Dashboard Confessional has released a new single for Valentine's Day: "Even Now (Acoustic)". It has the stripped down feel of
The Shade of Poison Trees. Where
Shade failed for me though, this track succeeds. It manages to capture something of the old Dashboard with his new styling and creates a moment that is perfectly intimate and poignant. The soft vocal harmonies and simple guitar complements his straight forward lyrics of longing and remembrance. The song is one of memory and finding something that was lost or never was.
Get it
here!
Another solid Valentine's Day acoustic track is Jonah
Matranga's cover of Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone." He released this via his
website last year and does the track justice. The tape hiss, room resonance, and his voice creates a closeness to the performance that brings this song all together. I have always enjoyed Jonah's covers (especially Billy Bragg's "A New England").
I was going to write something about satire and people without qualifications talking about issues and creating swings in public perception. Instead, I'm just going to say that the latest 30 Rock is too damn funny for its own good.
Mike Kinsella knows what I like: fingerpicking and goofy animals. I know for sure that the panda has appeared on a shirt of his, but the others are new to me.
"Jake is officially called an Alaskan Klee Kai which was derived from Alaskan Athabaskan words meaning "small dog". His breed (a mix between a Siberian Husky and a Schipperke) is relatively new, having originated in the early 1970's."
