say hello-o-o-o-oh
December 29, 2008
It’s been awhile. The world has been noisy with celebrations, parties, fireworks and some protests, but it’s been quiet here at Merry Men.
As we bid farewell to 2008, is there something you need to do before 2009 comes bursting in? Someplace to visit, something to fix, goals to write, someone to say hello to?
This is another brown song, a short one, and makes me think of days where i lie in bed, with nothing to do and not a care in the world. May 2009 have more days like these.
We’ll leave you with this, Say Hello.
Thom Yorke by Stefan Venbroek
*swing
that brown feeling
November 17, 2008
Work has come between us, but I come to you now with my tail between my legs, and a brown playlist.
What is it with colours? It isn’t entirely a Kandinsky-type synaesthesia thing. I label these songs as blue or yellow; blue for mellow, yellow for upbeat. My own playlists used to be orange, white, black, yellow and blue. Figure them out. Then I got into weather and changed them to ‘rain’ and ’sun’. How do you categorize your music?
Brown is the feeling of sleepy nostalgia or deja vu, the kind you are too lazy to do anything about, or to even remember properly. The first song has the faint taste of the beach boys, but not too much of it. The second song always reminds me of night-time when you want to go to bed but can’t bear to turn the light off.
*crush
Do You Love Me? – The Explorers’ Club (click!)
Jimmy and the Photocall – Broken Social Scene (click!)
Go On, Say It – Blind Pilot
Dory Previn – Camera Obscura
