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November 3, 2010

this is a good week

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I miss my homeland. This has been a very good (albeit teary) week.

(Wake Me Up) In San Francisco – The Welcome Matt

[last photo credit friend Sam, who was there]

Tagged with baseball.

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November 2, 2010

i would bear it all broken just to fill my cup

down by the water

The Decemberists are a band that has always intrigued me: they can be elusively erudite, with solidly attractive melodies, and say what you will about the nasal twang of Colin Meloy’s voice – folks either seem to love it or hate it. I know less of their music that I probably should (although I definitely have gone through a solid year-long fling with “Red Right Ankle” lately). But that all might change if their new album sounds as irresistible as this first track they’ve released today.

I’m kinda gobsmacked by the combination of Decemberists + Gillian Welch + harmonica + Peter Buck on jangly guitar like it’s 1993.

STREAM: Down By The Water (feat. Gillian Welch & Peter Buck) – The Decemberists

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(download it for the price of an email addy here)

The King Is Dead is due out in January on Capitol.

Tagged with the decemberists.

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Bio Pic Name: Heather Browne
Location: Colorado, originally by way of California
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"I love the relationship that anyone has with music: because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part..."
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