Wander Logic
Friday, March 31, 2006
When a heart bleeds itself inside out
Daniel Johnston is a genius. Like someone smarter than me once said,"Insanity and Genius are two sides of the same street." Johnston has poured his mélange of mental illnesses into his art and its been coming out gold for years. Theres not much I could say that would do him justice.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston, a documentary detailing his story so far, opens in limited release today. It may be the only movie i pay for this year if i can get to a damn theater thats showing it.
Hes got two releases this year. One collaboration with Jack Medicine that came out this week, and a solo effort coming out the third week of April. only two albums i pay for this year? heh probably
a young DJ
LOOK i made it pretty. sort of
Life In Vain
Mind Contorted
The Late Great Daniel Johnston
i up'ed too many. so...
im going to link the dex and fix it later
i've included a couple of his original album covers. Johnston is also a respected visual artist. Theres an exhibit of his work through the fifteenth at the Clementine Gallery in nyc
If theres any chance that Ima genius its his type of genius. The fucking asylum crazy under-appreciated type, I mean.
my "radio" set 12-5:30am this morning
maybe if anyone ever reads this ill setit up a notifier of when im "on air"
oh and My Humps was by joking request. swear to god? swear to god
The Devil and Daniel Johnston, a documentary detailing his story so far, opens in limited release today. It may be the only movie i pay for this year if i can get to a damn theater thats showing it.
Hes got two releases this year. One collaboration with Jack Medicine that came out this week, and a solo effort coming out the third week of April. only two albums i pay for this year? heh probably
a young DJ
LOOK i made it pretty. sort of
Life In Vain
Mind Contorted
The Late Great Daniel Johnston
i up'ed too many. so...
im going to link the dex and fix it later
i've included a couple of his original album covers. Johnston is also a respected visual artist. Theres an exhibit of his work through the fifteenth at the Clementine Gallery in nyc
If theres any chance that Ima genius its his type of genius. The fucking asylum crazy under-appreciated type, I mean.
my "radio" set 12-5:30am this morning
maybe if anyone ever reads this ill setit up a notifier of when im "on air"
oh and My Humps was by joking request. swear to god? swear to god
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
They dont even put on the siren
Awesome weekend. really fantastic. not only did i grab myself the honor of being the first to vomit on the lawn of my cousins new house, i was also the winner of "first to leave in an ambulance, tied to a stretcher". ive never been so proud
consecutive nights, by the way. pulling that off in one would have been amazing.
the look on the er doc's face when i explained that i hadnt really had that much to drink because id drank way too much the night before was the the fucking icing. if it were a comic book the thought bubbles would have gone something like; her - "wow this kid is a fucking idiot" me - "dont i fucking know it!". in the comic, i read minds. in real life i just realize im being a fucking idiot about five seconds (or five hours, months, whatever) too late, far too often.
the story is my explanation for not having my hard drive. i didnt think to call and ask my sister to grab my shit when she left my cousins the following afternoon and she didnt think about it at all. no surprises this weekend really
that wasnt much of a story anyway. i left out the best parts.
anyhow, im currently without my toothbrush, my favorite sandals, and 99% of my music collection.
its really a blessing in disguise because all ive got listen to is stuff ive downloaded in the past two weeks or so. that happens to include a bunch of albums that id had at bitrates that dont meet my standards (which are not nearly as high in any other circumstance), which happens to include Matt Nathansons discography.
and maybe if i let my breath get really bad, everyone will fucking leave me alone.
I was turned onto Matty by a friend and mutual Jason Mraz fan. I remember one road trip she and i took, hitting three Dave and friends shows in three nights (SD, LA, SF!!), that Matt's song 'I Saw" became the anthem for. Neither of us could stop fucking singing it. I dubbed that trip the "dont forget your pants! tour 2004". the story behind that isnt nearly as fun as one might think.
I once created a fictitious country and called it Matty-nay shun. My roommates at the time werent getting along and didnt understand when i declared myself switzerland. Being a complete ass about it was the next logical step in my mind. I have pictures of one of those girls doing homework and staring in an atlas at antarctica for a good half hour. i found out she was looking for a city in alaska when i finally got bored of playing with my camera and offered to help her.
would it be an understatment to say i digress? that makes me want to listen to the biddy bums
but i dont have any of them here :(
One perfect adjective that always seems to come up in descriptions of Matty Nays work is cathartic. One inclination i always encounter when listening to him is to throw my guitar out the window. I wish i could write like this.
maybe if i got a 12 string
hes a fucking great guy, nicest musician ive ever met, and puts on one of the most entertaining and fun shows ive ever seen. pretty too
Please (1993)
Lost Myself In Search of You
Lie
Ernst (1997)
Church Clothes
Somewhere to Hide
Not Colored Too Perfect (1998)
All Been Said Before
Miracles
Still Waiting for Spring (2000)
Answering Machine
More Than This
Little Victories
When Everything Meant Everything (2002)
Fall to Pieces
Princess
Beneath These Fireworks (2003)
Suspended
Pretty the World
Curve of the Earth
Sing Me Sweet
Live at the Point (2006)
I Saw
"A Line from Lie" some banter...request taking and filling. classic matty :)
Romeo and Juliet a Dire Straits cover
i had to break my new rule of 2 tracks per album for matty
couldnt be helped. He's fucking awesome. That live album comes out next tuesday.
pick it up bitches
a couple upcoming releases from artists ive already featured...
