some things.....

ok, so it's been a while. i was in the process of compiling a best-of 2007 list and i kept running into more new music. i told romney and maybe dave that i feel like right about now i should be putting out my top-10 for 2005. too much to digest. some things take a long time.

yeah, well the first two months of the year were pretty dang brutal. this quarter the first year residents had to start presenting cases in the morning seminar (kind of like grand rounds). i had to do about one a week in february. these things take a long time!!! my last case was 130 slides. cry cry cry. i'm not complaining, but i guess i'm looking for some sort of excuse for my non-posting malaise....

so, the top-10-ish list is still gestating. as is a post about wolf parade (been in the oven for nearly 2 months).

for today:

Daniel Johnston's "somethings last a long time" from the welcome to my world LP.

have you all seen "the devil and daniel johnston"? i'd heard some of his stuff and some stories, but never really knew much about this guy till i saw that. kind of tough to watch. you know when somebody says something like- 'man, that guy's crazy!' but they don't really mean to imply that this brosef's got a truly mind-warping psychosis......

when i say daniel johnston is one crazy guy, it's no joke. crazy running-around-in your-underwear-baptizing-squirrels-casting out devils-break-into-your-house-and-jump-out-a-
second-story-window-with-your-hair-on-fire kinda crazy. wesley willis had schizophrenia and drew some cool pictures, but he was a big teddy bear. daniel johnston was (is?) straight-wacky. the kind of guy you were sure would either seriously hurt himself or somebody else (i guess he's pretty mellow these days). i could never understand where his music was coming from until i saw this doc. sort of a hopeless romantic, he lived for a love unrequited (and preferred it that way, i think). and then there were the demons.

included with johnston's track today are two covers- one by Built to Spill (the normal years) and the other is a brand-new rendition by baltimore's own Beach House (devotion). i think i prefer BTS, but please disagree. disagree eloquently.

anybody out there working on a thanksgiving song yet? we need some good thanksgiving music. tough source material, granted, but are you up for the challenge????

ok, so favorite movie i've watched in the last month:

KING OF KONG!!!!!

(holy junk, you've got to watch this!)

currently reading:

the watchmen (alan moore and dave gibbons)


SOME VIDEO GOODIES TO COMPLEMENT THIS WEEK'S MP3s. BENJOY YOURSELVES:


doug martch (bts) singing "somethings last a long time":



cool new vid for DJ's "true love will find you in the end"



DJ's "the monster inside of me" captain america is a recurring motif in daniel johnston's artwork. whoever made this vid- i thought it was pretty cool to juxtapose johnston's musings on his mental condition with his super-hero crush.