The Leaves Have It

SheLeaves, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, 2008

I have been hearing rumblings that my blog has become soft. That it's become a forum for my new positive outlook on life. There's no more edge to my ramblings, and selections of music. It's all happy singer-songwriter crap made for AAA radio. Well, out of my 400 gigs of music, I think there are only a handful of happy songs anyway, although I have been introduced to a whole new world of music that revolves around positivity.

So, here are some more songs about hope, basement walls that sweat at 4am, and the power to see perfection in imperfection.

Joseph Arthur - Honey And The Moon - hopeful, optimistic, loss--"if you weren't real, i'd make you up"

Digital Mystikz - Misty Winter - sometimes beauty comes out from the darkest places.

New Order - Elegia (Terranova Remix) - off of the Color Calm by design dvd which basically turns your tv into a giant color palette featuring designs from Peter Saville who designed most, if not all of the Factory record covers, from Joy Division to New Order. Terranova's ambient take on this instrumental classic makes you feel as if you were underwater.

The Beatles - A Day In The Life (John Barrett Tapes) - off of the John Barrett bootlegs. probably my favorite beatles tune. i love how the tune starts with lennon's dark imagery and turns into mccartney's lighthearted take on.....life.