Non-Sequiturs

Had a wonderful surprise this week with Radiohead announcing the release of their latest album King of Limbs this Saturday. There is really no idea out there what this album is going to sound like, so my anticipation is at a fever pitch.

Busy day today. Having lunch with LA friends John and Keith who are in town visiting. Haven't seen them since Coachella last year, so it will be nice to catch up. They are total sweethearts (and quite hunky)

And my parents are also in town so my mother can check in with my grandmother who is in assisted living. Meeting them tonight for dinner, and my dad is meeting Kurt for the first time. I hope Kurt survives all this family stuff.

I will admit that I am not a fan of the Zac Brown Band's music, but I will have to say he is a really cute bear (for a straight guy that is):

Surprisingly, I watched the entire Grammy Awards broadcast. It was such a train wreck I couldn't help myself. Very happy that Arcade Fire won for Album of the Year, and how all the little pop music morons went ballistic that Lady Gaga didn't win.



Lyrics Rattling Around My Brain

"Lifted up
Reflected in returning love you sing
Heaven waits
Someday Christendom may come
Westward
Evening sun receded
Set my resting vow
Hold in open heart"

Talk Talk
"New Grass"

"We exist in more than time and space
Keeping unwritten mythologies
We exist in more than time and space
Keeping unwritten mythologies

It's the peripheral way, it's the peripheral way
It's the peripheral way, it's the peripheral way

We'll see tears from the eyes of God
And godless and godless"

Young Galaxy
"Peripheral Visionaries"

"Everybody hopes and waits
I can't believe
Everybody hopes and waits
I can't relate to my predicament

Brother, if you're feeling low
Tell me one thing I should know of your situation
I could stand out in the hall
I could be your suicide policeman

Arrest your fall
When you're afraid to hit the ground"

Yuck
"Suicide Policeman"

Appealing Things

Nicolas Jaar
Talk Talk's Laughing Stock; listening to it again is like catching up with an old dear friend
Arcade Fire winning Album of the Year for The Suburbs
Young Galaxy
My new Knoll office chair

Annoying Things

Hypochondriacs
The depression after finishing a series of books I didn't want to end
The uninviting seating at the newly renovated Starbucks we frequent (the tables are the size of thumbtacks)
Trying to navigate the murky waters of getting a CLE approved without any secretarial support
Lady Gaga's tired attempts to be edgy