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"They're Old Hippies and They Don't Know What to Do" Division
Snowflake Midnight - Mercury Rev.
Sample day for the Grasshopper and Jonathan Donahue:
9:00 AM: Wake up.
10:00 AM: Smoke weed.
11:00-3:00: Wander around the Catskills and be totally in awe of every blade of grass, tree, shrub, branbleberry bush, puddle, and stone.
3:00 PM: Smoke more weed.
4:00-10:00 PM: Wander around the Catskills and blah blah blah worship Mother Nature blah blah.
10:00 PM: Write awful lyrics about said drug-addled experiences.
11:00 PM: Write music while sleepy
12:00 AM: Smoke more weed. Hope it snows.
12:30 AM: Sleep.
Not surprisingly, the album reflects this grueling regimen. I prefered their old schedule.
9:00 AM: Wake up
10:00 AM: Do cocaine and heroin
11:00 AM-11:00 PM: Slip into coma. Have nightmarish visions of Abe Lincoln's eyes
11:00 PM: Write strange songs about nightmarish visions.
12:00 AM: Sleep
"What Dante Saw But Forgot to Write Down on His Little Jaunt Through Hell" Division
A Million Little Suns - Snow Patrol. Gary Lightbody and over over-sentimental saps are subjected to eternal readings of his lyrics for Crack the Shutters. They cry, they moan, they gnash their teeth on each others, but continually they hear "I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute Cos the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you"
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend. A special circle of hell for rich Ivy Leaguers who are tasked with making their music more pretentious than Vampire Weekend. A recent report from the Daily Brimstone quotes Sisyphus as saying he prefers pushing his rock, thank you very much.
You and Me - The Walkmen. For would-be artists who made awful art. They're given the best of everything. But all they can make is You and Me.
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