directly taken from conversations had today with my grandfather.

conversation one//like pulling teeth
me: so granddad, how are you?
granddad: not too bad, how are you?
me: how was the dentist?
granddad: we don't talk about that sort of thing.

conversation two//singular sense
mom: okay matthew, i'll be home in a few hours
me: sounds good. so i'll ( Read more... )

i haven't been here in a while.
at least not with anything to say.
so it's time to say it the only way i know how.
baby, it's cold outside.

february:frontseat romances and quiet drives home:

1.Mojave 3//In Love With a View
2.Iron & Wine//Sunset Soon Forgotten
3.Sufjan Stevens//Flint
4.Elliott Smith//King's Crossing
5.Magnetic Fields//Book of Love ( Read more... )

i bought the new elliot smith cd. it was the best material still existing from before he committed suicide. if you listen to some of the songs, you can hear in his voice and in his lyrics that he almost knew what was going to happen - how it all was going to end. and how no one was there to save him ( Read more... )

i had the most bizarre dream. 'the marquee', which is essentially the only club in halifax offering a decent music scene right now, is in danger of closing due to lack of funding. so, in this bizarre dream, i was in a synthrock band who was part of an enormous benefit show in attempts to save the venue. it was the band that i was in, the killers, ( Read more... )

i know i talk a lot about music. i know i own a lot of records. but today, i really got to thinking. rather than post the mix i was working on, why not pose a question to those who happen across this journal.

i ask you, indie kids, to raise your tiny fists to the air like antennae and sing out your epic piece of music mastery.

but then again... ( Read more... )

stop.stop for five seconds. take a deep breath. no, really. take a really deep breath, the kind that fills your entire stomach and chest. now hold it... wait, wait. now let it go. now look at your life. really, look at it. take a step back. realize how great you've got it. realize that everything is lining up exactly as it is intended to ( Read more... )

there's a certain joy to listening one of your favorite bands cover one of your favorite phil collin's songs. ben gibbard singing 'take a look at me now' over one of james tamborello's flawless beats draws from the camps of musical appreciation and downright laughing fun.

on the topic of music, to be brief, last nite my brother picked up ' ( Read more... )

jen = great

1.Franz Ferdinand//Darts of Pleasure
2.Mice Parade//Mokoondi
3.The Faint//Call Call
4.The Postal Service//Against All Odds
5.Interpol//Say Hello to the Angels
6.The Rapture//House of Jealous Lovers
7.Alexisonfire//Waterwings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux Pas)
8.Every Time I Die//In The Event That Everything Should Go
9.Neutral Milk Hotel// ( Read more... )