamilton Records and Needles Paolo Nutini New Shoes The Silver Seas Best Things In Life The Damnwells Pretty as Pittsburgh The Lemonheads Pittsburgh Donnie Iris & The Cruisers Pittsburgh Made Violent Femmes What You Really Mean