I am introducing Kate to Neutral Milk Hotel.  They are one of those bands I love.  I do not play them all the time, but they still sound great to me. 

This is a live The Hold Steady track.  I love the intro on this track.  The intro is why I want to see the Hold Steady the next time they come to town. 

I have been listening to the Andrew Bird album a lot lately.  Something from this album will make my best of 2007 mix.  I like this song because it starts off singing about the game Operation.  Check it out. 

You said you wanted to see some fireworks

If you are wondering about what kind of song makes me want to dance, this is a good example.  Every time I hear this song I either dance or drive fast. 

From time to time you forget how much you like a song.  In your head you remember.  You say, "Yeah I like that artist," but in your heart you do not remember how much you like the artist.  Maybe it has been a while since you have heard them.  Maybe you are just out of touch with that emotion.  When you hear one of their songs again, everything comes rushing back to you and you remember why you love them so much. 

I was watching Diane Cluck videos on Listal today when this happened to me.  I heard I'm yr Hear I Am and it all came rushing back to me.  It almost made my heart break to her the line "Don't Waste Me, cause I won't last long and I won't come back".  It was like an alarm going off in my head, like there was part of me that I have not used in a while that I had to use again.  It was just amazing. 

Hopefully you like it as much as I do. 

The Watchmen is my favorite comic story of all time.  This is not a small statement to me.  I have read a lot of comics in my life.  There is a long list of comics I have loved.  There are a lot of great comics out there.  I will still say that Watchmen stands above them all.

I think that is why I am Dreading the Watchmen Movie.  A friend of mine send me some Watchmen links including a link to Rorschach's Journal.(which vox will not let me link)  I know that this excites other people, but I am not one of them. 

There are so many reasons that the Watchmen is my favorite comic.  The story is amazing, complex, both of the world and not of this world.  It is everything that a comic should be and more.  It is subtle, great, with action and meaning.  It would take a long list for me to show you all the great things about this comic.

I just cannot see all of these great things getting into the movie.  Even a three hour movie could not hold all of the great things about this comic.  I do not see how you can do all the important story lines in two hours.  I can see focusing on a few of the plot lines, but part of what makes this story great is how all the stories are connected.
 
A friend of me once said that there is no way that the second or third matrix movies could have been any good.  In part they could never been as good as the ideas all the fans has in their heads.  I might be having that problem.  There is no way to bring this movie to the screen that would fit my standards.  Even if someone makes a great movie, it might not live up to what I see in my head. 

I would rather they not make a movie out of the Watchmen.  I would have rather someone made a 12 episode show for HBO.  I think on HBO this show could do a show without any compromise.  The rape scene could still be in an HBO show.  All of the Rorschach stuff could be in an HBO show.  You could give every story the time it deserves.  If it gets made as a movie that will never happen.

I will go to see the Watchmen movie.  I will have to see it.  I want to see how anyone could bring it to stange.  I just don't see it being good enough for me.  If If it is, I will swallow my words and say I was wrong.  I just doubt that I will need to do that. 

I was listening to these Kimya Dawson songs.  Don't Forget I Love You is a really strong album and these are two of the best songs on the album.  When I listen to these lyrics I feel a chill go down my spine. 

These lyrics are just amazing

from Underground

so I tattoo instructions on my ass
that say "don't ever put this body is a casket
burn it and put the ashes in a basket
and throw them in the Puget Sound
I don't ever want to be under ground"
oh no, oh no

from The Composition

now people send me emails that say thanks for saying the things they didn't know how to say
and the people in my head still visit me sometimes
and they bring all of their friends but I don't mind
I play my guitar like lightning
when I sing I like it when you sing too loud and clear
different voices different tones all sayin' "yeah, we're not alone"
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here


I think that Kimya Dawson is an acquired taste.  If you end up liking it that taste, it is just amazing.