Guitar by Aus Dyer

Hat tip to Boards of Canada
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Another Thing Coming

It took a year, but I finally finished the 2nd track. Album out 2017!

He said, ‘You were right, no one’s running this whole thing.’
Modest Mouse, Styrofoam Boots/It’s All Nice On Ice, Alright
I blame this town, this job, these friends; the truth is it’s myself
Modest Mouse, Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset
Death seed blind man’s greed
Poets’ starving children bleed
Nothing he’s got he really needs
Twenty first century schizoid man
King Crimson, 21st Century Schizoid Man
Minute after minute,
Second after second,
Hour after hour goes by…
Working for a rich man,
Staying just a poor man,
Never stop to wonder why.
John Mayall, Crawling up a Hill

Hauntingly beautiful.

Make Yourself Cry « Thought Catalog

Life is woven with these tiny disappointments that we toss aside in light of our responsibilities – we can’t take time away from work to nurse a letdown; careers are not concerned with whether or not we’ve been rejected by a person, place, or thing. We feel obligated to deal with our problems in a flippant manner to preserve our pride. We need to be strong, because, you know. What would other people think? We ignore the things that upset us because it happens that there’s not enough time in the day to properly address each setback individually.

Occasionally though, our resolve takes a much deeper hit; we find ourselves in a state less like disappointment and more like desperation. The things we’re carrying aren’t just heavy; they’re soggy – dense with invisible weight. What do you do when a burden becomes too much to bear? Well, you leave it where it lies. You tiptoe around it, you get back to the scripted version of your life. Where did we leave off, again? The scene where my emotions and expectations rest idly in a protective bubble, never to be contaminated by reality? I almost forgot my lines, what with all of that scenery crashing down around me. Let’s take it from the top.
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Here’s one that tears me up: the ending to Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (particularly after the 7:30 mark).

From the album Zorya. Cello - Tomáš Jamník. Mixed and mastered by Matouš Godík (www.zka4t.com). Released by Minority Records in cooperation with Amanita Design.

If you are on the look out for new music, don’t overlook this. It’s a new album by Tomáš Dvořák, the artist behind the soundtrack to the incredible game Machinarium. I must have listened to that soundtrack hundreds of times in the last year, and though I’ve only listened to this through once or twice so far, I can tell it’s going to me on my rotation for months to come. Incredible, ethereal music.

In honour of R.E.M.’s decision to call it a day, here’s one of my favourites: the video for Imitation Of Life.

From Wikipedia:

Michael Stipe, in an interview with MTV UK in 2001, explained how the video was made. “The entire video took 20 seconds to shoot. What you’re watching is a loop that goes forwards for 20 seconds, backwards for 20 seconds, forwards for 20 seconds, backwards for 20 seconds, with one camera, static, and then using a technique called ‘pan and scan’, which is a technical thing that is used when they go from a widescreen format and reformat to fit your television or DVD, moving in on certain parts of the entire picture. And you’ll see that we do that picking up various people within the frame.”