Certainly going to play these on some show, sometime in the future:
Carina Round - Backseat
- a Brit with a lovely voice; this song is a departure from her other albums that have more of a Patti Smith feel. The sound of the song is Spektor-esque and the piano+choir is absolutely wonderful.
Arkells - John Lennon
- Canadians. Can't look at Canadians the same way since reading IJ but this song has 1. an infectious chorus, 2. John Lennon references, 3. sweet keyboards. YES.
Electric Owls - Magic Show
- Xylophone+ the use of the word "clairvoyant" in the first verse = love
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
- Really, I blame the wedding music video on this one. Particularly the /"I'm a tiger"/ segment.
Nada Surf - If You Leave (OMD Cover)
- I love the original song because of Pretty in Pink; I love this song because of the laconic feel.
Fleet Foxes (all of their songs)
- After seeing them in concert, this feeling is completely justified.
Pete Yorn - Lose You, EZ
- So why did it take me this long to get into Pete Yorn? I like sad songs.
The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love
- And I missed this when it came out back in high school. The lead's falsetto makes me laugh.
The National - like, all of their songs, but especially The Geese of Beverly Road, Start a War, and City Middle
- As another music-lover once wrote, "The National is no secret."
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? and Fight Test
- The first song is now the official rock song of Oklahoma (the Flaming Lips' home state) and the second is simply delicious.
MGMT - Electric Feel
- Ridiculous lyrics+dance music. ("/I said ooo girl/Touch me like an electric eel/")
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
- Glad to have been a fan before he passed away this year, but I hadn't listened to the whole Thriller album (!! awful of me, yes).
Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone with You
- Haunting, simple, beautiful.
As a side note, I definitely don't claim to be on the cutting edge of music. There's just too much out there to keep up with (for me, anyway). Nevertheless I love sharing the songs that I find or others sharing new/old music with me.
For instance, a friend of mine is now a fan of Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes (she came with me to the concert) thanks to some rather vigorous encouragement (me and another friend). We were absolutely shocked that she hadn't really listened to DCFC, not so much concerning Fleet Foxes.
But that has been remedied-- hurrah for friends who contribute to your musical education.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Very very close and EXPLODE!
I think I may have hit it-- the name I want to use for my radio show (I just typed "album"; just shows where my brain has been with this whole naming thing).
Eclecticity.
Yeah, that's right. Complete with a tagline similar to selected music+verse, conscientiously high-voltage.
It makes me seriously happy, so I think this may be the one.
I'm very excited to share fun.'s album on the show. Currently listening to "I Wanna Be the One" which seems appropriate considering my quest for a name.
A name is a name and is changeable (a good thing in this case).
I'm still undecided w/r/t renaming this blog; such decisions can be made at a later time.
It feels good (a relief, really) to have this figured out.
Eclecticity.
Yeah, that's right. Complete with a tagline similar to selected music+verse, conscientiously high-voltage.
It makes me seriously happy, so I think this may be the one.
I'm very excited to share fun.'s album on the show. Currently listening to "I Wanna Be the One" which seems appropriate considering my quest for a name.
A name is a name and is changeable (a good thing in this case).
I'm still undecided w/r/t renaming this blog; such decisions can be made at a later time.
It feels good (a relief, really) to have this figured out.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Name-calling
I'm having problems with name-calling.
*dun dun DUN*
Namely (haha), what to call my show. Owls on the Answering Machine makes for a wonderful blog name, but I don't know if it will be as effective for a radio show.
I have a massive .txt file in the works with some half-baked ideas (and plain atrocity committed against the English language) but none that have cried out to me "Yes. YES! Take me. I am the One."
In any case, I could always use simply "The Show" as a last resort. It would highly amuse me and lower everyone else's expectations so spectacularly that there would be nothing to worry about.
Hee.
*dun dun DUN*
Namely (haha), what to call my show. Owls on the Answering Machine makes for a wonderful blog name, but I don't know if it will be as effective for a radio show.
I have a massive .txt file in the works with some half-baked ideas (and plain atrocity committed against the English language) but none that have cried out to me "Yes. YES! Take me. I am the One."
In any case, I could always use simply "The Show" as a last resort. It would highly amuse me and lower everyone else's expectations so spectacularly that there would be nothing to worry about.
Hee.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
VD12- Final
900 sometime yesterday, FINISHED today sometime before 4 pm.
