Movies of Myself

It was written long ago. It was not for me to know.

Mid Week Mini Music Mix

 

The week usually flies by for me but I caught myself bemoaning how slowly the week was dragging along today, probably because I have so many fun things planned over the weekend and also because I'm getting SO excited about the big holiday coming up next week. Thanksgiving has been my absolute favorite holiday for ages. Even driving five hundred miles and slaving over the massive dinner for my whole family the last few years hasn't dampened my spirits. Fall is in the air. I can see and feel it everywhere. Truly, it's quite lovely.

Never Stops - Deerhunter This is a great album but I feel like I'm not getting the most out of it because I listen to this track over and over and over. It's so cool and so insanely addicting. "It never stops."

Face To Face On High Places - School of Seven Bells Ethereal, beautifully uplifting and sweetly moving. You can tell this is a loving tribute to something so very important.

Falling Without Knowing - Tilly & The Wall Synthy and dancey, this reminds me SO much of the new wave bands I used to love. Quite irresistible :)

Draw Down The Stars - Tom McRae This is an old favorite of mine. I was listening to Thom Yorke's The Eraser and my iTunes eventually trickled down to Tom McRae. This is a gentle yet cryptic song that stays with you long after you hear it.

Clumsy

Things I knocked over today with my new (larger than I'm used to but totally awesome) purse:

• two heads of organic broccoli

• a stack of books about world religions

• an unfortunately open bag of Chewy Lemonhead & Friends

• a leaning tower of Trader Joe's brand Airborne

• your block

• maybe your mama's block, too

Pet Names

The turtles love the sun!

Miles and Nina love the sun so much and, on days when I'm home during the light hours, I will move their tank around to different windows, so they get as much sun exposure as possible. Before I took them home with me they'd lived in a little dark cramped corner for so long, I wonder if they even remembered sunlight. I wonder too if they think that I am somehow responsible for the sun; if they think that I make that light. Heady, egotistical, turtley thoughts.

Also, they are named after Miles Davis and Nina Simone. I tend to name pets after writers, musicians and actors. The dog now: James Joyce Tran. The previous doggy: Spencer Tracy Tran. I really do love a good pet name. Some of my previous favorites: Kinross' cat named Le Halles, Susan's dog December, Sue's turtles Mulder and Scully and Steph's mouse Magic.

But did you ever, ever notice the kind of thoughts I got?

Mid Week Mini Music Mix
It's all title tracks for this week. I've always found title tracks intriguing and I try to figure out how and why they set the tone for a whole album. I usually don't even come close to an answering, but it's fun to think about.

Title Track - Death Cab For Cutie - Not literally a title track, but I couldn't resist. Old Death Cab lyrics are the shiz.

I See a Darkness - Bonnie Prince Billy Beautiful, beautiful. He sings about the things inside that haunt us all.

the ghost types - bridges and powerlines I got this album last week on a complete whim. I know nothing about this band but I know I can't stop listening to this album. It's sweetly cheery but with a trace of longing running throughout.

Black Pear Tree - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King I absolutely love this first song off of this EP. Kaki King's voice sounds vulnerable and lovely and it's got that spare Mountain Goats sadness very reminiscent of the songs off of Get Lonely. My favorite line: I saw the future in a dream last night. Somebody’s gonna get hurt, somebody’s gonna get hurt. I hope it’s not me. But I suspect it’s going to have to be.