The Still - Without Feathers
Oh Shoplifter
Destroyer
Im not sure "disapointed" is really how i'd describe my feeling about this offering from these guys, whose first album I absolutely adore. They shook up the line-up, losing the guitarist whos name i dont remember, moving Dave Hammelin (whose babies i want to have) to that slot as well as giving him more lead vocal time, and adding keys.
adding keys didnt really suit them
they come off like shitty coldplay knockoffs for about half the album. the other half isnt too bad.
its due out in may. maybe buy it if its on sale and you really liked Logic Will Break Your Heart
Pilate - Sell Control For Life's Speed
Barely Listening
Turn the Lights On
These Canadians, unlike those ^ , very unexpectadly blew me away with their new one. I very much enjoyed their debut "Caught by the Window", but it seemed to me like they were, well, coldplay knockoffs.
This album isnt very much like their first. It goes from enjoyable to fucking stellar about thirty seconds into the first track. Its out in Canada late next month with no set US release date, though that oughta change very soon if theres any justice. Caught by the Window will be out in the US in May. its all about marketing i guess
its raining. hard.
The best part of the whole drama is that i broke my toe. i guess i fell really awkwardly. i think the toe breaking is what woke me up because thats the first thing i remember, after the last thing i remember. so if you havent got smelling salts handy, just try to force your syncope affected friend into a standing position while their foot is curled awkwardly beneath them. works like a charm.
the worst part of the whole mess was definitely how freaked out everyone was. though my opinion might change based on how well this scrape on my fucking forehead heals and what scarring, if any, there is.
theyd thought id had a seizure. i got to tick another diagnostic exam off my list as a result.
ct scan...check
it was clean. im running out of excuses
seriously
im just an asshole
consecutive nights, by the way. pulling that off in one would have been amazing.
the look on the er doc's face when i explained that i hadnt really had that much to drink because id drank way too much the night before was the the fucking icing. if it were a comic book the thought bubbles would have gone something like; her - "wow this kid is a fucking idiot" me - "dont i fucking know it!". in the comic, i read minds. in real life i just realize im being a fucking idiot about five seconds (or five hours, months, whatever) too late, far too often.
the story is my explanation for not having my hard drive. i didnt think to call and ask my sister to grab my shit when she left my cousins the following afternoon and she didnt think about it at all. no surprises this weekend really
that wasnt much of a story anyway. i left out the best parts.
anyhow, im currently without my toothbrush, my favorite sandals, and 99% of my music collection.
its really a blessing in disguise because all ive got listen to is stuff ive downloaded in the past two weeks or so. that happens to include a bunch of albums that id had at bitrates that dont meet my standards (which are not nearly as high in any other circumstance), which happens to include Matt Nathansons discography.
and maybe if i let my breath get really bad, everyone will fucking leave me alone.
I was turned onto Matty by a friend and mutual Jason Mraz fan. I remember one road trip she and i took, hitting three Dave and friends shows in three nights (SD, LA, SF!!), that Matt's song 'I Saw" became the anthem for. Neither of us could stop fucking singing it. I dubbed that trip the "dont forget your pants! tour 2004". the story behind that isnt nearly as fun as one might think.
I once created a fictitious country and called it Matty-nay shun. My roommates at the time werent getting along and didnt understand when i declared myself switzerland. Being a complete ass about it was the next logical step in my mind. I have pictures of one of those girls doing homework and staring in an atlas at antarctica for a good half hour. i found out she was looking for a city in alaska when i finally got bored of playing with my camera and offered to help her.
would it be an understatment to say i digress? that makes me want to listen to the biddy bums
but i dont have any of them here :(
One perfect adjective that always seems to come up in descriptions of Matty Nays work is cathartic. One inclination i always encounter when listening to him is to throw my guitar out the window. I wish i could write like this.
maybe if i got a 12 string
hes a fucking great guy, nicest musician ive ever met, and puts on one of the most entertaining and fun shows ive ever seen. pretty too
Please (1993)
Lost Myself In Search of You
Lie
Ernst (1997)
Church Clothes
Somewhere to Hide
Not Colored Too Perfect (1998)
All Been Said Before
Miracles
Still Waiting for Spring (2000)
Answering Machine
More Than This
Little Victories
When Everything Meant Everything (2002)
Fall to Pieces
Princess
Beneath These Fireworks (2003)
Suspended
Pretty the World
Curve of the Earth
Sing Me Sweet
Live at the Point (2006)
I Saw
"A Line from Lie" some banter...request taking and filling. classic matty :)
Romeo and Juliet a Dire Straits cover
i had to break my new rule of 2 tracks per album for matty
couldnt be helped. He's fucking awesome. That live album comes out next tuesday.
pick it up bitches
a couple upcoming releases from artists ive already featured...
The Still - Without Feathers
Oh Shoplifter
Destroyer
Im not sure "disapointed" is really how i'd describe my feeling about this offering from these guys, whose first album I absolutely adore. They shook up the line-up, losing the guitarist whos name i dont remember, moving Dave Hammelin (whose babies i want to have) to that slot as well as giving him more lead vocal time, and adding keys.
adding keys didnt really suit them
they come off like shitty coldplay knockoffs for about half the album. the other half isnt too bad.
its due out in may. maybe buy it if its on sale and you really liked Logic Will Break Your Heart
Pilate - Sell Control For Life's Speed
Barely Listening
Turn the Lights On
These Canadians, unlike those ^ , very unexpectadly blew me away with their new one. I very much enjoyed their debut "Caught by the Window", but it seemed to me like they were, well, coldplay knockoffs.
This album isnt very much like their first. It goes from enjoyable to fucking stellar about thirty seconds into the first track. Its out in Canada late next month with no set US release date, though that oughta change very soon if theres any justice. Caught by the Window will be out in the US in May. its all about marketing i guess
its raining. hard.
