Old Music (Still Good Music): Death Cab For Cutie - "What Sarah Said"...

One great Death Cab song deserves another:

And it came to me then
That every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That "I'd already taken too much today"
As each descending peak on the LCD
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me...

Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend
On a faulty camera in our minds
But I knew that you were a truth
I would rather lose than to have never lain beside at all
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself

'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous paces bracing for bad news
Then the nurse comes around and everyone lifts their head
But I'm thinking of what Sarah said
That love is watching someone die...

So who's going to watch you die?
So who's going to watch you die?
So who's going to watch you die?

Happy 5th Birthday Marmalade...

Ol' 5 year old today. Maybe the best $40 I've ever spent.

Old Music (Still Good Music): Death Cab For Cutie - "Grapevine Fires"...

I've been on a big Death Cab kick lately...especially this mini-masterpiece of song-writing:

When the wind picked up, the fire spread
And the grapevine seemed left for dead
And the northern sky looked like the end of days
The end of days

And a wake-up call to a rented room
Sounded like an alarm of impending doom
To warn us it's only a matter of time
Before we all burn
Before we all burn
Before we all burn
Before we all burn

Bought some wine and some paper cups
Near your daughter's school when we picked her up
And drove to a cemetery on a hill, on a hill

We watched the plumes paint the sky gray
She laughed and danced through the field of graves
And there I knew it would be all right
That everything would be all right
Would be all right
Would be all right
Would be all right
Would be all right

And the news reports
On the radio said it was getting worse
As the ocean air fanned the flames
But I couldn't think
Of anywhere I would've rather been
To watch it all burn away...
Burn away
Burn
Burn
Burn
Burn
Burn
Burn

And the firemen worked in double shifts
With prayers for rain on their lips
And they knew it was only a matter of time

Old Music (Still Good Music): The Antlers - "Kettering"...

One of my favorite songs from 2009. Hauntingly beautiful.

New Music: Twin Sister - "All Around and Away We Go"...

Quickly becoming a fan of Twin Sister.

Top 10 Songs I am Currently Listening To...

(I've been listening to a lot of music lately, had to go with 10 songs)

1. LCD Soundsystem - "Home"
2. LCD Soundsystem - "All I Want"
3. The National - "Terrible Love"
4. The National - "Sorrow"
5. Wilco - "We're Just Friends"
6. Damien Jurado - "Cloudy Shoes"
7. Zola Jesus - "Manifest Destiny"
8. Pink Floyd - "Wot's...Uh the Deal"
9. The Radio Dept. - "Memory Loss"
10. The Magnetic Fields - "You're My Only Home"

New Music: Broken Social Scene - "Forced To Love"...

Dear Broken Social Scene, don't stay away that long ever again.

New Music: LCD Soundsystem - "Home"...

And yet another stunner from Mr. James Murphy. How lucky to have and know this song!

Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Home
Take me home

Just do it right
Make it perfect and real
Because it's everything
No everything was never the deal

So grab your things and stumble into the night
So we can shut the door
Oh, shut the door on terrible times

Yeah, do it right
And head again into space
So you can carry on
And carry on, and fall all over the place

This is the trick, forget a terrible year
That we can break the laws
Until it gets weird

And this is what you waited for
But under lights, we're all unsure
So tell me...
What would make you feel better?

As night has such a local ring
And love and rock are pick-up things
And you know it
Yeah, you know it
Yeah, you know

Take

Forget your past...
This is your last chance now
And we can break the rules
Like nothing will last

You might forget
Forget the sound of a voice
Still you should not forget
Yeah, don't forget
The things that we laughed about

And after rolling on the floor
And thankfully, a few make sure that you get home
And you stay home
And you better

'Cause you're afraid of what you need
Yeah, you're afraid of what you need
If you weren't, yeah you weren't
Then I don't know what we'd talk about

Yeah no one ever knows what you're talking about
So I guess you're already there
No one opens up when you scream and shout
But it's time to make a couple things clear

If you're afraid of what you need
If you're afraid of what you need
Look around you, you're surrounded
It won't get any better

Until the night

New Music: Best Coast - "When I'm With You"...

And now a video for a song I've been in love with for the past year or so.

New Music: LCD Soundsystem - "All I Want"...

