Focus on your breath. Feel the air move in and out of your lungs. Think about your toes. Great. Now, here are a few cultural artifacts to help keep things slow.
Listening to a YLT record is never the same thing twice; there's always a new chord here, or a note there waiting to be discovered. It's what makes them great.
I don't know if I hate the term "Alternative" anymore. More than anything, I think it's been rendered meaningless. Alternative to what, exactly? Indie is okay, and at the risk of showing my age here, "College rock" is even better."
Do you read DADA Drummer, Kevin? Here's a quote from today's post:
"For me, the mid-80s US music scene that came to be known as “college rock” (and later “indie” or “alternative”) was like that – there were certainly six weeks in there where nobody understood rock bands."
My favourite instrumental - 'The Great Skua' by (British) Sea Power - stunning!
It's in #1 spot as my choice of 'funeral music', and I regularly wind my wife up that I want to be cremated purely to maximise the impact of the song's extraordinary final crescendo. It's no surprise the band always play it as their closing song live.
Listening to a YLT record is never the same thing twice; there's always a new chord here, or a note there waiting to be discovered. It's what makes them great.
I don't know if I hate the term "Alternative" anymore. More than anything, I think it's been rendered meaningless. Alternative to what, exactly? Indie is okay, and at the risk of showing my age here, "College rock" is even better."
I always loved the term "college rock."
Do you read DADA Drummer, Kevin? Here's a quote from today's post:
"For me, the mid-80s US music scene that came to be known as “college rock” (and later “indie” or “alternative”) was like that – there were certainly six weeks in there where nobody understood rock bands."
Ha!
Do. Not. Delay. You are one of the few people I know that I can guarantee will enjoy all three.
Absolutely loved your poetry excerpts and photos, Joel. Beautiful.
Ah shucks, thanks :)
Great music and movie picks. I need to give those Malick films a watch! They've been on my watchlist for a while.
My favourite instrumental - 'The Great Skua' by (British) Sea Power - stunning!
It's in #1 spot as my choice of 'funeral music', and I regularly wind my wife up that I want to be cremated purely to maximise the impact of the song's extraordinary final crescendo. It's no surprise the band always play it as their closing song live.
Gave "The Great Skua" a listen. Beautiful!