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[May. 9th, 2007|01:08 am] |
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i'm finally on the way to doing what i want to do with my life, i think. this summer i'll be putting out a record (perhaps an EP) but a record none the less on my own imprint. it will be produced, engineered and mixed by yours truly. i haven't written here in a while...but i needed to tell the world...i'm finally content with being discontent...details as they come. |
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| snow |
[Feb. 14th, 2007|11:33 am] |
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is not snow. but it still managed to get me out of (most of) my shittiest day of the week. |
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| Top Ten Albums This Year (pending anything really really major) |
[Dec. 7th, 2006|01:50 am] |
2006 was a relatively slow year as far as good new releases go, but these ten stood out, spoke out, sounded out and were by far the most stellar.
10. Fucked Up-Hidden World-The only hardcore album i liked this year. period.
9. LCD Soundsystem-45:33-Much more than the workout mix nike tagged it as, james murphy's 45 minute epic keeps DFA fans drooling over the next full release.
8. Joanna Newsome-Ys-Easily the most eccentric album i've listened to in awhile, Ys is putting the freak back in folk. or something.
7. the magnolia electric co.-Fading Trails-Jason Molina's best yet under his Magnolia Electric Co. moniker, fully realizing the sound he has been working for.
6. Johnny Cash-American V-The Man Came Around, left, came back, and created some of the finest albums in the last decade. While some awkward song choices somewhat marred his previous american recordings, American V is the Johnny Cash we all loved. The recording has been described as listening to the Man in Black die on Tape. While it is somber, the song choice reminds you of what a fighter, lover and singer Johnny truly was.
5. Belle and Sebastian-the life pursuit-A great release way back at the beginning of the year. It stuck somewhat to form with Dear Catastrophe Waitress but with a much more realized sound. The album was a return to the instantly likeable while keeping with the darker more dense pop of Dear Catastrophe Waitress.
4. the black keys-Magic Potion- the best blues rock band in the last decade.
3. Loose Fur-Born Again in the USA-This album is musically and lyrically different from tweedy and co. It lacks some of the experimental ingenuity of the first record, but makes up for it in a truly astounding pop record.
2. Tom Waits-Orphans-A three disc compendium of Waits recordings during the last few years. Simply a must have. Just under 60 songs have been categorized into three discs Bawlers(ballads), Brawlers(Americana goodness) and Bastards(everything else). It came out too recently for me to call it the album of the year, it just hasn't gotten enough plays yet, but its certainly getting there
1. Sonic Youth-Rather Ripped-sonic youth, i mean sonic youth. where were you all my life. oh...making great records? oh...you started before i was born? oh...you're still making relevant AND original music more than 20 years after you started? oh...record of the year? thats right, record of the year. |
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| survey? |
[Dec. 6th, 2006|05:35 pm] |
1)are you a vegetarian? i don't eat beef
2)do you play an acoustic instrument?yes, guitar, ukelele, percussion, and i want to learn banjo badly
3)do you have long hair? yes. dark brown joyous curls
4)do you only wash your clothes if they're really dirty? i've been known to wear my jeans/pants a couple of times before washing them.
5)do you do drugs? drugs are good i guess
6)have you ever protested? yes
8)do you think Nixon was a good president? does anyone?
9)do you think bush is a good president? really. look at his approval ratings. then ask the question above.
10)do you hunt / fish? phish.
11)do you think marijuana should be legalized? yes. the government could sell it like ciggarettes, and profit. also when's the last time you heard of someone who was stoned becoming enraged and beating their spouse?
12)do you listen to the Grateful Dead? pretty much every day
13)do you know who Trey Anastasio is? alright. you answered my statement above. phish.
14)Buddha vs. Jesus? buddha is appealing
15)do you believe in free love? yes
16)are you familiar with who abbie hoffman is? vaguely. i'm more concerned with the current political spectrum.
17)do you step on insects for fun? not for fun. because they're gross.
18)have you ever been ridiculed in public by a stranger for being a hippy? yes. and its hippie.
19)have you ever broken up a fight? sure?
20)do you burn insence? when i move into my apartment we will
21)do you stereotype? everyone does. stereotyping isn't bad, its not allowing stereotypes that you make to be broken which causes problems
22)do you know who Janis Joplin is? me and bobby mcgee
23)can you name 10 Beatles songs? sure why not? rocky raccoon, glass onion, back in the ussr, lucy in the sky, fixing a hole, sgt. peppers lonely hearts club band, why don't we do it in the road, love me do, yellow submarine, hold your hand, come together |
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| like totally awesome quiz. i'm boreeed |
[Nov. 12th, 2006|11:47 pm] |
put your music playlist on shuffle and use the song names to answer the questions.
no cheating!
What does next year have in store for me?
Helen Lundeberg-Sonic Youth (ahaha)
What's my love life like?
Unconditional-The Bravery
What do I say when life gets hard?
