i would like you to dance...
On September 12, 1966, the heavens truly gave us one of the greatest gifts of all time - a god of piano. Happy birthday Ben Folds!!!!
Haha, anyway, I should be doing homework, but instead, I'm celebrating the entire catelogue of my favorite musician and writing in livejournal. Right now, I am so tired, it is a wonder i'm even sitting up at all. The past few nights, I've been staying up past 4am for no reason. Last night at 3, I decided I needed to start finding songs for my tribute to Elliott Smith cd and ended up discovering the brilliance of a band called Earlimart. Earlimart were friends with Elliott back in the day and after his death, dedicated a whole album to him. I had downloaded the song "Heaven Adores You" the other day because I knew it was about Elliott and had heard that the lead singer sounds like Elliott. The song was really good and the singer's voice does resemble Elliott's. Then, I started watching a documentary about 9/11 on HBO, which was actually quite good. I was however hating myself this morning when I had to drag my tired ass uptown this morning in the pouring rain. I would take a nap, but I think it is in my best interest just to get some fucking sleep tonight.
It seems like I'm constantly going through a cycle where I can't go a day without hearing a particular song. It is usually a song by one of my favorite artists that I hear on day that really fits my mood and I really seem to connect with it. Songs like Elliott's "Last Call" or Sufjan's "Chicago". But what is it right now? Adam Green and Ben Kweller's cover of "Kokomo", the Beach Boys song. I'm not sure why, but I love it. Actually, I've been in love with pretty much all of the Ben Kweller's covers I can manage to dig up. He even did a good Beatles cover and I don't use the phrase "good Beatles cover" often. Ever since I got "On My Way", Ben Kweller has been growing on me in a big way. You can tell that BK is influenced by Ben Folds and I think it is pretty awesome. I'm way excited to see him in concert, but continue to hope I can find someone, anyone to join me, so I don't end up being escorted by my dad...trust me, I may be 21, but he'd do it. Actually, Ben Kweller might not be the only concert I'm going to alone. There is a band coming to Athens in a few weeks that I've really started to get into the past year. The only problem is, I'm pretty positive that none of my friends or acquaintances have ever heard of them in their lives - unless of course they've seen the flyers for the show around town. Mountain Goats are going to be at the Union September 21 and I want to go in the worst way. I may not be overly familiar myself with a majority of their work, but I think they are going to put on one hell of a show and believe this may be the only good indie show we get in Athens all year. After the pain of having to miss Cursive when they come to the Southgate House, it is just what I need. Oh the drama of Kelly and the live music dilemma...
Haha, anyway, I should be doing homework, but instead, I'm celebrating the entire catelogue of my favorite musician and writing in livejournal. Right now, I am so tired, it is a wonder i'm even sitting up at all. The past few nights, I've been staying up past 4am for no reason. Last night at 3, I decided I needed to start finding songs for my tribute to Elliott Smith cd and ended up discovering the brilliance of a band called Earlimart. Earlimart were friends with Elliott back in the day and after his death, dedicated a whole album to him. I had downloaded the song "Heaven Adores You" the other day because I knew it was about Elliott and had heard that the lead singer sounds like Elliott. The song was really good and the singer's voice does resemble Elliott's. Then, I started watching a documentary about 9/11 on HBO, which was actually quite good. I was however hating myself this morning when I had to drag my tired ass uptown this morning in the pouring rain. I would take a nap, but I think it is in my best interest just to get some fucking sleep tonight.
It seems like I'm constantly going through a cycle where I can't go a day without hearing a particular song. It is usually a song by one of my favorite artists that I hear on day that really fits my mood and I really seem to connect with it. Songs like Elliott's "Last Call" or Sufjan's "Chicago". But what is it right now? Adam Green and Ben Kweller's cover of "Kokomo", the Beach Boys song. I'm not sure why, but I love it. Actually, I've been in love with pretty much all of the Ben Kweller's covers I can manage to dig up. He even did a good Beatles cover and I don't use the phrase "good Beatles cover" often. Ever since I got "On My Way", Ben Kweller has been growing on me in a big way. You can tell that BK is influenced by Ben Folds and I think it is pretty awesome. I'm way excited to see him in concert, but continue to hope I can find someone, anyone to join me, so I don't end up being escorted by my dad...trust me, I may be 21, but he'd do it. Actually, Ben Kweller might not be the only concert I'm going to alone. There is a band coming to Athens in a few weeks that I've really started to get into the past year. The only problem is, I'm pretty positive that none of my friends or acquaintances have ever heard of them in their lives - unless of course they've seen the flyers for the show around town. Mountain Goats are going to be at the Union September 21 and I want to go in the worst way. I may not be overly familiar myself with a majority of their work, but I think they are going to put on one hell of a show and believe this may be the only good indie show we get in Athens all year. After the pain of having to miss Cursive when they come to the Southgate House, it is just what I need. Oh the drama of Kelly and the live music dilemma...