Disguised As Sweet
July 22, 2008 at 11:01 am
” Almost Sweet ”
01. Cary Brothers - Ride
Who You Are (Procrastination Music, 2007)
02. Paul Duncan - Oil In The Fields
Be Careful What You Call Home (Hometapes, 2005)
03. Calexico - Two Silver Trees
Carried To Dust (Touch and Go Records, 2008)
04. Lymbyc Systym - Truth Skull
Love Your Abuser (Mush, 2007)
05. Ova Looven - Puzzle Drip
58:34 (Artikal, 2004)
06. Motorpsycho + Jaga Jazzist Horns - Doffen Ah Um
In The Fishtank (In the Fishtank, 2003)
note: Two things about this list. One I made this super loud list that my ears are still ringing after a full day. And this list is the anti-dote. Two. Why am I having 80’s nostalgia? I don’t even like the 80’s music. (I thought the sound of synth destroy everything and make people dumb. 80’s detroit techno is too hard to listen to. And they are everywhere in 80’s pop music. don’t get me started about metal.) But here I am making this list while thinking what 80’s could sound like had they just more like 2008. Bigger texture, softer and the synth sound better. This is definitely a misplaced nostalgia. Oh and check out new Calexico album. (don’t know when they will come out. But it should be good. k. have fun. This list is soft and alluring. I promise.
see also: Irony, Nostalgia, and the Postmodern by Linda Hutcheon
image: Pablo Picasso. (Spanish, 1881-1973). Student with a Pipe. Paris, March 1914. Gesso, sand, pasted paper, oil and charcoal on canvas, 28 3/4 x 23 1/8″ (73 x 58.7 cm).
yea I know the picture is completely random. But it’s so pleasing. I thought it matches the mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCD4rtcOgHE
What was interesting about the 80s in retrospect was that mainstream pop was so horrible that it seemed to make indie more exciting and meaningful in contrast.
…and I really meant pop culture in general. I just remember spending the decade being horrified by everything I see.