great moment yesterday...

(phone rings, its brion rushton at the record exchange)
brion: "hey holly...i have a question for you. i'll get you a drink for this, i swear."
me: "...what? everything okay?"
brion: "yeah! this guy is here asking about smog albums and i thought you'd know."
me: "...you are calling me about the band smog?"
brion: "yeah! i remembered that you put them on your list the other day."
me: "...oh yeah!"
brion: "what smog do you recommend?"
me: "uumm...i get them confused with seam all the time. that album that starts with something about glacial..."
brion: "...oh yeah, that is seam."
me: "oh. yeah, i guess i don't earn that drink. do you want me to go in there and help you with this purchase? i'll help your customer find the right smog album, i swear."
brion: "where are you?"
me: "neurolux."
brion: "its up to you."
me: "okay, i'll try to make it in."
(phone hangs up, blake is laughing)
me: "should i be considering myself a record exchange employee yet?"
blake: "why havn't they automatically hired you yet?"

so, to answer the question of brion rushton, here are the smog albums i recommend.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:37jeeau04xu7

also to let it be known brion, there are two different smog projects. this is the more well known one...so hopefully i am hitting on the right smog here...

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sbv1z81a5yv1
a river aint too much to love is by far my favorite. i don't know what it is about this album, but it leaves you wanting more...i think anyways. its also rated as 4 out of 5 stars (and has tracks online to hear there if you'd like)

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:t1ge4j172waq
sewn to the sky is great too. the thing that gets me is it is a lot more abrasive. its beautiful though...reminds me sort of the first sigur ros album or the distortions of my bloody valentine's "isn't anything"...yet its not shoegaze, just freaking rough.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bl5h8qcnbtb4
julius ceasar i have yet to hear in a long time. i remember liking it. i remember it sounding low budget enough that it made me feel like it was "my" album...and so i related to it on that level.

personally brion, if the guy comes back, i recommend a river aint too much to love. that album was always the one i listened to. i hate when i can't remember titles without covers. i'm a visual learner. i do base books on their cover.