tuesday: string beans

[Note: the camp-song-lyrics-as-post-titles will not stop until I get bored of it.]
Much better. I think I've got a job at REI, but I'm not sure I can kick it in the retail scene. As far as that goes, though, REI would be way cooler than Barnes & Noble. Or Wal-Mart. But possibly slightly less cool than Amoeba.
Speaking of Amoeba, I bought the new Björk album, her soundtrack for Matthew "Yes, I Fuck Björk Every Night" Barney's film Drawing Restraint 9. It's difficult, and I haven't dug into it enough yet to comment. She only sings on two songs, but Will Oldham sings on one, and that's fucking rad. I also bought the eponymous 13+God LP. It's exactly what I imagined: a perfect blend of the Notwist and Themselves, artistically. Musically, it's a little closer to the Notwist, and the tone is alot more cLOUDDEAD than Themselves, really: more laid back than abrasive, though you definitely know it's Themselves on the flow. If that's too obscure for you, think the Postal Service with a robotic Del rapping over some of the songs, but arty instead of emo.
My favorite album of the summer (so far), though, has to be Common's Be. I remember buying Like Water For Chocolate when it came out, I think in 2000, and this is as good conceptually but even better stylistically. Kanye's beats fit Common's verse so well, better than Jay-Dee or Dilla or whatever he calls himself. Kanye really excelled in pulling the album together in a really soulful way. Plus, I like the upliftingness of the lyrics. As CS says, "we write songs about wrong 'cause it's hard to see right," but he manages to find the right inside of it. He starts shit-talking on "Chi City" and sounds foolish, which is unfortunate because the beat and hook is stellar. I was also disappointed, slightly, with the live version of "Food," my favorite song on the album. Granted, it's a hot performance, but the sound quality is slightly lacking for such a sick Kanye beat. Otherwise, though, I can't stop listening to it.
"Now the money comin' slow but at least a nigga know slow motion better than no." Story of my life.