a quick one...

snow day!

i won't be long...spending the afternoon watching some monty python goodness and i thought i would share some of the love; if you have never strayed beyond 'monty python and the holy grail,' i highly recommend checking out the tv show...you won't be disappointed:

enjoy

till later,

the baron

a snowy day off, making mixes...

i am currently in the middle of making three mixes for different folks and sorting through all that music and matching this song with that has inspired me to make a short post about what is currently consuming a lot of my time.

owen pallett's (formerly known as final fantasy) new album, heartland, has really been sticking with me the past couple weeks, and last i was walking home in the dark at about 1 in the morning and everything was covered in a fresh layer of undisturbed snow and this song was playing on my iPod (albeit not this live version):

it was one of those rare moments when everything in the music seems to perfectly compliment everything around me. it was pretty awesome 3 and a half minutes and i listened to the album on repeat until i fell asleep.

all that to say, if you haven't checked out heartland yet and you enjoyed the video above; i highly recommend it. pallett's strings and voice dominate most of the record and it is a beautiful, engrossing, almost pastoral, album. give it a listen and let me know if you agree or disagree.

enjoy,

the baron

i leave you with a few loverly pop songs...

so it's been a while; a very long while. i realize that. i feel guilty; i really do. and so to make up for it i'm giving up this peace offering of some songs that have been catching my attention lately and i promise that i will be back with more soon, and on a much more frequent basis.

i am currently digesting (and also loving) owen pallett's new album...i will let you know what i think next time.

til then and, again, apologies...

the baron

it's been a long time, i shouldn't have left you..

for the few that read this blog, sorry for the lack of updates in the past couple weeks. they have been pretty busy one's; filled with christmas shopping, wedding planning, job working (i'm officially a fiction director now, which is exciting), and many other adventures.

my work was called off today because north carolinians do not know what to do in the snow, save call everything off so: SNOW DAY! i've spent the first half sleeping and i am going to spend the second half reading 'battle royale' at dewey's (which, unfortunately for my fiance is still open) and then mayhaps watch a movie this evening. the world is my oyster and i intend to eat said oyster.

i just wanted to say hello to all; merry christmas and i will be back with more soon!

back to work...

it's going to be hard going back to work after having two days off in a row; but i have sufjan to carry me through...i'm in the middle of a sufjan marathon: so far i have listened to 'a sun came,' 'enjoy your rabbit,' and 'songs for chirstmas vol. 1 & 2' and i have just started 'michigan'...so 3.3 hours of sufjan down, 10.6 hours of sufjan to go; here is a sampling; one of my favorite tracks from 'michigan' accompanied by random pictures of nature:

for the widows in paradise, for the fatherless in ypsilanti:

a most productive day...

it is only 3 o'clock and i have already accomplished a lot of what i wanted to do today: shower, shave, wash my comforter, do the dishes, finish 'cowboy bebop', and i am in the midst of doing reading the last 50 pages of king's 'different seasons'...and after i am done with that i am going to grab my copy of 'battle royale' and head to dewey's to read that for a while. most excellent.

also, this is the song of the day:

i love days off!

this is me, and i couldn't be happier at the moment; coffee, music, some reading material, some light blogging. beautiful.