tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312268932024-03-13T12:18:21.286-07:00Long Hair Beardo Freakliving in the bardo forest with a warm gunblau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-20775091322512904382009-10-10T09:29:00.000-07:002009-10-10T09:46:19.151-07:00<span style="font-family: arial;">all things anew once again i return to this blog with unsure intentions.<br /><br /><br /></span>blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-85826964392036248672007-12-31T23:28:00.000-08:002007-12-31T23:29:36.413-08:00new years again and here i am far from home. alone in crowded rooms. i fit no where. at least not here.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-42078700694387205602007-12-20T16:20:00.000-08:002007-12-20T17:03:50.344-08:00so here i am, back in business. half a year later. lots of things have happened, ready... <br /><br />1. moved to cleveland<br />2. did not go to montana<br />3. moved back to chicago (in with brett)<br />4. started working at the ups store<br />5. moved in with mike and will<br /><br />so i really kind of ditched my whole "i am going to listen to 10 new albums a month". but i did dive into 60s pysch which has changed my life. <br /><br />but here is what is i actually heard of this year...<br /><br />TOP 13<br /><br />1. IN RAINBOWS/RADIOHEAD <br />2. PERSON PITCH/PANDA BEAR <br />3. FRIEND & FOE/MENOMENA<br />4. STRAWBERRY JAM/ANIMAL COLLECTIVE<br />5. NEON BIBLE/ARCADE FIRE<br />6. THE REMINDER/FEIST<br />7. PLAUGE PARK/HANDSOME FURS<br />8. CONQUEROR/JESU<br />9. RISE ABOVE/DIRY PROJECTORS<br />10. A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS/A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS<br />11. GOOD BAD NOT EVIL/BLACK LIPS<br />12. PEBBLES/PUMICE<br />13. VOLTA/BJORKblau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-88935879730461987672007-04-03T17:12:00.000-07:002007-04-03T17:13:25.007-07:00Monkey Flees Zoo, Attacks Bus Passenger<br /><br />MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A spider monkey that escaped from a Mexico City zoo boarded a bus and attacked a passenger, Red Cross officials said Tuesday. The monkey got on the bus at about 11 p.m. Monday after escaping from the San Juan de Aragon Zoo, Red Cross spokesman Jair Martinez said. Zoo officials could not immediately be reached for comment.<br /><br />The animal sat next to the bus driver for almost an hour as he drove through the city, and scratched and bit a 20-year-old female passenger when she tried to hold it, the Mexican news agency Notimex said.<br /><br />Martinez said the woman was treated for her injury, and the animal was placed in quarantine. He said he had no further details.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-67095740544427218602007-03-23T15:20:00.000-07:002007-03-23T15:22:07.297-07:00HEY. Pitchfork has done it again. You should read these (seriously)...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/41637-please-mr-pharmacist">On Drugs</a><br /><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41826-person-pitch">Person Pitch</a>blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-3429231692812793652007-03-23T11:17:00.000-07:002007-03-23T11:32:15.270-07:00Scene: A party<br /><br /><em>Drew walks up to a hipster chick with a Velvet Underground T-shirt on.</em><br /><br />Drew: Hey, I dig your shirt. <br /><br />Girl: OH, thanks! I bought it at Urban Outfitters!<br /><br />Drew: Oh... So... Do you dig on the Velvets?<br /><br />Girl: Who?<br /><br />Drew: The band on your shirt. <br /><br />Girl: What? Oh, I just like bannanas. <br /><br />Drew: SO... what kind of music do you dig?<br /><br />Girl: Well I really like _________________! <br /><br />Drew: Well it's been nice talking to you, but I have to go pretend this conversation never happened.<br /><br /><em>Drew walks away in Charlie Brown like fashion.</em><br /><br /><strong>What band did the girl say she liked that disgusted Drew?</strong>blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-34466445469722838972007-03-19T11:33:00.000-07:002007-03-19T11:34:45.562-07:00i found these shorts from a Grizzly Bear tour in europe. this is the first one. if you dig it, check out the rest. <br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4ltvjOj9m-c"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4ltvjOj9m-c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-44104915682362851822007-03-16T15:28:00.000-07:002007-03-16T15:32:59.609-07:00so i have been super behind due to finals and other messes. but i should catch up. here is the plan and a recap. <br /><br />January<br /><br />Jesu – Conqueror 8.6<br />Menomena – Friend and Foe 7.8<br />!!! – Myth Takes 7.3<br />Deerhoof – Friend Opportunity 7.0<br />Julie Doiron – Woke Myself Up 6.3<br />The Apples in Stereo – New Magnetic Wonder 6.2<br />Field Music – Tones of Town 6.2<br />Bloc Party – A Weekend in the City 6.0<br />Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? 