Tonight, we're going to find our lover.

CMJ happened, then a Bachelor party in Milwaukee that culminated in attending the Vikings - Packers game at Lambeau,
and somewhere in there I managed to sneak in speaking at the Boards Summit
as well as attending a dinner party at Philip Glass' house in which he played a piece on his piano in his parlor
that he specifically composed for the night.

So basically I've been insanely busy and that's why I haven't posted for a bit.
That said, I just want to share a little diddy from Devendra Banhart from his new album that I'm digging.
Enjoy.

Also, what the heck is going on in the midwest?
Subliminal animal porn in bathroom decorations?

http://devendrabanhart.com/

http://www.xlrecordings.com/devendrabanhart

My bed's too big for just me.

Bailey had a really traumatic bike accident this past weekend and it was fucking scary.
Instead of telling about it, all I want to say for now is that I am so happy that she's OK.
I love this gal.

This new jam from the side project of Rostam (Vampire Weekend) and Wes (Ra Ra Riot) goes out to her:

http://www.myspace.com/discoverdiscovery
http://www.xlrecordings.com/discovery
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hjftxzr0ld6e

Two hours of pushin' broom buys an eight by twelve four-bit room. I'm a man of means by no means. King of the road.

Finally back in New York after a wild journey that included driving a 22' Penske truck loaded up with all my belongings from LA to Milwaukee with my pops riding shotgun and trading off with me when I got tired.

And now I'm just in my office, getting caught up on work and finally starting to really feel this Bat For Lashes album, that at first, I really didn't care for but which currently has me under its' spell.

http://www.batforlashes.com/

Wind, snow.

A photo from my current office in NYC.

 

So funny to be working out of a mid-town/Madison Ave. (i.e. Mad Men) space.
The fluorescent lights hurt my eyes, so I turn them off and embrace the darkness, which reminds me of Portland.
Speaking of which, I finally picked up the Grouper album today at Other Music on my lunch break.
It is so beautiful that I don't know what to say.
I just keep listening to it on repeat.
This particular song reminds me of listening to Galaxie 500's This Is Our Music during winter 
of my freshman year of college at University of Whitewater in Wisconsin.

I would turn off all the lights in my dorm room and leave just the Xmas lights on.
It was freezing outside and snow would be piling up and the heater would make knocking sounds and steam up the windows.

 

So I am counting all your fingers.

New Bon Iver track, "Brackett, WI" from the upcoming Red Hot compilation "Dark Was The Night" to be released on 4AD:

 

Given that I am a fellow Wisconsinite, how can I not love Bon Iver?
Anytime I hear his voice, I get a warm and lovely, yet humble, sense of Midwestern pride.
That's how we do it in Wisconsin. 
Strong, yet sensitive, hearty and kind.