Top Things I Have Thought About in 2008, Thus Far
1. I just don’t “get” dubstep. It’s alleged-ly the next big thing. Burial, who appeared on approximately 89% of the vaingloriously blogged Best of 2007 lists I encountered, is credited with popularizing the genre, and while he/she has a cool musical anonymity thing happening, I have listened to some tracks and I don’t get the hype. Maybe my ear isn’t finely tuned enough to appreciate the “dark mood” and “sparse rhythms,” but, at least for now [I try to always be willing to be proven wrong], all it is to me is darkly and sparsely boring.
2. Is it possible to get Wii-Tennis Elbow? Apparently…
3. All songs about the New Year [and not feeling any different] are no better than “Butterfly Kisses.” Like the abhorrent daddy-daughter wedding dance classic, these songs were not written to express an artistic purpose but to cash in on consumer needs. In the case of “Butterfly Kisses,” it’s the need of people with terrible taste to have a specific song with which to perform a required wedding tradition in the most boring and disgusting way possible. In the case of New Year songs, it’s the need of people who store up sentimental significance in the celebration of New Year’s and need a way to express their feelings via AIM away messages and Facebook statuses. They pander to our temptation to be all wallowy and limply morose when we realize that our New Year’s celebration, once again, did not play out like the final sequence from When Harry Met Sally. Don’t believe me? From personal experience:
Azure Ray - “New Year”: On this day, we were born into the new year / And after the winter broke / We held hands and we ran / And we agreed that it had been a long one
Death Cab for Cutie - “The New Year”: So this is the new year / And I don't feel any different
Thursday - “Jet Black New Year”: Like calendars dying / at New Year's Eve parties / As we kiss hard on the lips / and swear this year / will be better than the last
Cursive – “Break in the New Year”: We sweetened for a kiss / The kiss of a new year to come / But those days are gone / We never got resolution - it never comes
4. Resolutions? Read more. Sleep more. Eat more vegetables. TRAVEL. Be more thankful.
1 comments:
how about that timeless classic "what are you doing new years?"
it leaves the option open.
"what are you doing new years? we could do watercolors together. bailey's."
or
"what are you doing new years? because it sure won't be me."
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