Day 2
Went to church. Won several games of Speed Scrabble. Max's room smells like baby and I miss him. Nothing else to report.
Day 3
Publicly ridiculed for being pale. Threw young boys around a pool. Got a sunburn. Got a haircut. Heard my stylist's life story. Shot hoops (I was on fire.)
On an unrelated note, I've been watching some Camera Obscura videos lately.
This is them. I must admit that although I had always thought of them as a Belle and Sebastian derivative, I'm beginning to think that I might be wrong. I don't think I heard a song that I didn't like and it turns out that they started only a short while after B&S. If I'm completely honest with myself, I must admit that B&S can get a bit boring, especially in albums after Arab Strap and before The Life Pursuit. Some of their songs seem like an exercise in masochism. It's like they can get so obsessed with creating a certain 60's pop sound that they forget to make it appealing. Don't get me wrong, they are still one of my all-time favorite bands, I just think Camera Obscura bring life and energy, especially to someone steeped in Belle and Sebastianity . Copy and paste this URL and you will be taken to one of their more recent videos.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTa_RQC8ZxA
4 comments:
I learned from this post that you like music that doesn't suck.
Yes, I try to avoid sucky things.
How do you do it?
How do you keep your pale finger on the pulse of hip indie rock?
I guess it doesn't matter since I know you and you know indie music.
Imagine we're in 1st grade:
"Can I copy you?"
Already downloaded some sweet tunes and added these folks to my blog playlist. The ABBA cover was to die for.
I don't want to hear you complaining about being pale. If you will recall you have a lovely red head, blue eyed sister. And might I remind you of your song...It went a little something like this... "I'm a tan kind of guy in the neighborhood, you just can't compete because my tan's so good. I'm so tan it's not even funny. You're so white, you're whiter than a bunny." I think you're getting what's coming to you for all the years of mocking my pale skin. enjoy!
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