I haven't had a song like this find me at the exact same time that I was looking for it in quite awhile. I savor every note:

Wait, for the day you come home from the lonely park
Look, for the girl who has put up with all of your shit
You've never needed anyone for so long

You look in the bed you've been gone for too long
To put in the time, but it's too late to make it strong

And all I want is your pity
Oh all I want are your bitter tears
Yeah, all I want is your pity
At least all I want are your bitter tears

All I want is your pity
Oh all I want are your bitter tears
Yeah, and all I want is your pity
Oh all I want are your bitter tears

When will it start and the dark and the girls are gone
So you're back again and into the late unknown
You never needed anything for so long

All I want is your pity
And all I want are your bitter tears
Now all I want is your pity
And all I want are your bitter tears

From now on, I'm someone different
'Cause it's no fun to be predicting
From now on, there's me
'Cause I just want what I want

Take me home
Take me home
Take me home
Take me home

New Music: Memoryhouse - "Lately (Deuxième)"...

This song samples the 'Eternal Sunshine' soundtrack...and it's beautiful.

Top 5 Songs I am Currently Listening To...

1. LCD Soundsystem - "All I Want"
2. Broken Social Scene - "Sentimental X's"
3. LCD Soundsystem - "Dance Yrself Clean"
4. Broken Social Scene - "Sweetest Kill"
5. Damien Jurado - "Cloudy Shoes"

Old Music (Still Good Music): Mary Onettes - "Lost"...

Add this to the ever growing list of "New Order inspired us". Great song.

New Music: Glass Candy - "Feeling Without Touching"...

Oh Glass Candy...why did you stay gone for so long?

"I Shall Not Walk Alone"...

I have found over the last month that a morning walk can do more for the soul than almost anything else. Here is a list of the songs I listened to this morning while walking with the sun rising:

Devendra Banhart - "First Song for B"
Bonnie Raitt - "I Can't Make You Love Me"
The Zombies - "The Way I Feel Inside"
Lou Reed - "Perfect Day"
Aimee Mann - "Save Me"
Wilco - "Country Disappeared"
Ben Folds - "The Luckiest"
Jon Brion - "Ok"
Death Cab for Cutie - "Transatlanticsm"
Bob Dylan - "You're a Big Girl Now"
Damien Jurado - "Throwing Your Voice"
The Band - "Whispering Pines"
Guns N' Roses - "Patience"
Feist - "How My Heart Behaves"
Beach House - "Walk in the Park"
Moby - "Division"
Dum Dum Girls - "Rest of Our Lives"
Moby - "Walk with Me"
Grizzly Bear - "Foreground"

Old Music (Still Good Music): The Chameleons - "P.S. Goodbye"...

A true hidden gem of the 80's that I discovered about a year ago.

Old Music (Still Good Music): Coldplay - "See You Soon"...

I recently pulled this one off the shelf, dusted it off and I haven't stopped falling back in love with it since.

Top 5 Songs I am Currently Listening To...

1. SALEM - "Trapdoor"
2. Damien Jurado - "Cloudy Shoes"
3. Wolf Gang - "Back to Back (Active Child Remix)"
4. Kisses - "People Can Do The Most Amazing Things"
5. Zola Jesus - "I Can't Stand"

New Music: SALEM - "Trapdoor"...

So... I Love you SALEM...keep it coming

New Music: Active Child - "Wilderness"...

One of the best new artists of 2010 simply creating great music.

Old Music (Still Good Music): Elton John - "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"...

This one is locked into my Top 100 songs of all-time. Favorite line:

"And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear,
You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear?
You nearly had me roped and tied"

New Music: Zola Jesus - "Stridulum"...

Safe to say that I'm quickly falling in love with the sounds of Zola Jesus.

Top 5 Songs I am Currently Listening To...

1. Zola Jesus - "I Can't Stand"
2. Zola Jesus - "Trust Me"
3. Empire of the Sun - "Half Mast"
4. The Golden Filter - "The Underdogs"
5. Leona Naess - "Promise To Try"

Old Music (Still Good Music): Björk - All Is Full Of Love...

You'll be given love...
You'll be taken care of...
You'll be given love...
You have to trust it

New Music: Washed Out & Small Black - "Belong"...

Two of my favorite artists from 2009 join together to make a great song into an even greater song.