cody hudson; akroe; noah butkus

some stuff that caught my eye tonight - I'm digging the shit out of the Noah Butkus stuff right now - I should just admit that I think I may have a fascination with skulls...



this skull is one of the coolest things I've ever seen:

voices... female voices... as of late:

marissa nadler - "diamond heart"



jana hunter - "restless"






A note about Sibylle Baier:

It would seem that an intangible, profoundly haunting and dreamlike force accompanies a handful of folk musicians of the early 1970s era. In an eerily similar fashion to her two folk lady contemporaries Vashti Bunyan and Linda Perhacs, German folk singer Sibylle Baier recorded a handful of songs in the early '70s without ever releasing them publicly, only to vanish without a trace for over three decades, devoting her life to raising a family. The story goes as follows:

In a particularly dark and moody period of her young life, Claudine, a friend of Sibylle's, dragged her out from under the bed and took her on a road trip to Strasbourg, ending up across the Alps in Genoa.

Upon the return from this trip Sibylle felt her spirits renewed and she set out to write the song "Remember the Day", grateful for being alive. It was the first song she ever wrote. Recorded in the late 70's in her home on a reel to reel recording device, the songs on what is now known as Colour Green are intimate portraits of life's sad and fragile beauty.

Years later her son transferred her music from an old tape reel to CDs as presents for their family during an anniversary of her birthday. The son happened to be friends with J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. fame, who happened to hear the CD and pass it along promptly to Orange Twin records. The album Colour Green has been released on February 7th 2006, some 30 years after its humble beginnings.

sibylle baier - "tonight"

great show - turn off the television - !!!!

glide house? I'll take 2 please...

Had the opportunity to check out the 'Green Living' exhibit at the Building Museum in DC with the little guys - it was great - they had a GlideHouse erected in the museum that you could walk through and tinker with - I've read so much about prefab modern housing that to actually walk through a model etc was incredibly encouraging - everyone should own one of these - I'll go in on a plot of land with someone tomorrow...

too many videos, vanlaeken.

I've been on a 3 day kick - it'll cease soon. Beware...

this is what work feels like most of the time.

last weekend I went grocery shopping with dan deacon.

definitely one of the best albums of the year so far: [I love the grand finale at the end] - brilliant!

daniel johnston.

finally got around to seeing this flick: [it's an amazing movie that you should see immediately}

I've been spending entirely too much time with this man...

A week later she is still with me. She is departing by degrees.

If I tore her hair out, no one but me would love her. But she doesn't want me to tear her hair out.

I wear different shirts for her: red, orange, silver. We hold hands through the night.

Donald Barthelme
from "The Captured Woman"
1981

dan snaith [and all his monikers]

I've always loved anything that Dan Snaith has done - whether it was under Manitoba or Caribou - he's always blown me away. I saw him once, in Minneapolis [by myself!] and it was the loudest show I've ever been to [and I've seen some "loud" bands in my day, believe me]. I stumbled upon a video from his new album - which once again is absolutely mind numbing:

From Snaith"
I've just posted the video for Melody Day directed by Daniel Eskils and produced by Johan Junker on our front page. It was filmed in Gotland, Sweden just outside Ingmar Bergman's backyard and near where Tarkovsky filmed 'The Sacrifice'. Hope you like it.

Here it is:


Another video from his last album [seriously - amazing]:


Another old one [I know, I know}:


For real!:



stuffed animals?:


Last one [honestly}:\

it's time for the percolator.

these songs have made it on multiple mix cds this summer from me. five good jams to spread on a poconut sandwich:

Niall McClelland.

big round onions on a t-bone steak.