The best part of the whole drama is that i broke my toe. i guess i fell really awkwardly. i think the toe breaking is what woke me up because thats the first thing i remember, after the last thing i remember. so if you havent got smelling salts handy, just try to force your syncope affected friend into a standing position while their foot is curled awkwardly beneath them. works like a charm.
the worst part of the whole mess was definitely how freaked out everyone was. though my opinion might change based on how well this scrape on my fucking forehead heals and what scarring, if any, there is.
theyd thought id had a seizure. i got to tick another diagnostic exam off my list as a result.
ct scan...check
it was clean. im running out of excuses
seriously
im just an asshole
Thursday, March 23, 2006
lets talk etymology
did i say frequent? clearly i meant id post whenever the hell i felt like it
ive had todays tunes uploaded for two days but havent got around to actually making the entry. one reason for it is that my computer had a fabulous little meltdown yesterday. i feel so much closer to it now, like we've shared an experience. it’s much further along the road to recovery than i am. i gave its problems much more attention than mine have received. go figger
im almost done with the organizing. ive been moving and tagging hardcore for about a week straight so that portion of the process is nearly complete
and so… the cataloging of shit is also nearly complete
i found that im much more efficient when i havent got music playing, so i havent listened to much this week. Its been rough. no one seems to have noticed how much quieter its been. it seems the television shows i put on instead dont distract me nearly as much.
go figger
i took a break a few mornings ago to debate the origins and legitimacy of a three-point shot being called a "trey". I think id enjoy learning french
speaking of french. i had an urge to email my old roommate after watching dumbya's press conference yesterday morning.
I was particularly amused by his admission that theyve made a mistake in not allocating a larger portion of the rebuilding monies for local infrastructure up to this point. YOU MEAN PEOPLE MIGHT ACTUALLY SUPPORT YOU IF THEY SEE SOME POSITIVE RESULTS ARISE FROM YOUR PRESENCE? who woulda thunk? Ten months ago i wrote five pages on the subject. Not that I suppose I was ever alone in that opinion. It’s a pretty simple concept to grasp. If i hadnt sworn myself to email for emergencies only id definitely use the opportunity to provide Gilles with a laugh. Hes the only person whos ever called me brilliant. i havent smoked enough around anybody else.
i completely forgot what i was doing. The point of the tres -> trey mention was to tie it into a commentary on Blake Schwarzenbach's progression from Jawbreaker -> Jets To Brazil
oh well, im moving on. heres some songs
figger it out.
i might make up another player later. im not convinced its worth the time spent. i noticed some plays the last couple days. i might change my mind
also...this is the first time im seeing this page in IE in a while. i had no idea it had gotten so fucked up. id stopped checking. screw ie
Jawbreaker 1988-1997
Unfun (1990)
Busy
Drone
Bivouac (1991)
Chesterfield King
P.S. New York is Burning
24 Hour Revenge Therapy (1993)
Ashtray Monument
Do You Still Hate Me?
Dear You (1995)
Save Your Generation
Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault
Etc. (2002)
Sister
Boxcar
Jets to Brazil 1997-2004
Orange Rhyming Dictionary (1998)
Morning New Disease
I Typed For Miles
Four Cornered Night (2000)
You're Having the Time of My Life
Your X-Rays Have Just Come Back Negative...
Perfecting Loneliness (2002)
You're the One I Want
Pefecting Loneliness
huzzah for the two songs ive ever written
one i wont ever let anyone hear
one i never should have
i need to learn to play the guitar
ive had todays tunes uploaded for two days but havent got around to actually making the entry. one reason for it is that my computer had a fabulous little meltdown yesterday. i feel so much closer to it now, like we've shared an experience. it’s much further along the road to recovery than i am. i gave its problems much more attention than mine have received. go figger
im almost done with the organizing. ive been moving and tagging hardcore for about a week straight so that portion of the process is nearly complete
and so… the cataloging of shit is also nearly complete
i found that im much more efficient when i havent got music playing, so i havent listened to much this week. Its been rough. no one seems to have noticed how much quieter its been. it seems the television shows i put on instead dont distract me nearly as much.
go figger
i took a break a few mornings ago to debate the origins and legitimacy of a three-point shot being called a "trey". I think id enjoy learning french
speaking of french. i had an urge to email my old roommate after watching dumbya's press conference yesterday morning.
I was particularly amused by his admission that theyve made a mistake in not allocating a larger portion of the rebuilding monies for local infrastructure up to this point. YOU MEAN PEOPLE MIGHT ACTUALLY SUPPORT YOU IF THEY SEE SOME POSITIVE RESULTS ARISE FROM YOUR PRESENCE? who woulda thunk? Ten months ago i wrote five pages on the subject. Not that I suppose I was ever alone in that opinion. It’s a pretty simple concept to grasp. If i hadnt sworn myself to email for emergencies only id definitely use the opportunity to provide Gilles with a laugh. Hes the only person whos ever called me brilliant. i havent smoked enough around anybody else.
i completely forgot what i was doing. The point of the tres -> trey mention was to tie it into a commentary on Blake Schwarzenbach's progression from Jawbreaker -> Jets To Brazil
oh well, im moving on. heres some songs
figger it out.
i might make up another player later. im not convinced its worth the time spent. i noticed some plays the last couple days. i might change my mind
also...this is the first time im seeing this page in IE in a while. i had no idea it had gotten so fucked up. id stopped checking. screw ie
Jawbreaker 1988-1997
Unfun (1990)
Busy
Drone
Bivouac (1991)
Chesterfield King
P.S. New York is Burning
24 Hour Revenge Therapy (1993)
Ashtray Monument
Do You Still Hate Me?
Dear You (1995)
Save Your Generation
Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault
Etc. (2002)
Sister
Boxcar
Jets to Brazil 1997-2004
Orange Rhyming Dictionary (1998)
Morning New Disease
I Typed For Miles
Four Cornered Night (2000)
You're Having the Time of My Life
Your X-Rays Have Just Come Back Negative...
