Left out
in the rain
on a cold
Wednesday in May
You'd rather be home
under covers,
sipping tea
not stranded
out here solving
paranormal mysteries
Under an awning,
dripping with water
you sigh and
touch an avocado pit
hidden deep in your pocket
and blink three times
The water reverses
direction, back
into the sky
Without the rain
the air is hazy
and wet
like a damp tissue
You light a cigarette,
start walking,
thinking, well,
its a start
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Hitting the Mark 2: Jim James
You might know Jim James as the bearded poncho wearing front man of My Morning jacket, the psychedelic alt-country band hailing from Louisville, Kentucky. He has also worked with a few other bands including the awesome Monsters of Folk with Conor Oberst, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis. Last month he released his second solo album, Regions of Light and Sound of God.
A lot of the tracks start sparsely with just James's voice and piano, or just guitar, but throughout the song more instrumentation is added until you find yourself awash in a soulful soundscape as in "State of the Art (AEIOU)" or in a marimba shaking, xylophone laden dance hall on "A New Life".
The music video for "A New Life" is great. It depicts a spiritual journey full of dancing through doorways in the desert. The video begins with Jim James sitting alone in a dark room, playing his guitar and crooning softly. He gets up, walks through a door and ends up in the middle of nowhere. There's a woman with a bison's head standing in the middle of the road that stretches endlessly. She is dancing. More doorways appear, dancers appear. The world is alive, yet mysterious. Each doorway symbolizes the choices we make that holds uncertainty on the other side. But a series of these choices can lead you to where you want and need to be. You just need to keep moving.
Jim James
A New Life
A lot of the tracks start sparsely with just James's voice and piano, or just guitar, but throughout the song more instrumentation is added until you find yourself awash in a soulful soundscape as in "State of the Art (AEIOU)" or in a marimba shaking, xylophone laden dance hall on "A New Life".
The music video for "A New Life" is great. It depicts a spiritual journey full of dancing through doorways in the desert. The video begins with Jim James sitting alone in a dark room, playing his guitar and crooning softly. He gets up, walks through a door and ends up in the middle of nowhere. There's a woman with a bison's head standing in the middle of the road that stretches endlessly. She is dancing. More doorways appear, dancers appear. The world is alive, yet mysterious. Each doorway symbolizes the choices we make that holds uncertainty on the other side. But a series of these choices can lead you to where you want and need to be. You just need to keep moving.
Jim James
A New Life
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
First Day of Spring
Today marks the first day of spring. It is currently snowing outside. I took a walk earlier and the mud and puddles were crystallized with stiff ice. While walking around you can feel a cutting wind that will send your teeth chattering if you're not wearing a scarf. Yesterday I was in a bad mood and I took a trip to the bank where I met a woman as I was walking in. Snow was falling then as well. Our exchange went like this:
Her: Tomorrow will be the first day of spring, can you believe it?
Me: Maybe on the calender it will be.
Her: Oh come on! You have to be positive, the weather might turn around tomorrow!
Me: Its a little hard to be positive about the weather when we live in Ohio.
Her: But the best part of living in Ohio is the unpredictability! It'd be boring to live anywhere else, don't you think?
Me: [laughing] I suppose that's true.
I tend to make her same argument myself quite a bit, its just hard to see that angle when you're in a bad mood. That's why talking with complete strangers can be great some times, you never know what they'll say. So here's to the first day of spring, even if I'm a little happy that there's still snow falling.
Noah and the Whale
Blue Skies (First Days of Spring film trailer)
Her: Tomorrow will be the first day of spring, can you believe it?
Me: Maybe on the calender it will be.
Her: Oh come on! You have to be positive, the weather might turn around tomorrow!
Me: Its a little hard to be positive about the weather when we live in Ohio.
Her: But the best part of living in Ohio is the unpredictability! It'd be boring to live anywhere else, don't you think?
Me: [laughing] I suppose that's true.
I tend to make her same argument myself quite a bit, its just hard to see that angle when you're in a bad mood. That's why talking with complete strangers can be great some times, you never know what they'll say. So here's to the first day of spring, even if I'm a little happy that there's still snow falling.
Noah and the Whale
Blue Skies (First Days of Spring film trailer)
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