Like most people under the age of thirty with ears, I’ve been fawning over the Arcade Fire ever since their debut album, “Funeral.” I’m not much for musical hype, but I considered “Funeral” to be the most stirring album I’d heard in years. They managed to conceive a tightly cohesive concept album using a variety of instruments (including the oft-maligned accordion and hurdygurdy), and crafting songs about various subjects ranging from “exile due to military dictatorship” to “bad weather”. The Arcade Fire absolutely smashed the music scene with a stellar first album, and an also excellent EP. Wild success at the outset, however, tends to prove the downfall of many a promising band.
Not so with the Arcade Fire: “Neon Bible” is a stunning album, and in many ways stands superior to its predecessor.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Currently there is some sort of horrible germ wending its way among my circle of friends and acquaintances, devastating us all. Oddly, it seems to have struck during a bout of really good (re: warm) weather, instead of in the middle of the bastardly ice storms we’ve been having here. I will, rest assured, suitably freak out if I see any more random dead birds on the streets. Otherwise, I’m fairly upbeat, having heard from a little (not dead) bird that a boy I’m kind of interested in might actually be interested back (!), though he might have also been the source of contagion for this current phase of illness. C’est la vie.
I’m also floating on a cloud of tea and cold medication, because yesterday, two packages arrived at my doorstep:
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
To improve the level of shaky-photoshop-doodles I keep inflicting upon the Internets, I have signed up for a drawing class. Last night was the first night, and it went well enough, though I was pretty nervous at the beginning because I haven’t taken art class since middle school. My art teacher back then was this [...]
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
In lieu of actual content, I bring you the Indian Joey Lawrence, some hot girl, and fifty others rocking out to the catchiest song ever performed on a TRAIN: Yeah, dude, you’ll “wear her like an amulet.” Whoa. Be the first to like. Like Unlike
