Big Success

I haven't posted on music in a while but approximately thirty minutes ago I discovered through a friend's Facebook post of a Tweet and exciting new-to-me band: Big Success. The British (I assume they refer to UK-based Norwich) trio of Dudley, Darren, and Mikey have an up-tempo rock with a splash of punk and a little pop. They list themselves as fans of The Replacements on their Facebook page. I was instantly a fan of their music, via bandcamp. I am also a fan of their self-description:

"Three grown men who get on really well.Some people think our songs are too short. We think everyone else's are too long."

They have all of two EPs - one from 2009 and one that has time-traveled from its listed release date of June 2012. Please note that it is only the month of five in the year of twelve. Perhaps there is more to come before it's official release? They have a show in Brighton, UK next week.

Anyway, you should check them out. More information can be found on Tumblr and Twitter.

Days Six and Seven Without Oliver

I had a busy weekend here without you. I cleaned up the house a little bit and weed-whacked  all throughout the backyard on Sunday. I attacked and was attacked by all the rose bushes out there. I'm not going to lie, I did get a little choked up when I was working around your grave and later when I was getting along the edge of the field and thought about all the times you would chase me from one end of the field to the other as I smacked golf balls around back there. I found a few balls down there, probably the ones that I lost a few weekends ago. You were just so dang adorable. On Monday morning I woke up incredibly refreshed. I slept like a baby then I had a pretty decent day at work and went to the gym after. I have some good news; I finally sold Roxy. I was offered $250 by a guy I know at the junkyard a few weeks ago but I decided I would rather see her put to good use than see her turn into a cube. I put her on Craigslist and received at least ten hits on it. I was surprised by how many there were. I sold her within a day. We had a lot of good memories in that old girl. We put 75k miles on it together. Oh how you loved sleeping in the front passenger seat as I washed it, cleaned it, worked on it. You always liked helping me work on it and we sure did spend a lot of time out there in dad's garage fixing it up. Good times.

Welp, I should be getting to work. I'm sorry I haven't written you the past few days but I haven't been feeling as sappy lately. I'm feeling a whole lot better. So, I'm thinking now that I am feeling better and its been a week since your big day that I might just write to you weekly on Mondays.

Good morning, puppy
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