Musique en ce moment.

This man is a genius.

I used to fancy myself quite the music connoisseur. Oh yeah, my impeccable taste was refined the moment I discerned correctly that The Spice Girls were filthy frauds & that N*SYNC was way better than The Backstreet Boys. I knew it all. The anthem of my junior high years consisted of the musical stylings of Oklahoman born 'n' raised, The All American Rejects. It was at this time, after I had gone to my first live concert, that I was hooked. I've a scrapbook filled with concert stubs, autographs, and photos beside bewildered & sweat-drenched band members to prove it. High school started off as most all pre-pubescent years do -- with angst and, more angst. My speakers weeped with the moans and groans of Dashboard Confessional, Brand New, and later, Thursday. Don't get me wrong--I think I'll die a Thursday fan (or, rather, a Geoff Rickly fan), but Thursday ushered in the climax of my angst-filled music obsession. That's right. "Hardcore." Fear Before the March of Flames, The Blood Brothers, Everytime I Die. I was definitely one of those hair-dying, black eyeliner-wearing, t-shirt ripping, elitist asswipes. Since then I've amassed over 100 CDs, attended over 70 live shows, and grown in and out of 4-5 music genres. You could say that I am a patron of this specific art. I can't create it, but I can certainly appreciate it.

The music I enjoy at present is far from the deafening tunes of yesteryear. Instrumental pieces, soft vocals, French, ambient . . .pretty much the exact opposite. But I still love it, and, I'd like to share some current favorites with you.

1. Emiliana Torrini - "The Boy Who Giggled So Sweet"
2. Bon Iver - Anything & everything you can find by him, seriously.
   
3. Belle & Sebastian - "Get Away From Me, I'm Dying"
4. Bénabar - "Dis, quand reviendras-tu?"
5. Regina Spektor - "Blue Lips"
6. Saybia - "The Day After Tomorrow"
7. Sea Wolf - "Leaves in the River"
8. She & Him - "Take it Back"
9. Sleeping At Last - "Umbrellas"
10. Taken By Trees - "Sweetness"
11. Will Stratton - "Katydid"

More to come, but if you'd like me to send you any of the songs above, shoot me an e-mail. :)