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sand is overrated — david gray : "be mine"from the lp a new day at midnight (ato records, 2002)<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/1/18/662274/zplayer.swf?mp3=http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/12/17/520910/10%20Be%2... read more »

sand is overrated — from the beginning, i've always intended for sand is overrated to represent the ways in which music integrated with moments in my own life. without a doubt, the most profound and most frequent examples of this confluence has always been with matte... read more »

sand is overrated — hi there.this is getting ridiculous how rarely i have time to post these days. since my last post, my 5 year journey through grad school finally concluded in fine fashion. and yet, still--no time. it seems i say this every time now, but hopefully ... read more »

sand is overrated — i am still here... that last post was supposed to have been done about two weeks ago, and the fact that i didn't get around to publishing it until now--and yet it's still so short--is an indication of how busy and preoccupied i've been. and i've g... read more »

sand is overrated — the hazards of love as a rock opera? i love it. i really do. what more could you ask for from an album? it's ambition on an epic scale, dramatic in its fairy tale story, interesting if not a little cliched, and oh so characteristically melodic for... read more »

sand is overrated — as opposed to my wavering attitude about it's blitz!, neko case's middle cyclone is an album that i love through and through. that voice...neko case's voice is simply breathtaking, and made all the more sumptuous by deliciously articulate lyrics t... read more »

sand is overrated — for the fifth consecutive year, my month of may will be consumed by studying for/preparing for/dreading an important event. this time it's another exam, but this may should be the most fulfilling yet, as at the end of this self-torture i will have... read more »

sand is overrated — add another notch to the bedpost for camera obscura--yet another song that i love. whereas it was a fluttering piano line that buoyed "my maudlin career", it's a fluttering violin riff that dances around tracyanne campbell's sorrowful vocals in "f... read more »

sand is overrated — as much as i love m. ward and hold time (still my favorite album of 2009...only nine months to go!), i know that the forthcoming release by camera obscura will vie heavily for my attention as well. at least, if 2006 is any indication. that year, i... read more »

sand is overrated — we're here.in the city.for one more day.tomorrow i'll go back.to where i live.but it isn't home.ella fitzgerald and louis armstrong : "the nearness of you" .from the lp what a wonderful duet (jukebox entertainment, 2007)<object type="applicatio... read more »

sand is overrated — this story might seem a little too morbid to be posting on valentine's day, but i doubt you will come across any purer example of what love can truly mean...death cab for cutie : "i will follow you into the dark" .from the lp plans (atlantic, 2005... read more »

sand is overrated — a few years back, i wrote a series of posts around valentine's day that expressed my cynicism about the commercialism of february 14, and how it should really just be another day. i still believe that every day should be a day that you adore your ... read more »

sand is overrated — october 17, 2007. i was 11 years old when i first heard the joshua tree. it was the first album that i ever really, truly loved. through the years each of the 11 tracks has probably been at one point my favorite song on the album, but the one that... read more »

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sand is overrated — i had originally meant to include "in the new year" by the walkmen in my year-end lists, as it was my second-favorite song off you & me. but then i had the thought that, given my feelings about 2009, it would be a great song to post on new yea... read more »

sand is overrated — it's mid-january...too early to declare an album of the year? yeah, okay--maybe. but since my instincts have been pretty trustworthy recently, after just a few listens i'm going to go ahead and make this prediction: hold time, the upcoming release... read more »

sand is overrated — i was just looking back at my new years eve post last year, and it's funny the way these past two year resemble each other even though things happened oh-so-differently. much of 2007 was fantastic for me, until things sort of fell apart during the... read more »

sand is overrated — finally, on the very last day of the year, my five favorite albums of 2008...click here for albums of the year 6-10click here for tracks of the year 1-10click here for tracks of the year 11-20click here for tracks of the year 21-301.the midnight o... read more »

sand is overrated — click here for tracks of the year 1-10click here for tracks of the year 11-20click here for tracks of the year 21-30looking back on this list and this year, i think i could have easily stopped at five albums and been done with it. in recognition o... read more »