Perfecting Loneliness (2002)
You're the One I Want
Pefecting Loneliness
huzzah for the two songs ive ever written
one i wont ever let anyone hear
one i never should have
i need to learn to play the guitar
Thursday, March 16, 2006
truly
im not sure
ive ever been as conficted
who the fuck am i
truly
but damn if i didnt need that
my arms sore and my heads not right. but thats never stopped me before
big letdown today. i do a fantastic job of getting worked up over nothing
im done not making sense. at least for now
im also done trying to move on from the whole singer-songwriter thing
this is me giving in
LOOKOUT! ITS WHITE GUYS WITH ACOUSTIC GUITARS!!
Jason Collett
On the way to my cousins' new house we crossed "Collett ave.".
It begat a morning of rocking out to this Broken Social Scene member's solo work.
Motor Motel Love Songs (2003)
It Won't Be Long
Lucky Star
Idols of Exile (2005)
We All Lose One Another
Almost Summer
Sanders Bohlke
The company line is that hes a soulful mix of Ben Harper and Stevie Wonder. I dont quite see that, or see it at all, but dudes a nice listen anyhow. I hope to hear more from him. I love his voice and lyrically hes pretty damn good, but stevie-esque? Thats a stretch. His site just went live and offers his album for purchase. clicky fotos!
Sanders Bohlke (2006)
Till My Days are Through
Take Your Leaving Slow
these next two are a couple made-for-tv zach braff faves
gotta show some love to my Hotel Cafe boys
Joshua Radin
First Between 3rd & 4th (2004)
Winter
Do You Wanna
We Were Here (2006)
Closer
Someone Else's Life
Cary Brothers
All the Rage EP (2004)
Honestly
Something
Waiting for Your Letter EP (2005)
Lonliest Girl in the World
Wasted One
Farraby Lionheart
I've come to adore this man. The adoration is based primarily
on the expectation that a full album from him would be fucking
stellar. Hes releasing an ep this month, with a release show at
Tangier on the 23rd that im hoping to attend. He better make
that shit avaiable online though because i probably wont be able
to con anybody into a ride *sad panda*
A Crack in Time
Tickets to Crickets
Mason Jennings
I think I first listened to Mason on a messageboard reccomendation.
I fucking love the internet. His new album, the first to be released on
Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock's new label, will be out in May.
I cant wait.
Mason Jennings (1998)
Big Sur
Darkness Between the Fireflies
Birds Flying Away (2000)
Confidant
The Light
Century Spring (2002)
Living in the Moment
Dewy Dell
Use Your Voice (2004)
Empire Builder
The Light Pt. 2
i like these concepts im working with much more than those of eight months ago
as precursors to lyrics not that ive enjoyed experiencing them
the others were so fucking trite
these arent quite as cliched. chock full of spite though
no shortage there
im finding its a much better idea to write what you know than what you wish you did
its so much easier to be angry and hateful than to drive youself insane questioning the sentiments and reasons for them
itd be even easier to just forget it all
but ive never been any good at indifference
or letting go
march madness indeed
im not sure
ive ever been as conficted
who the fuck am i
truly
but damn if i didnt need that
my arms sore and my heads not right. but thats never stopped me before
big letdown today. i do a fantastic job of getting worked up over nothing
im done not making sense. at least for now
im also done trying to move on from the whole singer-songwriter thing
this is me giving in
LOOKOUT! ITS WHITE GUYS WITH ACOUSTIC GUITARS!!
Jason Collett
On the way to my cousins' new house we crossed "Collett ave.".
It begat a morning of rocking out to this Broken Social Scene member's solo work.
Motor Motel Love Songs (2003)
It Won't Be Long
Lucky Star
Idols of Exile (2005)
We All Lose One Another
Almost Summer
Sanders Bohlke
The company line is that hes a soulful mix of Ben Harper and Stevie Wonder. I dont quite see that, or see it at all, but dudes a nice listen anyhow. I hope to hear more from him. I love his voice and lyrically hes pretty damn good, but stevie-esque? Thats a stretch. His site just went live and offers his album for purchase. clicky fotos!
Sanders Bohlke (2006)
Till My Days are Through
Take Your Leaving Slow
these next two are a couple made-for-tv zach braff faves
gotta show some love to my Hotel Cafe boys
Joshua Radin
First Between 3rd & 4th (2004)
Winter
Do You Wanna
We Were Here (2006)
Closer
Someone Else's Life
Cary Brothers
All the Rage EP (2004)
Honestly
Something
Waiting for Your Letter EP (2005)
Lonliest Girl in the World
Wasted One
Farraby Lionheart
I've come to adore this man. The adoration is based primarily
on the expectation that a full album from him would be fucking
stellar. Hes releasing an ep this month, with a release show at
Tangier on the 23rd that im hoping to attend. He better make
that shit avaiable online though because i probably wont be able
to con anybody into a ride *sad panda*
A Crack in Time
Tickets to Crickets
Mason Jennings
I think I first listened to Mason on a messageboard reccomendation.
I fucking love the internet. His new album, the first to be released on
Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock's new label, will be out in May.
I cant wait.
Mason Jennings (1998)
Big Sur
Darkness Between the Fireflies
Birds Flying Away (2000)
Confidant
The Light
Century Spring (2002)
Living in the Moment
Dewy Dell
Use Your Voice (2004)
Empire Builder
The Light Pt. 2
i like these concepts im working with much more than those of eight months ago
as precursors to lyrics not that ive enjoyed experiencing them
the others were so fucking trite
these arent quite as cliched. chock full of spite though
no shortage there
im finding its a much better idea to write what you know than what you wish you did
its so much easier to be angry and hateful than to drive youself insane questioning the sentiments and reasons for them
itd be even easier to just forget it all
but ive never been any good at indifference
or letting go
march madness indeed
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
devils playground v.1.1
a few of the excellent bands playing the pitchfork fest. i plan on getting selections from most of them up here between now and july. it blows my mind that the majority of the lineup is as yet unnanounced
how much better than SPOON , YO LA TENGO, and the SILVER JEWS can it get?!?!??!!!
