So to make it 4 in a row, I'll post about a random topic that is almost related to running.

A post on teambaraka's journal a few days ago got me thinking about music (while running.. see I told you it was related).  I don't wear any kind of music player when I run, but I always have something bopping around in my head if I am out there on my own.  It is usually the last thing I listened to before that particular run, even if it was hours or days ago.  Sometimes it is a song I am making up as I go along.  Since August, about the only thing I have been listening to in my car is a band called Pinback.  And so it follows that pretty much the only music in my head while I have been running for the past 8+ months has been Pinback.  I can't say that it is particularly well-suited to running.. some of it is.. others stuff maybe not so much.  I had "Good to Sea" and "Walters" from their latest album stuck in my head during most of Austin - here is where the running-related stuff ends.  

Their music manages to hit the right nerve with me,  and I find myself singing along, even when I don't actually know what the words are. This is one of those bands I kind of wish more people knew about (and also kind of don't).  A small part of the attraction, admittedly, is that they are just two geeks in the basement with a computer, a microphone, and some musical instruments. It would be a shame to ruin that.   Most of my obsession with them though, is that they make really good music.  They have these interesting vocal harmonies in nearly every song that are strangely compelling, and the rest of the instrumental parts all just kind of "fit" and work together.  Anyway, since I'm out here kind of pimping them... there's a few samples on their myspace page if anyone is interested in taking a listen: Pinback's Myspace Page