Sigur Ros Live in San Diego: October 1, 2008

Jun 16 2009 Published by under Music

Finally got to see the best band in the world!  Here are some photos as proof. Continue Reading »

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My List

Jun 16 2009 Published by under Film/TV, Food, Literature, Music, Travel

Here’s a list of 20 places and things I like (in no particular order):

  1. Sigur Ros
  2. Boards of Canada
  3. The LA Angels
  4. Children of Men
  5. Finnegans Wake
  6. Marinetti’s “Futurist Manifesto”
  7. The iPhone App Store
  8. Rib-eye steak
  9. Sunday nights on Adult Swim (Venture Bros, Metalocalypse, Squidbillies…)
  10. Sleeping in
  11. The British Library
  12. Lawrence of Arabia
  13. The Daily Show
  14. Doctor Who and Blake’s 7
  15. Dublin
  16. Red Vines
  17. Everything Kafka ever wrote
  18. Monty Python
  19. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  20. Maps

Originally published 7/21/08

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I’m currently listening to…

Jun 16 2009 Published by under Music

  • Sigur Ros, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (obviously)
  • Silver Apples, Silver Apples/Contact (thanks for the tip, Joanna Newsom)
  • VA, John Barleycorn Reborn (wyrd folk music–some of it is a bit too precious, but the vast majority is beautiful and haunting)
  • Monica Richards, InfraWarrior (see above–and thanks for the tip, A Darker Shade of Pagan)
  • Sandy Denny, A Boxful of Treasures
  • Fairport Convention, Fairport Unconventional
  • Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson & Sigur Ros, Angels of the Universe
  • The Frames, Set List

Originally published 6/21/08

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Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Jun 16 2009 Published by under Music

I got my downloaded copy of Sigur Rós’s new work on Monday when I was in Florida on a family trip.  I got it a week before the official release date because I pre-ordered at Sigurros.com (got the deluxe edition, which includes the download, a CD copy, and a deluxe copy of the album to be released in September and which will include a bunch of extras, including a DVD).  I’ve been listening to it off and on these past few days (I was traveling, so my active listening has been sporadic).  But I absolutely love it.  It’s brighter, cheerier, and more vibrant than their earlier works, and but it’s still Sigur Rós–operatic, emphasizing mood and tone over everything else. Continue Reading »

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New Sigur Rós

Jun 16 2009 Published by under Music

There’s a brand new Sigur Rós album coming our way in June, entitled Með suð í  eyrum við spilum endalaust (in English, With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly).  Apparently, the band just finished the album a month ago and they wanted to release it immediately. Continue Reading »

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