dbi
01-20-2009, 11:26 AM
Fun day in history. Man, I wouldn't wanna be President in these times! I have a feel that President Obama is gonna be looking a lot older this time next year.
Me, I've been spinning a lot of Broken Social Scene the last week or two. I fell in love with You Forgot It In People, which was kinda their debut (though later the "real" debut from a bit earlier got a wider release) and it became one of my goto records. But for some reason, probably because I didn't want to chance spoiling that lingering charm, I never picked up the self-titled next one. And even odder (odder? is that a word? sure doesn't look right :)), I actually bought that soundtrack to two chicks sipping coffee at Starbuck's by Feist a coupla years ago. Good for a few listens, but now retired to the probably never gonna play again pile.
So back on track, I'm at the library a couple weeks ago cruising the stacks for some new reads, and before checking out with something new from (appropriately Toronto's own) Karl Schroeder and something else from Alastair Reynolds, I stopped by the rather pitiful picked over CD racks and spied the 2005 Broken Social Scene 2-CD set, so snared it and the rest is history. Took a couple listens to the main disc before it really started happening for me, but after that, I like it! Seemed kind of all over the place at first, kind of disconnected, but then it started to come together. Just got a email this morning that it's due back in a couple days, which means it was actualy about 3 weeks ago, think I'll renew. Fun album. The EP has some good stuff on it too, though I haven't begun to explore that one enough yet. Wanders around in some cool ambience, and then breaks into more familiar BSS sound. Guess I'll need to buy a copy now.
Me, I've been spinning a lot of Broken Social Scene the last week or two. I fell in love with You Forgot It In People, which was kinda their debut (though later the "real" debut from a bit earlier got a wider release) and it became one of my goto records. But for some reason, probably because I didn't want to chance spoiling that lingering charm, I never picked up the self-titled next one. And even odder (odder? is that a word? sure doesn't look right :)), I actually bought that soundtrack to two chicks sipping coffee at Starbuck's by Feist a coupla years ago. Good for a few listens, but now retired to the probably never gonna play again pile.
So back on track, I'm at the library a couple weeks ago cruising the stacks for some new reads, and before checking out with something new from (appropriately Toronto's own) Karl Schroeder and something else from Alastair Reynolds, I stopped by the rather pitiful picked over CD racks and spied the 2005 Broken Social Scene 2-CD set, so snared it and the rest is history. Took a couple listens to the main disc before it really started happening for me, but after that, I like it! Seemed kind of all over the place at first, kind of disconnected, but then it started to come together. Just got a email this morning that it's due back in a couple days, which means it was actualy about 3 weeks ago, think I'll renew. Fun album. The EP has some good stuff on it too, though I haven't begun to explore that one enough yet. Wanders around in some cool ambience, and then breaks into more familiar BSS sound. Guess I'll need to buy a copy now.