Tuesday, March 1, 2011

365 project:"we're calling all bedwetters and ambulance chasers, poor picker-pockets bring them in"

59.

artist:the decemberists
album:castaways and cutouts

i keep saying that i don't like the decemberists. i said it so much that i definitely believed it. i have been in a rather crappy mood today, so i figured it was another day for something mellow-ish to listen to as i drove around in my car.

i pulled castaways and cutouts off of my CD shelf and figured why the hell not, right? the purpose of this whole project is to go through a good bit of the stuff on my shelf, so I'm going to have to get to this album eventually.

as i was heading out to get on the highway, i saw my friend in front of her house, so i pulled over to talk to her, and of course i left the car running. when i got back in, to my own surprise, i started the CD over. i tried to justify it to myself, saying "oh, for the integrity of the project i need to actually LISTEN to the album, not just let it play in my car while I'm out of it."

but i was singing along. and i knew the words. and i wasn't doing it "for the integrity of the project."

so now my whole life is a lie!

i am going to have to listen to all of the decemberists albums that i have ignored now and decide if i really don't like them and this was just a glitch in the matrix, or if i do like them.

thanks, 365 project. way to go, me.

2 comments:

  1. You're missing out! I didn't like the Decemberists when I heard them initially - I came back to them in college and fell in love with Colin Meloy's songs about raping women and killing children. He sings about these subjects in the nicest way possible! It's hard not to like.

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  2. his voice annoys me. i have more decemberists albums in my collection, though, so we will definitely be seeing more of them. plus bonnaroo.

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