well. it isn't like a band i don't know is unusual. anyhow. one of those tests of emusic's similar artists feature. i downloaded something from desert hearts. a Belfast band i'm giving the first listen now. the first song... i forget what it was called already but I loved the music. the vocals were ok. but the intro was awesome and the guitars were fantastic. sea punk, the next song is pretty damned cool though. I guess i like the title too.

but what is it with music. when i'm down and not feeling into things. I don't listen to music then. but when i listen to music. or when the mood strikes. or should i say it just flat out changes my mood. I feel inspired by it. a good melody with the proper amount of dischordant noise makes me very happy. so far. so good here with the desert hearts.

somehow yo la tengo and sonic youth are supposed to be roots and i guess i see that. but i would swear that emusic steared me this way from seam's page. and well. if you know me. you know seam. and you know seam is the way to my heart. along with good vegan food of course.

two songs. and sleep calls. so one more maybe and then bed. and well maybe more blogging later. right now i've gotta think that joe girardi can scare anyone off who hasn't been turned off by this senseless commentary...



ps. song 3 is my favorite so far... the lyrics are a little.. well they could be smothered more appropriately. but i always smothered lyrics on purpose i guess...

wow i loved that...

In the prior period in my life, where impassioned by the things that I discovered in college and in the wild forests of Pennsylvania, I largely shut myself out from pop culture. I became entranced in independent music, and was very active in the Philly music scene. Then in 1995, in order to pursue my passion for the forest I moved to Bradford, PA, and pursued life in the woods. This started my introduction to the cocoon years.

Living in Bradford, Clarion, and then Fisher, PA, I was largely cutoff from civilization. The internet wasn’t quite what it is today. Or, I wasn’t aware of aspects of it. And we didn’t have television for these years. I lost contact with my friends from Philly and soon I was completely oblivious, not only to pop culture, but to indie culture too. And so I have this weird gap in my life, where lots of good music and movies and sporting events happened. And I missed them.

Would you know it, that as a lifelong Yankees fan, I’ve never seen them win the world series? Ok, I think I watched a bit of the 1978 series. But I was 6! And I don’t remember shit about it. Hard to sympathize I guess, but I’m a diehard fan. What is probably hard to figure is how I was a die hard fan pre-1990 and post-2000, but not inbetween?

With indie music, my awareness gap extended itself well into 2005. And so I’m discovering all kinds of ten year old music that is just awesome. And the worst ever is discovering that band that broke up before I ever heard their music. Korea Girl for example. I’m listening to them now, as I find the music motivating, and I just cannot say how awesome they are. ANd yet, this music that I have is all that they released. total complete bummer...

But it is pretty cool too. I’m like discovering ten years of goodness largely at once. Pretty awesome. pretty awesome.