Damn Straight You Can Listen Greedy

Just as you can ride dirty, be pretty ugly and eat jumbo shrimp, you can be a greedy listener. It may not be a blaring oxymoron however one  generally conjoins Greed=Aggressive and Listener=Passive so there inlies the oxymoronic tendency. The reason this blog is called The Greedy Listener is because in my past life, I listened to music for a sense of identity, for my ego. I wanted to be the tits when it came to knowing new songs, bands and upcoming shows. I wanted to have every tee-shirt, seen ever big band "before they were big" and make you think I was really fucking awesome because of it. I hated when Target used a Starfucker song on there commercial way more than you did. One time I confused Pennywise for Millencollin in front of a boy I liked and I hid out for a week. I was a full-blown, ego-driven, self-serving music snob lacking a true identity and and sense of humility. Today that is different.
Trouble is, since I had a nice feeding on humble dookie pie, I lost my drive to uncover the best of the best new/current/forgotten bands and artists. I want some of that desire to come back. In all honesty, my yearning to blog about music was sparked today after reading an old Twitter post that read "Cribs at Bimbo's tonight with Jemina Pearl, fun fun." I then wished I had logged every show I had seen at that time in my life. I was wild, inebriated and even despicable at times but still there is something sad and sweet about this young girl and her tenacity to discover others' auditory achievements. I have empathy for her today.
For the woman in front of you now, (yes I am a 26 yr old woman. Does that ruin your image of a hip, bearded man in plaid? Sorry) an undeniable passion for sound vibrates inside her stomach. She cries at the end of Don McLean's "American Pie" and throughout Van Morrison's entire "Into the Mystic". She knows beauty as well as sadness (the 2 go together) and wants you to know that same bitter-sweet pit in your gut.
I love writing, I love music. And now that I am no longer a stay-at-home asshole, I can truly listen, assess and express. I want to give back to the music industry but also regain a touch of the "cool" tag as well. Hope I can be consistent and introduce you to something special that tells you more about who you are and helps you know you are alive. Because that's what music does for us, both in the making and in the enjoying.
-ANR