Music
Who Gives a Fuck About an Oxford Comma?
I’ve been listening to a lot of Vampire Weekend lately. I don’t know, but maybe the Prep Rock just fits my idea of summer – days on Cape Cod, popped collar polos, bleeding madras sports coats. My trip to the Hamptons coincided with this re-discovery, so it was nice to get that WASP-Y prep rock [...]
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
Well, it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don’t know by now An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe It’ll never do, somehow When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I’ll be gone You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on [...]
Remembering Mix Tapes from V’Days Passed.
My friend Emily recently posted a mix-tape from her youth – a mix tape filled with all those naive and cheesy songs from our youth. Even though we never knew each other, gazing at the tape made me see an inter-connectedness of our pasts – the generational wink and nods that occur through Top-40 songs, [...]
Retrospection – Part Two
Stillness Is The Move – Dirty … Once upon a time, almost ten years ago, I rang in the new millenium from Times Square. It’s funny to think that, by flashing forward 10 years, I’ll basically will have only moved cross town. Of course, the journey to get here – that cross town traffic, if [...]
16, Maybe Less
The hopeless romantic in me melts with this song. I don’t know what it is: the story of longing for a lover from the past. The pangs of growing older. Whatever it is – it’s simply beautiful and makes me wish for the days when I used to feel the same rush over someone.
Music of My Mind #5: Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Where I find the most beauty is in music. To express one’s self in music is, for me, the pinnacle of art. One of my favorite bands, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, capture so much emotion and primal energy and come up with beautiful music.
Music of My Mind: Music Tennis
I’ve been prescribed medication recently that doesn’t allow me to drink. It’s somewhat unfortunate but it actually has been a good thing – I’ve been able to do some things that I have neglected while I spent too much time enjoying the nightlife. One of those things that I enjoy the most is music. Tonight, [...]
Music of My Mind #4
The other day I made a mix CD for my friend Jessica. We were chatting online and she said she was going to make me one (she didn’t), but it got me thinking about making mixes and how I used to love doing it (which is why I made her one). It was a way [...]
Music of My Mind #3
Misunderstood isn’t a song that you’ll ever hear on the radio. The distortion heavy opening melts away into a double helix of poetry and piano. The distortion hints its way in from time to time, accenting the emotive lyrics at times when the piano and light acoustic guitar seem inadequate. Building to a crescendo, the [...]
