Adem and the Universe

I wonder what possessed me to start this blog all over again. I should have anticipated the depressed state it would put me in when I would realize that Sean was the only one who would read it anyway.

I am going to keep posting, because I actually like to entertain the thought that he is zooming around the wires and can see all of this.

Sean, I am finally going to that school I wanted to go to! My drawings are getting better, but I need you to show me new music to draw to. Fuck.

How much time is it supposed to pass before you stop talking about that person who is gone? I have no fucking idea and no one can tell me. The lyrics to this song reflect a lot about how I feel these days about losing him. All I can think about is the universe.

I’ve been
Trying
Fixing the problem

You pressed
The button
To launch yourself
While I was outside

I heard a spark ignite
I saw a ball of light
I watched you lifting off
There could be no mistake
My hope and faith misplaced
I saw you lifting off

You pressed
The button
To launch yourself
While I was outside
You left me stranded
While you broke through
The atmosphere

I guess you thought you’d start
A new clean sheet and heart
From when you lifted off
I watched you disappear
A ringing in my ear
From when you lifted off

- "Launch Yourself" by Adem from Love & Other Planets

I am pathetically listening to it on repeat and crying a lot.

Panda Music To Sail To...

Sailing is soothing.

Lake Ontario was sparkly and I wanted something aquatic and maritime to complement such a beautiful moment.

Panda Bear's album Person Pitch was probably the perfect choice. Noah Lennox has branched off from Animal Collective (whom I am seeing live very soon!) and created something wonderful.

If you are swimming in the sea, riding in the backseat, floating on a boat, walking in the rain; I recommend this entire album.

If you listen it from start to finish, even the most devoid of creative thought could write a staggering, beautiful, and mystical story. One involving mermaids, sea cucumbers, meerkats, and treevines. Or even flowing silk, falling into a chasm, bright light and dark corners. Atmospheric.

This album is more about the sounds than the lyrics(which are, oddly enough, more legible than in Animal Collective), but since I cannot type sounds (except for clicks you cannot hear) I will post a few of my favourite lines and moments.

The repetition of "I'm Not" in the song "I'm Not"..heh

"get your head out from those mags
and websites who try to shape your style
take a risk just for yourself
and wade into the deep end of the ocean" at the end of "Good Girl/Carrots"

"i dont want for us to
take pills
anymore
not that its bad
i dont want for us to take pills
because we're stronger
and we dont need them" in "Take Pills"

Hear a few of the tunes:
www.myspace.com/rippityrippity

and to conclude, here is my horrible cell phone photo of the Toronto skyline from our sailboat:

As this is my first post, I feel it necessary to clarify a few things.

It has become clear to me that I have a trait that some find annoying, some find endearing, and some find eye-opening. I live for subjecting people to good music.

Usually it's new music. Stuff most people haven't heard before. At least not people I encounter daily. Generally, I can only really do this when I am on my turf (i.e. in my house) or when I have impressed someone enough with my knowledge or taste that they are willing to sit down, shut up, and listen. It's most rewarding when a skeptic will finally give in and then end up completely falling in love with what I offer, and equally as rewarding when I introduce something new and lovely to a self-proclaimed music snob.

My motivation to start a blog did not come about by me. My friend Sean gave me the confidence to do this, and would consistently email me when I wouldn't post. Granted, I no longer have those posts around. Sean passed away in January of this year and it was too painful for me to read them, or even think about their existence. I felt like I wrote them solely for him, and that he would be the only one in the world who would read and listen. I miss him so much, and I know he would be upset if he knew that I stopped posting. So what if no one reads this. It is an outlet. And yeah, Sean won't be there to post comments like "Easily one of my faves of 2006!" or "If you like this..then you will LOVE this:" but I know it's what I have to do. He was always much better at this than I was.

You should read his blog! It's still there, and still wonderful. He mentioned to me in our last conversation that it was mentioned on NPR: http://killyourcoworkers.blogspot.com/

So, in conclusion, my goals for this blog will be loose, and it will hopefully evolve into a must read!

I intend to post about music I am hearing and loving, and art that I am seeing that is inspiring. I hope to be able to include some very freeflowing thoughts and emotion that is evoked by this and that and inspire others enough that they will feel the need to tell me so!

I will end this post with lyrics by Joanna Newsom. Sean and I both loved these particular lines.

Here's to a promising future of blogging!

'The meteorite is a source of the light and the meteor's just what we see
and the meteoroid is a stone that's devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee
and the meteorite's just what causes the light and the meteor's how it's perceived
and the meteoroid's a bone thrown from the void that lies quiet in offering to thee'

- Emily by Joanna Newsom