I've heard it's not unusual to be reeling, staggering after you finish. I flipped the book to the beginning and re-read the "Year of Glad" sections...there's something sinister/mysterious going on. Man. It's so weird to go back to the beginning with "all I know now."
Anyway. Vocab...which feels almost pointless to do now that it's all over.
My infinite summer ended a week before my actual summer.
blesser: Fr. to hurt, offend (www.french.about.com)
topology: Topology (Greek Τοπολογία, from τόπος, “place”, and λόγος, “study”) is a major area of mathematics that has emerged through the development of concepts from geometry and set theory, such as those of space, dimension, shape, transformation and others. (wiki)
phocomelic: the congenital absence or abnormal shortening of arms or legs, often with only short, flipperlike limbs projecting from the body (yourdictionary.com)
achondroplastic: achondroplasia - an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism (Princeton Word Net)
Zog: i.e., ZOG, for Zionist Occupation Government, the acronym coined by American neo-Nazi Eric Thomson (wallacewiki)
The Turner Diaries: Written by William Luther Pierce III (1933-2002), this is a neo-Nazi novel once called the "blueprint" for the Oklahoma City bombing. (wallacewiki)
sinsemilla: cultivated high potency marijuana (wallacewiki)
strabysmic: strabismus - abnormal alignment of one or both eyes (PWN)
prophylaxis: the prevention of disease (PWN)
hemoptypsis: coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs (PWN)
pertussive: pertussis- whooping cough: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane (PWN)
ghost word: A ghost word is a word that has been published in a dictionary, or has been adopted as genuine, as the result of misinterpretation or a typographical error. (wiki)
shillelagh: a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) (PWN)
fillip: A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap; Something that excites or stimulates (wiki)
ICBM: intercontinental ballistic missile: a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another (PWN)
imprimatur: An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies; Any mark of official approval (wiki_=)
catadioptric: A catadioptric optical system is one where lenses and curved mirrors are used to form the Image-forming optical system. Catadioptric systems are commonly used in telescopes and in lightweight, long focal length lenses for cameras, where the term mirror lens is often used for them. (wiki)
sinciput: the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead) (PWN)
étagère: a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments (PWN)
delfts: a style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration (PWN)
kyphotic: crookback/hunchback- characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column (PWN)
gerontologic: gerontology- the comprehensive study of aging and the problems of the aged (www.merriam-webster.com)
koans: koan - a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning (PWN)
antigens: any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) (PWN)
piaffer: A dressage movement in which a horse trots in a stationary position while using high lifting of the legs (wiki)
Fourier Transforms: In mathematics, the Fourier transform (often abbreviated FT) is an operation that transforms one complex-valued function of a real variable into another. In such applications as signal processing, the domain of the original function is typically time and is accordingly called the time domain. That of the new function is frequency, and so the Fourier transform is often called the frequency domain representation of the original function. It describes which frequencies are present in the original function. (wiki)
mufti: civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform (PWN)
and finally
fuliginous: Pertaining to soot; sooty; dusky, gloomy (wiki)
I've heard it's not unusual to be reeling, staggering after you finish. I flipped the book to the beginning and re-read the "Year of Glad" sections...there's something sinister/mysterious going on. Man. It's so weird to go back to the beginning with "all I know now."
Anyway. Vocab...which feels almost pointless to do now that it's all over.
My infinite summer ended a week before my actual summer.
