Dig It

Here are something various things I've been digging lately:

MUSIC:

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career: Still not sure if I'm as into this as their last (awesome album), but it is pretty wonderful, and I love the sound of the drums. The single "French Navy" is a gem.

The Horrors - Primary Colours: This is probably the craziest reinvention I've heard between two albums by a current band. Their first album was raw, retro garage rock and punk. Their second album is beautifully atmospheric and layered shoegaze and it is probably my fave album of the moment.



TV: River Monsters - Probably the raddest show I've seen in awhile, it features Jeremy Wade, some crazy British fisherman, going to various locales to find insanely huge, possibly man-eating fish in fresh water. My favorite part is the majority of the animals so far I never knew about beforehand, but they are super badass. Case in point: this fucking thing.

MOVIES:

There Will Be Blood on Showtime HD (DRAAAAAAAINAGE).

Also, I'm planning on checking out a bunch of good TV series on DVD this summer (current ideas include Sopranos, Rome, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights). Any other suggestions???

BOOKS:

The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien: Wonderful collection of vignettes about Vietnam that plays with and explores the role of truth in storytelling. Highly recommended.

No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy: I enjoyed the movie more, but I quite liked the book. More philosophical in parts, especially because Tommy Lee Jones' character has quite a few long monologues, but I really appreciated it in the book (in the movie it would have been to much).

Tuneskies Galore

So I've been listening to Sirius radio over the Internet since I figured out I can use my dad's account to access it over the Internet. Despite having (at least) two of the most annoying people ever as DJ's, the indie channel has been playing some rad tunes as of late. What I like most is they play singles that are out before the album comes out, and since I don't download illegally before an album is released, I get to hear some great songs for the first time on the show, such as:

"No You Girls" - Franz Ferdinand: While this one certainly doesn't break their template, perhaps that is its strong suit.

"My Maudlin Career" - Camera Obscura: They're last album is a favorite of mine, and this song indicates their new album could be filled with more of the same gloriously sentimental indie pop gems.

"Zero" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - I just heard this one today and it got me pretty amped for their latest. I've never been a huge fan of them, but they have a knack for a catchy tune, as showcased here.