Note: I am finishing parts of previous AIE drafts as the project nears completion. Otherwise, I’d be stuck with lots of half finished drafts…This draft was originally started on November 26th 2008 at 5PM.

In theory, Apples In Stereo should be my favorite band right about now. I’ve always been a big Beatles fan, ever since I’ve discovered my parents’ vinyl Sgt. Peppers album and figured out how to work the record player myself (vague recollection makes this memory seem at approximately the age of ten), and I’ve recently been exploring the Elephant 6 collective a bit further (starting with Neutral Milk Hotel and expanding from there). Oddly enough, I’ve known of Apples In Stereo for a while, and had some random samplings of theirs throughout the years, but never really gotten that into them. I only have one album currently, New Magnetic Wonder, and haven’t given it a good listen more than once. Each time an Apples In Stereo track comes on in my Alphabetical Ipod Experiment, I want to hear more. Still, due to the nature of the experiment, I haven’t been able to listen to more than a song of theirs at a time.

I’m starting to wind down the experiment (of listening to all of the songs on my IPod in a alphabetical order by song title). So far, I’ve been through two pairs of headphones, over 6000 songs, a move, a cat surgery, a recession, an election, many hours of overtime, open mikes, and subway rides throughout New York. I still have a lot to be thankful for, and I forget that many positive things are starting to happen in my life. Thanksgiving is a time to remember that there is more in our lives than the usual day to day aspects, and sometimes the things to be thanksful for are the fact that, there are still so many more songs to go, and there will always be new songs to look for if we want to.

Still I haven’t as of yet gotten into Apples In Stereo, and I may not until well into the new year. But there is a time and a place for every new band, and soon the Apples In Stereo will make it’s debut as a fun band to listen to. In the mean time, I’ll be waiting for that day, while I listen to one of my classic new standbys, Nada Surf. The thing about Nada Surf, is that they write about being on the outside looking in, and about how life on the road can be an isolating one. As a musician, there is much I can relate to with that, even in their positive mindset which often pulls through from their outsider status.

Completed Draft on New Years Day 2009 - Weightless by Nada Surf 7030 out of 7625