My latest bit of BitTorrent excess has been the D/l of Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass tribute to Metallica (torrent). Now I'm no big fan of Metallica, and I dont have any other bluegrass in my Itunes partyshuffle. But Metallica's hits sound oddly enough very at home in this bluegrass rendition. Hell even the lyrics that somewhat intrigued me as a barely post-pubescent boy, make for a somewhat mythological romp through the old backcountry in this setting. If only the crooner would release himself from Hetfield's particular delivery even the ridiculous "Fuel" could be listened to without the required laugh at the MachoManSavageness of it.
I'm also rediscovering The Silver Jews (torrent). You should too (torrent).
I just finished watching the second season of The Wire. It was a great story once again and I cant wait to catch up with the currently running 3rd season. The climax of both seasons are very anticlimatic. Which leaves you emotionally frustrated but that's the point. It seems to me like Simon kind of gives you one episode at the end of the season which does'nt so much wrap things up, but still acts like an epilogue. It's great when a movie or TV show is willing to go beyond the credits rolling. In a way nothing really changes. Things move on. Life goes on. Somethings better. Somethings worse. It's the ocean returning to its natural state after, Moby Dick and Ahab have sunk beneath its surface. It reminds me of Tim's monolouge towards the end of The Office which I wont go into in case anyone reading this, hasn't seen it. Which brought tears to my eyes.
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