9/29/10

I live in constant debt, to feel you, invented.

Jimmy Eat World you did it again...I love Invented, I can see this album lasting forever and ever for me, it's on a totally different level than Chase This Light but extremely honest and satisfying and so many things.

"There's a cinematic end
I picture it just right
Having trouble with the right words
But you tell me with your eyes:
There's something good I miss
Something I cant' find
Do you believe me now?
Can you see it in my eyes?
You're always in my head
You're just what I wanted
I live in constant debt
To feel you, invented"
~Invented, 
Jimmy Eat World, Invented

In three days I am going to lock myself in a room, alone, and listen to music all day, on brand new speakers, in a brand new place. So, maybe it's just all that, but I love this album right now.

9/25/10

Self-explanatory.

9/10/10

"This is the story of your red right ankle
And how it came to meet your leg
And how the muscle, bone, and sinews tangled
And how the skin was softly shed
And how it whispered, "Oh, adhere to me
For we are bound by symmetry
And whatever differences our lives have been
We together make a limb"
This is the story of your red right ankle

This is the story of your gypsy uncle
You never knew because he was dead
And how his face was carved and ripped with wrinkles
In the picture in your head
And remember how you found the key
To his hideout in the Pyrenees
But you wanted to keep his secret safe
So you threw the key away
This is the story of your gypsy uncle

This is the story of the boys who loved you
Who love you now and loved you then
And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you
And some just layed around in bed
And some, they crumbled you straight to your knees
Did it cruel, did it tenderly
Some, they crawled their way into your heart
To rend your ventricles apart
This is the story of the boys who loved you

This is the story of your red right ankle"
~Red Right Ankle
The Decemberists, Her Majesty

9/8/10

I have to say it, again and again, I'm never unimpressed by radio magic. Example: Been listening to Disintegration a ton, but today my iPod battery decided to call it quits for good.**

Anyway I was driving to work thinking I could really go for some more of The Cure, and, bam - "Pictures of You" comes on (with a shortened intro, but still). Loved it.

And I was also determined to here Taylor Swift's "Mine" before going home, which I caught on the top 40 station. The DJ made a joke, saying the song could be called "15 Teardrops on my Love Story" or something like that. I laughed, but understand where he's coming from. Still sang it, loud.

The new Jimmy Eat World single, "My Best Theory," is awesome. I'm so excited for that album, which I tend to dig overall more than the singles. Still it's a great song, awesome to drive to, hook-tastic, and I can't wait for more. I love the perspective of the song, JEW is great for songs that reflect social/political landscapes, they have a subtle way of doing it without being gospel. This song just observes and captures really well, I think.

**This is three in one year, by the by. The new nanos are glorious, though, I might buy one next week.

9/8/10

Beautiful little song that flipped across my radar.

"Lucy and I came from Tallahassee
With our bones on our backs
Our backs on our knees
She was small, I was straight
We left our love in a bed ridden gate, for shame

Why can't you see the sky isn't green anymore
Why don't you know what I need on these shores
All I want is love eternally
With your heart facing me

Science says stones don't fly through water
And souls don't matter if you love your mother
If karma could dance, she'd tango forever
And I'd sell my sleeves for some cloud ridden weather

Why can't you see heaven won't wait for us
Salutations and prayers are too laborius
All I want is love eternally
With your heart facing me"
~To Travels and Trunks
Hey Marseilles, To Travels and Trunks

9/4/10

This song is so good through headphones. Reminds me of early high school, but it sounds totally different now.
The whole album does, really, I didn't notice guitars this much when I was 14 but now it's like, damn, this is better than I remember.


But I threw you the obvious
Just to see if there's more behind the
eyes of a fallen angel
eyes of a tragedy
~3 Libras
A Perfect Circle, Mer de Noms

9/4/10

Hear this on WBER all the time, gorgeous.

Tom McRae - Please

Seriously, go listen to it. It's a beautiful recording but it sounds pretty good in the live link above.

Fireworks through the trees, city turns away from me
my hand raised to say goodbye, goodbye my love.
Wheels roll to the light, sleep kills fevered night
and it's easier now, it's easier now you're gone.

Shadow rise, shadow fall, deaf to siren call
a year has died, a year since I said your name.
Burning in the blue, light comes low and cool
and like your love there's no heat in this winter sun.

So please let my heart go.

Walk the world side to side, place where hidden memories lie
and I buried you there along with your history.
Give me sun you give me shade and seven years of hurricanes
but now my love I'm sundialling my days away.

So please let my heart go. Cos I don't care no more.
~Please
Tom McRae, The Alphabet of Hurricanes