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i am the total black (thanks to audre lorde, malcolm x, the original dr. king, and the ever-present influence of an erudite minority).

song of tuesday

grizzly bear, “little brother (electric version)

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songs of the weekend, and now monday.

kings of convenience, “peacetime resistance

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song for a (questionably) productive saturday

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song of a (LONG) thursday night

(i’m in fact surprised at myself, since lately i haven’t been able to deal with kanye at all. but then, this “old” gem crept up on the five-star playlist shuffle…and i thought, hey, why not? i do love this track, after all. who doesn’t love a song about working at the gap?)


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songs of friday (after a helluva thursday)

ryan adams, “two hearts
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neko case, “i’m an animal
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josh ritter, “open doors
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song of tuesday night

speech debelle, “the key

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song of friday evening

gomez, “sweet virginia
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song of an unusually productive thursday

the decemberists, “the rake’s song
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it’s really important to know why this song is so weird. so listen to it, but here are the lyrics:
I had entered into a marriage
In the summer of my twenty-first year
And the bells rang for our wedding
Only now do I remember it clear
Alright, alright, alright

No more a rake and no more a bachelor
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies
Only then did I reckon my curse
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

First came Isaiah with his crinkled little fingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along
Alright, alright, alright

What can one do when one is a widower
Shamefully saddled with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Isaiah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
Alright, alright, alright

And thats how I came your humble narrator
To be living so easy and free
I expect that you think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

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songs of the day: new in blackness™ edition

kid cudi & crookers, “embrace the martian

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the cool kids, “gold and a pager

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song of (very) early saturday morning

(as it turns out, this song’s lyrics are having more of an effect on me than i am actually comfortable with…but it’s still really quite excellent.)
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