August 2012
Blood
The Middle East
Summer is a strangely slow time for tuneage–we tend to go back to the classics, to old favorites, rather than digging our fingers into the new music that’s out.
I like this song. I like that it is three years old and from a band that disbanded too early. I’m a strange sentimentalist. Also, considering the song came out in 2009, it should have gotten more attention considering how perfectly indie it sounds. They opened for Grizzly Bear that year.
I also like that there is a nice lyrical complexity in Blood. But the slow-build up has a pay-off. The gentlest of harmonies, the glockenspiel, the soft whistles and “wooos” lead to something strange and very lovely. You end up in the fourth minute before you realize there hasn’t been any “singing” for almost 60 seconds.
In fact, the last third of the song is completely removed of any “lyrics.” Blood shucks its sound and it feels like you’ve emerged into a completely new song.
“I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”
—Woody Allen (via booksandnerds)
“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
—Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes)
“Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
—Ernest Hemingway (via betweenthings)
Crazy Love
Mindy Gledhill
Crazy Love - Mindy Gledhill
Every fangirl’s anthem.
How to experience Florida from anywhere in the world!
sandwormsspiceandeverythingnice:
- Do your laundry!!!
- When you put your clothes into the dryer, start it normally.
- Wait until the cycle is half done (or whenever your clothes are still damp and the dryer is hot!) and open it.
- Stick your face, arm, leg, or whatever body part you want into the dryer!
Congratulations!!! That’s how Florida feels 24/7/365!!!
Enjoy your homemade Florida.
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