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rhyllWell, the repositories are finally up for Open Office 3, so I installed it and the Zotero plugins this morning. But I'm guessing it might be more interesting if I post about what I did last night, rather than my deep ambivalence towards the use of referencing software.
So, anyway, I don't go see live music very often. I feel awkward, not knowing where to stand, and my body starts screaming at me after a while. Plus, I have never really got the hang of loving music with the intensity that seems to be required for live music. Nevertheless, the Mountain Goats are one of the bands that I love deeply, possibly because the stories in the songs and the poetry of the lyrics connect with me.
So, I am doing a band-love post, a la liz.
First, this song didn't get played, but it is stuck in my head after writing this intro:
I think that were only about three songs that they played where I just thought, "oh, that's rather good", instead of "Oh my! I am so very glad they played that one!" so I won't put up videos for everything I loved. But I wanted to put up this one, because it is the song I get stuck in my head when everything seems too hard and I have to remind myself that I will make it through this year:
I really liked all of John's stories and introductions to songs. For the last song, John invited everyone in the audience to sing along with his 'hateful little song', and I did, joyfully and loudly and out of tune:
So, anyway, I don't go see live music very often. I feel awkward, not knowing where to stand, and my body starts screaming at me after a while. Plus, I have never really got the hang of loving music with the intensity that seems to be required for live music. Nevertheless, the Mountain Goats are one of the bands that I love deeply, possibly because the stories in the songs and the poetry of the lyrics connect with me.
So, I am doing a band-love post, a la liz.
First, this song didn't get played, but it is stuck in my head after writing this intro:
I think that were only about three songs that they played where I just thought, "oh, that's rather good", instead of "Oh my! I am so very glad they played that one!" so I won't put up videos for everything I loved. But I wanted to put up this one, because it is the song I get stuck in my head when everything seems too hard and I have to remind myself that I will make it through this year:
I really liked all of John's stories and introductions to songs. For the last song, John invited everyone in the audience to sing along with his 'hateful little song', and I did, joyfully and loudly and out of tune: