He'll write you a poem when the power's out

[deepfishy]

Something that doesn't get captured by the read/watched list (which is, yes, overdue but not forgotten) is music. There's an excellent Southern Gothic music mix going around on tumblr: It's A Long Way Down (To the Bottom of the River). Like any good mix, it's also sent me hunting down more from each of the artists (fyi, if you're looking for more from The Wright Brothers, they've changed their name to The Brothers Bright).

Which leads to my current play-to-death album: Hadestown by Anais Mitchell. It's a "folk opera" retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice in a sort of Depression-era dustbowl America. Really, really good. I bought the cd on the strength of Way Down Hadestown and have since fallen in love with several more tracks (on what is a very strong album), including Wedding Song (Orpheus and Eurydice), Why We Build the Wall (Hades), Our Lady of the Underground (Persephone), If It's True What They Say (Orpheus), and Doubt Comes In (Orpheus and Eurydice).

(I also stumbled on an interesting examination of the political observations of Hades' songs in "With his kiss the riot starts": What Hades Has to Say about Poetry.)

There's certainly worse sets of songs to find stuck in your head, days later. And perhaps few better.