doug:
Mirah - Telephone Wires (live) (2:12)
The lyrics aren’t tied to anything in my life, it’s just a good song that a lot of people can probably identify with.
If you like the track, you will really like the album version on You Think It’s Like This, But Really It’s Like This.
doug:
I’m looking forward to buying new gloves and a new toque of some sort this evening. If I can’t stop nature, and I must endure another winter in this city, I might as well try to do it with as little fuss as possible.
As is usually the case, I feel that I haven’t had enough time to do all that I wish to. For instance, there’s still that pile of books over a thousand pages tall to go through, and that’s not including the programming books I’ve been wanting to re-start. There’s also the three different art projects that I’d really love to get into so that I’ve got something to put up on that site apart from a placeholder page. It’s not that I need time away from work, I just need time to do the work I wish for.
Even when I do crude calculations beginning with lies such as “If I stop watching television…” or “If I just started…” things come out impossible, because the reality of the situation (as always) is that I just need to do the things I wish to do, and stop thinking about why I can’t yet do them.
Fortune favors the bold, and real artists ship.
doug:
As soon as it gets cold out (such as it is currently) I enjoy wearing scarves inside the apartment. Not because I feel any warmer, but because it’s a little bit of adventure.
doug:
Keeping in mind that this video is only about two and a half years old, music industry, you’ve got a lot of explaining to do. First, I want to know why you turned a seemingly cool-ish brunette singer/song-writer named Stefani Germanotta into a freak of nature to forever be known as “Lady Gaga.”
After answering that, then I’ll ask you what you plan to do to return her to her previous state.
doug:
I speak in a lot of circles and metaphors. In response to an email just a minute ago where someone described me as “metaphor man” I had to actually stop myself from using metaphor to describe why I’m this way.
It’s not a planned thing, I think it just makes my days and conversations with people far less boring (for me).
doug:
Although its meager popularity came and went long before I was aware of it, shoegaze / dream pop music is a fantastic listen. I don’t know who any* of the bands are/were, or what songs were ‘the best’ so it’s all just one big lovely cloud of perfume.
*I’m well aware of My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus & Mary Chain, but I’m talking about any other bands.
Seriously, just search YouTube for “dream pop” or “shoegaze” and pick a video at random. As genres, almost any track will make you think of walking through some sort of field full of little yellow flowers and holding hands with someone a little too young or too sweet, but that’s fine because it’s all some weird opium dream and you’ll wake up eventually.
doug:
Smashing Pumpkins - “Stand Inside Your Love” (lyrics)
A longtime favorite, the Pumpkins pretty much ruled my headphones from late 1993 and all the way through 2000. Seeing them live the day after my 18th birthday was a real treat. That tour was pretty much the end of the road for the band, and I was invited to the show by my friend Trevor, who I’d known since elementary school.
This track is far better than its video, and I’ve always liked the lyrics- they’re a bit bent but I think they still remain incredibly positive. The section of “who wouldn’t be the one you love and live for?” is something I’m sure is part of all relationships, the part where it’s just so clear why everyone on earth would, does, or should love the person in question. The period where they just give off glowing light.
The swap between “for the last time” and “for the first time” for verses always sticks in my mind as well.
doug:
Cygnets. - “Strangers For Years” (3:08)
They’re local, and I enjoy the chorus.
doug:
A collection of J.C. Leyendecker prints at art.com
I so often forget that while these drawings are so beautiful in form, they were mostly created for advertisements. Now turn on the TV, or look at any public ad (at a bus stop, for example), and see how long you wait to find anything even partially as well thought out or professionally crafted.