5.5<br />The Shins – Wincing the Night Away 5.2<br /><br />February<br /><br />Panda Bear – Person Pitch 9.1<br />Arcade Fire – Neon Bible 8.3<br />Eluvium – Copia 8.2<br />Explosions in the Sky – All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone 8.0<br />Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha 7.9<br />Do Make Say Think – You, You’re a History in Rust 7.8<br />The Besnard Lakes – Are the Dark Horse 6.8<br />Deerhunter – Cryptograms 6.1<br /><br />Blackfield – ii<br />Klaxons – Myths of the Near Future<br /><br />March <br /><br />Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank<br />Papercuts – Can’t Go Back <br />Blonde Redhead – 23<br />Feist – The Reminder <br />Wilco – Sky Blue Sky <br />Kings of Leon – Because of The Times<br />The Postmarks – The Postmarks<br />Amon Tobin – Foley Room<br />Electrelane – No Shouts, No Calls<br />Low – Drums and Gunsblau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-22938052255901525442007-03-16T15:22:00.000-07:002007-03-16T15:27:43.797-07:00Eluvium <br />Copia<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/733893.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Amreik 3.5<br />Indoor Swimming at the Space Station 5<br />Seeing You Off the Edges 5<br />Prelude For Time Feelers 4<br />Requiem on Frankfort Ave 4.5<br />Radio Ballet 4.5<br />(Intermission) 2<br />After Nature 3.5<br />Reciting The Airships 3.5<br />Ostinato 4.5<br />Hymn #1 4.5<br />Repose In Blue 4.5<br /><br />49/60<br /><br />Score = 8.2<br /><br />i probably won't play this record for anyone. it is a personal headphones experience, not something you play for your friends at a party. some of the song titles on this record are just absolutely perfect. i can see it all. i am not sure why matt decided to put an intermission on the record, it threw me off. it was dumb. anyways give it a listen preferably when you are alone and feeling emotional. this will grip you in ways the first m83 record did or the first time you saw lost in translation. if you dig it tell me and we can talk about it more in depth.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-70382941116139539462007-03-16T15:05:00.000-07:002007-03-16T15:20:26.368-07:00Do Make Say Think <br />You, You Are A History In Rust <br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/698279.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Bound To Be That Way 4 <br />A With Living 3.5<br />The Universe! 3.5<br />A Tender History In Rust 4.5<br />Herstory of Glory 3.5<br />You, You’re Awesome 4<br />Executioner Blues 3.5<br />In Mind 4.5<br /><br />31/40<br />Score = 7.8<br /><br />i am pretty sure the main riff in "bound to be that way" is from the Apostle Hustle song "folkloric feel". i had to listen to this record a few times to get a true rating. the first time i heard it i was floored, the second bored, the third somewhere in between, and a few times later i still enjoy most of it a good amount. i am not super familiar with their other records, but must people who are say this is one of their worse. if that is the case, their others must be great. so i am going to check those out. "a tender history in rust" has an early album leaf feel with the solo guitar picking. "the universe!" sounds like it was recorded somewhere else of lesser production and after the punch in the face riff at the start doesn't really set it up a notch or take it anywhere else worth going. the bass towards the end of "herstory of glory" is pretty rad. "in mind" is probably my favorite song with the brush drums and bells. pretty as hell.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1173422540105327062007-03-08T22:39:00.000-08:002007-03-08T22:42:20.116-08:00seriously check this guy j. tillman out. here is a song. <br /><br /><a href="http://gvsbchris.com/when%20i%20light%20your%20darkened%20door.mp3">when i light your darkened door</a>blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1173251514113906422007-03-06T23:07:00.000-08:002007-03-06T23:11:54.113-08:00<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/ScrambledEgg.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a><br />PH: do eggs have protein in them?<br />drew: yeah, a lot of vegetarians eat them to get protein.<br />PH: but that's like eating an animal.<br />drew: well actually an egg is not considered meat. <br />PH: but it has the possiblity of becoming meat.<br />drew: it's like eating an abortion. <br />PH: yum. *<br /><br />*PH did not actually say "yum".blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1173251126263184462007-03-06T22:56:00.000-08:002007-03-06T23:05:26.276-08:00<A HREF="http://www.nirvani.net/misc/emergency/">emergency?</A><br /><A HREF="http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/">WMD?</A><br /><A HREF="http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/dawkins3.htm">huh?