sick and music

i'm sick mother fuckers and that means staying home and being first hot and then cold. i am 1 cd away from importing all my us-based music into my new 80gb ipod which i love. now to be honest, this being my first ipod, i have to say that there are a lot of obvious improvements that it could use. a way to delete files without having to connect to the computer is the first one that comes to mind. in any case though this is really the future in a lot of ways even for a cd-vinyl junkie. to my surprise though getting the ipod has actually strengthened my resolve to keep buying at least some of my music, especially what i consider essential.

saw the mountain goats live the other day, a week after catching the lips. what a contrast! the goats are basically 1 guy, john darnielle, with 1 understated but good bassist that at times plays the base like a guitar and a guy on keys. some lights changed but there was no confettin or santa clauses or aliens but it was still great. john is a very likeable tormented soul with a lot of dry humour and very engaging. not being a huge fan and having discovered them only a few months ago - from the weeds series soundtrack - i enjoyed discovering some of the songs i didn't know. a canadian singer called christing fellows opened and she was good enough for me to buy her cd on the way out.

discover them, they're great