I Want To Eat Your Artichoke Heart

(Someone needs to guess the song references in the title....)

Hah, I just realized I completely forgot of writing something last month. It's kind of silly, but I like having an entry at least once a month so my archives have all the months... but instead it goes straight from March to May. Damn.

Anyways, things have been really nice lately. I honestly couldn't ask for more at the moment... But that's all I'm saying on that matter :)

I think I'm going to just randomly spurt out a bunch of thoughts, so here we go.

Depeche Mode's new album "Sounds of the Universe"

Screw Rolling Stone. This was an amazing album. From beginning to end. Maybe it doesn't beat "Violator", but no ones expects DM to ever create another album that does.
My favourite songs would probably be "In Chains", an awesome album opener, "Wrong", their first single from the album, "Fragile Tension", "In Sympathy", a revisit to their classic sound, "Miles Away / The Truth", and "Jezebel".
They definitely entered some new territory in this album, very evident in tracks like "Spacewalker", "Perfect", and "Jezebel". I've heard plenty of "blahblah they've totally lost their edge" / "a real bore" but I really don't see this the same way. Listen to the album again. It definitely grew on me after the second listen. If you haven't already, at least listen to "Wrong". It's a pretty dark tune, and has an equally creepy video.

And... moving along to Tori Amos. As repulsive as the cover art is (well... not as "repulsive" as American Doll Posse, but it's giving me some serious Beekeeper vibes...), I'm really looking forward to the new album. I loved the free download of "Maybe California". Quite simple and sweet, and even better than "Welcome to England" in my opinion. She's playing WaMu Theater, Seattle this July. Waiting for tickets to go on sale...!

And speaking of concerts, I'm seeing Porcupine Tree this September :D I'm so excited for all these concerts! (Despite not getting to see nin again......)

I just finished reading "Feed" today. It's a really interesting story... sad ending though... And I'm still "The Shining". It's really retarded how I can't finish it. It's just not keeping me captivated like his other books for some reason. It seriously took HALF THE BOOK for something to happen. I haven't seen the movie before, so I still have hope that the ending won't be disappointing. I'm also going to reread "Rosemary's Baby", The Foundation Series, and I'd like to start another one of Sherman Alexie's books (WHY?! I don't know. Thanks, Flahiff -_-)...

I'm learning some new stuff on guitar. Lots more bending (which I need to work on..) and other fun things in lead parts. Right now I'm working on "Another Brick in the Wall" (Floyd, duh), "Something" (the Beatles), and "Angie" (the Rolling Stones.. LOVE THAT SONG). I'd record something, but it would be lame cause I can't play very well. I'll definitely record me playing "Winter" by Tori Amos on the piano when I get the chance. It's so damn pretty. I'm trying to learn "Horses" too, but I never get enough time on the piano. I NEED MY OWN KEYBOARD...

Annnnnnd, the other week, my mum and I went to Skagit Valley. I took a bunch of photos (on her NICE Nikon D200), but those will be coming sometime next month next week soon.... ;)

It just rained, but all the flowers are blooming and the trees are all full of leaves, . So, I think I'm going to get off my ass, stop writing all this, and do something with my life. BAI.

[currently listening to: If It Is the Deep Sea, I Can See You There - Melt-Banana]

Posted by Anna at May 2, 2009 01:31 PM