Apologies for posting with no plan in hand, but after my seventh listen of The Fiery Furnaces' I'm Going Away, I have to make mention that it is a stunning album. This is important for me to note, because though I love all of FF's albums (and they're always so fresh for me when I return to them), I'm Going Away was the album that I often ignored. I ( Read more... )

There's a certain quote by Lucian Freud, doctored liberally by Michael Ondaatje, that applies to my life countless times: "Everything is biographical, Lucian Freud says. What we make, why it is made, how we draw a dog, who it is we are drawn to, why we cannot forget. Everything is collage, even genetics. There is the hidden presence of others in us ( Read more... )

then you bring me flowers on 8tracks.I haven't done one of these in a while. Mainly because I feel as though I am using the same songs over and over and over again. This time, I played around extensively with the Soundcloud, but there are over 8 tracks of my music. (Things I care about in life: 1. writing 2. music 3. creating believable playlists ( Read more... )

Just an addendum, and I apologize; I tend to become annoyingly verbal while ill ( Read more... )