What's My Name

Howdy Friendo(s),

As last semester drew to a close, someone suggested that I turn my radio show, the Analog Blog, into a real live blog during my semester abroad--the digital analog blog, if you will. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that someone beat me to the punch on March 22, 2005. Of course, "analog-kid" spared me from a silly, ill-suited name. I spent the remainder of the evening searching through my itunes library, imdb, and my robust mental archive of ironic and cheeky references. After spending most of 2007 devouring any and all new music, I've returned to some old standbys over winter break, rekindling my relationships with Joe Strummer, Ian Curtis, Arthur Lee, Tom Verlaine, and the Davies brothers. Seeing as the primary impetus for the creation of this blog is my impending Austrian expedition, one of my favorite Clash songs, "Safe European Home", seemed to be a fitting source for the title. We'll save a discussion of the song for another day. First, a word on what you can expect from The Safe European Blog.

These enterprises tend to be narcissistic by their very nature, but that shouldn't be new for me. With that in mind, I'll try to post at least every other day. Posts will (hopefully) keep you abreast of my goings on abroad, while also giving us the opportunity to discourse about music, politics, pop culture, and whatever else floats my proverbial boat. I sincerely hope you'll take the chance to disagree, attack, affirm, praise, or just generally respond to anything you find interesting. As much as I'd like to think I'll remain in close contact with you all in the coming months, I know I'm too irresponsible to stay on top of it, so I hope this can serve as a way of facilitating regular contact.

Thanks in advance...