Mattison – Lawya, Columbia, SC

Cheers:

– Not ever having to go to school ever again if I don’t feel like it.
- Lifetime “Lifetime” (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen)
- The Swellers “My Everest” (Search And Rescue)
- SOME people realizing bands like Arcade Fire, Interpol, Of Montreal, Minus the Bear, etc. aren’t really that good.
- Albert Hammond, Jr. “Yours To Keep” (Scratchie/New Line)
- USC 16, #11 UGA 12
- Rocky Votolato – “The Brag & Cuss” b/w live @ New Brookland Tavern featuring The Great Depression
- USC 38, #8 UK 23
- Street Smart Cyclist “Demo 7-inch” (Our Neighborhood)
- Catching redfish and flounder in the creeks behind Debordieu.
- Not really liking The Weakerthans until this last album “Reunion Tour” (Anti)
- Piebald AND The Blood Brothers quit… finally! (YES! – Will.)
- Having Will keep me up-to-date with halfway decent music. Thanks, Will! ()

Jeers:

– Tim Tebow!
- Quirky girl indie schlop: Feist, CSS, Tegan & Sara, etc.
- Having to sit through another year without a Dillinger 4 album.
- Everyone getting excited about Against Me! and then they lay a semi-egg. Wait, this needs to be in the “Cheers” part.
- Losing 5 in a row. ()
- Latterman broke up.
- Saves The Day is still making albums.
- Tom Delonge is still making music.
- Jimmy Eat World “Chase This Light” … *yawn*
- American culture and its reliance/mimicry on things like cell phones, “The Hills”, Uggs, “reality” shows, and celebrities. I’m sick of it.
- The State of Florida.
- The price of gas.