varying degrees of light

There are some songs that late night vh1's nocturnal state plays over and over again. I guess I should have said videos instead of songs. The Apartment from The National's Boxer album is on again. It might be that I like the song anyway, but the video is very simple - band playing at somewhat formal event, crowd subtly grooving to the song, girl starts shakin' her ass, white people tap their feet, slowly nod their heads with deadpan faces... girl with read show, among everyone wearing black/white shows up, white people dance - and I love it.

Feist-Mushaboom. Whoa! Oh, it's one of those character-in-video-sings-along-to-vocal-track in real time. Cool.

I watched a brief video of a church service in Maurice's First Reformed. Not much happened before I went to go help get ready for Lunar New Year. The shot was from a balcony of sorts and there was a guitar/piano prelude for some moderately praise/worshippy hymn song. You could watch the congregants file in to their usual pews and sit patiently, nodding to each other quietly. And then four women played a gorgeous song on the bells. I couldn't believe how gorgeous it was. I'm not talking about the "spirituality" or that it was in a church, where worshipers gathered in God's house.

Radiohead-Bodysnatchers.

I'm talking more about the pacing, the rhythm, of the moment. The wide-angle view of the entire sanctuary and the tiny figures, hustling about. I'll have to watch the entire thing sometime soon... which will be Sunday, at the earliest. But that's fine. Miles to go, am I right?

Happy Lunar New Year, by the way.

See you soon.


*another freshman quote from that day in Comm.


"Well, Huckabee is a Christian and so are we, so we should support him."


Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue.

Would someone like to experience late night vh1 with me sometime? I'll make blueberry bread and we'll just talk the shit out of everything.