Orange In

oh dear, it has been a REALLY long time since I've posted! Sorry!
I was without internet for a bit (thanks comcast!), and have been very tired from the new job . . . lifting cases of wine all day is hard work.



On the music front...


NEW BROADCAST!!!!!!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I love this band so much. Their new EP is called Tender Buttons, which is also the name of a book by one of my favorite authors, the expatriot, queer, montmartre-livin, bitchy, and grammatically incorrect Gertrude Stein. I wrote a senior independent study paper on a poem from the book, called "Orange In." See what you think:

Go lack go lack use to her.
Cocoa and clear soup and oranges and oat-meal.
Whist bottom whist close, whist clothes, woodling.
Cocoa and clear soup and oranges and oat-meal.
Pain soup, suppose it is question, suppose it is butter, real
is, real is only, only excreate, only excreate a no since.
A no, a no since, a no since when, a no since when since,
a no since when since a no since when since, a no since, a no
since when since, a no since, a no since, a no, a no since a no since, a no
since, a no since.

Yeah. I love the playful use of pure phoenetics.

I've heard 2 tracks from the new broadcast ("I found the F" and "Goodbye Girls"), and was very happy with both. They're pretty different; "I found the F" is more akin to traditional Broadcast sound, but it does feel evolved in a way. "Goodbye Girls" is really cool, kind of a departure: all electronically-produced synth/drum tracks under layered, ethereal vocals. The epitome of their mod 60s meets 21st century aesthetic. I love that their sound could fit into a 60s sci-fi film, yet feels contemporary to us today. And I should mention, too, that they are down a member. It's weird because I've always adored their music, but they're not a band I've ever actually gotten into, like learning their members' names or bio or whatever. I just enjoy the music, and that's all I want. It doesn't seem like the loss of 1 member has changed much. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album!!

THANK YOU WARP RECORDS for bringing me broadcast, jamie lidell, and the new Prefuse 73 "Reads the Books" EP, which I've also been enjoying a lot lately.