this is not dead.

Looking to doing some revamping on the layout and going back to having a post (or two... or three) a day. School took the best of me for the past few months and I wasn't really able to update as often as I would have liked to. Shit happens. Things will change... for the better. I have a couple of songs I am absolutely enthralled by and plan on sharing those ASAP. I just need to get my hands on Photoshop for a makeover.

Catch you guys soon!

one year walk/beard time lapse

tUnE-YaRdS!!

Once in awhile we come across something so different that we can't help but become speechless when asked to talk about it.  tUnE-YaRdS has that exact effect.  I can't exactly decide on how to categorize Merrill Garbus' one-woman-band.  Experimental?  Oh, definitely something along those lines.  There's an intimacy and rawness in every song of her debut album BiRd-BrAiNs.  One of those creatives who just simply does not give a fuck and, because of this, manages to release something so strange and bizarre and beautiful.  Haunting almost.  These tracks aren't going to appeal to popular taste, but I find them to be worth a listen.  If we're on the same page, you won't be able to stop listening to some of these tracks.  And they will linger in the back of your head (especially when the track When You Tell the Lions), making you only want to listen to them again. Give it a go.  It's something different and it sure as hell is working.  All of these tracks were home-recorded... so all of you struggling musicians complaining about not having equipment have no excuses.  This is going to be an indie gem, you can already tell right from the get-go.  Catch her early on before she breaks into consciousness. 

tUnE-YaRdS:        when you tell the lions

     sunlight

 news

       little tiger

on some bullshit

Nina Sky is back.  What?I'm sure you remember them from "Move Ya Body" status.
nina sky: on some bullshit (dirty)

I must say, they are looking rather good.  Single is def radio friendly, no?
I'm going to go ahead and say that I like it.  There's major potential for a fantastic remix from this song.  Hopefully that's something we'll see in the near future.  Going right before the chorus I can totally see it going into Danity Kane territory.  Someone should get in on that.  Maybe I'll go invest in a drum machine and some equipment or something.

colouring in

Michael Jackson meets Hercules and the Love Affair meets... you?

colouring in: intergalactic romantic

Soon to come...

Playlist dump composing of some kickin' tunes.

an instance of inspiration

... or rather 3 minutes and 59 seconds of it.

This song embodies a good portion of my high school years.  All the small things we used to think were so majestic.  And in many ways they were.  I wouldn't take a single moment back, and I'm glad there are so many bits and pieces to think back on and laugh about.  Summer used to be something that I dreaded for fear of a lack of enthusiasm, but now I realize that there is nothing more I'd like than to get to see those familiar faces all over again.  Former life, you've been fun, I'd like to meet up for coffee again sometime.

datarock meets weird tapes

So it has been just short of legitimately being 48 hours since I've landed back in Dallas and I'm already missing what New York had to offer.  I miss the faces.  I miss the places.  I miss the little things that filled the space in between the two.  To be honest, I don't really have anything much interesting to say or report (for the moment) but wanted to post a song.  Das all.

Deal with, 

and give me some of your compassion while you're at it.

datarock: give it up (weird tapes version)

A personal update?  

I dyed my hair to a darker color, which looks quite lovely if I do say so myself, and plan on laying out in the sun to maybe get a tan at some point.  Perhaps cut my hair and buy some new clothes?  We'll see.  Most likely all of the above and then some.  

I hope spring break has been pleasant for all of us who were handed ours slightly later than everyone else.  Such awkward timing.  

I am beginning to find a lot of things amusingly awkward.  

Don't ask me why, but I'm rather enjoying it.

You know what's awkward?

... when this shit happens in front of people.