Saturday, May 26, 2007
nothing's right without you here
I am at a gig. Between bands. It is hazy and I am nightdreaming and not quite fitting in and not quite caring. Things are fine but not right. And then all of a sudden a song catapults into sharp focus. There is something about it. I am not sure if it is the melody, the bassline, the voice or the lyrics:
there's something natural in the way you touch me, it's a feeling that I can't describe, something mystic in the soul connection, something magic in your misty eyes... there's something that I can't explain about this, there's something something that I can't explain... it is what it is...
Then someone real interrupts me, is talking at me, but I am captured by the song, the song is more real than the people around me. And I know it is going to end and I am going to talk and forget it, so I scrawl words on a coaster and continue the night. But it was a moment of change.
When I get home I google the lyrics. It is a cover of a Fat Freddy's song. Flashback. By The Twilight Singers and Mark Lanegan. So perhaps it was the voice that hooked me, Mark Lanegan's voice is hypnotic to me. It is probably my favourite voice of all time. Yes, I like him better than Maynard and better than Chris and better than Johnny.
So I am caught in an interweb and synchronicity storm. Connections everywhere. It all fits in a weird way. And then I stumble across another cover by The Twilight Singers and Mark Lanegan - Live With Me (Massive Attack). Wow. It is one of those songs, you know the songs that haunt you, transform you, that reach into places rarely touched, that twist your insides out. Or maybe it is just me. I don't even have the words to describe it. I seem to have lost my words somewhere along the way. Just as well these songs have words.
it don't matter, when you turn
gonna survive, you live and learn
I've been thinking about you, baby
by the light of dawn,
and in my blues ... day and night ... I've been missing you
I've been thinking about you baby
come live with me
either way, win or lose
when you're born into trouble
you live the blues
I've been thinking about you baby
see it almost makes me crazy
nothing's right, without you here
I'd give all that I have, just to keep you near
I wrote you a letter, I tried to, make it clear
you don't seem to think that I'm sincere
I've been thinking about you, baby
come live with me
plans and schemes, hopes and fears
dreams I've denied, for all these years
I've been thinking about you, baby
makes me wanna...
nothing's right, if you ain't here
I'd give all that I have, just to keep you near
I wrote you a letter, I tried to ,make it clear,
but you don't seem to think that I'm sincere
I've been thinking about you, baby
come live with me
come live with me
come live with me
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there's something natural in the way you touch me, it's a feeling that I can't describe, something mystic in the soul connection, something magic in your misty eyes... there's something that I can't explain about this, there's something something that I can't explain... it is what it is...
Then someone real interrupts me, is talking at me, but I am captured by the song, the song is more real than the people around me. And I know it is going to end and I am going to talk and forget it, so I scrawl words on a coaster and continue the night. But it was a moment of change.
When I get home I google the lyrics. It is a cover of a Fat Freddy's song. Flashback. By The Twilight Singers and Mark Lanegan. So perhaps it was the voice that hooked me, Mark Lanegan's voice is hypnotic to me. It is probably my favourite voice of all time. Yes, I like him better than Maynard and better than Chris and better than Johnny.
So I am caught in an interweb and synchronicity storm. Connections everywhere. It all fits in a weird way. And then I stumble across another cover by The Twilight Singers and Mark Lanegan - Live With Me (Massive Attack). Wow. It is one of those songs, you know the songs that haunt you, transform you, that reach into places rarely touched, that twist your insides out. Or maybe it is just me. I don't even have the words to describe it. I seem to have lost my words somewhere along the way. Just as well these songs have words.
it don't matter, when you turn
gonna survive, you live and learn
I've been thinking about you, baby
by the light of dawn,
and in my blues ... day and night ... I've been missing you
I've been thinking about you baby
come live with me
either way, win or lose
when you're born into trouble
you live the blues
I've been thinking about you baby
see it almost makes me crazy
nothing's right, without you here
I'd give all that I have, just to keep you near
I wrote you a letter, I tried to, make it clear
you don't seem to think that I'm sincere
I've been thinking about you, baby
come live with me
plans and schemes, hopes and fears
dreams I've denied, for all these years
I've been thinking about you, baby
makes me wanna...
nothing's right, if you ain't here
I'd give all that I have, just to keep you near
I wrote you a letter, I tried to ,make it clear,
but you don't seem to think that I'm sincere
I've been thinking about you, baby
come live with me
come live with me
come live with me
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
delicious links
Blog of found passive aggressive notes.
Reading Speed thing.
Article on all those people out and about during the day time when most people are working.
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Reading Speed thing.
Article on all those people out and about during the day time when most people are working.
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
jean stress
My goodness clothes shopping is stressful! And jean shopping is even more stressful, especially when you haven't bought jeans for over 8 years and have no clue what size you are or what brands/styles fit/suit you.
So it is winter. And apparently my weight is still dropping or my clothes are being stretched by elves in the middle of the night. And I am getting sick of pulling things up and wearing clothes that don't fit. So last week I finally succumbed and went shopping for jeans and other clothes. Ick! I HATE malls. No wonder I have been putting it off. And most of the clothes are ugly besides. Anyway I only managed to find an OK pair of jeans that will do for work before I couldn't stand it anymore and had to run away and recuperate. It is such a pity that I can't try things on online.
So the clothing problem is not solved. And neither is the jean problem.
And I was thinking that skinny jeans are so very ugly, but maybe it is just that they don't look that great on most body types. Maybe I can get away with it. Because I am VERY attracted to the hot pink drainpipes I found surfing whilst surfing the interweb for jean wisdom. I wonder if I can get away with that.
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So it is winter. And apparently my weight is still dropping or my clothes are being stretched by elves in the middle of the night. And I am getting sick of pulling things up and wearing clothes that don't fit. So last week I finally succumbed and went shopping for jeans and other clothes. Ick! I HATE malls. No wonder I have been putting it off. And most of the clothes are ugly besides. Anyway I only managed to find an OK pair of jeans that will do for work before I couldn't stand it anymore and had to run away and recuperate. It is such a pity that I can't try things on online.
So the clothing problem is not solved. And neither is the jean problem.
And I was thinking that skinny jeans are so very ugly, but maybe it is just that they don't look that great on most body types. Maybe I can get away with it. Because I am VERY attracted to the hot pink drainpipes I found surfing whilst surfing the interweb for jean wisdom. I wonder if I can get away with that.
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