Frankenstein vs. the World

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As summer nears its triumphant close, I’m releasing an exclusive special mix of the ten songs I listened to most the past few months. I played these ones over and over, almost always in the car. They’re all kind of anthems. I listened to these songs in Orono, Gloucester, Greenpoint, Syracuse, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, and places in between. This is mostly for Damian, Sunny, & Grace, if you’re out there ♥

1) “Threnody” — Veronica Lake
2) “Mood Ring” — P.S. Eliot
3) “Angel of the Morning” — Merilee Rush & the Turnabouts
4) “Alaska” — The Softies
5) “Cast a Shadow” (Beat Happening) — Cub
6) “Last Time Around” — Buffalo Springfield
7) “Untitled Melody” — Orange Juice
8) “Going to Spirit Lake” — The Mountain Goats
9) “Apistat Commander” — Xiu Xiu
10) “The First Cut is the Deepest” (Cat Stevens) — P.P. Arnold

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I don’t mean to scare you
You’re leaving soon
But the wallpaper’s melting
& thoughts turning blue
The light bulb is giving out shots in the dark
& the mad clarinets run away with your heart

Do you remember that old tune
The one that you cried to
When you fell
It felt like you’d lost your mind

You were not twenty-one when he first saw you
How his melody pleased you, pitch rang so true
Placed your lips to the mouthpiece, struck out a part
Now the mad clarinets run away with your heart

Do you remember that old tune
The one that you cried to
When you fell
It felt like you’d lost your mind

When he received you
Your hopes simply fell through
So you cried
It felt like you’d lost your mind
– Graeme Jeffries, “The Mad Clarinet”

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Buffalo’s best songwriter, the famously reclusive and mercurial Damian Weber, released his new album last week. Recorded by Brandon Schlia for Steak & Cake Records, Soul Night is far & away the best-sounding thing Damian’s released to date. Tom Dennis just reviewed the album here on buffaBLOG. Damian has also just posted last year’s beautiful stop-motion-animated video album, Like Ghosts, to Vimeo. Both are free / donation only.

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