Mon Marie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

(“Sadness” by Marleen De Waele-De Bock)

Mon Marie – Transient Night

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Times are rough. I’m going through some personal things. I’ve fought temptation, allayed my desire to curse the moon and create playlists involving Elliott Smith, Aimee Mann, Robert Wyatt, Sparklehorse, The Dirty Three; I think you get the picture.

Regardless of the circumstances I will continue to develop this website to the best of my abilities. You have no idea how much it has helped to see such an outpouring of support. So, as far as this blog is concerned, consider this my attempt at getting back on the figurative horse.

As such, I cannot stop listening to this song. It has one of the catchiest intros/verses I’ve heard in some time. I can’t tell whether it’s the lack of polish or the pleasant, wandering jangle of the guitars, but its allure is immeasurable.

You know how some people love Yo La Tengo because some people consider them the band they could have always been in? I think, had I been in a band this previous week, this is the song we would have written. Not because the song is simple (though it is), but because it’s naked and honest to a painful degree, a song that let itself get sunburned for the sake of integrity.

Perspective is a dangerous, beautiful thing.

I think I’ll celebrate New Year’s Day in July.

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