photism

Kind of enjoying the beginning of fall… not the weather, certainly, but more my rejuvenated enthusiasm for getting focused on my various projects, and desire to strive for that barely attainable, and rarely maintainable balance in life… Already had more movement on my various projects in the past couple weeks than I had over the course of the whole summer… time to get some progress on things that really truly actually satisfy and make me feel like I’ve accomplished something worthwhile. (Not that carousing and other socialness doesn’t provide some elements of what I need to be happy… but it needs to be balanced with actual progress in other areas)

I’ve really been liking this band “The xx” recently…. the bass lines kind of reminded me of Fujiya & Miyagi. (Whether the association is actually valid is up in the air. I don’t feel like checking and proving or [more likely] disproving the actual correctness of my comparison) They manage to pull off the duet structure without annoying the shit out of me which is pretty impressive.

the xx – islands

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the xx – crystalised

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And this Born Ruffians track is catchy and makes me wish I’d shown up a bit earlier and heard their set when they were opening for that Caribou show I went to on halloween a couple (or was it maybe… 3 years) ago in Victoria… speaking of halloween I hope there’s something as good as that show this year, I haven’t seen anything that has stuck out yet as far as things to do. This year I actually have  a costume idea ready… Which is pretty unusual for me (the exception being last year maybe… but I’m not really sure if I can take credit for it I’m pretty sure it was due to a combination of my g/f at the times efforts, and my accidentally taking home an elaborate and bejewelled jacket that just begged to be encostumed)

born ruffians – foxes mate for life

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Not really sure why all the songs that seemed to fit together for this are love-oriented… not going to read too much into that…   fallow, fellow….  fallow…  ;-)

hapy.