Sufjan Stevens

“That record has really meant a lot to me. It is probably the record I have connected with the most over the last five years or so. Not only because of its emotional content but also musically I feel like I’ve never heard music like that before. It’s one of the most groundbreaking records we’ve ever had as humans. It is weird to me that it hasn’t gotten more acclaim. I mean, it has gotten a lot of critical acclaim but I saw the records making critics’ album of the year lists and I just couldn’t believe that record wasn’t on top of all the lists. Anybody who really loves music and loves the art form should see that it was the most fantastic, most exceptional record made that year.”

Kevin Barnes on The Age of Adz

My top 10 artists of the week according to my last.fm account.

1. Fleet Foxes
2. Cass McCombs
3. J. Tillman
4. Fleetwood Mac
5. Adele
6. The Low Anthem
7. Beach House
8. Patrick Watson
9. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
10. Other Lives
    

Helplessness Blues.

If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm raw
If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm sore
And you would wait tables and soon run the store

Gold hair in the sunlight, my light in the dawn
If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm sore
If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm sore
Someday I'll be like the man on the screen

The Elected

One of my favorite bands, The Elected, is releasing an album on May 17! They haven't released an album in 5 years.

Here's an old blog post I wrote about them. http://justchecktheblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-ate-too-much-butter-and-drank-too.html

Also here are a few little preview of the new album

http://stereogum.com/671562/the-elected-go-for-the-throat-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/first_impressions_the_elected_bury_me_in_my_rings

If you want to listen to one of their older albums let me know and I'll send you one.

So I Married an Axe Murderer

We are married, not me and Thome but me and Christina.
It was a very nice little wedding. Then we spent a few days great days in Hawaii. Now we're back in Rexburg.
We're back to making vegan food, listening to music, and playing on the internet.
We're happy.

Thanks to all of our friends that made it California. You guys made a great day even better. To those of you who didn't come, may the wrath of hell follow you for 20 years.(I cracked myself up as I wrote that) I'm just kidding.
Dawgs, can you believe school starts back up in a few weeks? I can't. I'm kind of excited. I'm ready to be done. This is my last year of school. I have 5 classes this semester and 3 more in the fall. In the fall I have to take one extra meaningless class to get my financial aid. I'm thinking archery.

Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City

"Well now, evrything dies, baby, that's a fact
But maybe evrything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City"

R.I.P. The Format

I really miss the Format. For 4 years they were my favorite band. It used to be all I listened to. I wish they would have never broken up.
Tonight I listened to them for the first time in a while and really enjoyed it. It brought back a lot of good memories.
I remember one night me, Meghan, Steven, Brittany drove around in Meghan's car and listened to Dog Problems all the way through. It's one of my favorite nights.
fun is not The Format.