Owner Of A Lonely Heart
I'm kind of a little bitch.
It's true. I have a tendency to focus on the many ways that my life happens to be crumbling down around me at that moment, instead of on any of the good stuff. Like, for example: I'm all flustered that I had to think of something to blog about right now. But I neglect to remember that I'm getting paid to sit here, listen to Crime In Stereo and write down whatever ridiculousness is bound to come spewing forth from my frontal lobe. I also forget that I once spent a summer working road construction and had to drive an hour every morning at 6 a.m. just to wear a 90-pound flame retardant suit and shoot hot tar onto hot pavement. (And I didn't get paid until the END of the summer.)
Still, it's easy to get jaded no matter what you do for moneys.
So occasionally, for me, it takes what I like to refer to as a "good mail day" to knock some optimism into my otherwise forlorn demeanor.
And today is one such day.
Here's some of what I hauled in:
Oasis Dig Out Your Soul
True, this album hit the streets a few days ago and I coulda just went out and spent my blog money on it. But I wasn't that sold on Oasis. Of all the radio pop of my youth, I always kinda thought they were overrated except for "D'You Know What I Mean?" off of Be Here Now, which I conversely thought was underrated. Even though Ryan Adams has compared this album (their fourth this millennium) to Kid A, I had trouble believing anything good could come from here. But boy am I stoked they sent me a free copy. I'm in. This thing is sort of what I liked about Be Here Now--the heaviness and hugeness of it all. It's no Kid A. But it's definitely better than that bluegrass tribute to Radiohead.
Death Cab For Cutie Something About Airplanes Deluxe Edition
It's always pretty sweet when you have no idea something's coming out at the end of November and you find a copy sitting on your chair in the beginning of October. Apparently Barsuk Records decided to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of this album's release with a bonus CD of Death Cab's first Seattle show. I'm stoked because A) I never actually owned this album. And B) Now I do.
Alfred Shredhed "Electric Licks & Riffs" sheet music
"Electric Licks" immediately thrust into my mind an image of a neon sign outside of a questionable massage parlor in a seedy part of town in a dystopian, Blade Runner-type future. But this item actually doesn't have anything to do with that. It's sheet music that you can either hang on your wall or fold up into a sweet, stand-up pyramid. From the cover, it looks like I'm gonna learn a bunch of Green Day, Pantera and Clapton tonight. (Or more likely: I'll learn how to set up the sheet music tonight and then I'll spend the next seven weeks intermittently picking up my guitar and attempting to learn "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" in between commercial breaks of Hidden Potential on HGTV. Still, that sheet music is gonna look killer.
2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites Andy Van Slyke foil autograph
In my very first blog, back when I was ready to take on the world with my naked ambition and obscure pop-culture references, I revealed that I collect baseball cards of my childhood hero Andy Van Slyke because "they remind me of a time before girl problems, credit card bills and comprehension of the words 'mid', 'life' or 'crisis.'" This remains true. It also remains pathetic. But still true. There's only 10 of this card in the world. And probably only one Andy Van Slyke collector. But still...
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! DVD
What's that? It's too early for Christmas stuff? First of all, it doesn't really matter cause Stephen Colbert coulda released this thing in June and I woulda been into it. And second of all, I'm just gonna celebrate my Christmas now and I'll beat all the lines and hostility and general horribleness of the holiday season by wearing sweaters like this and throwing my party in October. Then I'll be two months ahead for everything. I'll be doing Valentine's Day in December, Arbor Day in February, Flag Day in April... It's gonna be siiiiiiiiiiiick.
It's true. I have a tendency to focus on the many ways that my life happens to be crumbling down around me at that moment, instead of on any of the good stuff. Like, for example: I'm all flustered that I had to think of something to blog about right now. But I neglect to remember that I'm getting paid to sit here, listen to Crime In Stereo and write down whatever ridiculousness is bound to come spewing forth from my frontal lobe. I also forget that I once spent a summer working road construction and had to drive an hour every morning at 6 a.m. just to wear a 90-pound flame retardant suit and shoot hot tar onto hot pavement. (And I didn't get paid until the END of the summer.)
