It's 1am on Friday the 13th and
I'm sitting in front of my computer typing away before I run off to work.
Clearly, there is something disturbing and overly wrong with today. On
a positive and much less creepy but still odd note, Calexico is apparently
popular in space. That's right, in the vastness above us the
Astronauts on the Discovery have recently been rocking out to some of the
tunes from the band's 2001 EP, Even My Sure Things Fall Through.
I realize that the disc is one from way back and not the future, but it's
one I hadn't heard until yesterday. Also, it allows me to stick with
the weirdness that is unfolding for me today. It's out there if you
want it and don't have it. Or, you can save your sweet cash for the
upcoming LP, Carried To Dust. You decide. Enjoy.
:Calexico
- Crystal Frontier (Widescreen Version):
As I look back on this week of posts I see a pretty random
and diverse selection of songs, so I suppose it's fitting
that to end the week I'm giving you this sultry number
that's full of hip-shaking percussion, beautiful horn work
and vocals that feel as if they were stripped right out of
some Western. It's all a bit strange, but interesting
and certainly the coolest way possible to enter the weekend.
Now excuse me as I dance off into the sunset.
The band has no
shortage of material on Youtube, but because Crystal
Frontier is such an awesome track I decided to go with
the video that was made for it. My guess is that it
should make you want to dance wildly.
- John Laird -
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