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June 27, 2006
who was a whaler addicted to ambergris
Heard these two songs back-to-back in a store the other day and had to put them up:
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Clientele - (I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine
First of all, I was suprised to hear these two songs (at all) in a mall store, and imagine my shock when those frantically plucked notes and sugary keyboard squeaks (left over from "Tigermilk"'s 'Electronic Renaissance') at the tail end of 'If You're Feeling Sinister' gave way to the slow, obtuse angles of Alasdair's guitar in 'I(I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine'. I actually stopped one of my friends in mid-sentence to say "holy fuck, these are great songs". My own inarticulateness aside, I've recently realized (with some empirical evidence to back up the claim) that the less I listen to Belle and Sebastian or Clientele, the worse of a person I become. Back in, say, summer 2000 or 2001 (B&S and Clientele, respectively), these were the bands I listened to the most, and as a direct result I was: quick, strong, sweet-smelling, loose-limbed, charming, shiny, ethical, constant and vocal. Now my hair is matted, my cry is broken or muffled, my skin is gray and scaly, and my movements are all graceless and abrupt. I exaggerate, but just barely.
P.S. Moistworks has a post up from Gary Lutz (one of the best short story writers around) that delves in to the phenomenon of dreaming whole albums, the Grateful Dead, and Pavement, and Velvet Underground, and Galxie 500, Clientele, Moldy Peaches, and the Shangri-Las. Check it out, it's very good.
[Buy "If You're Feeling Sinister", or "Strange Geometry"]
Posted by Kevin at June 27, 2006 12:39 AM
Comments
I work at a Pac-Sun. Most of what we play is crap, but I'm sometimes surprised by the good songs we get. Recent examples include Beck's cover of "Clap Hands," a Figurine song, and two Gnarls Barkley songs.
A few times I just bypassed the system and plugged in the Nano.
Posted by: Jarret at June 27, 2006 08:29 PM
I'm surprised by that- Beck, Gnarls- I always thought Pac-Sun would only play stuff like Phantom Planet and Rooney or Beach Boys or something. That's great that you can actually DJ in the store through your Nano though...thanks for the comment, Jarret.
Posted by: Kevin at June 29, 2006 08:20 PM
hey kevin.
ungdomskulen`s gotta a new song on our myspace-thing.maybe you wanna check it out.
we think very fondly of you.
ungdomskulen
ps.i couldnt find your email so i just posted a comment,hows that for gambling?
Posted by: ungdomskulen at July 3, 2006 08:46 PM