This is Grown by The Seven Fields of Aphelion. Her debut album, Periphery, is beautiful and perfect for the weather this week. She plays in Black Moth Super Rainbow, but this is her solo debut, if I'm not mistaken. I learned of this album from the fine folks at Good Records, where you should pick this one up. I was too late to grab a white vinyl copy, but the CD is gorgegous. Enjoy.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
How I Spent My Christmas Vacation or Squeezing Blood from a Genetic Freak
I had my first appointment with a local doctor to get an assortment of blood tests ran per the request of McScreamy. This would be the first time I had set foot inside a family doctor's office in years. I get all the regular pokes and prods, but I'm constantly worried about needles. The list of tests McScreamy wants ran is like a mile long so I imagine that my arm's going to be stuck somewhere around 9 bajillion times.
"You know, if you guys are out of needles, I really won't be upset," I reassure the nurse, trying not to give away my phobia of needles. "I can always come back another time."
"I don't think that'll be a problem," she replies, and I swear I can see the bloodlust in her eyes.
The doctor comes in and she's really cool. Like Fonzie cool. She explains the tests in greater detail and without all the screaming. There'll be regular blood screens, a cystic fibrosis screening, and some on depth looks at my generic code. A cornucopia of tests, if you will.
"You know, you can have irregularities in your genes and still look normal," Fonz shares. Finally, a medical opinion that I am normal looking-ish!
This test is to find if there's something deep down that might be messing with seed quality, if ya know what I mean. Makes me feel like an X-Man whose power is producing freakishly unviable sperm. Like Steve.
After giving up on them being out of needles, I man up and ask Dr. Fonz exactly how many times I'm going to end up getting poked with a needle. She assures me that there'll only be the one sticking.
She leaves to send the nurse back and I'm a little relieved. Once. Whew! I can do this!
Enter the nurse again, carrying two trays filled with vials of all different sizes like she just came from Willy Wonka's medical supply cabinet.
I eye her suspiciously as she says, "OK, if you can roll up your sleeve for me? We're going to be taking nine blood samples."
NINE?! But Fonzarelli said....
Oh, yeah. There's only one needle. They just change out vials.
Well played, Fonz. Well played.
So I stare at the door as if penguins are jumping through it and Nurse Bloodthirsty asks if I've eaten anything.
Nope. Nothing. Sweet! I'm gonna be all woozy after this bloodletting!
Alas, all that blood and no hallucinations to show for it. No cookie either, by the way.
Over the next few weeks, my results slowly trickle in. Slightly high cholesterol ("cut down on red meat," the nurse says over the phone after I just finished a plate of barbecue), no cystic fibrosis, and just negative on my DNA stuff. And no answers!
My Belated Top Records in 2010
Ok, so this is a little late. And not in the format I originally set out to do. And most of you probably don't care. But none of that's going to stop me.
I always love reading favorite records of the year lists. They're a great way of discovering new artists and, let's be honest, I like to feel cool when something I like is on someone's list. Anyways, I thought that since I'm doing this whole blog thing an really trying to crank out more updates (really shooting for daily!) that I'd make my own top ten list of my favorite records of the year.
I had no idea how hard paring down to ten would be. I considered doing a few lists. I considered twenty. I considered abstaining from the records that seemed to be on all the lists. In the end, I just couldn't pare it down and time was still ticking. So I just went with a list of my fave records of this year with no limit. Maybe next year I'll allow myself more time and discipline myself to ten. Or twenty.
So, in no particular order:
Kanye West-My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Sufjan Stevens-The Age of Adz/All Delighted People
Jonsi-Go
The National-High Violet
Arcade Fire-The Suburbs
Deerhunter-Halcyon Digest
Beach House-Tenn Dream
Spoon-Transference
The Walkmen-Lisbon
Neil Young-Le Noise
Quasi-American Gong
Broken Bells-Broken Bells
Land of Talk-Cloak and Cipher
Sarah Jaffe-Suburban Nature
LCD Soundsystem-This Is Happening
Sharon Van Etten-Epic
Zoe Keating-Into the Trees
Titus Andronicus-The Monitor
Flying Lotus-Cosmogramma
Marnie Stern-Marnie Stern
Antony and the Johnsons-Swanlights
Sleigh Bells-Treats
Janelle Monae-The ArchAndroid
Erykah Badu-New Amerykah, Pt 2: Return of the Ankh
Brad Laner-Natural Selections
The Seven Fields of Aphelion-Periphery
Four Tet-There is Love in You
Joanna Newsom-Have One on Me
Wolf Parade-Expo 86
Surfer Blood-Astro Coast
Local Natives-Gorilla Manor
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma-Love is a Stream
Best Coast-Crazy for You
Buke and Gass-Riposte
Vampire Weekend-Contra
The Radio Dept-Clinging to a Scheme
Julian Lynch-Mare
Wild Nothing-Gemini
Delorean-Subiza
Tame Impala-Innerspeaker
The Roots-How I Got Over
Mumford & Sons-Sigh No More
Toro Y Moi-Causers of This
ceo-White Magic
John Legend & the Roots-Wake Up!
Big Boi-Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son of Chico Dusty
The Amazing-Wait for a Light to Come
Gungor-Beautiful Things
Well, there ya go! A huge, ineffectual list! :) Please feel free to suggest more cause I'm always on the lookout for new stuff!
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