New (to me) Songs/Artists I’m Diggin:
“None Shall Pass” Aesop Rock (1)
“Our Friends Appear Like the Dawn” Bodies of Water (4)
“Beloved” Minnie Driver (5)
“Bad Graces” Diego Sandrin (7)
“One Man” Eulogies
New (2) Songs by Old Friends:
“Car Crash” Matt Nathanson (3)
“Rumors” Josh Ritter (3)
“Trouble” Over the Rhine
“Black Out on White Nights” Sage Francis (6)
“Darlin’ Do Not Fear” Brett Dennen
“Hamoa Beach” (Live) Gomez
from Paste #35.
1-Hmm, I bought this album but not sure I ever listened to it.
2-Or new when the magazine came out…months ago! 🙂
3-I am diggin’ these two big time this year. Lots of great stuff by them out there.
4-Very Polyphonic-Spree feelin’.
5-This song is really kind of surprisingly beautiful.
6-Very atmospheric background. Unusual for rap.
7-Nice and sparse, simple seeming, but pretty unusual lyrics.
Daily Archives: November 15, 2007
Ben Bridwell recommends.
Bridwell of Band of Horses on Pitchfork’s Guest List (link via LargeHearted Boy).
I’m going to check out:
Tunes: A Decent Animal
Book: “Joe: A Novel” by Larry Brown.
Nice quote from Spike.
À la Super Eggplant, currently, I am…
Making: Still working on the Friendship Star quilts, finishing the binding on the mini leftovers quilt, and have a stack of fabric pulled out to wash since AmandaJean brainwashed me into joining her quilt-a-long.
Reading: Subtly violent short stories “Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work” by Jason Brown. Just three more to go. And obsessing over book blogs and all the “reading challenges” people are involved in.
Watching: As much fall TV as I can stuff into my head before it all comes to a horrific grinding halt. Had secret plans to go to a movie every night this week, but that plan quickly fell apart one day in.
Listening: David Gray‘s new covers album (available only on his site I believe); the Natalie Portman-produced Big Change: Songs for FINCA compilation; and an album and an EP by Great Northern, which I think I just randomly found on iTunes, not sure what caught my eye but they’re good.
Best of October
The best movie I saw in October was Control, the Ian Curtis/Joy Division biopic that I actually went to twice. Beautifully filmed, powerfully acted, with great tunes.
The best book I read in October was … a three-way tie? Hmmmm, OK the one I’ve thought about the most since reading it is “In the Woods” by Tana French. But I thought both the new Haven Kimmel and Jonathan Coe were really, really good as well.
The best gig I went to in October was Rogue Wave. Really compelling and the lead singer has such a distinctive voice.
My favorite tunes in October were the latest albums by Band of Horses, Mr. Hudson & The Library, Joe Purdy, and singles from Nada Surf “See These Bones” (via Fuel/Friends) and folksinger Tom Paxton “George W Told the Nation.”
Random personal highlights: Brunch with MaryKay!; Chicago Film Festival.
Lowlights? White Stripes concert cancelled, thank you Meg’s stupid internet sex tape; Steph’s visit cancelled, thank you stupid airlines.
Seems like a slow month, doesn’t it? But October is very busy at work for me, so there you go. Stupid work.