taratemima | His Name Is Alive brings back something in me (Reply)

I have been alternately bored, wanting contact, and panicking about work and homework. Work is so damn boring and nerve-racking at the same time (being an evil telemarketer and all) that it is more a matter of making enough hours to get paid decently and at the same time keep my sanity rather than advancing and taking on more responsiblity.

Flipping through some random journals, someone mentions His Name is Alive as an interest. I taped one song of theirs for a mix tape for Sivan, a little ditty with lyrics like 'can't go on without you/times three times.' I doubt that's the title--I really hate it when people assume that the most perdominant line in the song is the title. Don't people bother to actually search for the title anymore? Or am being being a pedant (great prep for a career in a used record store!)?

"You know, that song, "The Funk Soul Brother?"
"You mean, 'Rockerfeller Skank'?"
"It's called that?"

It sticks in my head, this very minimalistic song with this strong pull. He loved that song, and was surprised I even knew who His Name Is Alive was.

Don't get me started on the Swans, My Bloody Valentine, Ocean Blue, the Swirlies, the Blue Nile, Deep Forest, and (good god in heaven) the Cure. I put those on the same mix tape for Sivan too, along with some Augustus Pablo piece and Siouxsie and the Banshees (Impress yer friends--it's 'sue-see' not 'sue-shee' I think the 'sh' in 'banshees' trip people up). Play Disintergration and watch me crumple like paper.