that's moist uplifting

dry the rain by the beta band


this song was on the mixtape i gave my brother back in '99 or '00; the mixtape whose title inspired the name of this blog. [anyway

i didn't know how to react to 'the beta band' yet, before we listed to that mix, late late, really early in the morning. were the beta band complete, unoriginal hacks? or did they somehow incorporate their influences so fluidly and come up with a sound all of their own? my brother and i were rightly out of and in to it, and we both quietly, with big, dumb smiles, nodded along and shook our heads, rocking out as much as you can while sitting in chairs.

bla bla bla. this song is a sure winner; a slow burner, like animal collective's "my girls". don't fast-forward. you have to curb the AADD and listen straight through. a song this good demands that you listen to the whole thing. the first 3 minutes could warrant its own 21 minute song. but this song is 6 minutes long. the last half exponentially increases upon the quality of the first 3 mins.

in the movie high fidelity, this is the song that john cusack's character plays, right after he says: "I will now sell five copies of "The Three EPs" by The Beta Band." or does that make this song less cool? haha. enjoy

8 years old shit

hi.

i've been really fucking lazy about this blog. i actually forgot about it since i last posted about npr including my suggested valentine's day song on their mix. i'm really poop intercoursing special.

since then i've sent links of mp3s to some long lost friends, of older (8yrs) songs i really liked and had played on the waif radio show. here are those links to these very good songs. i had bought the venerable nate church the 'beautiful place out in the country' ep by boards of canada. i bought it mainly based off of good reviews, without having heard the music. it took a year or two before i really heard the ep and fell in love with it. especially this song. it sounds like desert road electronica. no rush. it's going to take a long fucking time to get across texas, driving at night. might as well make it enjoyable.

in a beautiful place out in the country by boards of canada

the beta band song is rather different than, no never mind. it's similar to "beautiful place", with it's restrained beat. it's more awake though. and gets more psychedelic, during the anxiety ridden, orchestral, cinematic interludes. like the dawn breaking, still driving across texas, with the unwanted every-other-minute realization that the speed (or something else) is wearing off, but, thankfully and conversely, every-other-minute, slip back into that buzz.

thanks to ED D! for the beta band song. he put it on a mix for me many years ago.

it's not too beautiful by the beta band