You're The One-The Black Keys
What do I think when I get up in the morning?
Let Me Tell you About My Boat-Mark Mothersbaugh
What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Broken Face-The Pixies
What do you want as a career?
Victim Conveinience-The Faint
Your favourite saying?
Oh Papa-Vetiver
Favourite place?
7/4 Shoreline-Broken Social Scene (i'm not even shitting you. this was next)
What do you think of your parents?
Dog Got a Bone-the Beta Band
What's your Pornstar name?
Ramblin' Man-The Allman Brothers
Where would you go on a first date?
The World May Never Know-Dr. Dog
Drug of choice?
Rocky Raccoon-The Beatles
Describe yourself:
Do you Remember-T. Rex
What is the thing I like doing most?
Flesh Canoe-Animal Collective
The song that best describes my school principal (president?)?
Rejoicing in the Hands-Devendra Banhart
What is my state of mind like at the moment?
I lost all My Money at the Cock Fights-Minus The Bear
How will I die?
High and Dry-Radiohead |
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| new haven, you'll be the death of me yet |
[Oct. 29th, 2006|11:52 am] |
i think i have trouble sleeping because i hate everything.
i just want to find another hippie, not nessecarily to do drugs or any of that. just to talk to, dance with go out and experience the nature, but naturally. i smoke weed because i need to feel something different. i drink too much because i need to not feel.
i think too much and sometimes thats a real dangerous thing. |
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| music survey thinger |
[Oct. 25th, 2006|06:03 pm] |
1. What are you listening to right now?
Devendra Banhart-Some People Ride the Wave
2. What song makes you sad?
Ryan Adams-September
3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
anything by nickleback
4. Your all time favorite band?
Wilco
5. Your newly discovered band is?
The Black Keys
6. Best female voice?
Emmylou Harris
7. Best male voice?
Gram Parsons
8. Music types you find yourself listening to most?
alt.country, folk, blues and sixties pop in any of its forms
9. What do you listen to, to hype you up?
Of Montreal
Broken Social Scene-Cause=Time
10. What do you listen to when you want to calm
down? Wilco, Ryan Adams, Devendra Banhart
11. Last gig/concert you went to?
Eagles of Death Metal @ toads
12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now.
Flying Burritto Brothers, Devendra Banhart
13. Most hated band?
erm...norma jean?
14. Song that makes you think?
anything coltrane
15. Band that you think the world should love as
much as you do?
Flying Burritto Brothers, the Jayhawks
16. Coolest music video?
Pink Floyd live in Pompeii
17. Music video with the most babe watch?
umm...i admit...i have't seen a music video on tv in years...maybe pink's stpid girl video? that was hilarious at least
18. What do you play/would you play in the bedroom
to spice things up? Iron and Wine, this new 45 minute LCD Soundsystem "workout" track
19. Can you play a musical instrument?
guitar, bass, vox
20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
once upon a time in a galaxy far far away
21. Are you in a band?
working on it
23. Ever dated a musician?
yes
28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
most days.
29. Best chick band you know of?
i'm gonna say joan baez. even though thats cheating
31. Last song that you heard on the
radio/cd...etc...?
chuck berry-roll over beethoven
32. What do you think of Classical music?
i played classical trumpet for years, and i sincerely wish i still did.
33. What do you think of Country music?
i think the current state of country music is something to mourn, and that, the days of familial respect betwen country and folk artists have forever passed.
34. What do you think of Death metal?
haha
35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
Umm...perhaps Wilco. but if the Shins are bigger then the Shins
36. Are you a groupie?
i'm a roadie?
37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
yes
38. What famous musician would you like to f***!?
no comment
39. Worst concert moment?
getting threatened with a lit ciggarette at wutang?
40. Funny concert moment?
getting hit in the head with a drumstick after some shitty bands set at the webster. it wouldn't have been funny except i threw it back and it hit the singer, who turned back to the mic to yell. only to realize the sound guy had cut his sound.
41. Saddest concert moment?
the last performance by we take the fun out of living
42. Best local act you can think of?
quiet life
www.myspace.com/quietlife
43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
banjo, or the holiest of all holy, electric six string guitar through a fender amplifier.
44. Do you listen to the radio?
wnhu 88.7 fm
45. Do you watch music TV?
rarely
46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
ummm...not particularly
47. Have you ever met any famous musicians?
lou barlow, and these dudes the Recieving End of Sirens, who i saw play their first show. Since then they sorta blew up into this semi-big emo/indie band?
48. Are any of your friends/family/etc. musicians?
my grandfather. he taught me about jazz. forever greatful
49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
Flying Burritto Brothers-Sin City
50. Song that describes your life?
Dr. Dog-I Can't Fly
Wilco-Forget the Flowers
Ryan Adams-To Be Young (Is to be Sad, Is to be High)
51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
most of the time
52. Does a musician's physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
not really. its more a mental attractiveness thing.
