mtadkins

Our Only Hope

(… just joining in on the “May the 4th” fun…)

Cellophane [FKA Twigs]

The new FKA Twigs is really something. Wow.

** Best watched under the influence, on a big screen, really loudly. (as always, obvs. Lol. )

XX Day (7)

Previously: “Happy “xx day” [Update, 2018]”

Last Year’s Top Artists

I think it’s possible that The XX have held ‘favorite band’ status for me maybe longer (speaking in terms of consecutive years in the top spot) than any other band… & in a bit of goofiness a few years ago I tried to recognize that by tweeting & posting a bunch of links on the anniversary of the day I first heard their debut LP. Around that same time in 2012 I had started running (lost over 40lbs! w00t!) & during my very first half-marathon I srsly needed all the hype I could muster, so I pumped up the jams while lumbering around Eugene, OR. At the starting line, however, I made sure that as the mass of people raced out of the gate that I started with “Intro” blasting into my ears…

Now, 9 years later its admittedly silly to mark “xx day” on my calendar & to get all wistful & nostalgic of that time, but it seems like their songs are inextricably linked to how I felt then, who we were hanging with (all distant now, as everyone has moved on.), & the stark, lovely emotions that the band taps into. For me, at least… Maybe it was a passing fancy for some, but (to paraphrase ‘Our Song’, for the walls I hide behind, they just walk through…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTgIaIvwPg8

/ All I’ve done / you’ve done too /

Also, the band has been remarkably — consistently — great, & each release since that debut has been chock full of great songs. I’ve now seen each tour, & the live shows have been beautiful moments. They’ve got a few great covers of others’ songs, but maybe tops for me is this Beyonce tune:

/ “I thought that things like this get better with time…” /

Happy xx day, y’all.

xoxo, ~ m

Mischief making

Arduinos, LEDs, motor shields, oh my.

#F3

“I Wish I Was” by the Avett Brothers.

( the wafting wistful wanting of this plucks a lot strings for me… a bit of nostalgia, bit of warmth, & some melancholy really in harmony with the tender lyrics. A banger, as the kids say. )

~ m