damn, "drum's not dead" is a great album. finally something good in this exhaustingly monotonous world of indie music. i read an article saying that "indie music in 2006 is good for background music while you're on the internet, but that's about it." it's sadly true, but this album almost restores my faith. while on the one hand it has a strong ( Read more... )

proof that the world is a small one ( Read more... )

"this is just a note to say that something has been kicking around in the background that i have not told you about ( Read more... )

best-to-worst decades regarding music:
1. '80s
2. '90s
3. '60s
4. '70s

yeah, the '70s suck

go listen to tapes 'n' tapes too. especially cowbell.

best song of the year so far -- "rough gem" by islands

One of the most interesting things about Radiohead is how they are able to contradict people who don't like their music. Curtis White's essay on exactly this, entitled 'Kid Adorno' from 'The Music and Art of Radiohead' by Joseph Tate (of pulk-pull*), does a great job at pointing out this fact ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Tx87400-w&search=where%20i%20end%20and%20you%20begin

fooking brilliant

more on christianity later...possibly. maybe when i get more readers.

just saw woody allen's new 'matchpoint.' it was definitely not what i was expecting, which i think was a good thing. i had no idea what it would be like when i went into the theater and i ended pleasantly surprised. i was looking forward to a nice comedy though, and that's certainly not what i got, which probably added to the gut wrenching even ( Read more... )

after months of obsessive listening, i've concluded that 'summer babe (winter version)' and 'range life' sum up very nicely what exactly it is that's so great about pavement and why i love them so much.