Spoon
how much better than SPOON , YO LA TENGO, and the SILVER JEWS can it get?!?!??!!!
Spoon
Telephono (1996)
Don't Buy the Realistic
All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed
A Series of Sneaks (1998)
Car Radio
Metal School
Girls Can Tell (2001)
Everything Hits at Once
Believing is Art
Kill the Moonlight (2002)
Stay Don't Go
All the Pretty Girls Go to the City
Gimme Fiction (2005)
My Mathematical Mind
I Summon You
Yo La Tengo
Ride the Tiger (1986)
The Cone of Silence
The forest Green
New Wave Hot Dogs/President Yo La Tengo (1987/89)
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Clunk
Fakebook (1990)
Here Comes My Baby
Did I Tell You
May I Sing With Me (1992)
Upside Down
Fatigue
Painful (1993)
From a Motel 6
Nowhere Near
Electr-O-Pura (1995)
Tom Courtenay
Blue Line Swinger
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
Sugarcube
Little Honda
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)
Everyday
Lets Save Tony Orlando's House
Summer Sun (2003)
Today Is The Day
Let's Be Still
Silver Jews
The Arizona Record EP (1993)
Secret Knowledge of Backroads
The War in 1812
Starlite Walker (1994)
Advice to the Graduate
New Orleans
The Natural Bridge (1996)
Pet Politics
The Frontier Index
American Water (1998)
Random Rules
People
Bright Flight (2001)
Slow Education
Tennessee
Tennessee EP (2001)
I'm Gonna Love the Hell Out of You
Tanglewood Numbers (2005)
Sometimes A Pony Gets Depressed
There is a Place
i recorded some more shit today.
ive begun writing again.
i'd stopped doing that about the same time.
the desire to destroy my instruments seems to
go hand in hand with any attempt at creativity.
whats coming out is completely different now
than it was then. it shouldnt be any surprise.
still nothing i should ever play for anyone
for completely different reasons.
funny todays post includes spoon
this isnt any of that.
i havent finished anything.
not really close either i got frustrated
and decided to have a little fun with some
ill advised forays into my falsetto
Delicate again
hallelujah blasphemous!
Idioteque seriously
Volcano what the fuck is taking damien so long?
Monday, March 13, 2006
Hot Town, Summer in the City
I just bought my ticket
I'm going to toss up some Yo La Tengo to celebrate but i couldnt wait to share my excitement.
awooooohoooooooo
24 acts TBA!
I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so, I'm so... scared! heh
now its really time for bed
I'm going to toss up some Yo La Tengo to celebrate but i couldnt wait to share my excitement.
awooooohoooooooo
24 acts TBA!
I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so, I'm so... scared! heh
now its really time for bed
Neko brings the pain
I decided against the nap. I still might throw my guitar out the window.
Neko Case's voice is enchanting. There are few better words to describe it and no more really neccesary. She is arguably the best of the new age Patsy Clines and with each trip into the studio takes a chunk out of any doubt there may be.
Shes a psuedo-Canadian, by way of Virginia and Washington, and a member of the indietastic Canadian outfit The New Pornographers, as well as the more rootsy Sadies, who I considered including in this post before my laziness got the better of me. holy run-on sentence
Her 2006 release, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, is the only thing Ive heard this year that I'd describe as "beautiful".
I'm going to do this a little different from here on. I started screwing around at this project playlist site. I've got loads of bandwith so it shouldnt be a problem. We'll see
The Virginan (1997)
Bowling Green
High On Cruel
Lonely Old Lies
Furnace Room Lullaby (2000)
Set Out Running
Mood to Burn Bridges
We've Never Met
South Tacoma Way
Canadian Amp EP (2001)
Knock Loud
In California
Favorite
Blacklisted (2002)
Deep Red Bells
Lady Pilot
Tightly
Stinging Velvet
I Wish I Was the Moon
The Tigers Have Spoken (2004)
If You Knew
Soulful Shade of Blue
Train from Kansas City
The Tigers Have Spoken
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2006)
Star Witness
Hold On, Hold On
John Saw That Number
Maybe Sparrow
At Last
The Needle Has Landed
after watching that Leno performance several more times Ive decided my original assesment was overly harsh. I was in a terrible mood and probably a little drunk though I couldnt tell for the throbbing at the time.
I fucking love Neko
and i think im ready for my nap now.
should i cross post this on myspace? eh
Neko Case's voice is enchanting. There are few better words to describe it and no more really neccesary. She is arguably the best of the new age Patsy Clines and with each trip into the studio takes a chunk out of any doubt there may be.
Shes a psuedo-Canadian, by way of Virginia and Washington, and a member of the indietastic Canadian outfit The New Pornographers, as well as the more rootsy Sadies, who I considered including in this post before my laziness got the better of me. holy run-on sentence
Her 2006 release, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, is the only thing Ive heard this year that I'd describe as "beautiful".
I'm going to do this a little different from here on. I started screwing around at this project playlist site. I've got loads of bandwith so it shouldnt be a problem. We'll see
The Virginan (1997)
Bowling Green
High On Cruel
Lonely Old Lies
Furnace Room Lullaby (2000)
Set Out Running
Mood to Burn Bridges
We've Never Met
South Tacoma Way
Canadian Amp EP (2001)
Knock Loud
In California
Favorite
Blacklisted (2002)
Deep Red Bells
Lady Pilot
Tightly
Stinging Velvet
I Wish I Was the Moon
The Tigers Have Spoken (2004)
If You Knew
Soulful Shade of Blue
Train from Kansas City
The Tigers Have Spoken
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood (2006)
Star Witness
Hold On, Hold On
John Saw That Number
Maybe Sparrow
At Last
The Needle Has Landed
after watching that Leno performance several more times Ive decided my original assesment was overly harsh. I was in a terrible mood and probably a little drunk though I couldnt tell for the throbbing at the time.
