Fall Back* Random Eleven

The whole weekend now, I have been unable to upload a photo to blogger, so forget it. The universe is balancing against the hour I gained on Sunday morning. And in case you are unaware of my position on karmicism, here's a clue: I just coined the word "karmicism".

UPDATE - got a photo up...

Maybe now is a good time to remind you to go ahead click the links and listen to the songs, if you are so moved. Any links go to Napster, where you can listen to the song for free, and no, I will not make any money on the link nor on any action you might then take once you are there. And it's the squeeky clean legal Napster which pays royalties and stuff.

Just go and enjoy.

Here's the list:


Total Peace - SEBADOH
Thinking Out Loud - EMILIANA TORRINI
Strange - BUILT TO SPILL
I Die - MAGNETIC FIELDS
Look Away - THE APPLES IN STEREO
Sheriff Ochs - KIND OF LIKE SPITTING
Old Flame - THE ARCADE FIRE
Afford - AKRON/FAMILY
I Thought - BRYAN FERRY
Telephone And Rubber Band - THE PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA
What's In Store? - ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI


*We never forget to set the clocks on fall-back weekend, ever.

Not until this time. After I realized - about midmorningish - I filled the extra hour with coffee and a newspaper. From now on I will make a habit of forgetting to fall back until about mid-Sunday. Quiet mornings need to last longer anyway.

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Scarecrow Tethered* Random Eleven

Magnetized - LAURA VEIRS
Adlai Stevenson - SUFJAN STEVENS
Bookends - ALFIE
Animations - THE KINGSBURY MANX
Spine - PAGE FRANCE
Virgin Annie - LYLAS
Paperback Bible - LAMBCHOP
The Funeral - BAND OF HORSES
Homemade Bombs In The Afternoon - A.C. NEWMAN
Ever Rotating Sky - DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON
That Girl From Brownsville Texas - JIM WHITE

*Outside my window is a scarecrow we put up next to the front walkway for the Fall. Hanging nearby is a large set of wind chimes. I think it's tuned to Debussy's Clare de Lune but I only remember this from the packaging, not from my hearing.

One of my genius kids tied a blue ribbon from the scarecrow's wrist to the chimes' string just above the sail at the bottom, so now the set appears to be floating like a balloon tethered to our straw sentry.

With each little breeze, my mute yardmate tugs the clapper just to get my attention.

Brilliant.

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Random Day Random Eleven

The Trees And The Wild - MATT POND PA
River Of Orchids - XTC
Trainer - PINBACK
La Familia - MIRAH
Tilliboyo - THE KRONOS QUARTET
Unfortunate Few - THE DITTY BOPS
People Folk - TUNNG
Trouble - CAT STEVENS
Goods - MATES OF STATE
The Luckiest - BEN FOLDS
Molly - HATESTICK

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Random Day Random Eleven

Making Plans For Nigel - XTC
Deus - THE SUGARCUBES
Mother Mary - EELS
Come Undone - THE DELGADOS
Oh What A World - RUFUS WAINRIGHT
Winged Can - NEDELLE
Billy Budd - MORRISSEY
Expresso Love - DIRE STRAITS
A Little Longing Goes Away - THE BOOKS
Love You - SONDRE LERCHE
You Are The Light (by which I travel into this and that) - JENS LEKMAN

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