I lied.
Because this is my music blog, not anything about my personal life, I’m not going into why but I don’t even feel like writing today, however glorious Antony was. (And he really was, it was an incredible night). I promise to write an album review too once I get over myself, probably of Reconstruction Site by the Weakerthans, but for today I will leave you with posts about things two of my friends have done, because I have some truly brilliant friends out there.
Firstly, there’s Kat. Kat is, like me, a writer. She is also my oldest online friend, the only one I’ve met up with in real life, and one of my favourite people in the world. I’ll try not to get too misty-eyed, but she’s brilliantly funny, caring, sensible and mature but also absurd when the situation requires it (and believe me, there are few situations that don’t benefit from Kat’s absurdity.) She also keeps a blog, puportedly to write about writing and literature, but it’s a little more wide-ranging. I suppose she writes about things that inspire her, and one of those things is music. Yesterday she wrote a beautiful post about her favourite band, Foo Fighters. Regardless of how you feel about the band, it basically touches on everything that makes music so important, and that is a damned hard thing to do.
And secondly, there’s Matt, who I have known for a fraction of the time I have Kat, but managed to hit it off with exceptionally well. Once again, he’s very funny and has a good worldview – like all of the people I find myself looking up to, he knows the importance of being happy. He also has excellent taste in music, which is a pretty good thing considering that he’s a musician. He writes, sings and plays various instruments in a band called Names of Foreign Towns, who have just put up a couple of demo recordings on Myspazz. It seems a pretty sweet endeavor so far and I wish him and his friends luck in it.
ok i will write a real post tomorrow
antony is amazing and his voice is magical and i needed that
also he is so fucking adorable he’s nearly as cuddle-worthy as theo.
Posts of music yet to come (sorry for the pun)
EXCITING BLOG POSTS YOU MAY SEE IN THE NEARISH FUTURE:
- I keep meaning to review Maximo Park’s latest album, Quicken the Heart. I’ll just say I don’t use this blog for whining about music I don’t like, if you’re wondering.
- There may be plans to experiment with an audio post. You know, where I play songs then talk about them. Like they did on that old-fashioned radio thing back in the day. I’m not sure where this stands copyright-wise but quite honestly as long as I only have three readers that’ll be okay; once it balloons to ten I’ll be having run-ins with the RIAA.
- Will be seeing Defiance, Ohio live on the 23rd May, should be something to write home about. Or write to the internet about. Which is sort of where I live.
- Rock Ness, mid-June. Once again, the Flaming Lips, Super Furry Animals and King Blues will definitely be worth a post.
- And yes, I do plan to get hold of a copy of Supporting Caste someday.
So yeah, I’m still alive. Ironically for those of you who get the reference, doing science is exactly what’s keeping me from just posting bits and pieces: modular exams coming up, revision flying around. Still, Biology’s down and I’m on holiday for a bit, so hopefully I’ll get one or two of these written in the next fortnight.
In the meantime, listen to Wouldn’t it be Nice by the Beach Boys, and People by the Andrew Jackson Jihad.
- Hele
