Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Guitars, cadillacs

There’s lots of things that I’d like to write about, but there’s never as much time for blog-writing as I’d like. Some of these entries may eventually be written. But since there’s about five people that read this, if you’re that interested in one of the ones that doesn’t eventually get written, just ask me! Anyways, here are some things that I thought I’d write about but haven’t yet:

• The new Decemberists album “The Crane Wife” is pretty incredible, and a real leap for them above their previous work
• I saw Sparta for the second time. Awesome again. They also have a new album out.
• Picked up new albums from The Tragically Hip, and the Be Good Tanyas
• Hey, I went to Vancouver!
• I saw the Bodyworlds 3 exhibit in Vancouver, and wasn’t really crazy about it, but that might have just been me
• I think some guitar chords are way over-represented in popular music because of the layout of the fretboard, and I thought that it was kind of like the spandrels of San Marco

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Me With Nothing To Say

Fall is here in Montreal. Falling leaves, crisp mornings, early sunsets, me waking up freezing cold because I’ve left the windows open again. I’ve probably said it before, but Fall is my favourite time of year here. To celebrate Fall’s arrival, here are my Top 5 6, all-time, desert island, favourite songs that are either about or remind-me-about Fall. In no particular order:

1. Iron & Wine - Sixteen, Maybe Less
2. Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
3. Wilco - One by One
4. The Tragically Hip - Fiddler’s Green
5. Pearl Jam - Off He Goes
6. Nick Drake - Pink Moon