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October 17, 2004
Unsubtle Axe Wounds
Shalabi Effect - Blue Sunshine
I sneezed continuously for 6 hours yesterday. Let that sink in a little bit. Sneezes are usually annoying after like two or three. 900 sneezes (estimated) are absurd. Today is a little better, but it still feels like some sort of pollen-homunculus is living inside my nose, pulling at hairs and poking my cartilege. Which is disgusting, I know, and it hurts like a bitch- I'm having a lot of trouble breathing without engaging in odd physical rituals too complex to be detailed here. If anyone has ever gotten the same kind of grumble-dust stuck in their nasal passages, let me know what I can do to stop it.
Moving on: Shalabi Effect! This song is almost as juicy as the Luomo track I discussed earlier, but less rhythmically compelling. Which we won't hold against it, oh no. For whatever reason (maybe the delusional quality of antihistamine-soaked thoughts), 'Blue Sunshine' sounds, to me, like walking along a graham cracker beach at the high tide (morning) of an ocean of 2% milk. No such place exists, sadly, but if it did, this would be the music the Tourism Board of Pasteurized Shore would use to accompany promotional TV spots. This track has the strings and horns of some late 70's or 80's movie's 'fixing-up-the-place' montage, except it's more tenaciously melodic, and truthfully, it's one of the best things Shalabi Effect has ever done. It's from the oh-so-naughtily-named 'Pink Abyss' LP, which you really should just BUY straight from Alien 8.
I'll try to be more punctual in my posting tomorrow.
Posted by matt at October 17, 2004 01:11 PM