Those Rusty Drums by Black Bear

When I was in 10th grade I got a friend request on myspace from this guy named Black Bear. For a couple years after that I couldn't find anything about him, though apparently he's still alive and now has an album out, which I would most certainly buy if I had any money. Anyway, turned out to be some pretty good stuff, especially on the lyrical side of things.

Those Rusty Drums by Black Bear

Beneath a Crozet Trestle Bridge

Paul Curreri is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant songwriters I've ever come across and, unfortunately, one of the least well-known.  This is a recording that he and his wife Devon Sproule (who is more famous than he is) made as part of a Valentine's Day duet CD.  I think they made five of them between 2003 and 2008 and they're all available for free on his website.  Beneath a Crozet Trestle Bridge is off of Songs for Devon Sproule, which (though not my favorite Paul Curreri album) is still damn good.  Pick up Spirit of the Staircase if you get a chance. To this day it is one of my top five favorite albums.

Beneath a Crozet Trestle Bridge - Paul Curreri & Devon Sproule

Against Bourgeois Art

For some reason this seemed like a good place to start. I don't know if I'll ever be able to reconcile myself to this poem, having actually written a poem about crumbs of dust in the light when I was in high school. This recording starts a couple lines into the poem, so here's what got cut out:

War on the horizon.
A ship with a bloody sail.
Andy Young slips on his Chamberlain appeasement getup he got from years listening to the CP hype Martin Luther King


Against Bourgeois Art - Amiri Baraka