Papers, tests and commuter programs. Volunteering, sports and relationships. Having control over even one aspect of life is an accomplishment. I'm an intensely private person, but I am sharing my experience not to be understood as typical to raise awareness on campus. Eating disorders, I believe, are one of the most misunderstood, under-diagnosed, and stigmatized diseases.
Most bands try to put out albums once every two years or so.
Some bands take even longer, trying to incorporate new sounds and styles into their music. Before These Crowded Streets was an excellent studio album, while all the rest were live. Battle of Los Angeles, just its third album in seven years, is the band's most ambitious and well-produced album yet, and it definitely leaves a deep impact. There have been few albums that can be called revolutionary in the '90s. Sometimes sounds are marketed as new even though they do nothing but rehash old trends.