The Decemberists - Grace Cathedral Hill from Castaways and Cutouts (2001) /indie.folk.country/((“Sweet on a green-eyed girl, all fiery Irish, clip and curl. all brine and piss and vinegar. And the world maybe be long for you, but he’ll never belong to you. But on a motorbike, when all the city lights blind your […]
Hey Hamilton, I’m gonna be abandoning you for a bit. Yeah well, sucks to be you doesn’t it? My first year of university classes are all over. Going to see my family and study for exams. And I really have to study. 2 exams on the 13th, Quannum concert on […]
Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely from Kid A (2000) /ambient chamber rock/((” In a little while.I’ll be gone.The moment’s already passed.Yeah, it’s gone.I’m not here.I’m not here.This isn’t happening.”The grey drizzle spreads together in a sheet, passes tight over your stolid face. Slowly rotating as if in a dream, detached from gravity’s hold. […]
On Saturday I saw the McMaster Thespian Club/Steph’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. I came away duly impressed. It was not perfect, and parts were a little rough around the edges, but all in all, definitely very enjoyable. And what a director’s vision! I think the whole spirit of the play was […]
Blue States - Elios Therepia from Nothing Changes Under The Sun (2001) /sunny-organic-chill-in/((A quiet glade in the densest time of summer. Soft light dances through the tapestry of leaves swaying to the beat of the wind. The brilliant golden green of the grass shimmers as the long stalks shudder toward the east. The […]
The loose idea that started this mix was “Rock in the 2000s” to show all the ‘rock is dead’ people. Of course it stretched beyond that in order to not ignore some songs. Nonetheless all the songs except for tracks 5, 18, and 20 are 5 years old or younger.
John Vanderslice - Coming and Going on Easy Terms from Cellar Door (2004) /rock/((“Window seats on bullet trainssmear land into sky,fear and sorrow coalesce.Now I’m trying to find that quiet placewhere living is breathing,not knowing is understanding,coming is going,but my heart just beats faster and faster.” The shimmering heat of noonday sun, and bursts […]
So today, I was thinking about how I haven’t paid for my textbooks that I charged to my student card yet. And how that could potentially be bad, and I might have missed some sort of deadline. So I check my student account. Confusion sets in. How could the university owe […]