Bon Iver: Holocene
On Bon Iver’s new album, lyrics are part of the ethereal soundscape. Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, seems to be following in the footsteps of Sigur Rós, the Icelandic post-rock band who focus on the overall sound to the point where they have developed an unintelligible language, Vonlenska (which translates as Hopelandic) that you are […]
Joni Mitchell: You turn me on I’m a radio
Way back in 1972, Joni Mitchell introduced her brand-new song to the audience like this: “You see, I’ve never had a hit, so I decided that…” (Awww!) “No I haven’t, I haven’t had a hit, I mean, I” (I haven’t had a hit!) “(laughs) I haven’t had a chance to, like, watch any, like… I, […]
Lisa Hannigan: Knots
A dark November thriller : Lisa Hannigan presents her song “Knots” in a video that picks up on the paramilitary game of Paintball to present the everyday wars fought out in a relationship gone bad. It seems also to evoke the archaic and horrorific stoning of a woman who has lost her man. The video […]
Fleet Foxes: Grown Ocean
Bollywood meets the Beach Boys. Off of “Helplessness Blues”, released some time last spring when I wasn’t paying attention. Thanks Thomas. Fleet Foxes: Grown Ocean (Robin Pecknold) In that dream I’m as old as the mountains Still as starlight reflected in fountains Children grown on the edge of the ocean Kept like jewelry kept with […]
Office wanted
Teacher/translator, 49 (for another few days), seeks office companionship with other like-minded independents aka freelancers aka knowledge workers. Needs office accessible from street level and public transportation in Berlin, by those not willing to mount 5 stories to her new bird’s nest. Looking for a space close to the heart of things, where minds are […]
Hasan Elahi: FBI, here I am
“The Visible Man”, Bangladeshi-born American Hasan Elahi, says that he was mistakenly included on the US government terrorist watch list — “and once you’re on, it’s hard to get off”. (Wired) In response, he has dedicated his work to surveillance culture and has put the minute details of his life and travels online. See his […]