Still, it's easy to get jaded no matter what you do for moneys.
So occasionally, for me, it takes what I like to refer to as a "good mail day" to knock some optimism into my otherwise forlorn demeanor.
And today is one such day.
Here's some of what I hauled in:
Oasis Dig Out Your Soul
True, this album hit the streets a few days ago and I coulda just went out and spent my blog money on it. But I wasn't that sold on Oasis. Of all the radio pop of my youth, I always kinda thought they were overrated except for "D'You Know What I Mean?" off of Be Here Now, which I conversely thought was underrated. Even though Ryan Adams has compared this album (their fourth this millennium) to Kid A, I had trouble believing anything good could come from here. But boy am I stoked they sent me a free copy. I'm in. This thing is sort of what I liked about Be Here Now--the heaviness and hugeness of it all. It's no Kid A. But it's definitely better than that bluegrass tribute to Radiohead.
Death Cab For Cutie Something About Airplanes Deluxe Edition
It's always pretty sweet when you have no idea something's coming out at the end of November and you find a copy sitting on your chair in the beginning of October. Apparently Barsuk Records decided to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of this album's release with a bonus CD of Death Cab's first Seattle show. I'm stoked because A) I never actually owned this album. And B) Now I do.
Alfred Shredhed "Electric Licks & Riffs" sheet music
"Electric Licks" immediately thrust into my mind an image of a neon sign outside of a questionable massage parlor in a seedy part of town in a dystopian, Blade Runner-type future. But this item actually doesn't have anything to do with that. It's sheet music that you can either hang on your wall or fold up into a sweet, stand-up pyramid. From the cover, it looks like I'm gonna learn a bunch of Green Day, Pantera and Clapton tonight. (Or more likely: I'll learn how to set up the sheet music tonight and then I'll spend the next seven weeks intermittently picking up my guitar and attempting to learn "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" in between commercial breaks of Hidden Potential on HGTV. Still, that sheet music is gonna look killer.
2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites Andy Van Slyke foil autograph
In my very first blog, back when I was ready to take on the world with my naked ambition and obscure pop-culture references, I revealed that I collect baseball cards of my childhood hero Andy Van Slyke because "they remind me of a time before girl problems, credit card bills and comprehension of the words 'mid', 'life' or 'crisis.'" This remains true. It also remains pathetic. But still true. There's only 10 of this card in the world. And probably only one Andy Van Slyke collector. But still...
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! DVD
What's that? It's too early for Christmas stuff? First of all, it doesn't really matter cause Stephen Colbert coulda released this thing in June and I woulda been into it. And second of all, I'm just gonna celebrate my Christmas now and I'll beat all the lines and hostility and general horribleness of the holiday season by wearing sweaters like this and throwing my party in October. Then I'll be two months ahead for everything. I'll be doing Valentine's Day in December, Arbor Day in February, Flag Day in April... It's gonna be siiiiiiiiiiiick.
posted by Tim Karan at
3:26 PM
5 Comments:
I must say... This is the first time i've ever read a blog here on ALTPRESS.com. And what made me pick yours to read out of all the rest was your title. I know this sounds so corny, but it really spoke to me. Especially with what i'm going through right now. There is just something about you that is really captivating, and that I can relate to you. I can't wait to read more, and see what else it is you have to say.
...No pressure or anything... ;)
Tim your way with words is simply amazing. Your comical as well as elloquent with your words.
Be my mentor??? ( no seriously)
( honestly)
I actually own a 5-CD Yes box set. Just thought you should know.
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July 4th shall hereby be celebrated on New Year's Day. And you should send me the Colbert disc simply because you're not going to be there this Monday when we would have undoubtedly watched it together over a huge vat of Sour Patch Kids. It's the right thing to do.
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