</A><br /><A HREF="http://freegan.info/">an answer?</A>blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1173142699024807512007-03-05T16:53:00.000-08:002007-03-06T00:29:45.606-08:00ok, so i read pitchfork and usually i think they get everything wrong. well not everything, but our tastes are usually off, but today i read a review that summed up almost exactly how i feel about the new arcade fire record. check it out. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41377/The_Arcade_Fire_Neon_Bible/"><br />neon bible</a><br /><br />my biggest disagreement with pitchfork is about "no cars go" which should not have been on the record. but i won't rewrite my review.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1173081710816600422007-03-04T23:51:00.000-08:002007-03-05T00:01:50.826-08:00Besnard Lakes<br />Are The Dark Horse<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/s705507.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a><br /><br />Disaster 3<br />For Agent 13 4<br />And You Lied To Me 3.5<br />Devastation 3<br />Because Tonight 3.5<br />Ride The Rails 3<br />On Bedford and Grand 3.5<br />Cedric’s War 3.5<br /><br />27/40<br />Score = 6.8 <br /><br />This one is probably a grower. It's slow paced long winded harmonic chill out music that is maybe easy to lose track of but good to get lost in.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1173080996234749662007-03-04T23:17:00.000-08:002007-03-04T23:50:22.843-08:00Andrew Bird <br />Armchair Apocrypha <br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/631158.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a><br /><br />Fiery Crash 5<br />Imitosis 4<br />Heretics 4.5<br />Dark Matter 4<br />Plasticities 4<br />Armchairs 4<br />Simple X 3.5<br />The Supine 4<br />Cataracts 4.5<br />Scythian Empires 3.5<br />Spare-Ohs 3.5<br />Yawny and the Apocalypse 3<br /><br />47.5/60<br />Score = 7.9<br /><br />another great release from my chicago brother mr. bird. he is eco friendly and unafraid to make catchy songs that have real substance. this album may tend to lean less on the classic bird sounds, but i don't believe that to be a bad thing at all. there is rock and there is pop and great lyrics like "when i was a little boy i threw away all my action toys, i became obsessed with operation." need i say anymore.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1172909808808679902007-03-03T00:04:00.000-08:002007-03-03T00:16:48.820-08:00SO... i know i am behind with my reviews for last month but I have all albums downloaded and I have been listening inbetween other things that are currently needing my attention. so here are the albums for feburary so far plus unreviewed...<br /><br />(reviewed) <br />panda bear - person pitch 9.1<br />arcade fire - neon bible - 8.3<br />explosions in the sky - all of a sudden i miss everyone 8.0 <br />deerhunter - cryptograms 6.2<br /><br />(not reviewed, but rated/subject to change)<br />do make say think - you, you're a history in rust 8.8<br />andrew bird - armchair apocrypha 7.9<br />the besnard lakes 6.8<br /><br />(not reviewed or rated)<br />blackfield - ii <br />eluvium - copia <br />klaxons - myths of the near future <br /><br />so there is my list. i should be finished rating and have a majority of those reviews up by the end of next week but no promises. sneak peek at march: modest mouse, blonde redhead, dino jr, papercuts, electrelane<br /><br />in other news i am giving billy bragg a second chance. i was not into his side on the mermaid ave stuff but i am liking his original stuff. note to self: download the meadowland by the wrens for pleasure listening outside of 2007 lists, yeah like that is going to happen anytime soon. if anyone has any suggestions for other 2007 releases let me know. and really check out that owls thing, it is rad.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1172888916424158392007-03-02T18:07:00.000-08:002007-03-02T18:28:36.436-08:00Deerhunter <br />Cryptograms<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/s676318.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a><br /><br />Intro 2<br />Cryptograms 3<br />White Ink 2<br />Lake Somerset 3<br />Providence 3<br />Octet 2.5<br />Red Ink 3<br />Spring Hall Convert 3<br />Strange Lights 4<br />Hazel St. 3.5<br />Tape Hiss Orchid 4<br />Heatherwood 3.5<br /><br />36.5/60<br />Score = 6.1<br /><br />there is an uncertain haze covering the songs of this album. perhaps there was an air conditioner leak in the studio and some chemical mixed with the drugs the engineer was already on made him feel that the album should be mixed this way. or maybe it is suppose to. i really like it, because behind that haze i see a guy spilling his guts out on the floor trying just to make it in this world and the only way he can is sounding like he does. at other points in the record it feels like the engineer hit a bad trip and decided to put a mic on the broken air conditioner and throw delay pedals on it. some may say it adds to the psychedelic mood, but at those points all i really want to do is fall asleep or skip tracks. nothing much to grab onto, but surely an experience.