Bon Iver

So, my buddy sent me a block of cds by mail.  His friend runs a series of labels.  One of which is Jagjaguwar.  Home to Bon Iver.  As legend goes Justin Vernon, the band creator, holed up in a cabin in the wilderness.  Instead of sending folks letter bombs he composed the album "For Emma, Forever Ago".  Reeks of longing.  Anyway, I'm considering it the best album I've heard since Beirut's "The Flying Cup Club".  The following is another one of those amazing Take Away Shows.

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#93.1 - BON IVER - Lump Sum
by lablogotheque

T.K. And The Manifestos

On a related subject to the previous posting I would like to turn attention to another Manifesto of sorts.  One that was written in blood, insanity and a manual typewriter.  I wonder what TK thinks about text messaging?

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All, I just finished reading Ted Kaczynski's manifesto. I am now ready to live in the wilderness and commune with nature as it was intended for us in the beginning. Ted's thoughts on the perpetuation of technology and how it robs us of important natural goals such as sustaining life and replaces them with "surrogate activities" is interesting. He feels that we need to destroy the techno-industrial juggernaut and revert to living in small tribe-like communities. In addition, the only technology allowed to exist would be "small technology" things like hand tools, wells, and waterwheels.

I now want to create my own manifesto. The problem is that I am not impassioned enough about anything to pen such a doctrine. Maybe I will write a manifesto about apathy. An apathesto if you will. I will quit halfway through and try to hang myself with my own underwear. I wont have the energy or enthusiasm to kill myself though so I will end up loafing around my house with my underwear around my neck.

Captain