And Now... No. 1! The Larch... The... Larch

Welcome to Music for the Messes!

My goal for this blog is to randomly go through my extensive music collection, listen to an album, and write up a short review. It should be noted that I am neither a musician or a music writer. I’m just a person who managed to accumulate far too much music on his computer who wants an excuse to listen to things randomly and, hopefully, find something to say about those things.

A FEW RULES:

- In order to prevent this blog from turning into a ‘Here are reviews of my favorite albums and everything else can remain hidden from public view’ I am using a random number generator to automatically decide what my next album listen will be. Everything contained in my collection is fair game (except for concert recordings. see below) and hopefully this blog will allow for much of the collection to be revisited.

- No re-rolls allowed unless that album has previously been reviewed!

- I am omitting all concert recordings unless they have been officially released. Exceptions will be made for interesting (to me) bootlegs but generic concert recordings have already been removed from my master list.

- My initial goal is three reviews a week. That will probably change. But for now three is a good number. I hope to update on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

(via Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up (Live unplugged) - YouTube)

Tim O’Brien goes up to the counter and orders a drink he calls the “Epistemic Frappe.” The barista double checks the menu. “I’m sorry, sir,” she says, “but that’s not a real drink.”

Elliott Smith

The National

Frank Ocean (is this cheating?)

Wu Lyf

I feel like I missed a meeting or something, and suddenly it was everywhere and everyone was ok with it.

Seriously? “Relationship” was too much to say?

I suppose after “totes” became a thing, every multi-syllable word was on the table.