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June 10, 2005

Perfection Shirt 15 1/2

I Need Sleep - "I Should Give Up"

This song is sung by a bleary-eyed truck. and the instruments are white and yellow, dotted and solid, lines. The truck is hungry, and looking for dogs and deer, to ask a dance. What happens when you don't sleep is a look underneath the veil of 'rest'. Feeling sick is feeling good.

Also, in a more literal sense, your submissions of music seem to be getting better all the time. Keep it up.

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Honey is Cool - "Nach Heart"

If I were Swedish, created in 1997, and a piece of music and not a person, I might be this song. But if I were, I would sing like a girl, and I don't want to do that.

You can like it because it gets loud when it should, it's a morning anthem, it's a single. And you can hate it for the same reasons. Do what you want.

It's probably because 'harbour' is one of the few words I can decipher, but I think about being in the middle of the ocean, but having a shark-proof suit and a really good life jacket. Simultaneously in danger and safe.

The singer's name is Karin, and a fansite had this to say about her:

"they say that Karin is a small girl and a mature woman in same breath."

It's almost better when you don't know the language. Je suis désolé, je ne suis pas capable.

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Posted by Dan at June 10, 2005 1:12 AM
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Wow, that Honey Is Cool song is awesome, makes me want to hear Joanna Newsom backed by a rock band!

Posted by: No Frontin at June 10, 2005 3:29 PM

I didn't realize the lead singer of Honey Is Cool is the same woman from The Knife, I knew she sounded familiar. Thank you for both of these wonderful tracks!

Posted by: No Frontin at June 10, 2005 10:02 PM

You're welcome, No Frontin. You're invited to my birthday.

Posted by: Dan Beirne at June 11, 2005 4:07 AM

"Nach Heart" totally rules. I think it's hilarious that I can understand so very little of what she's singing, given that it's English.

Lately, Sweden is kicking all kind of ass on my stereo.

Posted by: Sean at June 11, 2005 1:03 PM
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