on with the new. there are many releases due out in early 2004 that i am looking forward to giving a listen to.
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Rachel Goswell of Slowdive and Mojave 3 is due to release her first solo album (believed by me to be on 4AD). in an on-air interview recently, she said it should [...]
i’m not responsible if my blog temporarily looks blah. okay, maybe i am just a little. i am in the midst of an identity crisis. it will temporarily be undergoing some minor re-designing. until then, bear with me!
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i gave thoughts on what i liked, but i didn’t buy nearly enough music this year. you might want to check out the list from someone who knows. check out KEXP streaming online for the top 90.3 albums of 2003. the countdown begins at 9am PST but if you miss it you can always pull [...]
things i liked about 2003 in no particular order:
*** The Dirty Three | She Has No Strings Apollo (Anchor and Hope Records)
Bjork | Live Box (One Little Indian) ***
*** Spiritualized | Amazing Grace (Sanctuary)
Lost In Translation Soundtrack (Emperor Norton Records) ***
*** Joss Stone | The Soul Sessions (S-Curve)
Rachel’s | Systems/Layers (Southern Records) ***
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} sitting on the couch between the two i love most
} espresso with thick creamy foam and carmel-y crema
} winter rain storms
} writing for hours
} listening to a new CD in the car after just having left the record store
} falling in love with said CD IMMEDIATELY
} handwritten letters
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CNN and many others are reporting that the diseased cow was traced back to Canada.
Ron DeHaven, the USDA’s chief of veterinary medicine, said Canadian records show the herd would have entered the United States at Eastport, Idaho. The cow was part of a herd in Washington state before being sent to slaughter.
He said investigators have [...]
this christmas, i just couldn’t muster the spirit for family, parties, lights and presents. i would rather just quietly wish for peace from my window overlooking the park.
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i cannot fathom how many online mentions there are about Return Of The King. i managed to wait two whole days before we broke down and shifted our schedules to see it. as expected, it was truly amazing in so many ways. it made me remember how surprised i was to find Viggo Mortenson was [...]
add this to the list of music i need to have a listen to. the band is Manitoba and the release is Up In Flames. i haven’t heard this band, but a friend of mine says it’s right up my alley. although the album was released in March of this year, i hadn’t heard much [...]
has anyone listened to the entire release from Toronto band Girls Are Short? Early North American is out now on Upper Class Recordings, a small Toronto-based indie label.
KEXP has put the song Sunshine from the band’s second album Early North American in their regular rotation. this is their review:
Girlsareshort - Earlynorthamerican (Upper Class)
This Toronto duo’s [...]
i like small things. this is no secret. but, i hadn’t realized how obvious i was until the checkout lady at CompUSA pointed it out. it’s all because i was buying the Kensington Pocketmouse SE. it’s small and blue and much more satisfying to my small hands than a big old mouse. of course, it [...]
i know this is last week’s news, but i found it funny anyway. the SNL website posted news on the December 5th that WHO-TV in Iowa was choosing not to air the episode hosted by Al Sharpton.
All four NBC television affiliates in the state announced they won’t carry the show because Sharpton is one [...]
tom cruise is a tool. there i said it. who cares about the Last Samurai? not me.
i am too busy waiting for Return of the King to be released next week. i watched a little bit of the crappy Dateline, 28 Hours, 60 Minutes (i can’t remember) special. they summarized it in a very cheesy [...]
feeling a bit blah lately and sometimes it takes a good dose of enjoyjment at others expense to change that. poor chuck was uttering these words “HOLY SHIT, I DELETED MY BLOG.”
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck!
My help ticket:
Subject: Oh dear god just shoot me now: I DELETED MY BLOG
it’s not that i’m glad he deleted his blog. but it [...]
there are many things on my mind lately. and strangely it has taken a long conversation with a friend that has purged it onto the web. the conversation was about friendships and the changes that come along with those. the key for me in the most profound relationships i have is the fact that in [...]
i love perusing record stores (i call them record stores, because they carry records. not because i am stuck on the phrase). my favorite record store is undoubtedly Sonic Boom’s Ballard Store. but i also really enjoy Amoeba Music in San Francisco. and i used to like to browse through the wares at Record Time [...]
it occurred to me that we are working on the 10th month of life with Primo. his is a funny story (at least i think so). it goes something like this:
Mark and i were looking to adopt a dog (we knew we wanted to adopt for sure) and had been doing our doggie diligence for [...]
okay, so there was nothing at all bloody about my sunday. i just for some reason feel compelled to use song titles as post titles. it’s a sickness. and speaking of sickness (don’t get me started, don’t even get me started) although i have sometimes wondered what it is i have accomplished in my life, [...]
who doesn’t love food? what i really love are movies and books where the process of cooking is well presented. some of my favorite portions of Huraku Murakami books are his descriptions of meals being prepared. some of my favorites are:
Master Chef Chu spending hours preparing Sunday dinners for his family in Eat, Drink, Man, [...]
at last i have finished reading John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. i am typically a very quick reader, but some books i like to take the time to savour ever word, turn each sentence over in my mind while reading. i find this book to be profound and reassuring each time i read it. i [...]
