Yeah.. this morning this afternoon very slow, not sure if it's that the red army will soon be marching over the horizon or because yesterday the brain doctor made me like really kick my own ass. (I am still kicking it in slow motion over here). What am I wasting time with then since clearly I am having trouble with focus?

I finally watched the Olympics last night at a bar with Simon. There was no sound, which was a bit disappointing, but I have to say it is much more fun to sit in a bar with a beer in hand and more in the pitcher and watch athletes (who are like the circus freaks of the 21st century) perform feats of incredible strength and stamina.

I just updated my FB profile to include this LC poem. I read it this morning while I was experiencing a sense of doom related to the production of my thesis:

The Ark you're building
in your yard
Will you let me on
Will you let me off
Don't you think
we should all study Etiquette
before we study Magic

--Leonard Cohen

I know I should probably be in a good mood right now. I feel like I have this obligation to be okay for people all the time. Mostly because I feel like the people I care most about see me at my saddest anyways. I don't want them to think I am sad all the time.

But I have to be honest, this week-end was pretty lonely. Almost everyone I know and love was either out of town or angry at me, (not true Jen and Jane were here, but quite literally, it felt it was just the three of us in the city with some construction workers). I felt a little bummed out anyways, so maybe sitting at home working and watching 6 feet under was the right thing to do.

Anyways, this morning I was listening my way through the two new Josh Ritter albums I downloaded (which I swear to G-d I will now go back and pay for on iTunes once I have a cheque in my hands.) and this song came on called "Still Beating" and it basically described how I have been feeling since this summer went all out of whack. I think that was about when Dylan died. I haven't really felt like I got my game on since then.

Girl in the War

Leaves and Kings

I can't believe I have never heard of this man, he's great. His web site's pretty sexy too. I have gotten so obsessed by 6 Feet Under that I am doing that thing where I go and find the songs that the characters are listening to. In this case it was "come and find me" which i couldn't find on the interwebs, but Girl in the War is a pretty good second.

Come and Find Me.

There, now you have it.

Ruth is going to love this one. I just downloaded Ghost of a Dog by Edie Brickell I can't believe it took me so long to remember this album from when I was 14-16. I probably listened to it off an on for about 2 years.

I am listening to "He said" a great little ditty for the constantly bereft, which is who I was when I was 16. It's weird how I am now 15 years older and a lot of the things she says are still kinda true. 16 year old me is a little surprised that I am still figuring this shit out.

Tracks:

Woyaho

HeSaid

Strings of Love

Stwisted

This Eye

Mostly because of that weird snake in the video for the Owner of a Lonely Heart. And Howard Jones? That's a no-brainer. So it makes perfect sense that a strange acoustic mash-up of the two songs re-sung by a group of girls would get me so excited...

For more insane 80's covers take yourself to buffet Libre where there is an exciting little 80's remix project happening.

Go and listen to Far from Refuge by God is An Astronaut.

DO IT.

Oh and give yourself seven whole minutes to listen to the song 'cause you'll need the time.

Amid less fanfare then perhaps it should have had, Neil Diamond released an album in May called 'Home Before Dark'. So, the big deal here is that he is an old guy now. The other big deal is that Rick Rubin has produced his last few albums. But really, and none of the reviews seem to be picking up on this, the real big deal is that his persona has made this wonderful transition from playboy, to slightly melancholic playboy. It's like he always seemed to be someone's ex-husband with that ego, you know the showmanship of buying a sportscar and a linen suit and dating younger ladies. But now he's like the ex-husband/boyfriend you still quietly love. He comes in and sits at your kitchen table and whips out his guitar and it turns out that for 30 years he's been thinking about what went wrong.

It's great, he's managed to stay inside his goofy "I'm a loverman" act, but turn it into something bittersweet. Also his voice with it's gravelly texture gets better over time. The less suave he is, the more I love him.

If I Don't See you Again

Who makes such a bad joke as their title?? ME homeboys, that's who.

I am so so in love with this girl. Lykke is so hot she already has her own Wikipedia page. This is extra remarkable considering she was born in 1986 which makes her what ? 22. Yeah, so the fact that I love her little Swedish lilt makes me kind of a gross cougar. Oh well. Here's an interview.