The Hippos — Wasting My Life

Oh what I would give to get to see these guys live... They were winding down just as I was getting into them way back in 2000. It’s weird that this version of the song is slightly different than the album version — ever so slightly more poppy.

Overall, this album is phenomenal and really stands the test of time despite being 17 years old. Hard to believe it has been that long…

Turns out lead singer Ariel Rechtshaid went on to do huge things in the music industry, writing songs for some major artists like Bieber, Usher, Snoop — oh, and he won a Grammy for his work with Vampire Weekend. Rich, who played trombone, had a few other bands including Southbase whom I also loved (though they never went anywhere). Not sure what the others are up to nowadays…