I fucking love Neko
and i think im ready for my nap now.
should i cross post this on myspace? eh
because, screw myspace
I'm doing this here now. I'll have the Neko I promised after i take my nap
i think im going to throw my guitar out the window
and spend the summer in chicago
at least four days anyway
i think im going to throw my guitar out the window
and spend the summer in chicago
at least four days anyway
Friday, March 10, 2006
if only time could reappear
Neko Case on Leno tonight...eh
Neko on the whole was stunning as always but the backup harmonies were off and as many excellent tracks as there were to choose from I dont really understand Hold On, Hold On as the lead single. Ill have to prove my point with the next post. i'll probably have a cap to include
i lied
im an asshole
Neko on the whole was stunning as always but the backup harmonies were off and as many excellent tracks as there were to choose from I dont really understand Hold On, Hold On as the lead single. Ill have to prove my point with the next post. i'll probably have a cap to include
*EDIT* Its 7am my heads pounding i found this
Neko on Leno
i enjoyed it alot more the third fourth fifth and sixth times
unfortunately im currently without my harddrive. i really wish id brought it. i could use some sad songs.
i knew this was a bad ideai hadnt really (i qualify it because i had a few beers a couple weekends ago but they dont count) had a drink in two months or so and now my efforts to temper the anguish have led to a raging headache. I guess I was sent directly to hungover. do not pass go do not collect two hundred dollars
i said i wasnt going to use the mood thing anymorei lied
in other news...
yesterday was the second birthday of the handsome little dude im hugging in that picture. hes so fucking awesome there must a whole village somewhere of ugly stupid kids he stole cute from. I swear this family hordes the cute
and also,
heres a big fuck you to universal music group...and hoping that the fbi is less than thorough in their investigation of our imperiled hero. lolz!what the fuck is up with the double spacing. and why does my page look so different in IE? the answer to boththese questions is the same
here, so this isnt completely worthlessim an asshole
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Just hold it a while
its much more satsifying that way.
for serious!
so i took a break from my break last night to play isketch with some ufckers and firefox crashed, right as i noticed that joey had sent me "a tantalizing kiss" in the chat box. coincidence? heh
I was two albums into beth orton
luckily i had posted after i finished the hearts so i didnt lose everything
paranoia can be productive
Beth Orton is another fantastic artist that I got into whilst exploring all things Ryan Adams. Not because she relates genre wise neccesarily but because they've collaborated, musically too. Shes a little bit of a slut i guess, but hey, i can dig it. I realized only recently, I can be slow that way, that she is the "little Daybreaker" he sings of in "English Girls, Approximately'. That tune being one of my favorites to play makes it even more ridiculous. I'm retarded! Its news...
Beth has always been somewhat of a critic's darling save for that album "Daybreaker". I dont really get why. I dug it almost as much as her latest, critically acclaimed relase "Comfort of Strangers", which was produced by one Mr. Jim O'Rourke and is another of my favorties so far this year woot!
SuperPinkMandy(1993)
A collaboration with William Orbit that saw a very limited, Japan only, release.
Trailer Park (1996)
She Cries Your Name
Live as You Dream
Whenever
I Wish i Never Saw the Sunshine
Central Reservation (1999)
Stolen Car
Central Reservation
Feel To Believe
Concret Sky EP (2002)
Concrete Sky
Daybreaker (2002)
Anywhere
Daybreaker
Carmella
This One's Gonna Bruise
The Other Side of Daybreak (2003)
Ali's Waltz
Beautiful World
Comfort of Strangers (2006)
Worms
Conceived
Comfort of Strangers
Countenance
Shopping Trolley
Im not sure exactly what the story is but, Beth began sessions for this album with M. Ward... another favorite of mine! could have seen him free while in new york last summer, alas my family pretty much sucks ...but broke them off in favor of working with O'Rourke. The bonus disc accompanying Comfort of Strangers offers some of the tracks they laid down.
What We Begin
Comfort of Strangers #9
Northern Sky
when i saw the track listing for the bonus I was exteremely excited thinking Northern Sky might be a cover of one of my favorite songs of all time. Its not, but also not a bad tune in its own right.
Thats Mr. Ward throwing a line in on that early version of Comfort of Strangers. I'll have to throw some of his stuff up one time, O'Rourke too
heres a Ryan Adams duet
Ryan Adams w/ Beth Orton - Brown Sugar
from the Gold sessions
Last ups this afternoon goto The Essex Green
I started listening to these guys...yesterday. Id grabbed their new one on a reccomendation but so much other awesome shits been leaking I hadnt gotten to listening to it. Then I did. Three songs in I began scouring the internets looking for more. Im not quite sure how i'd overlooked them for so long. I'm a fan of pretty much everyone involved with Elephant6. I find myself ticking off down the roster to make sure I havent missed anyone else.
Coincidently, Essex Green drummer Tim Barnes (primarily of the Silver Jews) played on Comfort of Strangers. small world eh
Everything is Green (1999)
Primrose
Mrs. Bean
Big Green Tree
Sun
Carballo
The Essex Green EP (2000)
Fabulous Day
Chester
Bald
The Long Goodbye (2003)
By the Sea
The Late Great Cassiopia
Whetherman
The Boo Hoo Boy
Cannibal Sea (2006)
I Don't Know (Why You Stay)
Cardinal Points
Uniform
Elsinore
Cannibal Sea will be released on Merge 3/21
you can stream the album in its entirety at the Merge Records site
theres another pretty kickass label
Robin sends his greetings from Holland, and asks that he be repaid for time spent uploading in images of american breasts.
