music plugs

12-hour office days and all I want to do is come home, turn on some great music and sing along. So, I do. Songs are a lot like life... (careful now, I am going to wax profound)... but they are a lot like life, because they are momentary. You cannot hold on to them, you can only go through them. And then go through them again. I've been listening to so much new music lately, I want to plug it all here. Well, here are some tastes:

Agents of Oblivion- rich, dark rock, part opera, part blues, all good... recommended: "Song that Crawls" on their self-titled. Singer Dax Riggs has a fantastic new album out, We Only Sing of Blood and Love. Buy it. Check out "Demon Tied to a Chair in My Brain," "The Terrors of Nightlife," and "Dog-Headed W***e." Same beauty as Agents of Oblivion but the songs are more intimate & there's some really cool acoustic bluesy stuff. Yum.

Snagged a copy of the Beastie Boys' The Mix Up & have developed a new appreciation for them. I'll admit I was never an avid Beastie Boys listener (I could get it up for "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn, but that's because... I like Brooklyn) but I am now convinced I have a lot of catching up to do. The Mix Up is awesome. Chill, funky, creative instrumental music that makes me want to listen to it on repeat. There's great guitar & bass parts...and whistles...and bongos... organs...it's all there. Check out The Rat Cage video on Filter.

Ok, that's it for now... I'll try not to abandon you phantom readers for too long this time... it's been a busy summer. time for t h e F a l l.. . ... . .

SotD: Place to Be, by Nick Drake

Well, kids, here it is. We knew this day would come... we just didn't know when. I am being evicted from my sweet-ass deal apartment. Well, technically, the angel subletting to me is being evicted, but the key point here is that I HAVE TO MOVE. motherfucker.

I don't think the shock has quite settled yet, but it will. I am officially apartment-spoiled and will soon experience a hard dose of new york city real estate reality. oy.

So... for the song of the day... i was thinking of George Thorogood, of course, because One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer is the perfect narrative for my present situation. But I've already used that one up for some previous misery, so it's onwards through the playlist.

I am currently listening to Radiohead's Kid A, but it's not quite the right fit. I'm thinking Nick Drake... mellow with the right amount of despondence, disappointment with the right amount of resolve. Place to Be suits me just right for early morning reflections on what's up ahead. New apartment. New production. New things to come. s o i t g o e s.