shiksahoy

i've been obsessively listening to amy winehouse this week, and i'm not ashamed. she's just so damn interesting. more specifically, i've been listening to "addicted," the bonus track of her UK release on repeat. i sometimes amaze myself at how many times in a row i can listen to a song. not just any song will fall privy to this treatment, of course. i pick up the nuances of the person's voice and emulate them. this particular song has so much straight up slang slung around like it's no big deal. if anyone else had written a song about someone smoking all of his or her weed, it would be laughed at, splooged upon, and muckraked. fucking brits are so cool. i could not find a decent performance of this particular track on youtube, so here's a little clip of her doing coke on stage:



also i've listened to a beauty of a record by bon iver, for emma, forever ago. it is sure to make many returns. his falsetto is engaging, his compositions cerebral. he's touring right now with phosphorescent.

sure i have sxsw envy. i'm sure most music nerds who aren't there have it. what i'm struggling with more than that is my lack of willie nelson tickets. i allowed the time to pass and missed out on my chance. i've only been immersing myself in his catalog for the past two years, no biggie. i hope this wasn't my last chance ever....

duke ellington's money jungle....one of the greats.

also i'm buying the the plants and animals record. stupid pitchfork.