pricciar: (Big Huge SpongeBob)
Man, I found another awesome CD today. I am really looking forward to putting together my best of 2005 list this year. I think this has been a fantastic year for new music. I have heard so many great things in the past 12 months. Today's find is Deerhoff's The Runner's Four.

They have a hard guitar sound with really soft pleasant lyrics and singer's voices. All of the songs have a little bit of discordance and NOISE, but as each song progresses the noise settles down and each sound starts to sound right with each other. The singer's voices bring everything together to make each song something I want to hit repeat on. The CD has 18 songs, so not every one of them has been mindblowing, but enough of them that I really suggest that everyone go check out this CD.
It feels a little bit unproduced. Some songs feel a little bit off. But, I think this adds to their charm. And, again, once the song picks up I don't even notice this.

Oh. And Neutral Milk Hotel. They are awesome. They are pretty old, though. Why hasn't anyone told me about them? I found a CD by them called In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and it's amazing.

The search for a good sound. A pleasing song. It can take you through crap you wish you hadn't heard. Disappointments you had higher hopes for. Leading you to things you are surprised you hadn't known about all along. The search teaches you. It fine tunes your tastes. You become more sure of your likes. You question your dislikes. It can lead you to things you never thought you would enjoy. The excellent thing about finding something you like is that you can listen to it and relisten to it and constantly find new things to admire, new things to adore.
pricciar: (m'lle beeson)
The muppet stamps are terrific. I bought a bunch yesterday. I am going to strive to use them only for personal correspondence. Although, I think a worker at a bill collection center will certainly be cheered by the smiling hollering visage of Animal - I think it is more likely that the worker will open the envelope without even a passing gaze on the stamped styrofoam joy. I like how the stamps are designed. Each stamp has a muppet character who looks like he is busting through white. If you put the stamp on a white envelope it will look like a muppet is actually climbing out of the envelope. People will be so excited to read the letter. "I wonder what other muppets are in there?" they will say. This, is in fact a lot of pressure. I have to write better letters, now. And, perhaps use better handwriting so people can understand what I am saying. If someone would like a letter. Please write to me, so that I will know the good things to say when I write back.

It is funny how something can be camel through the needle difficult, while at the same time be easier and more comfortable than anything I have ever had in my life.
That's both frightening and inspiring.

Sleep has been hard to come by lately. Once I get to sleep I sleep the sleep of the victorious, but getting to that point has been kind of hard. Some of it might be based on the camel through the needle stuff. But, I also think I am not getting enough exercise. I am getting a new knee brace, I hope that helps make bike riding less (or not at all) painful. And, maybe I will even start running again. I might also join a gym this fall. 24 Hour Fitness isn't that far away. And, maybe if I go there late at night it would give me a chance to exercise without as many people around to mock my gesticulations.

It was said that insanity ran in her family. She listened to the rumors. She heard only the truth. Her autograph was worth more than her jewels. She insisted on staying in the house. Sequestered. A dimly lit yellow room with only dusty plastic flowers and tattered books of German poets to keep her company. She spent much of her time devising ways to meet the public again. A grand return. She spent an equal amount of her time convincing herself of all the reasons she should avoid this return. The lack of sun. The lack of air. The lack of anything but Goethe. This all shrunk her down. She was forced out. A fire? A mouse? An attack of courage? It doesn't matter. She knows the sun again.

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