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scrabble high score: 409

sorry about the lacking posts this week, i could blame it on bandwidth or incredible real life drama but really i was just lazy... saturday and sunday entries next week, plus three songs most days to make it up to you nice folks. huzzah!

casiotone for the painfully alone "tonight was a disaster"
if you've heard CFTPA before and dismissed his stuff, PLEASE listen to this song. not just the best of his songs, but one of my favorite songs ever. droning and poetic. sad and beautiful. sometimes i think it's hard to write modern poetry and remain serious. with this song owen ashworth raises himself in my esteem to luminaries like john darnielle. he manages to make a reference to lil' kim hit home more than thousands of classic poems ever could with my life. i don't doubt a lot of his stuff won't catch you, but this song merits your listening.
--from pocket symphonies for lonesome subway cars [2001] // owen's livejournal // lyrics

casiotone for the painfully alone "jeane, if you're ever in portland"
besides the pure genius of "tonight was a disaster", his newest album twinkle echo is by far his best. if you loathe his style you probably won't appreciate this either, but this catchy little dance jam drives me crazy. the simple "ahh ahh ahh" chorus is absolutely perfect.
--from twinkle echo [2003] // lyrics

casiotone for the painfully alone "roberta c"
this is my favorite song off twinkle echo. a catchy drum riff and my favorite chorus of any CFTPA song "a listless intellectual in her prime / scrabble high score: 409 / with nothing remarkable to leave behind". excellent excellent excellent.
--from twinkle echo [2003] // lyrics

edit: okay first my link to it was messed up and then the whole song wasn't uploaded correctly, thanks for letting me know, but NOW everything should be fine. sorry again, i'm lame. but thanks for the help and hope you enjoy anyways.