McLusky - McLuskyism
Calexico - Convict
Silver Jews - Arizona Record EP
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Brazilian Girls - Brazilian Girls
these wont be up for long. we've almost completely maxed out my disk space and hes still got so much left to give. assuming he gets his tits that is.
check out the directory feel free to ask for clarification on whats what
I found another great utility to further the effort to make my collection organized and accesible.
http://oidua.suxbad.com/
Oidua is a pretty excellent application that will take your music directory/ies and compile them into a list. I'm told its a bit of a pain in the ass to get going on a mac as the gui is windows only, but if any help is needed with the command line, feel free to messge me.
The other issue I have with it is that it doesnt recognize aac or wma, so im going to have to go through and add the albums i have in those formats manually. even so im fucking ecstatic that i found this.
heres my list so far.
ive still got a ways to go with the tagging and moving
and moving and tagging
I got a friend request from this dude, Ferraby Lionheart
It's been my experience that maybe 1 of a 100 of these friend request sent en masse are worth checking out
this guy is that one
i want more
and thats all
i need a smoke
for serious!
so i took a break from my break last night to play isketch with some ufckers and firefox crashed, right as i noticed that joey had sent me "a tantalizing kiss" in the chat box. coincidence? heh
I was two albums into beth orton
luckily i had posted after i finished the hearts so i didnt lose everything
paranoia can be productive
Beth Orton is another fantastic artist that I got into whilst exploring all things Ryan Adams. Not because she relates genre wise neccesarily but because they've collaborated, musically too. Shes a little bit of a slut i guess, but hey, i can dig it. I realized only recently, I can be slow that way, that she is the "little Daybreaker" he sings of in "English Girls, Approximately'. That tune being one of my favorites to play makes it even more ridiculous. I'm retarded! Its news...
Beth has always been somewhat of a critic's darling save for that album "Daybreaker". I dont really get why. I dug it almost as much as her latest, critically acclaimed relase "Comfort of Strangers", which was produced by one Mr. Jim O'Rourke and is another of my favorties so far this year woot!
SuperPinkMandy(1993)
A collaboration with William Orbit that saw a very limited, Japan only, release.
Trailer Park (1996)
She Cries Your Name
Live as You Dream
Whenever
I Wish i Never Saw the Sunshine
Central Reservation (1999)
Stolen Car
Central Reservation
Feel To Believe
Concret Sky EP (2002)
Concrete Sky
Daybreaker (2002)
Anywhere
Daybreaker
Carmella
This One's Gonna Bruise
The Other Side of Daybreak (2003)
Ali's Waltz
Beautiful World
Comfort of Strangers (2006)
Worms
Conceived
Comfort of Strangers
Countenance
Shopping Trolley
Im not sure exactly what the story is but, Beth began sessions for this album with M. Ward... another favorite of mine! could have seen him free while in new york last summer, alas my family pretty much sucks ...but broke them off in favor of working with O'Rourke. The bonus disc accompanying Comfort of Strangers offers some of the tracks they laid down.
What We Begin
Comfort of Strangers #9
Northern Sky
when i saw the track listing for the bonus I was exteremely excited thinking Northern Sky might be a cover of one of my favorite songs of all time. Its not, but also not a bad tune in its own right.
Thats Mr. Ward throwing a line in on that early version of Comfort of Strangers. I'll have to throw some of his stuff up one time, O'Rourke too
heres a Ryan Adams duet
Ryan Adams w/ Beth Orton - Brown Sugar
from the Gold sessions
Last ups this afternoon goto The Essex Green
I started listening to these guys...yesterday. Id grabbed their new one on a reccomendation but so much other awesome shits been leaking I hadnt gotten to listening to it. Then I did. Three songs in I began scouring the internets looking for more. Im not quite sure how i'd overlooked them for so long. I'm a fan of pretty much everyone involved with Elephant6. I find myself ticking off down the roster to make sure I havent missed anyone else.
Coincidently, Essex Green drummer Tim Barnes (primarily of the Silver Jews) played on Comfort of Strangers. small world eh
Everything is Green (1999)
Primrose
Mrs. Bean
Big Green Tree
Sun
Carballo
The Essex Green EP (2000)
Fabulous Day
Chester
Bald
The Long Goodbye (2003)
By the Sea
The Late Great Cassiopia
Whetherman
The Boo Hoo Boy
Cannibal Sea (2006)
I Don't Know (Why You Stay)
Cardinal Points
Uniform
Elsinore
Cannibal Sea will be released on Merge 3/21
you can stream the album in its entirety at the Merge Records site
theres another pretty kickass label
Robin sends his greetings from Holland, and asks that he be repaid for time spent uploading in images of american breasts.
McLusky - McLuskyism
Calexico - Convict
Silver Jews - Arizona Record EP
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Brazilian Girls - Brazilian Girls
these wont be up for long. we've almost completely maxed out my disk space and hes still got so much left to give. assuming he gets his tits that is.
check out the directory feel free to ask for clarification on whats what
I found another great utility to further the effort to make my collection organized and accesible.
http://oidua.suxbad.com/
Oidua is a pretty excellent application that will take your music directory/ies and compile them into a list. I'm told its a bit of a pain in the ass to get going on a mac as the gui is windows only, but if any help is needed with the command line, feel free to messge me.
