Every battle heads toward surrender on both sides

[sovay]

Today was so failmade, discovering the Mountain Goats' "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" was almost its only redemption. A friend did send me some tentacle porn, however, and I have just received spam whose subject header reads "The Bachelor's Roseless Conclusion"—I'm sure it's a stolen pop headline, but I think it might still be the best title ever. At least a song by the Decemberists or David Bowie. When I am feeling a little less scraped out, I need to mention Milk (2008), Spirited Away (2001), and Fearless (1993), all of which I saw this week, and something about Edith Sitwell.

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[catvalente.livejournal.com]

I want to hear those!! I don't have the EP, just a couple of tracks from Audiography.

I just love the heartbreaking "folklore" retelling in that song...reminds me of what you and I do.

[sovay]

I want to hear those!!

It can be done!

"Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums"

But the plum tree hung heavy in my head
And the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
And the plum tree hung heavy over me

"Maize Stalk Drinking Blood"

This is an empty country, I am the king
And I should not be allowed to touch anything

"The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton"

The best ever death metal band out of Denton
Never settled on a name
But the top three contenders after weeks of debate
Were Satan's Fingers and the Killers and the Hospital Bombers

"Song for Cleomenes"

He was the governor of Agrigentum, which we now know as Sicily
And he stole everything that wasn't nailed down
Took improper advantage of other men's wives
The list goes on
Trust me
Cicero wrote it all down

(Ignore the total lack of iTunes information on the second two songs; they are from a mix a friend made for me in New Haven. I think properly they belong to from All Hail West Texas (2002) and Beautiful Rat Sunset (1994). The last is one of my favorite songs anywhere.)

I just love the heartbreaking "folklore" retelling in that song...reminds me of what you and I do.

He has some extraordinary retellings. "Grendel's Mother" is one; so is "Deianara Crush." "Faithless Bacchant Song" is just awesome.