So im creating this post for two reasons. One I wanted to ruminate on the fantastic music created by
My Brightest Diamond, and secondly I just wanted to get some thoughts out there so that is what I will do. I think they both hardly belong in the same post, but why not, I thought them both in the same day and felt they were both appropriate to write about so I shall...
First Order of Bussiness,
My Brightest Diamond! This is a band created by Shara Worden. For those who may not know Shara Worden has sung on almost every (if not every) cd Sufjan Stevens has created. She was also the head cheerleader when Sufjan Stevens toured with the Illinoisemakers. She is also on Sufjan Steven's label, Asthmatic Kitty...so yes she is very connected to Sufjan Stevens, it is no wonder that she drew some intrest from me. However, I hadnt really listened much to her prior to putting on the good 'ole last.fm radio, where I first discovered Sufjan himself. A song came up by My Brightest Diamond entitled "Something of an End" and it happened to be a free mp3 provided by last.fm, which was cool. I would say that I wasnt immediately drawn to the song or the sound, but I gave it a try due to the connections to Sufjan. As I listened to the song more and more I really ended up liking it. So about two or three months ago I decided to order a couple of cds offline, and decided I should try out My Brightest Diamond. I dont usually do this, because I dont have that much money to just throw around at a whim, but I figured why not. I got both Feist's and St. Vincent's cd a week before the My Brightest Diamond cd. And so I tried them out. I didnt fall in love with Feist or St. Vincent's immediately but I grew fond with them the more I listened. When I got My Brightest Diamond's cd, I immediately fell in love. I dont know, it is just wonderful. Her voice is impecable, in fact I think other artists should find a way to cut her vocal cords (please dont though!), because she puts other artists to shame. It is just pure rare talent, and it makes me wonder why people on American Idol sell so many albums and are considered so "talented" when there voice isn't even half as good as Shara Worden's, plus Shara plays guitar and writes her songs. I dont know its just an amazing cd. And its funny, my favorite song off of the cd currently, used to be one that I didnt like on the cd. I decided to post a youtube video of her, and I was originally going to put the song on there that is my favorite (Magic Rabbit), however I feared the same reaction I immediately had to it, so im going to play a video of her playing "Golden Star" in Wordsmiths book store. The audience is uncomfortably quite as Shara jams out on the guitar, but I think it is just beautiful...so here it is:
The second thing I wanted to talk about was September 11th. I woke up this morning and just felt uncomfortable. I knew today would be like any other day and that just bothered me, because I dont think it should be. It happened only six years ago, yet people dont care and they have completely forgotten. And what is worse is that people still use September 11th, and the people that died to futher their agendas or opinions, yet they dont stop to acknowledge that today is a pretty important day. But it isnt about government corruption or the war, its about the people who died or were affected. I do feel like America is fortunate to have just this one attack in such a long time, because many countries see attacks like September 11th every day. However, I think we owe it to the people who died or were affected, to atleast acknowledge it happened today, and honestly think about it. I am trying to do the same, and I hope others will too.
Yes I know these two subjects are inappropriate to be put together in the same post, so I apologize.
faceon for the codes...it is of Joanna Newsom and the lyrics are from her song, "Colleen".