Is this thing on?

Oh my goodness, what a year it's been.

Since I last left you in September, I've attempted quite a few blog posts. Alongside attempts for an album review of Brand New's Daisy, I tried to review for fun.'s Aim and Ignite, as well as my Top 15 of 2009!

Sadly, none of those posts made it to the daylight of the interweb due to lack of time and inability to put effort into editing and completing the posts. I want to ensure that everything that is published to this blog is a quality read for whoever might be looking at this.
I apologize profusely for this, but it was so difficult for me to keep up with everything I had going on at school. In the last year I've been in 5 writing classes, as well as my working as a contributing writer for my college newspaper! It has been quite an insane adventure, but well worth my time and effort.
Although music journalism is my future career of choice, I am hoping to finish college in four years so I can get out in the world and do what I love to do. Hopefully you understand.

For an update, I'll throw out that I am fresh out of my Spring semester and ready to take my Summer vacation head-on. I am hopeful that I will receive the chance to internship this summer with the music section of Houston Press, a major publication in my city. It would be the perfect opportunity for me! Aside from that, I'm planning on catching many shows this summer, so I will be adding a lot more suggestions, show reviews and (hopefully) a few more album reviews and interviews with bands.
I have also been hired by Warner Bros. record label to work for Houston's Warped Tour, so I am very excited about that.

Hopefully this blog post will be the first of many this summer. I really want to get my voice out there and share my ideas. Stay tuned!




Oh, and for the record, here's my list for the Top 15 Albums of '09 - 4 months late:

1. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
2.1. fun. - Aim and Ignite
2.2. Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
3. Matt and Kim - Grand
4. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
5. Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next
6. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
7. P.O.S. - Never Better
8. Coconut Records - Davy
9. Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - S/T
10. Brand New - Daisy
11. WHY? - Eskimo Snow
12. The Dodos - Time To Die
13. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
14. Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
15. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Can't Maintain