I didn't know what HAM stood for so I looked it up.
On February 5, Pitchfork released the news that LCD Soundsystem has selected a date for their farewell tour. First I was like, "yay! a concert!". Then I was like, "wait, what? Farewell?!".Well there you have it, a few reasons to call it quits. It's too bad because I am a fan. If you are not, maybe you did not get a chance to listen to them yet. Here are a few of my favorites:Murphy spoke with us about LCD's pending breakup last July before their epic closing set at the Pitchfork Music Festival, saying, "It's all just gotten bigger than I planned or wanted. Not that I'm against it but I don't want to get bigger. What's the goal now-- get fucking huge? I don't want to be a famous person. It's fucking great where we are. I get on an airplane and nobody has any idea who I am. I just want to do other stuff. And since we know we're not gonna do another record I feel freer to do the biggest shit I possibly can. Like, 'Fuck it, we should play Madison Square Garden.'"
He continued: "If I thought there was another record, I'd be very uncomfortable and anxious about it and what it was going to do to my life. Putting an end to it frees me up to have fun; it's like knowing your mortality. As a kid that always wanted to make music, I couldn't have dreamed of a better place to be than where I'm at right now. I didn't even know this place existed-- to play with your friends and be really satisfied and happy. It's not so bad."
Murphy has also mentioned how dedicating himself to the band full-time has prevented him from taking advantage of other opportunities. In December, he told Spin, "There are other things I haven't been able to do because of it. Twice, I couldn't make an Arcade Fire record. I couldn't make a Spoon record. I couldn't work with John Cale or Devo. The plan was for this band to be part of my life, then it started to be the whole of my life." Check back here at Pitchfork for more updates on what's sure to be an extraordinary end to an extraordinary band.
ore bills to pay, I also have more money. So I don't worry about cash as much as before. But then again, I WAS a college student. College students aren't known for mounds of cash. Also, I got a car :) 2010 Honda Civic. It's awesome but covered in snow at the moment. (Bleh -_-).
Truly tired of trying to escape. There is nowhere else to go. Try alcohol. Wears off. Try weed. makes a zombie. No one likes zombies. Where is the destination? No fucking clue. Try Sex. Ok. Depends. Small, big, up, down, around. Try love. Like alcohol, wears off. How to keep from wearing off? Build! Create the greatest, largest, toughest machine. Not really a zombie. Takes too many living people. Take pieces of the people. Leg, chest, hippocampus. Make one Machine.
One works too hard. One worked very little. One is psychotic. One is emotionally aloof. One is ugly. One is beautiful. One is short. One is tall. One is blond. One is brunette.
Take his bolts. Take his screws. Take his gears. Take his dick. Take his tongue. Take his mind. Take his soul. Build one Machine.
How the fuck to maintain this Machine? Instruction Manual! Leg do this. Chest do that. Breathe. Altogether NOW! Wait, not out the door. Come back. Alone.
Make another Machine. Not men pieces. Women pieces. Her shoes, her skin, her psychosis. Her dog. Her hair. Not a Machine. An Outfit! Wear it. Sashay Shauntay. Altogether NOW! Out the door. No Turning back. They love me. I don't know me.
What is I? What is me? An Outfit of course! Sashay Shauntay? YES! Altogether NOW! Wait, truthfully together. There goes a screw. There goes a gear. There goes a bolt. Not the skin. Skin stays and rots. Sticks like melting polyester. Melting plastic. RIP IT OFF! Too late.
Disfigured. Raw. Sashay Shauntay. Sashay away.
The message of the story: The grass is not always greener. The ass is not always jussier and the smile is not always brighter.
Balloon:
To see balloons in your dream, indicate declining hopes and disappointments in your search for love. A situation in your life will take a turn downward... To see an ascending balloon in your dream, signifies frustrating conditions in your life in which you are seeking to rise above. You are expressing a desire to escape.
Orange:
Orange denotes hope, friendliness, courtesy, generosity, liveliness, sociability, and an out-going nature. You may want to expand your horizons and look into new interests. It also represents a stimulation of the senses.
