Some Damns.

I've found a lot of really great new music in the past year or so, but this melted my head in a way not much else has:


Damn. DAMN! OK. I wish this had come out recently so I could give it a proper review, but still. The synth track that kicks in at the start reminds me of some Bela Fleck songs I've heard, where they get a similar sound by putting woodwind instruments through a wawa pedal.

I like this kind of music, but I do not like labeling it as IDM ('intelligent dance music'). Seriously? Please don't take something great and douchify it by adding a label like that. I hope I never have to hear anyone say "I like Intelligent Dance Music" in real-life conversation so I won't have to waste any energy disemboweling them.

Spring break is ending. I read RAY by Barry Hannah. Damn. Started reading Native Son by Richard Wright, also damn so far. Started reading The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh, which is not quite damn, but still pretty good in a different way. Trying to gear up for some papers and other things I need to finish, solidify. Pretty sure I'm going to leave the states after graduation, at least for a few years. I'm going to get certified to teach english as a foreign language soon so this can happen. Seems reliable, because I sure don't want to go to grad school right away, even though I'm looking forward to it. I need some non-school experience first. MFA-land can wait a few years.