blesser: Fr. to hurt, offend (www.french.about.com)
topology: Topology (Greek Τοπολογία, from τόπος, “place”, and λόγος, “study”) is a major area of mathematics that has emerged through the development of concepts from geometry and set theory, such as those of space, dimension, shape, transformation and others. (wiki)
phocomelic: the congenital absence or abnormal shortening of arms or legs, often with only short, flipperlike limbs projecting from the body (yourdictionary.com)
achondroplastic: achondroplasia - an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism (Princeton Word Net)
Zog: i.e., ZOG, for Zionist Occupation Government, the acronym coined by American neo-Nazi Eric Thomson (wallacewiki)
The Turner Diaries: Written by William Luther Pierce III (1933-2002), this is a neo-Nazi novel once called the "blueprint" for the Oklahoma City bombing. (wallacewiki)
sinsemilla: cultivated high potency marijuana (wallacewiki)
strabysmic: strabismus - abnormal alignment of one or both eyes (PWN)
prophylaxis: the prevention of disease (PWN)
hemoptypsis: coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs (PWN)
pertussive: pertussis- whooping cough: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane (PWN)
ghost word: A ghost word is a word that has been published in a dictionary, or has been adopted as genuine, as the result of misinterpretation or a typographical error. (wiki)
shillelagh: a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) (PWN)
fillip: A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap; Something that excites or stimulates (wiki)
ICBM: intercontinental ballistic missile: a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another (PWN)
imprimatur: An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies; Any mark of official approval (wiki_=)
catadioptric: A catadioptric optical system is one where lenses and curved mirrors are used to form the Image-forming optical system. Catadioptric systems are commonly used in telescopes and in lightweight, long focal length lenses for cameras, where the term mirror lens is often used for them. (wiki)
sinciput: the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead) (PWN)
étagère: a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments (PWN)
delfts: a style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration (PWN)
kyphotic: crookback/hunchback- characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column (PWN)
gerontologic: gerontology- the comprehensive study of aging and the problems of the aged (www.merriam-webster.com)
koans: koan - a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning (PWN)
antigens: any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) (PWN)
piaffer: A dressage movement in which a horse trots in a stationary position while using high lifting of the legs (wiki)
Fourier Transforms: In mathematics, the Fourier transform (often abbreviated FT) is an operation that transforms one complex-valued function of a real variable into another. In such applications as signal processing, the domain of the original function is typically time and is accordingly called the time domain. That of the new function is frequency, and so the Fourier transform is often called the frequency domain representation of the original function. It describes which frequencies are present in the original function. (wiki)
mufti: civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform (PWN)
and finally
fuliginous: Pertaining to soot; sooty; dusky, gloomy (wiki)
Saturday, August 15, 2009
VD11
Passed the 100-pages-left (!!!) mark about 6 pages ago. Feeling almost scared to go on; feeling unnerved by Hal's narration and experiencing the disconnect between himself and others.
And was struck with the thought that maybe the novel is annular as well...that as soon as you finish you begin again in a sort of ellipse.
I'll be curious to see if that is true.
quoins:
sudoriferous: sweaty or sweating, bearing sweat (wiki)
civety: Civets are small, lithe-bodied, mostly arboreal mammals native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. Civet may also refer to the distinctive musk produced by the animal. (wiki)
cytological: cytology - the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells (PWN)
brody: Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile (wiki)
senescence:
strigil: a grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc (wiki)
hulpil: A huipil (from the Nahuatl uipilli, meaning "blouse"`- "dress") is a form of Maya textile and tunic or blouse worn by indigenous Mayan, Zapotec, and other women in central to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and western Honduras, in the northern part of Central America. (wiki)
amphetaminic: relating to amphetamine- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression (PWN)
intubated: intubation- The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup (wiki)
huarache: sandal, pictured below
pleurisy: inflamed membranes around the lungs. (thank you children's center.org)
dextral: Of or pertaining to the right side (wiki)
Liebestod: An aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide (wiki)
or Liebestod (German, "Love's Death") is the title of a song from the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner. It is the final, dramatic song of the opera, as Isolde mourns over the body of Tristan. It opens with the famous lines "Mild und leise" ("fair and gentle"). (wiki also)
guilloche: an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands (PWN)
internecine: Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare; Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship (wiki)
cachinated: cachinnation-- loud convulsive laughter (PWN)
bupkus: bupkis, Yiddish-- absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance (wiki)
terrazzo: Terrazzo is a faux-marble flooring or countertopping material (wiki)
ommatophoric: having eyes at the ends of stalks (wallacewiki)
synovial inflammation: inflammation of or pertaining to the fluid that lubricates the joints (wallacewiki)
somnolent: drowsy (wallacewiki)
Banfis: a sort of fancy shoe company. Google image "Banfis shoes" for an idea.
And was struck with the thought that maybe the novel is annular as well...that as soon as you finish you begin again in a sort of ellipse.
