January 2010
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Making a living playing music seemed like a really normal thing to do. I never...
– Win Butler
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I hate this more than almost anything. I think it should be a law that to use...
– Bon Iver
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Dave Francese - Untitled 2009 →
Free music Friday. From my brother. He put out a few tunes this past winter (wait, we’re still in winter). Here’s a link to the ZIP file.
For fans of: Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, The Avett Brothers
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If I had known then, what I know now…
– Pearl Jam - Red Mosquito
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I bought these albums with gift cards:
+ Spoon - Transference
+ Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young
+ The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
+ Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - It’s Blitz
Favorite: Spoon
I have “acquired” these LPs:
+ Broken Bells
+ Beach House - Teen Dream
+ Kings of Leon - Live at O2 London Rip (thanks 4Kicks)
Favorite: Beach House (though I...
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Patty Griffin - Downtown Church →
Comes out next week. It’s gospel done right.
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Gone Missing?
Ever make coffee then realize you have no sugar and/or milk?
I gots to have sugar + milk!
Perhaps, if we set about it in the right way, we might be able to produce...
– Aldous Huxley (via thediamondmind)
If you have 9 minutes…
davefrancese:
must watch now!
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The sunsets just my light bulb burning out
– Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina
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Anyone want to learn drums? →
Give me shout. Email in the left.
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Schedule on a Tuesday
I wake up at 7:30. Slight guilt sets in cos she’s been up since 5, but I make my coffee and bowl of cereal and then brush.
Email is next, but there’s not much of worth there so I check the list and plan the day. Rehearsal is at 9:30 so I need to set up my skins. This takes awhile. We’re recording so we set up mics and cables and a computer. The computer records it all so we...
Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Police drummers unite to... →
conflictvoice:
NME - Big name drummers backing Sudan365 campaign
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For I have known them all already, known them all:—
Have known the evenings,...
– TS Eliot The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock (via arysssa)
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The Gift of Musiak
Albums I’ve acquired so far this year with gift cards:
+ Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young
+ The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
+ Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz
I have a bit left, but I think I’ll hold out for awhile. Some great releases coming up. Some of my favorite albums lately:
+ Beach House - Teen Dream (official release in Jan.)
+ Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
+ Dead...
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Sketch
I have to start sketching again. Usually in the winter I hermit up and write and draw, but I’m in this period of stagnation. I need to create and generate something, but I’m just lagging.
Anyone else? Winter laziness? What to do to stir the creativity yall?
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Best “Fails” of 2009
Be ready to laugh yall.
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