Saturday, August 21, 2010

Music: Sufjan Stevens

All Delighted People is built around two different versions of Sufjan’s long-form epic ballad "All Delighted People," a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon’s "Sounds of Silence."

Listen to new Sufjan Stevens: sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/all-delighted-people-ep

Texas Tour Dates:

Tuesday, 19 October, 7pm ($30-$35)
The Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin TX
General admission goes on sale 8/13.
Click here to go to purchasing site.

Wednesday, 20 October, 7pm ($35)
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas TX
General admission goes on sale 8/13.
Click here to go to purchasing site.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Music: Joanna Newsom


Joanna Newsom, In California

I don't belong to anyone
my heart is heavy as an oil drum

and I don't want to be alone

my heart is yellow as an ear of corn



Joanna Newsom, Jack Rabbits

I shaped up overnight, you know
the day after she died
When I saw my heart, and I tell you, darling
it was open wide




Joanna Newsom, Esme


Joanna Newsom, Baby Birch




Joanna Newsom, Sadie



Joanna Newsom, Swansea


Joanna Newsom, '81


Joanna Newsom, Kingfisher


Joanna Newsom, Ribbon Bows


Joanna Newsom, Soft as Chalk


Joanna Newsom, Go Long


Joanna Newsom, Does Not Suffice

I picture you rising up in the morning
Stretching out on your boundless bed

Beating a clear path to the shower

Scouring yourself red
The tap of hangers swaying in the closet

Unburdened hooks and empty drawers

And everywhere I tried to love you

Is yours again and only yours


Joanna Newsom, Occident




Joanna Newsom, On a Good Day

So, across the years and miles and through
On a good day you can feel my love for you

Will you leave me be so that we can stay true

To the path that you have chosen?



Joanna Newsom, Good Intentions Paving Company


Joanna Newsom, No Provenance


Joanna Newsom, Have One on Me

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Knowledge: Chimpanzees + The Jane Goodall Institute

Chimpanzees laugh when they play. How cute.


Chimpanzees communicate much like humans do -- by kissing,
embracing, patting on the back, touching hands, tickling.



Humans and chimpanzees share 95 to 98 percent of the same DNA.
Biologically, chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than they are to gorillas.



Chimpanzees use more tools for more purposes than any other creatures except humans.


Like humans, chimps have opposable thumbs and opposable big toes
which allow them to grip things with their feet.


One of the chimpanzee calls is the "pant-hoot." Each individual has his or her
own distinctive pant-hoot, so that the chimp can be identified with precision.



Chimpanzees are not meant to be pets; a full-grown chimpanzee has
five or six times the strength of a human being.


Chimpanzees are endangered. There are probably between 172,000
and 300,000 chimpanzees remaining in the wild.


Learn more at www.janegoodall.org

Our Core Values (The Jane Goodall Institute)
There are several core values that inform everything we do:

• We strive to respect, nourish and protect all living things;
people, animals and the environment are all interconnected

• We believe that knowledge leads to understanding,
and that understanding will encourage us to take action

• We believe that every individual has the ability to make a positive difference

• We believe that flexibility and open-mindedness are essential
to enable us to respond to a changing world.

• We require integrity and compassion in all that we do and say

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Music: The New Pornographers, The National


The New Pornographers, Sweet Talk Sweet Talk


The New Pornographers, We End Up Together


The New Pornographers, Moves



The New Pornographers, Up in the Dark


The New Pornographers, Valkyrie in the Roller Disco


The New Pornographers, A Bite Out of My Bed


The New Pornographers, Daughters of Sorrow


The National, Fake Empire

Monday, August 2, 2010

Music: Arcade Fire +


Arcade Fire, Suburban War




Arcade Fire, We Used to Wait


Arcade Fire, Rococo


Arcade Fire, Sprawl II



Arcade Fire, Modern Man


Arcade Fire, Half Light I


Arcade Fire, Half Light II


Arcade Fire, Wasted Hourse


Arcade Fire, City with no Children



Sebastian Blanck, Thunder (Live)


Local Natives, Airplanes


Tegan and Sara, I was Married


Dawes, When My Time Comes


These New Puritans, Holograms


Kele, Everything You Wanted (remix)


Tegan and Sara, Alligator


Tegan and Sara, Nightwatch


Tegan and Sara, On Directing

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Music: Eddie Vedder + Pearl Jam


Eddie Vedder, Rise


Such is the way of the world
You can never know
Just where to put all your faith
And how will it grow

Gonna rise up
Burning back holes in dark memories
Gonna rise up
Turning mistakes into gold

Such is the passage of time
Too fast to fold
And suddenly swallowed by signs
Low and behold

Gonna rise up
Find my direction magnetically
Gonna rise up
Throw down my ace in the hole


Pearl Jam, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town



Pearl Jam, Better Man



Pearl Jam, Nothingman


Pearl Jam, Yellow Ledbetter


Pearl Jam, Black



Pearl Jam, Daughter


Pearl Jam, Dissident