Neko Case Middle Cyclone

I love Neko Case. I love Middle Cyclone. It was the first 2009 album I bought. There's nothing wrong with the fact that it sounds exactly like Fox Confessor Brings The Flood and has the same cast of characters (The Sadies, Calexico's front dudes, Garth Hudson from The Band, Kelly Hogan, Jon Rauhouse). The themes aren't dramatically different except for the fact that the themes have shifted from animals to weather. The important thing to remember is that She is beautiful, She has a siren's voice, She is a GREAT songwriter and She has red hair. The songs are just sweeping pop gems that will not have radio airplay. I particulary like the opening song This Tornado Loves You. Let's not forget the hidden track of approximately 30 minutes of crickets chirping and peepers burping. It helps you relax. It is real, real gone. And check out that cover: total feminine cool.

Blogging is hard

Well, this blogging isn't as easy as some would have you believe. I haven't even talked about music yet. I thought this would kind of write itself. I was wrong. Something I thought was funny that I heard Bill Maher talking about during the writer's strike a couple of years ago was a feature on his show called 'Bloggah Please!' He was essentially following some blogs for his show as filler since all the writers were on strike.

The first day

Originally I wanted to call this blog "everybody knows this is nowhere" after the Neil Young album and song. It was taken already, no big deal though. I decided to call it what it really is which is my personal obsession with music and other entertainment. Passive exsistance, true, but you have to have something to believe in and have fun with. Here's mine. Hope you like it. Tootle-loo.