//please stand by

Purchasing a home and putting in overtime at work have virtually robbed me of my blog time.

Fear not; I shall be back soon with updates!

//the way we get by

Remember the KEXP countdown I mentioned a few weeks back? Well, they've been currently going down the list, and they have less than a hundred to go. It's really fascinating to see what people have come up with. While I agree with most on the list, there are some that have me scratching my head and muttering, "Huh?"

As I'm sure that there are individuals who have said the same with the choices I've made, I shall not judge.

There's one band that I'd hoped would make it onto the list more often. They're definitely one of my favorite bands of ALL time, and they've been creeping up more often in movies and whatnot. 

Spoon, you may only have made it onto the list once, but all of your songs inhabit special little spaces in my heart. 

I leave you with the one song that did make it on to KEXP's list, and of course, one of my favorite tunes: "The Way We Get By."

As the weather is starting to get a tad chilly, stay warm this weekend, and do something titillating!

//the countdown for 1q84

After months and months and months of anticipation, the final countdown has finally begun!

Haruki Murakami, one of my favorite authors, has finally blessed us with what is said to be his magnum opus: 1Q84. It has already been released in Japan in three volumes, but all volumes of the English language edition will be released on October 25th.

This is Amazon's product description of the novel:

The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.

A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled. 

As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell’s—1Q84 is Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant best seller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.

A dystopic [sic] novel about modern Japan? Tangled love connections? A mystery AND a fantasy all in three volumes? SOLD!