This week has been dark, rainy, and my mood has followed suit. I usually love a good storm and heavy rain, but this is becoming a trend. I get pensive, brooding, and introverted in weather like this.
Which may be why I can't seem to stop listening to the Plans album by Deathcab For Cutie.
Aside from the fact that I can only wish that I was as poetic and insightful as Ben Gibbard, every single one of the tracks on the cd seem to be speaking to ME. I've always liked this album, don't get me wrong... but this week it has seen some serious play time. I love the atmospherics that both DCFC and the Postal Service use. Different Names for the Same Thing uses a electronic synth that builds throughout the song until the very end of the song which sounds pretty similar to the intro to Baba O'Riley by The Who (often mistakenly called Teenage Wasteland).
Top played songs for this week:
Different Names for the Same Thing
What Sarah Said
Brothers on a Hotel Bed
Summer Skin
Your Heart is an Empty Room
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I dropped off my Relic Stratocaster project to a Lutherie shop in the Drake neighborhood. Getting the tuners installed, a bone nut set, and a professional setup and intonation. Supposed to have it back by next week sometime. I need to do another open mic. I need to write more music. I need to find a place to play on a fairly regular basis. I need to find someone who has free time and can play the drums. I need to stop rambling...
1 comment:
oh boy, where to start on this on....
1. different names for the same thing is one of my least favorite ones on the album
2. i LOVE LOVE LOVE plans. it is a wonderful body of work.
3. the diction and construction of lyrics by Postal Service and DC4C is masterful.
4. Who correct you about Baba O'Reilly? :)
5. I CAN NOT BELIEVE that Marching Bands of Manhattan did not make your top choices for Plans. it is splendorous.
6. Open mic. Yes. Soon. Often. Suck it up.
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