Sondre!September is going to be awesome. :)
I’m listening to the premiere of Heartbreak Radio on Stereogum, and you should too. Now. His songwriting is as awesomely spot on and genius-like as ever; in fact possibly even more so. Sondre iz a lyrical smartypants. I ♥ ♥ ♥ Heartbreak Radio. Simply cannot wait for the rest of the tracks to leak out to lay my hands on his album sia.
I can hardly believe it myself – HMV has finally heeded my pleas and have finally, FINALLY, bloody F I N A L L Y woken up their idea and stocked Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest cd. Been rubbing my grubby hands in glee and listening to it almost every night ever since I got it – its bloody good shizz. Sibeh shiok. They should stock their first cd too damnit. Grr. Grrizzly.
Courtesy of thesartorialist.
There’s just something about her hair and the pose. Love it.
And here’s one more picture for this post, just because.
Found on ffffound.
Nothing like awesome finds that make the daily grind slightly more bearable. That, and awesome people, things, music and stuff. Makes you more appreciative of life and its possibilities albeit its fleetingness. Damnit realised my whole post reeks of two-spaces-after-fullstop-OCD. Wonder where I got that turgid habit from. Ugh!
P.S. What the heck, it’s already July 2009 – Independence day to be exact. Good grief it’s going to be 2010 soon. And a decade would have passed since the 2000 end-of-the-world worrywarts, eh. Anyways, 2009 is coming to a close. Like ALREADY. This kinda thing just creeps up so stealthily. No warning one lor. Hmpft!
Found on ffffound.
“A graviton is a hypothetical elementary particle that mediates the force of gravity in the framework of quantum field theory. The graviton is massless, and as a second-rank tensor, must have a spin or two.”
The scary thing is, I actually kinda have some semblance of comprehension regarding the above. Good grief. Looks like I did manage to learn and retain something from the introductory quantum physics module I took in school, after all. Fancy that.
“If injested, consult a physician immediately.”
Found on ffffound.com
My favourite point of view – the Realist! Absolute classic shizz.
Friday’s edition of Life! had a pretty cool article on Patrick Watson. I learnt that that genre of music is considered “Art Rock”, whatever that means. I definitely like it better than all those “Post-Rock” labels though. They make me nervous. Is post-rock a genre related to, or after rock? If I could influence genre names, I’ll choose a more sensible one – like Sediment, perhaps.
I have work to do but, a really good book is waiting for me to complete it. Damn.
GRAND ARCHIVES. SONDRE LERCHE (well, around September anyways). ZERO 7. And now – MUSE.
MUSE’s THE RESISTANCE WILL BE OUT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
*runs around room in a flurry*
Well fancy that. Managed to stay alive after all that snazz and razz, tazz and nazz.
Anyways, here’s something random for you: Rock Snot. Here’s how rock snot algae, or didymosphenia geminata, looks like -
Picture courtesy of Treehugger.
So its some kinda ugly algae that is apparently ravaging the world. Bloomin’ and killin’ the fragile water ecosystem and all that. This is no joke, kids. Rock Snot RockS not, I Kid You Not.
Lyra’s Oxford, by Phillip Pullman. Related to the superawesome His Dark Materials series. It’s a short but extremely heartwarming read. I love how Lyra draws strength from the mere thought of Will. Its too bad that they live in different worlds and can never ever meet again. :(
Alright let’s stop sounding like the world is going to stop spinning on its axis even if something does go wrong over the next few days. Life is so much more than that. Not to say that nothing has gone awry yet – quite the contrary. Sigh. I just hope things just don’t screw up too much, and not all the way. Anyways.
Another Awesome Audiofind!
They are The Fruit Bats. I know right, what a name! What a sound, too. They sound unassuming and that’s where their brillance is. The further a song progresses, the more you listen to them, the greater your shock. A most understated band I say.
This will be the most intensive weekend + week ahead. Ever. In my whole life. And I ain’t exaggerating. Totally shit petrified. I dread the start of the next seven days and yet I cannot wait for it to be over. DAMNIT. One screwup and that’s it. The end. Goodbye. Farewell. Etc etc.
SHITZERS.
SEPTEMBER 8. ZERO 7. YEAH x 1000.
September is going to be awesome, I just know it. I can’t wait to see the direction dear ol’ Henry and Sam has brought Zero 7 towards. I’m currently listening to the first song that they’ve released from the new album. It’s a slightly more staccato-esque electronica, but its still retains the fluidity and gel-ness of electronica circa Simple Things. Somehow. I haven’t made up my mind as to whether I like this direction or not, because my favourite tunes are still from the Most Awesome When It Falls album.
I’m terribly, terribly excited, though. When I read the news on my trusty Google Reader, I had a deafening moment of shock that led to stillness that was tempted to express itself in loud whoops of joy. But of course I managed to compose myself sufficiently to compose this entry.
Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to the day when record stores here finally see the light and stock Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest.
