now we're back at the homestead where the air makes you choke

So I was telling Mattt and Annie about our "band," and I described it as a "band quote unquote," and all of a sudden it struck me that that would be a really cool name for a band: "Quote Unquote." It would be written down symbolically, like "". I like this much more than the previously suggested ideas, like "Nth Degree," "Saran Wrap," and "Toast."

Just think of the possibilities for humor:
"The band, Quote Unquote, has written a new song."
"What, they didn't really write it?"
"No, they, Quote Unquote, wrote it themselves."
"What?"
. . . ad nauseam.

Part of the problem is that we're not exactly sure yet what our sound is going to be, since we're still in the very rudimentary stages. The rest of the problem is that Rae really wants Luke, our drummer, to suggest the name, so that we see some of his personality and he's put more of himself into the band. Which is cool, except that I fear actually getting the name out of him will be slightly less enjoyable than a root canal.

Speaking (sorta) of music, I need fresh stuff. I'm getting really bored with my current playlist. Rae lent me the Michelle Branch CD, but it's not as good as I had hoped it would be. Please, anyone at all who's reading this, just tell me what song to download. I will. Anything. Think, "hmm, Matt's life would be incomplete if he never hears Song X." And then tell me. I like everything except rap, hip hop and bubblegum pop.

Please. . . I have a lot of hours of AP Chem work to slog through ahead of me. . .