Current mood:	tired
Current music:	Ani DiFranco - Red Letter Year

I got a total of 2hrs fitful sleep last night, following the incredible awesomeness that was Hamell on Trial (review here.) I never sleep well when I know the alarm is due to go off soon, because I hateHateHATE alarms, and in fact when I'm on a fairly regular schedule and getting decent amounts of sleep, I'll often wake JUST before my alarm goes off, naturally, and turn it off before I have to hear it.

So anyway, I'm killing time, because I showered last night, and my lunch is made, and I'm not leaving for work for another 1/2hr. In addition to farting around on LJ, this time-killing involves farting around on Wikipedia. I was looking at the list of "Musical groups disestablished in 2008." What a fucking awkward way of phrasing that, eh? Seriously.

Anyway, I learned, or relearned, or was reminded, that Quiet Riot disbanded late last year, because Kevin DuBrow was found dead in November. I can't believe I didn't remember that, assuming I ever knew. All I can say, and you can mock me all you like, is that I'm glad I saw Quiet Riot when I did (sometime in '99 or '00, I can't remember which) because it would've sucked to miss them entirely. They were my favorite band when I was a little kid! My best friend at the time was heavy into INXS herself, and my cousin cartoongoddess, whom we also hung out with a lot, was a hardcore Depeche Mode fan. Funny - hair metal, pop, and post-punk. An interesting combination.

Most of the other bands on the "disestablished" list were acts I'd never heard of. Sad. Apparently someone cared about them enough to write them Wikipedia entries... so it's sad that they broke up, and sadder still that no one cares. Heh.

As contrast, I have heard of exactly ZERO of the acts listed has having been established in 2008... which is more reasonable, I guess... give 'em time to get famous, right? Still I'd like to become more well-versed in modern music. I feel like I should, anyway. It's wrong of me, though, I think, that I have this disturbing rubbernecking desire to cross-reference the "Musical groups established in 2007" list with the "Musical groups disestablished in 2008" list. Isn't it?