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1172886112221257392007-03-02T17:41:00.000-08:002007-03-02T17:41:52.233-08:00holy goodness look at what i stumbled upon... THE OWLS!!!!!!<br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uCYHPAPso7A"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uCYHPAPso7A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1172619103915105372007-02-27T15:23:00.000-08:002007-02-27T15:31:43.926-08:00Explosions in the sky <br />All of a sudden I miss everyone<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/710876.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a><br /><br />The birth and death of the day 4<br />Welcome, Ghosts 4<br />It’s natural to be afraid 3.5 <br />What do you go home to? 3.5<br />Catastrophe and the cure 4<br />So long, lonesome 5<br /><br />24/30<br />Score = 8.0<br /><br />There is not much to say about this record. It is your typical Explosions in the Sky: good. Nothing that you wouldn't find on their other records, just new songs. The songs are getting shorter, more to the point. Probably not as good as their other records just because not everything comes together as well plus the lack of surprise. Still solid in my book.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1172551561646203792007-02-26T20:45:00.000-08:002007-02-26T20:46:01.656-08:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kMLF6qzfJxs"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kMLF6qzfJxs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1171955481191077592007-02-19T22:44:00.000-08:002007-02-19T23:11:21.203-08:00Panda Bear <br />Person Pitch <br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/723260.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a><br /><br />Comfy In Nautica 4.5<br />Take Pills 4.5 <br />Bro’s 5<br />I’m Not 4.5<br />Good Girl/ Carrots 5<br />Search for delicious 3.5<br />Ponytail 5 <br /><br />32/35<br />Score = 9.1<br /><br />holy goodness. listen to that reverb. listen to those voices. listen to those crazy beats. this album is a trip. all the weird goodness with pure pet sounds hooks, i feel like noah knew exactly what i wanted this album to sound like. every time i would put on young prayer i would always think how much more he could be doing with such a great sound and here it is. Noah's voice really makes the record for me. the howling melodies reverberate in my head for days. i sing them in the shower. i hum them on the train. who thought that tribal freak folk made on beat machines and reverb soaked vocals could sound this pop, but that is exactly what it is. and it is not afraid to be. it is catchy. you want to sing along even if you have no idea what he is saying. you want to dance around and clap your hands. so do it.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1171679156834245262007-02-16T18:24:00.000-08:002007-02-16T18:25:56.843-08:00Good Week For...<br />Baseball fans, after pitchers and catchers reported to spring-training camps in Florida and Arizona at the same time a winter storm swept across the U.S.<br /><br />Bad Week For...<br />Interventions, after Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man, released an audiotape in which he calls President Bush an alcoholic, and says he is “addicted to two other faults: lying and gambling.”<br /><br />From The Week Magazine Online<br /><br />P.S. <br />anyone hear the new dino jr. OH YEAH! back in bussiness!blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1171620774906297312007-02-16T02:10:00.000-08:002007-02-16T02:12:54.926-08:00i stole this from hibba's myspace. <br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/andrewkettering/winterland.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a><br /><br />it is 4:09 and i have class at 9:40. <br /><br />i feel sick from my chimi chonga. <br /><br />i made a myspace. what can i say? i am feeling pretty lonely these days.blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31226893.post-1171498030798677922007-02-14T16:06:00.000-08:002007-02-14T16:07:10.810-08:00Good Week For...<br />Missing the 5:15, after Bulgarian mass-transit authorities began screening soft-core porn movies at a station in Sofia “to take [passengers’] minds off the cold and to pass the time while waiting for a bus.”<br /><br />Bad Week For...<br />The future of the species, after a survey of 1,000 American women found that most valued their favorite clothes more than sex, and would gladly abstain for 15 months in exchange for an entire new wardrobe.<br /><br />[stolen from The Week's website]blau blau greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307219261219476343noreply@blogger.com0