Jeph Jacques (whose Northhampton-based hipstodrama webcomic I shamefully read) is right, the new Bon Iver album IS really good (you can stream it on NPR). I feel like he's stepping into the void left behind by Sufjan Stevens when he wandered off the reservation and made Age of Adz, which makes me feel anxious and weird, kind of like watching Tron, Brazil, and Clockwork Orange on three different screens in a room filled with pink marshmallows that have been microwaved for 30 seconds.
Yuck. Plus, you can't go wrong with songs named after cities. Perth is actually the name of my computer, because all computers, bikes, and massive data sets should have names, don't you agree?
Thematically related but technically unrelated picture of the day is a still-shot of Pina Bausch, late international dance genius, in Nelken (Carnations)
agreed - the new album is one of the sweetest massive data sets around.
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