Monday, February 23, 2009

Eau de Day


White Lies blurred in Iceland. [Click on link for Guardian article]

Today was a truly good-looking day. Warmish, bright and it just felt really nice to breathe it in through the nasal cavity. Eau de Day. Spring is closing in.

As I walked all the way down to Morningside, heading for the Post Office to pick up a mystery parcel that the postman had failed to deliver on St. Valentine's Day; White Lies's E.S.T. began entertaining me through my ear trumpet (ipod) and my stroll en route to my puzzling parcel became even more exciting.

[Would 2009 be the year I'd receive sappy 'n' mushy mystery love from a secret admirer?]

Well, no. At the Post Office the mystery parcel turned out to be for my cousin; Some heavy ass architecture book that I now needed to haul uphill all the way back to the flat. Oh the joy of sharing a last name.

Again, St. Valentine had disappointed me.

Eau de Day. Oh what a day.

The rest of the day got spent in front my Mac, crossing things off my To Do list, blatantly trying not to seem pissed off.




Tomorrow I'm going outside to play and I'm staying there. My camera battery is charged and my sweet Dolly awaits me in her rotating glass cage. She never let's me down, although the poor girl did prove cloning to be a short lived experience.

[Live fast die young never felt more fitting.]

Dolly 1 - St. Valentine 0


Sunday, February 15, 2009

Veckatimest




A jolly good reason to be hopeful about summer 2009 is Veckatimest, the imminently new Grizzly Bear album, [named after Veckatimest Island in Massachusetts]. But of course.


My summer fling


It's out on May 26th and features one of my most cherished songs, While You Wait For The Others. Oh how I LOVE it. Yes LOVE. Bleeding.

Plus the cover art is right up my alley. I dig it.


Winter go away. Summer come my way. Yay.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Eco-friendly Bullshit

Best Rock Album at The Grammy's goes to Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends by Coldplay.

WTF. What is the meaning of this lunacy? Do they really have everybody fooled wearing those tatty Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute outfits? I guess so.

AND. Beating Kings of Leon and The Raconteurs.

Blasphemy!!!
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1. Let us compare rock notes:

What a night for a dance
You know I'm a dancing machine
With the fire in my bones
And the sweet taste of kerosene
I get lost in the night
So high don't wanna come down
To face the loss
Of the good thing that I have found

Woo hoo hoooo
Woo hoo hoooo


-Revelry, Kings of Leon


VS.


I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!
(THE KING OF LEON)

- Viva La Vida, Coldplay


No contest.


No contest when it comes to style, tone, lust, body hair, sweatiness, eco-friendliness?...

Hold the phone!


No contest!


[No more coffee.]

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke



A Change Is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like the river, I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come

I go to the movie, and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me "Don't hang around"
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come

Then I go to my brother and I say, "Brother, help me please"
But he winds up knocking me back down on my knees

There've been times that I've thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come

Monday, February 09, 2009

Prick & Pineapple

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Friday, February 06, 2009

Glass - Bat For Lashes

Exciting news. Read all about it.

Bat For Lashes aka Natasha Khan has a new song! Yup. Hot from the stove and still crackling.

Eloquently titled Glass, Khan teased the crowds with this looming ditty as she toured last summer with rah-rah Radiohead:


Unbreakable Glass I do believe


Two Suns is out next April.





[For a listen to the whole tune, simply press here and scroll down.]

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Just... Can't ..... Stop .. R_E_P_E_A_T

Stay with me on this one - and prepare for derailing - mmmm - ness



AC


For those who are unaware ___

Animal Collective is: Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Geologist (Brian Weitz) & Deakin (Josh Dibb).


Birthtown: Baltimore, Maryland.

[Met in school, formed a band, got too cool for school, made best album ever]






WHAT?:
Wild guess: Noise Freak Pop Melting Cerebral Functioning Purrrrrrr

It works wonders.

"""

Album: Merriweather Post Pavilion (their 9th)


Yeah, it's moving


Song: My Girls


R_E_P_E_A_T


Yeah. Derailed. It's 1 AM. One more time... just... once.