this is the only exciting new music i've heard in a while. in the vein of person pitch but more tropical.. it's just so refreshing
you can listen to the whole album on myspace
http://www.myspace.com/elguincho
easily the best thing i've found on waffles to date
how good is this new magnetic fields album!!! sus, how good is this new magnetic fields album!!! old fools is such a great song! the whole thing is so great. i'm talking charm of the highway strip great. can we post songs here or will that get us busted or something? find a way to listen to old fools, every one of you.
latest email:
Well, it somehow took me this long to get around to sending this email, but in case you haven't heard, I'm no longer in Kenya these days. Peace Corps temporarily suspended the program the first week in February after it became clear that things were not getting better in the country. They are closing for a number of months, so this is the end for me and Peace Corps Kenya, as I was set to finish in August anyway. It was abrupt, frustrating, and probably unnecessary since much of Kenya - including where I lived - is completely safe and sound. But the overprotective babysitter has given up for the time being.
I took the cash value of my ticket rather than go straight to the US. This email comes to you from Egypt. I've been here about a week, seeing sights, sailing on the Nile, and currently relaxing on the Red Sea coast. I'll be here until the 23rd. From Cairo I'm going to Thailand for probably about a month. Future destinations and plans after that give me plenty to think about on long bus rides here, but are very much unknown right now.
So that's that. Hope you're all well.
Rob
Apparently these guys are from Austin, but I had never heard of them until today. I think they are really good. I sort of get a bit of a Sunset Rubdown vibe from them but maybe that's just me. Their whole album is streaming on their myspace page. I really like them after only listening a few times. Hopefully they will be playing some sxsw shows. Check that shit out yo!
happy valentines day... if you have a partner or someone to share that's neat... if you don't and wish for one i hope your wishes come true soon but until then ben and jerry's chubby hubby is a close second.... but beyond all that jazz... our lil blahg made it to one year... i'm so proud of it... her him... i love you guys... which is to say i <3 you guys... elle oh ellee oh im rofling so hard right now
move over blackjack, online poker, spades and sushi dinners..... make way for otb!
i dunno if you guys already listening. but i just got this album. i've only given one listen and i'm happy.
it's not like i didn't keep looking at the deuce even when there were no new posts for weeks, it's just when i leave stuff for too long it gets really hard to come back to it. there's usually too much to say although i don't do much of note these days, but i could compare it to how i haven't been to the doctor probably in over 5 years and somewhere in that time it became less about not wanting to go the doctor and more about being afraid of getting in trouble from the doctor for not having been to the doctor in like 5 years. the exact same thing happened to me with confession when i was a kid, you always had to say how long it had been since your last confession and after i got to about a year without going i thought that length of time between confessions was a way bigger deal than the stuff i confessed. and i think that applies here because i think a what, 7 month absence with no warning is a bigger deal than any of the reasons i haven't been around.
basically i moved back home after school cuz i couldn't afford not to and i left behind a lot, and it's been pretty depressing and i guess that makes you fall out of touch a bit with people, and internet people even. i've been working at the stupid government for seven months now, yikes. seems like all my friends from guelph are in or headed in the next few months to japan or one of those countries. i hate it here but friends leaving for things they're excited about somehow strengthens my conviction to stay and watch the real world on mtv.ca until my brains turn to mush. i really can't picture anything after this year. i don't live at home anymore and i'm not even sure if i'm better or worse off for it, one thing i'm certain about is that is hasn't made it any easier to find things to do in ottawa. i hate my job something awful but it's been a bit better the last two weeks as the rideau canal is open and i can skate to work. my oldest sister had a baby in august and named him sam. my uncle died last week after a pretty awful time with cancer. i paid $150 for a hockey stick. i really really liked rabbit, run, and i just finished black swan green by david mitchell which was lovely. i think that about covers it. hey everyone, how have you been? a quick summary of the last 6 or so months will do.
i love these two fucking shows so much it makes me believe in tv again. i know i know one's not even on anymore. please god if you can bring back family guy (boring) you can bring back the bluths (totally fucking hilarious). i'm only watching season 3 of lost right now. i can't imagine anyone that watches that show up to date with commercials and waiting each week. i rent the whole season and watch it in like 3 days. and still get anxiety. i love it so much. bad robot.
I've been enjoying these songs recently. Yup.
Small Sins - On The Run
LSD and the Search For God - Starting Over
Beach House - Heart of Chambers
What Made Milwaukee Famous - Resistance St.
Julie Doiron - Tu Es Malade
Nina Nastasia and Jim White - Late Night
Also, go giants.