53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
maybe emily haines, or lesley feist?
53. Favourite movie sound track?
either high fidelity or a clockwork orange
55. Any musician pet peeves?
when musicians ask the sound guy to fix a problem that is clearly inherent of their equipment.
56. What do your parents listen to?
my mom listens to stuff like simon and garfunkel, joni mitchell, and james taylor. my dad listens to alot of hendrix, the beach boys, and motown.
57. What are you listening to right NOW?
Kris Kristofferson-To Beat the Devil
58. Do you wear band T-shirts?
i used to a whole lot more.
59. What do you think of people who do?
sure why not?
60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
hippie, folk, alt.country?
61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
ryan adams-trains
62. Do you sing in the shower?
sure thing.
63. If so, what? If not, why not?
your pop's favorite music
64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
umm...both
65. How important is your partners taste in music to you?
somewhat. i can deal. |
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| hmm |
[Oct. 23rd, 2006|01:16 am] |
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i don't really know when i became so unhappy with the university of new haven. it was almost like overnight i fell down into a hole and got stuck and realized it wasn't that i couldn't climb out that was the problem. the real problem is there's no one hereto help me out of the hole. i'm frustrated with the innability of the program to educate. i haven't learned much that i haven't learned from myself. the whole purpose of coming to this school was to record. i do more on my own time than i will in class. i don't like to cry and bitch about life, but i'm unhappy and there's not much of a solution right now. i'll probably end up staying in new haven until i graduate. because i'm not sure i could take a fifth year of school if i had to transfer. |
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| i can see it now |
[Oct. 19th, 2006|12:13 pm] |
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your name in lights, written all over the stage. this amazing magic trick, simply will not end. |
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| so.. |
[Oct. 18th, 2006|12:57 pm] |
this town is a drag. i may have to leave it soon.
cities on the list include chicago boston and home, whereever that is |
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| i'm sick |
[Oct. 11th, 2006|07:18 pm] |
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very very sick |
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| quit |
[Oct. 1st, 2006|07:16 pm] |
smoking ciggarettes (17 hours)
quit getting in my face
quit immaturity
quit getting in my way
quit assuming you know better (you don't)
quit hoping (start doing)
quit vomiting when drinking
quit trying to impress me (you're beautiful)
quit driving your car for the sake of driving (environment is dying man)
quit living in that world, and fucking prove it already |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 19th, 2006|12:25 am] |
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can anyone hook me up with an invite to oink or indie torrents??? |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 17th, 2006|10:58 pm] |
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is it just me or is bowie a good reason to get up towmorrow morning? |
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| the ideas |
[Aug. 23rd, 2006|01:25 am] |
1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for your own joy
2. Submissive to everything, open, listening
3. Try never get drunk outside yr [sic] own house
4. Be in love with yr [sic] life
5. Something that you feel will find its own form
6. Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind
7. Blow as deep as you want to blow
8. Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind
9. The unspeakable visions of the individual
10. No time for poetry but exactly what is
11. Visionary tics shivering in the chest
12. In tranced fixation dreaming upon object before you
13. Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition
14. Like Proust be an old teahead of time
15. Telling the true story of the world in interior monolog
16. The jewel center of interest is the eye within the eye
17. Write in recollection and amazement for yourself
18. Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea
19. Accept loss forever
20. Believe in the holy contour of life
21. Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind
22. Dont think of words when you stop but to see picture better
23. Keep track of every day the date emblazoned in yr morning
24. No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge
25. Write for the world to read and see yr exact pictures of it
26. Bookmovie is the movie in words, the visual American form
27. In praise of Character in the Bleak inhuman Loneliness
28. Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better
29. You're a Genius all the time
30. Writer-Director of Earthly movies Sponsored & Angeled in Heaven |
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| tea |
[Aug. 14th, 2006|10:54 pm] |
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let your head expand to the point where every step is a journey. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 7th, 2006|01:13 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  drained | ] |
| [ | music |
| | devendra banhart | ] |
assuming i work 5 (monday-friday) days this week i will have worked 19 days straight. mixed into this equation are 8 days of gigs, sometimes (more often than not) multpile gigs on the same day. i am past the point of feeling tired and/or sore. i don't feel physical exhaustion, but simply know its looming around a corner, waiting for me to forget to drink my water, or be on the backside of a 900 pound piano with no spotter. i saw blood last night when the guy i was loading a truck with fell five feet from a loading dock ramp that slipped from the dock. that could have easily been me. ow. still, life is good. there is much joy in doing what i do, and the people are actually really nice (james murphy). i made 800 dollars in the last four days. and three hundred the weekend before that.
all this being said.
i could use a vaction.
school starts soon. i want to start up a real (alt)country band.
i need to get out more. i think vermont the next two weekends, along with much drinking and smoking and overall merriment. |
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