February 4, 2015

Pressure mounting at the office. Trying to drown myself in the familiar melancholy of sad music. A pretty dismal winter, up until my Birthday in late January. Up until then, the normal struggle with rejection was winning pretty handily. Since then a handful of things, elucidated elsewhere, although probably never published, surprisingly point toward what is at least healthy if not strong relationship. I've been thinking through the dichotomy of little things such as I crave actually occurring, but still feeling like any happiness is sure to crumble, and that whatever happiness I try to experience is unearned and short lived. Ah well. Much to deep for me. But it slightly informs this sad strain of music and how that feels comfortable to me.

Also on pins and needles for the Firefly lineup to come out. Could be today, could be any day really. Really hoping for St Vincent, Metric, and of course Arcade Fire.



Always Gold - Radical Face
How To Fight Loneliness - Wilco
Learning - The National
Broadripple is Burning - Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Love Vigilantes - Iron and Wine
Crown of Love - Arcade Fire
Michicant - Bon Iver
Gentle Hour - Yo Lo Tengo
Darkmatter - Andrew Bird
Shelter - The XX

July 28, 2014

More songs that caught my ear. Difficult to describe my mood of late. Pleased with successful completion of a project at work, sober and anxious about money problems, sad and rejection prone with some of the usual family dynamics.


Glory - Radical Face
Funeral - Band of Horses
The Girl - City And Colour
Comes and Goes (In Waves) - Greg Laswell
I Turn my Camera On - Spoon
Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 - The Flaming Lips
Burning - The Whitest Boy Alive
Your Protector - Fleet Foxes
Beach Baby - Bon Iver
Home - Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeroes
40 Day Dream - Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeroes


There are always more songs to hear and learn and enjoy.