Archive for the 'Listening' Category

Here is just a little something fantastic. This is a fan video for a Modest Mouse video contest. Apparently they did not win, but I cannot imagine why. This is a stop animation video and if you don’t understand what is so cool then realize that the clips of the performers are printed stacks of paper with a page ripped off with each shot. Cool as hell!

Living abroad, especially being the only American in my town, can sometimes be daunting. So when you make a connection with someone it is especially nice. For a while I was just glad to meet people that could speak English, then I was glad that I could have a basic conversation, and now those connections have turned into real conversations, in this case about MUSIC. I traded Jack Johnson for Patti Smith, and shared my appreciation for Neil Young by burning Live at Filmore.

Jack Johnson “Rodeo Clowns – Live”

Patti Smith “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live at Fillmore East Trailer

This album has been a repeated play on my IPOD for several months now. I usually throw it on when I am just crossing the border from the Czech Republic into Germany. The sun is usually setting behind the mountains and for some time the only civilization I see is in the rear view mirror. “Sea Green” glides into the landscape as the first track off of Hello Waveforms the latest album from William Orbit. The rest of the tracks are a sublime progression diving emotionally deeper as the songs swim bye. Definitely, one of the better road-trip-at-night albums I have heard in a long long time, maybe even since Radiohead’s “Kid A”. Check out a homemade music video of “Sea Green”