five albums that serve as fitting soundtracks to cormac mccarthy's "the road."

5. dj shadow - preemptive strike
4. dalek - absence
3. supersilent - 8
2. boards of canada - geogaddi
1. sun ra - the solar-myth approach, volume 1

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i'm in the basement of the library trying to write an essay about race in baltimore. instead i've just been browsing through the baltimore wikipedia page and the baltimore crime blog for a while. tonight i also have to write a two-page response to bamboozled. i should get started on a five-page essay on D.O.A. which is due friday. it's an entirely ( Read more... )

i kind of feel that writing about music in your livejournal is lame. but last night's rapture concert kicked so much butt that i feel that i have to mention it. they played all but three songs of of echoes and the best songs off of their new album and maybe most importantly "out of the races and onto the tracks." it was a ridiculous dance party and ( Read more... )

last night i saw ted leo for the... fourth time this year i guess. wasn't really expecting much and he played the same songs he always does but damn, it was the best performance i've seen from him. bullseye opened for him... these kids are going to be the next smoosh. made up of five kids from fifth through seventh grade, and they were awesome. my ( Read more... )

last night was the first time i've gone to bed before midnight in god knows how long. feeling so incredibly refreshed today. i should do that more often ( Read more... )

suddenly i have such a yearning for the dumbarton roof it's not even funny.

i can safely say that one of the last things i thought i'd be doing the first friday back at school would be hanging out with bob saget in his trailer.

summer was hands down great. but i can't tell you how much i'm enjoying the first feelings of autumn. light sweaters and seeing my breath at two in the morning and hot chocolate. shiiit.