Tonight we stayed in and had leftovers. Then we did Wii bowling. I got beat but held my own. I'm writing this while I listen to a World Cafe session on Iron and Wine, a favorite group of mine. This week I have been listening to the steaming of the new "albums" by REM, Kurt Vile and the Mountain Goats. So far, I like all of them. The Kurt Vile record I like a lot. He is coming to the Warhol so I might see if I can get a ticket and go see him. I like to see shows at the Warhol. They bring in great artists in an intimate atmosphere with a great sound system.
I loved REM when I discovered them in college/law school. I saw my one and only REM concert when I was at WVU law school. The Indigo Girls opened up for them!! Unfortunately I have not cared for their last few albums. Many of the critics/talking heads are saying this new release is their best since their work in the 80's. I have listened to it several times and I am slowly liking it. I would like to listen to it a few more times but several of the songs do sound like the vintage 80's stuff.
As for the Mountain Goats, I discovered them awhile ago -- I can't really remember when but I probably read about them on Pitchforkmedia. I love their music -- I say "their" loosely because they are the work of one main man, John Darnielle (sp?). He is a very literate song writer and his themes are about broken down people and other heavy subjects. I really like this new "album." His last one was good but was very bleak and a little depressing.
I have to give thanks to NPR. I know the right wingers want to cut the funding but I so love their website because I have been able to preview a lot of great stuff before it comes out so I can decide what to spend my money on. In addition, I get to hear all kinds of new music by artists I have read about or never heard but get to discover. Music, for me, is life.
I meant to write this post last night when I discovered that all of my favorite shows were re-runs. Thursday nights are my night for TV. Three of my favorite shows are on that night -- the show about the little nerds (Big Bang Theory); old school CSI (the original Las Vegas edition) and the Mentalist. Unfortunately two shows I also really like -- Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock are on opposite my favorite CBS shows and we don't have cable and/or a DVR so if I don't remember to watch online I'm out of luck. Unfortunately those shows weren't on last night so I read my book on the introduction to the Universalist Unitarian religion instead of watching TV or blogging.
The UU religion is fascinating to me. I was raised Presbyterian but never quite believed everything I was taught or read -- such as all homos are going to hell -- and that there is a hell and an afterlife or that Christ was resurrected, etc. etc. But UU doesn't say it's important to beleive all that and that what's important is the way you live your life and your deeds which I always thought was the way to go. So even though I am only part way through the book and have been to two adult education classes and five Sundays it is very appealing to me --what I'm hearing and reading so far.
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