the eraser.

1. the eraser.
he has this crazy way of making a melody, with barely any kind of instrumentation. with only two chords playing, he still can make something really listenable. and when the background voices come in..that's nice.
whoa...the down modulation in between the chorus and second verse.
it's like..a mature, less poppy postal service.
the beat at the end is so laid back, and relaxing, yet busy at the same time.

2. analyse.
this has much more of a 'hail to the theif' feel, a bit minor, with lots of piano/electronic beat. almost an eastern feel, with the drums. a tabla or sitar would fit in.
this has a very epic feel to it. it keeps growing, and adding layers.

3. the clock.
the panning on this record has been amazing so far. listening in headphones makes it a treat. thom beat boxing, look out. the instrumentation has been really well done so far, on the whole record. i can't tell whether it's a guitar playing the main melody, but it's got a really cool sound. it's really distorted and fuzzy.
there's a real urgency in this song. like you can see someone running down a back alley, in a black and white film.
a really great ending.

4. black swan.
this is the first time i can hear recognizable guitars, bass and electric. the guitars definetly take precident over the beat, but the vocals are still the loudest in the mix. "you cannot kickstart a dead horse, you just crush itself, and walk away".
this is probably the least melodic of the tracks so far, not incredibly impressive, but...that synth part is cool in the "bridge".

5. skip divided.
the bass synth melody is really cool. the atmosphere is really cool. all the diffrent things being added to the layers. its definetly building up to something. the vocals are really hypnotizing. again, not an overly melodic song, but much better than the last.

6. atoms for peace.
another bass synth melody, but much more melodic. the vocals are higher, in a typical thom yorke range. whoaaaa, his vocal melody does some crazy things. this is much more optimistic. "no more leaky holes in your brain, and no more false starts". very laid back beat. this song feels like it could work on kid a, easily.
one of my favourite thus far.

7. and it rained all night.
starts with a distorted build up, into a dark, upbeat beat. this song also has a sense of urgency in it, with a dark, minor melody to it. it almost has a house, dance feel to it. lots more layers get added, and it feels like a 'hard-to-dance-to', unstereotypical dance song. like a daft punk song, with more offbeats. i like his rising vocal melody.

8. harrowdown hill.
feels like another 'hail to the theif' b-side. like 'where bluebirds fly' or 'paperbag writer'. another bass melody, with sustaining drones. "we think the same things at the same time, we just can't do anything about it". the beat drops out and fades back in for the second verse. the second vocal part, the echo, sounds really cool in the left speaker. the piano sounds amazing. fits the song perfectly. the guitar as well, fits the feel of the song so well.

9. cymbal rush.
the start feels like a squarepusher or aphex twin beat. the piano fading in, underneath the drones, sounds really good. again, the more layers that get added, the better the song becomes. everything fades but the beat. just the piano, and a more standard, snare on 2 and 4 beat. you can just feel it building up. no climax.

it's a good record. not very memorable, not one real standout song, but still very good. it doesn't seem like the build ups in most of the song climaxed as big as most radiohead songs do. still, a good record, and definetly worth the money to pick up.

he moved in slow motion.

it's been so long! forget how i am, how are you? (feel free to leave answer in comments)

in my absence, here's what i've done:
a. quit work
b. watched season 1 of scrubs
c. bought a new guitar
d. discovered The Format

what more can i say.

see you on the road in june.

Jamison.

please be.

its funny how decieving looks can really be. we're so quick to assume that we know what a person is like, before we even get a chance to figure out for ourselves.

example:
this evening, the guys and i went to see a worship band that we used to go to school with. when we pulled up to the church, there was this kid skating, and doing a pretty good job of it. the first thing to pop into my head was, "i wonder if this kid knows what's going on inside the church tonight". as we stood in the church foyer chatting and occasionaly looking outside to see this kid land another three flip, that thought kept coming to me. eventually he made his way inside, and started talking to some of the other kids. as the concert started, and kids started singing and worshipping, i noticed that kid at the front, hand in the air, singing his heart out to God. i was taken back at the fact that i had silently stereotyped him as just some kid who skates.

it's funny how often i'm trying to defend myself from being stereotyped, when i'm really just as bad as anyone. so to anyone that i may have judged (outrightly, or just silently): i apologize. you didn't deserve it, and i'm sorry. and to anyone that may have offended me by placing me in a stereotype, i'm sorry i over reacted. i realize now how often i do the exact same thing.

hope you're doing well.

Jamison

happy birthday drew!

drews birthday pics here

morbidity/cardiac arrest on the ninth

what a sad ending.

how many people die every day.
how many people die for something they believe in.
how many people die in the arms of the one they love.

how many people die from not taking their heart medicine.

i don't think al was a bad guy. he was probably a really great guy actually. the kind of guy that would let you have the day off, if business got slow. his kids probably were embarressed of him, but deep down they knew that he loved them alot. al's wife probably really loved him too.

he probably loved her alot too.

how many people have to call their friend's wife, to tell her that their friend has just died.

death is all around us. it's inevitable.
but it still hurts.

even when you didn't know the deceased.
it still hurts.

life is so fragile. it's a like vapour.

what happens to us when we die.

i believe that those who believe in, and devote their lives to Jesus Christ will spend an eternity with him, in Heaven. i also believe that those who don't, will spend an eternity in Hell, a place that is so far away from God's love.

God loves every single human being so much. he sent his only son, who died so that we could spend that eternity with God. just the way he had planned in the begining.

i don't know what you believe.
all i can tell you is this:

when your vapour of a life is done, i hope and pray that you will get to spend it with the Creator. i hope that for every single human being on Earth.

so does God.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life."

Jamison.