  I've noticed this disturbing trend for quite awhile now, and today, looking back through my archived posts, it's confirmed: I suffer from constipated positivity! While I can write buckets and buckets about Celine Dion (and the abuse just won't stop), I can't quite express myself adequately when it comes to something I DO like... Case-in-point, this week, I've started listening to JESUS & MARY CHAIN's Darklands album and I become completely flummoxed when asked what I like about it.
It's.. um.. really, really good? Err, it just sounds SO cool? Geez. *rolls eyes* Other CDs in the changer: AIR, Talkie Walkie I laughed the first time I saw the title of this album. That is, until someone told me that "talkie walkie" is just how they say "walkie talkie" in France. French people are so weird. ARAB STRAP, Elephant Shoe Naturally, I'd want to check out a band that 1) named themselves after a BELLE & SEBASTIAN song that 2) is common in S&Mish paraphernalia. FIVE FOR FIGHTING, The Battle For Everything It's true. John Ondrasik wants to be on Dawson's Creek. Too bad Dawson's no longer with us. Fortunately, he has other fine, fine WB programming to choose from such as One Tree Hill and The OC. *stabs eyes out* KINGS OF LEON, Youth & Young Manhood Critically labeled the "Southern-fried Strokes"... NORAH JONES, Feels Like Home It's nice to listen to.
The mice don't mind it either. Though, they like Josh Groban better. RYAN ADAMS, Love Is Hell Pt. 1 Ryan Adams is completely schizoid. Listen to his gorgeous cover of "Wonderwall" in this EP release, then look at that atrocious Rock'n'Roll album and the screaming and the distortion. I prefer his Wonderwall. THE WALKMEN, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone And lastly, but not least... I first heard The Walkmen in a Saturn car commercial. "We've Been Had" was the best single I'd heard all year (that was 2002, I believe). The rest of this album doesn't sound like that. I'm bummed. They have a new one out called Bows and Arrows I think. Don't know if I'll risk buying it. If anyone has heard it, email me! 