The other issue I have with it is that it doesnt recognize aac or wma, so im going to have to go through and add the albums i have in those formats manually. even so im fucking ecstatic that i found this.
heres my list so far.
ive still got a ways to go with the tagging and moving
and moving and tagging
I got a friend request from this dude, Ferraby Lionheart
It's been my experience that maybe 1 of a 100 of these friend request sent en masse are worth checking out
this guy is that one
i want more
and thats all
i need a smoke
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
the killing moon : one of my favorite songs of all time
holy shit. ive dont it again. completely my fault this time. i meant to click on the allmusic tab to grab a cover and for some inexplicable reason clicked back instead. theyre kinda close together :.. CRIPES!
oh well. i was only about halfway done this time
i think i started with a bit about how ive been ultra busy with the tagging and moving and moving and tagging. I did take a break the other night to throw an exploding dog pic up as my background. trying to get some colors on that recently played tracks image that didnt completely clash took about 10x longer than any other part of the customization process. damn them for not having a full color palatte.
in other news, my ear feels a ton better. i credit the Prince leak for curing it. its pretty great
i also kind of learned to play all along the watchtower today
no reason to get excited
I've got quite a bit to share tonight to make up for the lack of the last few days
The Exploding Hearts would have been HUGE. Sadly three of the four members of the band perished in a car accident July 20th, 2003 while they were on their way home to Portland after a show in San Francisco. The tragedy occured less than five months after the release of their debut " Guitar Romantic", a work that is probably the last great punk album that will ever be released. Id be one happy panda if more of what gets labeled pop-punk sounded like this.
Guitar Romantic (2003)
Modern Kicks
I'm a Pretender
Sleeping Aides and Razorblades
Throwaway Style
Singles, B-sides, Demos, etc...
Busy Signals
(You Left Me) Shattered
Still Crazy
Waste of Time
Live @ KBOO
There are a few videos from their penultimate show up on youtube
R.I.P.
Adam "Baby" Cox
Matthew "Matt Lock" Fitzgerald
Jeremy "Kid Killer" Gage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DAMN IT.friggin isketch
I'm sleepy
more tomorrow.......
oh well. i was only about halfway done this time
i think i started with a bit about how ive been ultra busy with the tagging and moving and moving and tagging. I did take a break the other night to throw an exploding dog pic up as my background. trying to get some colors on that recently played tracks image that didnt completely clash took about 10x longer than any other part of the customization process. damn them for not having a full color palatte.
in other news, my ear feels a ton better. i credit the Prince leak for curing it. its pretty great
i also kind of learned to play all along the watchtower today
no reason to get excited
I've got quite a bit to share tonight to make up for the lack of the last few days
The Exploding Hearts would have been HUGE. Sadly three of the four members of the band perished in a car accident July 20th, 2003 while they were on their way home to Portland after a show in San Francisco. The tragedy occured less than five months after the release of their debut " Guitar Romantic", a work that is probably the last great punk album that will ever be released. Id be one happy panda if more of what gets labeled pop-punk sounded like this.
Guitar Romantic (2003)
Modern Kicks
I'm a Pretender
Sleeping Aides and Razorblades
Throwaway Style
Singles, B-sides, Demos, etc...
Busy Signals
(You Left Me) Shattered
Still Crazy
Waste of Time
Live @ KBOO
There are a few videos from their penultimate show up on youtube
R.I.P.
Adam "Baby" Cox
Matthew "Matt Lock" Fitzgerald
Jeremy "Kid Killer" Gage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DAMN IT.friggin isketch
I'm sleepy
more tomorrow.......
Thursday, March 02, 2006
gawdamnit : another angry myspace post
my computer froze on the preview screen
im infintely more pissed this time because unlike the stills post, this was fucking long
fucking shit
i ended up not going to bed so ill fix it now but its not going to be much
Sam Prekop. Fantastic. Like Archer Prewitt, a member of The Sea and the Cake. Prewitt on guitar Jim O'Rourke with the awesome production
Sam Prekop (1999)
Practice Twice
Faces and People
On Such Favors
The Shadow
Who's Your New Professor? (2005)
Something
Chicago People
C-F
Density
shits(!) and giggles
fantastically disgusting Chuck Pahlaniuk short story thats been making the rounds on the net forever.
GUTS txt
Chuck reads GUTS
Kermit and Big Bird blunted
why, indeed
theres a semi-long story here. but imnot typing it out again
such delicate heights
oh its me - Delicate
i hadnt recorded anything since last august. what i had going on then was complete shit. much worse than this, if it can be imagined. and i just havent really felt like it since.
such great heights is a half step higher than delicate (in their original forms), its my defense for being off key the entire fucking time
the microphone phobia continues...
ummm ill post more of robins links later. if youre smart you'll look at his directory. its glorious
i just got this from newegg 26 hours after i placed the order!
seagate 400gb external !!!!@#@!$E3!
im way more stoked about that than i am pissed about this. the delivery was timed perfectly for mood enhancement really
later
^ the first time i did that in Dutch
im infintely more pissed this time because unlike the stills post, this was fucking long
fucking shit
i ended up not going to bed so ill fix it now but its not going to be much
Sam Prekop. Fantastic. Like Archer Prewitt, a member of The Sea and the Cake. Prewitt on guitar Jim O'Rourke with the awesome production
Sam Prekop (1999)
Practice Twice
Faces and People
On Such Favors
The Shadow
Who's Your New Professor? (2005)
Something
Chicago People
C-F
Density
shits(!) and giggles
fantastically disgusting Chuck Pahlaniuk short story thats been making the rounds on the net forever.
GUTS txt
Chuck reads GUTS
Kermit and Big Bird blunted
why, indeed
theres a semi-long story here. but imnot typing it out again
such delicate heights
oh its me - Delicate
i hadnt recorded anything since last august. what i had going on then was complete shit. much worse than this, if it can be imagined. and i just havent really felt like it since.
such great heights is a half step higher than delicate (in their original forms), its my defense for being off key the entire fucking time
the microphone phobia continues...
ummm ill post more of robins links later. if youre smart you'll look at his directory. its glorious
i just got this from newegg 26 hours after i placed the order!
seagate 400gb external !!!!@#@!$E3!
im way more stoked about that than i am pissed about this. the delivery was timed perfectly for mood enhancement really
later
^ the first time i did that in Dutch
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