Archives for the ‘Music’ Category

Punched

By Miles Benson • Oct 29th, 2005 • Category: Music

Jon Brion -
You’ve gotta hope that there’s someone for you, strange as you are, who can cope with the things that you do, without trying too hard.
‘Cause you can bend the truth ’til it’s suiting you. These things that you’re wrapping all around you never know what they will amount to. If your life is [...]



Family Pies

By Miles Benson • Aug 9th, 2005 • Category: Music, Photos

These are pictures from my little cousins birthday party. He’s right below sticking the gun in your face. Remember the good old days when instead of happily signed cards stuffed with dirty money you got guns and knives as presents? I miss being excited to spend hours playing with some new toy. Even video games, [...]



The city so nice they named it twice.

By Miles Benson • Jun 30th, 2005 • Category: Music

Tahiti 80, I saw them live once at T.T. The Bears in Cambridge, such an amazing show. I dont think i’ve gotten so close to a band who had the kind of reputation they have. They’re not super popular, but they’re well known enough in certain circles for it to be considered a great honor. [...]



House painters that use red.

By Miles Benson • May 14th, 2005 • Category: Music, Reviews

Red House Painters – Cruiser
So here it is: a song about a former lover of Mark Kozelek’s who was Japenese American who he knew in California. I think this song is amazing. He just talks so passionately about every minor detail. There’s two things in this world that can truly make me cry on a [...]



Who better to explain it than…

By Miles Benson • May 2nd, 2005 • Category: Music, Reviews

Dean Martin.Leave it to my iPod to make a decision in my life. The other day I left a situation that left me completely breathless, laughing even, over how unbelievably fufilling this occurance was. I drove away and shortly thereafter on the shuffle mode of my iPod accompanied by the (sometimes) wonderful iTrip played Dean [...]