Me & Sarie, pre-show. They kept playing this TV spot on loop and I just felt like they should have just played The Smiths or something, which is what they were doing earlier in the evening, anyway. BUT WHATEVER. That’s such a minor thing. Anyway. For all intents and purposes, I will refer to myself […]
in which I am Carina & this is my heart I don’t know why I stopped listening to new music, but I’ve settled into my favorite bands and favorite songs. I’m not that updated on new releases, I just keep using the same old songs in my mixes… which is probably why I don’t even […]
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART IN MANILA, 29 FEBRUARY 2012. We watched The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, a few days after Laneway. I had second thoughts, but I’m glad I let their performance sway me into seeing them again. They were just really so fun to see live, and what more […]
in which i excuse my annoyingness using the guise of an ‘experiment.’ While nursing my post-Laneway depression, I started listening to The Drums a lot and came face to face with the animosity that surrounds what I understand to be The Drums’ first single off of Portamento. “Money” is, in my opinion, an infectious, dangerously […]
in which I experienced something I didn’t know I had been waiting for. Once upon a time, I didn’t really get The National. Those were very dark times. A friend of a friend said “Slow Show” was her favorite song. So, I listened to Boxer again—listened, this time, very carefully—and something life-changing happened. There’s just […]
