en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/ericalbin/journal The Last.fm journal for ericalbin. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/ericalbin/journal/2011/11/21/57eq7g_a_constant_quest_(part_1) Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:35:13 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/ericalbin/journal/2011/11/21/57eq7g_a_constant_quest_(part_1) This is the kind of music I have been listening to lately; a strange and melancholy mix of subdued post-rock and down-tempo shoegaze.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCPqL4G7PSY
In its own way, it is a winter portrait, and I am overjoyed at finding it.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/ericalbin/journal/2011/10/17/4tmyuf_eric_needs_a_book! Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:54:46 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/ericalbin/journal/2011/10/17/4tmyuf_eric_needs_a_book! And probably some style. Edgy, provocative and suspenseful; good plot twists and decently drawn out characters. My last "good" book was Jeff Long's incredibly dark
"Deeper".http://www.jefflongbooks.com/scoop-deeper.html..a brilliant, nasty and thoroughly satisfying novel.
So yes. Something along those lines!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/ericalbin/journal/2011/10/08/4sk7s4_some_amazing_new_folk_music Sat, 8 Oct 2011 02:58:26 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/ericalbin/journal/2011/10/08/4sk7s4_some_amazing_new_folk_music Ok, I admit I am usually the sort of person who gives short shrift to writing (or reading) ones thoughts on music. This is my attempt to remedy that, and to give a heads up on music I find interesting, and, just as important, why I find it interesting.
My first victim will be J.Tillman's evocative "Crosswinds", a mellow folk tune sounding
vocally a bit like Sufjan Stephens, and a quiet, intense musical backing best described as "spare".
Ah, dulcimers...Crosswinds]]>