I haven't posted in a a few weeks, but I promise there is a good reason. I've been getting my end of the year lists ready. I've been putting everything in MS Word. I'll probably post soon.
Thanks to Zach, I have become a little bit of a Mountain Goats fan. I don't know them well enough to wallpaper my room with their posters, but I do really like them. I liked their last album a whole lot, but that's not what this is about. They put out a new album last month, but we are cheap and I have only heard the "single" from it.
You've probably heard it by now, but it's called "Cry for Judas." I think it's one of the greatest songs I have ever heard. It gives me goosebumps. I don't want to talk about it and ruin its magnificence, so just listen to it.
Sorry I always post links to youtube for songs. I'm just behind the times.
Pavement- Grave Architecture
In case you hadn't heard, walking to Winco with friends convinced these guys to come out of retirement for a reunion tour. Either that or they were desperate for money. We'll never know.
I thought this would be an appropriate song of the day.
Rage Against The Machine- Sleep Now In The Fire
I'm pretty sure we all have musicians we use to determine good taste and approval. For me, Tom Waits is definitely one of them. When someone tells me they like Tom Waits, or even that they are familiar with and appreciate Tom Waits, they're okay by me. They can like anything else or dislike whatever they want but as long as I can have conversations with them about Tom Waits, I will be their new best friend.
The man fascinates me. His music is like no one else's. It's obscure, it's jazzy, it's emotional. And his voice? It's my favorite. It's scratchy, a little sultry, I could listen to him talk and sing all day. Tom Waits is a man that I would love to just sit and have a conversation with. I feel like he would have really crazy things to say. And then I could photograph him. And he acts! I just watched him in a Jim Jarmusch film called Down By Law where he plays a lead character. Good movie. Then there are a few minor rolls he's played that I've loved in movies like Wristcutters and Mystery Men.
I may also love him so much because he is so nostalgic for me. Tom Waits will always remind me of my father who loves Tom Waits more than anyone I know. I had a rather strange childhood and Tom Waits played a larger-than-normal role in it. I remember being really creeped out by him as a child. I dreaded listening to him and thought my dad was crazy but as I've grown older, I've developed a deep fondness for him. I've developed a love for anything strange and unruly, really. Tom Waits is the epitome of strange and unruly.
And now please enjoy this. It's one of my favorite songs.
So I want to contribute to this blog, but I'm not very good about talking or writing about music. I can tell you if I like something or not really. So I thought maybe now and then I'd just stop in and make a "song of the day" post where I just share a song that tickled my fancy on a particular day. Maybe every now and then I'll even post an "album of the day/week." Here goes...
Josh Ritter- Lillian, Egypt
