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Kimya

2007-07-04T07:28:56Z

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.

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Different sides of the came coin

2007-06-26T01:02:33Z

This is two versions of the same song. Rarely do you get to here two versions of the same show that represent the two people who wrote the sing. Venus Stopped The Train was written by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett. On the Wilco version of this song Jeff Tweedy is singing. Jay Bennett is sinning on his version of the song. Both versions of the song are great, but they are also very different. It really shows how every song you hear has some many possibilities.

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Rockin' Like Rich Thomas

2007-06-01T21:36:02Z

09 I Don't Love Anyone

Back in 2001 I made someone a Christmas gift of a whole bunch of Single Artist Mix CDs. I just found the list of bands. The idea was that these were bands who defined me as a music lover. The ideas was if she was thinking of me she could pop in one of these mixes to feel closer to me.

Ben Folds
The Sundays
R.E.M. (Conglomerate Days)
R.E.M. (Syndicate Days)
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Belle & Sabastian
Son Volt
Counting Crows
Wilco
The Smiths
Richard Thompson
Bruce Springsteen
Hal Hartley
Crowded Crows
Pavement
Bob Dylan
Paleface
Extra Disk – Rap, Almost Just Rap

I am not sure how this list would be different now. I am not sure what this whole idea says about me.

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Echoing in my head

2007-02-13T06:11:28Z

03 Second Option

I cannot stop listening to this song. It should have made my best of 2006 mix. I guess it is why I do my New To Me Mix every year.

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Concert problem

2007-02-10T03:41:52Z

Son Volt is coming to San Francisco. Magnolia Electric Co is opening for them. That should be a great show. These are two bands that I love.

The problem that I need to find someone to go with me. I do not know anyone who likes these bands. That is not totally true. I just do not know anyone I would go to a concert with.

Abigail was into both of these bands. Son Volt is connected to Wilco, the band that was the reason we met. She also me to Magnolia Electric Co. There is still a lot of emotion caught up in both of these bands for me.

I want to go see this show, but I have a hard time thinking I will have a good time if I go alone. Is there anyone out there that wants to come with me?

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QotD: Today's Top 5

2006-10-27T05:24:43Z

Books, movies, music; what's in your top 5 right now?

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Drum Machine

2006-10-08T07:21:17Z

13 Drum Machine

Jeremy used to tell me that this sing reminded him of me. He always thought that if I made music, it would be like Too Much Joy.

I am posting this because Buzz just got a new Drum Machine.

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I Don't Like Mondays

2006-10-03T04:00:51Z

The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

This is the only song think of today. My prayers go out to everyone in Lancaster.

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The Greatest

2006-09-23T02:50:57Z

The Greatest

I have been listening to Cat Power's album a lately. It has fit my mood lately. It is one of the best albums this year. That is saying a lot because this has been a good year for music. There is just something about her voice that just haunts me.

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind of waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust

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Influnces

2006-09-12T05:57:20Z

04 Rough Gem

Everyone I know loves the Neutral Milk Hotel Album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Most of the musicians I know like the Elephant 6 bands Apples In Stereo, Of Montreal, and Beulah. I wondered why I hear so few albums lately that sound like they have been influnced by these bands. I would expect to hear more of it.

Lately I have been listening to the Islands album Return To the Sea. This album shoulds like the band has been listening to Elephant 6 bands. This is one of the best albums of 2006. To bad the band has already broken up. This is worth a listen.

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