The other chapters are not in that style, if that helps.

I like almost everything I've heard from her, but every song is such an enormous fucking drag it's hard to imagine enjoying it over the course of a full album. Especially since the new one is like 65 minutes I think?

Ha, I'm the same way. Work ruins everything for me, I don't want to associate something good with it!

Been digging the new Metric album, Pagans In Vegas, a surprising amount. Always liked them well enough but this one is my favorite by far. There's a two-part instrumental at the end which is kind of a strange choice for such a hooky, pop-leaning band but I really like it.

Oh that may be true. As an insane fanboy I pre-ordered the cassette which comes with a download on Friday. :P

There's a new Arcade Fire digital EP thing coming out on Friday which should be amazing. Going to see the Reflektor Tapes movie at a screening tonight too, less excited about that though.

The latter. One character is upset that her object of desire sees her as a daughter figure instead of a sex partner, so she takes off her shirt and bra, and yells "Do I look like a daughter to you?!"

Just finished Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, very good and related to it a lot more than I expected as a straight dude.

The Decemberists - Rox in the Box
Bloc Party - Positive Tension
Modest Mouse - Dog Paddle
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band - Lenders In the Temple
Arcade Fire - Deep Blue

Into Thin Air is one of my favorite books of all-time. Probably favorite non-fiction. Resulted in a lifelong fascination with Everest/the Himalayas. Tragic stuff though.

Yeah, I'm going to a reading/signing thing for the new Mitchell, pretty excited. Bone Clocks wasn't my favorite but still outstanding.

That's the only Krakauer I haven't read I think. Might have to check it out.

You jest but I actually dig that album. Certainly a lot more than anything they've, I mean you, have done since.

I just did a quick re-read of Into Thin Air inspired by this movie and Neal Beidleman is depicted as being the most upset about Yasuko, even though she wasn't even on his team, and if not for him guiding that whole group down probably 3 or 4 more people would have died.

I think my favorite moment was actually at the end when they put the giant consultant credit up for the guy who did not want to have his name anywhere near it.

I'm going to see this tomorrow even though I don't expect it to be good or anything. It's not like I can not go to an Arcade Fire movie in theaters. On the other hand I'm pretty fucking psyched for the EP or whatever coming out Friday. They've been pretty stingy with b-sides in the past so this is like a windfall.

Not officially, but she was on board as a touring member for the Reflektor tour still. She has a bunch of her own stuff going on, her album with Colin Stetson is really good.

That climax of "Here Comes the Night Time" is maybe my favorite moment in their catalog, and it's even better live.

I don't use this word lightly but this man is a genius. I actually waffled on whether I should watch this or not because I like to go in fresh, so I'm glad it revealed nothing.

I mean, that scene in Dumb Starbucks where he forces the woman employee to tell him she think he's attractive as part of the orientation didn't make you the least bit uncomfortable?