Beirut

So i remember reading an interview with Zac(h?) Condon, the frontman of the band Beirut, about what he had chosen to name his band. He mentioned something about how awful it would be if fighting erupted there again, and now it has. I wonder how he's dealing with that? And what are some other, similar band names? Japan. Boston. Architecture in Helsinki?
Nah, that's stretching it.

But on that note, i've been making lots and lots of themed playlists (yes, this is a good argument that i have too much time on my hands).
#1: Songs with colors in their names. ("Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Orange Crush" by R.E.M., "She's a Rainbow" by the Rolling Stones, "Gold Lion" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs etc.)
#2: Songs that spell something out. ("Washington, D.C." by The Magnetic Fields, "D.A.N.C.E." by Justice, etc.)
#3: Songs with handclaps. (! a personal favorite sound in songs.)
#4 (in progress): Songs with whistling. So far this consists mainly of Andrew Bird tracks, but there are a few other gems in here as well; an Irish drinking song, the Air track "Alpha Beta Gaga", that whistling refrain from Kill Bill, and so on.

My next project is going to be place names, i decided. Cities, states, countries. Or maybe just cities? Not sure yet. I'm sure this is all really interesting for you guys, too. Don't worry! I'll post a list of the songs once i'm done :P The good news is, i'm sure this will all be over soon. I mean, how many new themes can i possibly come up with?!

In other good news, i've started another blog to deal with my memories. When i started this whole thing, it was a way to sort of clear out and untangle all of the mumbo-jumbo and memories i have stacking up in the ol' attic... things i can never seem to stop remembering, and longing for. I'm definitely a slave to nostalgia, and for me it's not really a good thing. I mean yeah, i enjoy a memory now and then, but to live one's life firmly entrenched in the past is just not healthy. So this blog was helping with that. Little by little, i can purge myself of the anecdotes that threaten to sink me with their combined weight day after day. However, there were too many people that i had to chronicle, and this made it seem tedious (especially for any actual unlucky readers out there!). So i remembered a project someone else was doing, x365 (see previous post), and decided to go ahead with that.
So, freedom!
Also, all hail fresh strawberries and grapefruit with Odwalla's Vanilla Al'Mondo Super Protein drink (god, i can't believe i actually just typed that) as a chaser.