My friends are jealous that I'm straight (draft)

Note: This was an "unintentional post" (was not supposed to be published, I had only discovered my error when a friend commented on it) and hence the draft that is on the title. However, I was on the verge of doing the following anyway so here it is, through a somewhat haphazard appendation, this is my premature introduction to the 'Buy this album now' posting series where an album of such immaculate goodness is posted with little verbal description along with a sample song of exquisite beauty and craftsmanship. It's really worth your $15-20 USD. Let us commence with:

Elliott Smith - Either Or
Download 'Say Yes'

Buy it Now

And She Would Build a Utopia in my Heart

Before I get into being mentally effaced and physically effete from the draconian week of finals, I would like to link to two other blogs of which by the nature of their content seem pertinent to many college students like me. (Note they are blogs from friends of mine.)

http://my.opera.com/Onions_Tomatoes/blog/

and

http://www.xanga.com/lostsoulfire

The first I find uproariously entertaining and the second, admittedly less entertaining but still mildly interesting in an occasional sort of way.

Also, I would like to take this time to ask my minuscule population of readers and encourage them to debate, question, and comment on these posts. How does democracy thrive? Through an informed constituency!
So let us have an intellectual bloodbath on some trivial things. Alas, there lies the pretension of being human. Let us start by asking what separates man from machine? And worse, what separates man from monster?
Ask. Question. Learn.

The Seamstress's Daughter Sleeps Tonight

A Doll House

So let us lift our stormy umbrellas unto the sky
To shade from the fiery pianos strung like marionettes
And hung from some distant ceiling of pillowy cloud

And in a miniature room, by the windowsill watching
Outside where a one legged man stands and on his head is writ
Idyllvine St.

And in a miniature room, besides the lamp posts
With their skinny heads hung low and spirits dim
I will rest easy, I will sleep with this pastoral reticence

This moon, I wait on tiny, yellow, wooden chairs--
Fiery pianos float in the sky,
And a kite dreamer never dies.

Thank God, Nothing Beautiful Died Today

Johnny Cash - Hurt


Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death


Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues


Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO Landing Near Highland Illinois


Wilco - Hummingbird


Sigur Ros - Vaka


Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla


Nine Inch Nails - Closer


Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push


The Decemberists - 16 Military Wives


Neutral Milk Hotel - In an Aeroplane Over the Sea


Architecture in Helsinki - Like a Call


Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes (Cover)


The Pixies - Where is my Mind?


Eminem - Lose Yourself


Radiohead - Paranoid Android


The Roots - The Seed 2.0


TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me


The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)


Outkast - Ms. Jackson


Postal Service - Such Great Heights


David Bowie - Modern Love


Pulp - Disco 2000


Radiohead - High and Dry


Songs: Ohia - Just Be Simple


Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees


Modest Mouse - Float On


The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm


Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood


Blur - Song 2


Natalie Merchant - My Skin


Regina Spektor - Samson


Coldplay - Yellow


Blonde Redhead - 23


Futureheads - Hounds of Love


Radiohead - Creep


Clint Mansell - Requiem for a Dream


Regina Spektor - Fidelity


The Notwist - Pick Up the Phone


The Rollingstones - Paint it Black


The Cure - Just Like Heaven


Basement Jaxx - Romeo


Royksopp - Remind Me


Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything


Kanye West - Gold Digger


Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song


So yes, a little experimentation with video. If the web is the so-called "convergence" of mass media, well let's see about it. Obviously none of this is original material. Just stuff I found on Youtube. I've made a pretty extensive list of some of my favorite songs.

PS: This edit is to warn of both male and female nudity in some of the music videos. Also, there may be some profanity. Refresh the browser, when the audio cuts off sometimes from Youtube.