Anchormen, Aweigh!
The Anchormen, the band for which I sing, starts to record our third record tonight. Right now we have eight songs prepared, and we'll probably either release them as they are or hold onto them until we have more songs recorded -- like three more so we continue our 13 songs, 12 songs, 11 songs album-length sequence.

The songs we have lined up include:

Another Gentrification Song -- about the neighborhood development changes in Central Square, Cambridge

Audobon Park -- about a long walk I took (and a long night I spent) in New Orleans

Celebrate Democracy -- about how awesome democracy is

Finger Lakes -- about a girl in Rochester, New York

Idlewild -- about my ex-girlfriend and some of the reasons our relationship didn't work out, I guess

Indecision, Precision -- about doing your best and striving for your ideals... and perfection

Too Far Away -- about unrequited love

Unsung Heroes -- about some of the folks who helped make our country what it could be... but whom nobody knows

If you run a label and are interested in hearing some of the rough mixes, let me know. We plan to release this on our co-op label Unstoppable Records, but we're open to other ideas. And, I have a question for everyone: Should the Anchormen release the eight songs right away or wait until we have a few more to make up a proper CD release? Take the Media Diet poll.