I'll be curious to see if that is true.
quoins:
- quoin - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase
- quoin - the keystone of an arch
- quoin - corner: (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone (Princeton Word Net)
sudoriferous: sweaty or sweating, bearing sweat (wiki)
civety: Civets are small, lithe-bodied, mostly arboreal mammals native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. Civet may also refer to the distinctive musk produced by the animal. (wiki)
cytological: cytology - the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells (PWN)
brody: Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile (wiki)
senescence:
- aging: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
- agedness: the property characteristic of old age (PWN)
strigil: a grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc (wiki)
hulpil: A huipil (from the Nahuatl uipilli, meaning "blouse"`- "dress") is a form of Maya textile and tunic or blouse worn by indigenous Mayan, Zapotec, and other women in central to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and western Honduras, in the northern part of Central America. (wiki)
amphetaminic: relating to amphetamine- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression (PWN)
intubated: intubation- The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup (wiki)
huarache: sandal, pictured below
pleurisy: inflamed membranes around the lungs. (thank you children's center.org)
dextral: Of or pertaining to the right side (wiki)
Liebestod: An aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide (wiki)
or Liebestod (German, "Love's Death") is the title of a song from the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner. It is the final, dramatic song of the opera, as Isolde mourns over the body of Tristan. It opens with the famous lines "Mild und leise" ("fair and gentle"). (wiki also)
guilloche: an architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands (PWN)
internecine: Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare; Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship (wiki)
cachinated: cachinnation-- loud convulsive laughter (PWN)
bupkus: bupkis, Yiddish-- absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance (wiki)
terrazzo: Terrazzo is a faux-marble flooring or countertopping material (wiki)
ommatophoric: having eyes at the ends of stalks (wallacewiki)
synovial inflammation: inflammation of or pertaining to the fluid that lubricates the joints (wallacewiki)
somnolent: drowsy (wallacewiki)
Banfis: a sort of fancy shoe company. Google image "Banfis shoes" for an idea.
I am in love
with Infinite Summer.
I was browsing the forums and found there is a t-shirt in the works for the Infsumerians. (make sure to press the SPOILER! tag in matthewbalwin's post to see the proposed designs).
The second design has gotten the most "I'd totally buy that" votes. Awesome.
Reading IJ has allowed me to completely embrace my inner literature-fiend but reading it in conjunction with InfSum lets me do so with the license of hundreds, say thousands of other bibliophiles simultaneously embracing inner fiendish literature senses.
Community is such a good thing.
I was browsing the forums and found there is a t-shirt in the works for the Infsumerians. (make sure to press the SPOILER! tag in matthewbalwin's post to see the proposed designs).
The second design has gotten the most "I'd totally buy that" votes. Awesome.
Reading IJ has allowed me to completely embrace my inner literature-fiend but reading it in conjunction with InfSum lets me do so with the license of hundreds, say thousands of other bibliophiles simultaneously embracing inner fiendish literature senses.
Community is such a good thing.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Closing in.
800.
Just freaking broke 800 pages.
I feel like this book is an avalanche that got triggered sometime in the 600's and I can't stop it or else I'll wonder forever what happened.
Even Neil Gaiman (Mr. Gaiman!) can't distract me.
Neverwhere has no hold on me in comparison to IJ; I've fallen through the cracks of this pseudo-Boston world and now I'm following Gately, I'm following Hal, I'm following Pemulis and Erdedy and Kate Gompert and yes even Orin and of course Mario and Joelle and the memories of J.O. Incandenza that come up but me, I'm the ghost, I'm just the reader.
On the 4th of August, I was in the 580's and hit 600 later that day.
On the 8th, I was just passing 700.
Today, the 12th, I hit 800.
That's an average of 100 pages every four days.
When InfSum just wants you do get 75 pages a week. Good gravy, I'm going to hit 900 by the 16th (Sunday) if this keeps up and finish before the 20th.
Meaning I finish before school, shy 5 days.
Score.
Just freaking broke 800 pages.
I feel like this book is an avalanche that got triggered sometime in the 600's and I can't stop it or else I'll wonder forever what happened.
Even Neil Gaiman (Mr. Gaiman!) can't distract me.
Neverwhere has no hold on me in comparison to IJ; I've fallen through the cracks of this pseudo-Boston world and now I'm following Gately, I'm following Hal, I'm following Pemulis and Erdedy and Kate Gompert and yes even Orin and of course Mario and Joelle and the memories of J.O. Incandenza that come up but me, I'm the ghost, I'm just the reader.
On the 4th of August, I was in the 580's and hit 600 later that day.
On the 8th, I was just passing 700.
Today, the 12th, I hit 800.
That's an average of 100 pages every four days.
When InfSum just wants you do get 75 pages a week. Good gravy, I'm going to hit 900 by the 16th (Sunday) if this keeps up and finish before the 20th.
Meaning I finish before school, shy 5 days.
Score.
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