Why the hell not.

It's 3 am, I have class in 5 hours, and I'm still awake.
Thus, lame music survey thing:

How many songs total: 5,621
How many hours or days of music: 14 days, 21 hours, 31 minutes, and 01 seconds
Most recently played: "Help Me” - the Mommyheads
Most played: "If you want to Sing out Sing out” - Cat Stevens
Most recently added: "Caterpillar Girl” - Lou Barlow

Sort by song title:

First Song: "Abortion in the Sky” - Eels
Last Song: "6000 Shipwrecks” - Kite Flying Society

Sort by time:

Shortest Song: “Intro” - Jenny Lewis (4 seconds)
Longest Song: "Providence” - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Sort by album:

First album: "A.M." Wilco
Last album: "69 Love Songs” - Magnetic Fields
First song that comes up on Shuffle: "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors” - Moxy Fruvous

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Death - 111
Life - 81
Love - 289
Hate – 21
You - 589
Sex – 10

Happy Valentine's Day

While I'm not a big fan of the "holiday," I do love somewhat creepy vintage cards!

The Beat of Boiling: A review of "And the Hippos were Boiled in their Tanks"

(Mini article written for my college newspaper, I figured it could double here)

Living today in the fervor of young adult ideals, the Beat generation needs no introduction. When a manuscript written in 1948 by two of the movement’s most prevalent authors was published for the first time this past November, the literary flame surrounding the movement was reignited. Beat aficionados know the tale that sparked this vaguely disguised roman á clef- David Kammerer is tragically murdered by his obsession, the privileged Lucien Carr. Carr first confessed to Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, both involving them in the scandal that ensued and inspiring their collaborative effort here. The manuscript, named after a news tale of fire at a zoo, was dusted off after the death of Lucien Carr, who asked for the novel not to be published in his lifetime.

With alternating chapters as Mike Ryko and Will Dennison, respectively, Kerouac and Burroughs give readers a raw, uninhibited look into their lives in post-World War II bohemia. Readers expecting another On the Road or Naked Lunch will be disappointed- the signature styles that characterize the classics are highly underdeveloped. These being the years that shaped the counterculture icons we know and love, And the Hippos were Boiled in their Tanks is important in a historical context, but nothing beyond that.

I really wish I led an interesting life.

Instead, I drag my feet through blah classes and doodly daydream about better days that include writing all day in my slippers with the scent of half-knit scarves and ginseng tea interwoven with the Montmarte air. (because naturally, that's where I'll be)


sigh...

JAM-UARY

Sitting on campus today in between classes I felt the urge to make a new mix. It happens to be slightly school/winter related, but they were the topics on my mind!

Thar she blows:

1. Caterpillar Girl - Lou Barlow
2. The Weakest Shade of Blue - The Pernice Brothers
3. Take Me - Eef Barzelay
4. I'll Kiss you at Every Red Light - Creaky Boards
5. A Book Laid on its Binding - Jason Anderson
6. Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe - Okkervil River
7. My Mathematical Mind - Spoon
8. Acid Tongue - Jenny Lewis
9. Campus - Vampire Weekend (shush, I know)
10. My Favourite Book - Stars
11. As Tall as Cliffs - Margot and the Nuclear So So's (love their name!)
12. Knickerbocker - Fujiya and Miyagi
13. The Gentle Preservation of Children's Minds - Irving
14. Help Me - The Mommyheads
15. 6000 Shipwrecks - Kite Flying Society
16. Blood on the Snow - Horsefeathers

You don't have to tell me, I know I have great taste in music.
:)

The Man Who Planted Trees

I love Jean Giono's work, and I love that his short story "The Man Who Planted Trees" is starting to grow in popularity with it's relevance to today.

I've found an animated version of the story (that actually won an Oscar for best short film), and I find the tale just as endearing as ever. It's also narrated by Christopher Plummer, everyone's favorite Austrian Naval Captain.

Obligatory New Year's Post

...coming soon