you'll start believeing you're immune to gravity and stuff

So while Rae is having religious conversions triggered by her musical selections, I've found myself much more drawn to songs with weird and wonderful piano lines--draw from this what conclusions you will. In any case, I've been totally digging on Ben Folds lately (as an examination of entry titles will show), especially the stuff like "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces" and "The Last Polka."

But there is a new champion for oddest song that has completely gotten under my skin, and it is the Dresden Dolls' "Girl Anachronism." I don't know what, but something about that whacked-out piano is just incredibly cool--it's almost like a song from a musical, but not quite. And the vocals--they're the kind I usually can't stand, a kind of nearly-toneless talk-singing, but somehow it fits together with the almost-un-musical instrumentation to create this gorgeous cacophony.

So, yeah. Listen and adore. Dev tells me that the singer's really cute in concert, too, so all the better.

Wow, that's three posts about music in a row. Any amateur psychoanalysts in the crowd?

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Okay, yes, it's a meme, but a) it's about music (again), and even better,

b) IT'S INTERACTIVE!!!

Okay, enough stupidity. It's a lyrics quiz, from the first twenty songs to randomly play out of my library. Happily enough, a lot of good rock came up, and almost none of the silly and embarassing songs (although they did make an appearance). How many can you recognize off the bat?

( Enjoy, then post your own! )

The dog caught up with the rabbit is laughing hysterically

Dude!

So, yeah, I'm on a total posting binge, and this is technically just a link post so it should probably go in asrie1, but dude! I found a totally illegal copy of one of my favorite Orson Scott Card short stories on a website, and so you should go read it while you have the chance! It's really excellent, although not terribly subtle.

Read! Read!

The Changed Man and the King of Swords