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truly clearly daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Friday
palimpsest winter weather is not my soul but the biding for spring why's everybody looking at me like there's something fundamentally wrong like i'm a southern bird that stayed north too long winter exposes the nests and i'm gone - bill callahan a river ain't too much to love daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Wednesday
why so quiet? i can see your reflection woven beneath the murals on that overhanging cloud and it makes me smile inside daniel tham : 1 comments life is elsewhere are you real is this really you? daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Saturday
autumn, spring i will sing daniel tham : 0 comments life is elsewhere Sunday
time for shopping what to buy what to throw? daniel tham : 4 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
the weight and the glory is bearing down on me daniel tham : 0 comments life is elsewhere Saturday
upstaged names what gives this mess some grace unless it's fiction... unless it's lies or it's love - okkervil river daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
faceless chorus i have no pictures for you today time to start shooting again and find my voice in the silence of a photograph but in the meantime i'll make do with speaking to you directly again like old friends talking like we used to can't be that bad a thing, i'd say daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Friday
of living, dying a season for everything daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
tonite it shows you had to choose a side to lose and divide yourself in two the way you were, long before you were a walking civil war but you forget where the road goes and tonite it shows - mercury rev daniel tham : 0 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
take me to your leader and what a ride it was! daniel tham : 0 comments life is elsewhere Sunday
in the manner of was there ever an afternoon you wish never ended even though you weren't particularly enjoying yourself? daniel tham : 4 comments life is elsewhere i must be floating it must be summer they should be having a good time you're probably still asleep and i'm just floating by daniel tham : 5 comments life is elsewhere Saturday
the distance between us we don't share anything anymore except this wall and a lifetime of memories daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
the man of colossal strength walks his fleeting path sometimes i get overcharged that's when you see sparks you ask me where the hell i'm going? at a thousand feet per second hey man, slow down slow down - thom yorke, the tourist daniel tham : 3 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
my friend how dearly my friend cares for me daniel tham : 7 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
the answer, my friend is blowin' in the wind - dylan daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
soft and sweet what a beautiful face i have found in this place that is circling all round the sun what a beautiful dream that could flash on the screen in a blink of an eye and be gone from me soft and sweet let me hold it close and keep it here with me - jeff magnum daniel tham : 1 comments life is elsewhere Saturday
king of fruits queen of misery daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
got reservations i should write more talk less pick up a new hobby plan my time better stop taking so many photos start using my memory again give away things i don't need pray daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Sunday
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good evening it's a fine evening daniel tham : 4 comments life is elsewhere Friday
cultural transcriptions 'she's no child. she's tougher than you'll ever be. do you know the kind of polish that doesn't take scratches? that's phuong. she can survive a dozen of us. she'll get old, that's all. she'll suffer from childbirth and hunger and cold and rheumatism but she'll never suffer like we do from thoughts, obsessions - she won't scratch, she'll only decay.' - graham greene daniel tham : 3 comments life is elsewhere Sunday
godspeed till we meet again, buddy daniel tham : 0 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
in my color the color of your eyes has faded they're not as brown as a i remember them as a child oh, why wasn't i a real child why did i have to run before my morning came around you were looking for a way of life some way to put your mind aside - bergsman daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Friday
music makes the people start talking again no picture today, sorry. thought i'd start talking to you beautiful people properly again, after that long hiatus which was the convenient marriage of image and text. don't worry, i'll still keep snapping, and still try writing those little convoluted poems. they mean a lot to me, and sort of work as a way in which i express my very private self to this rather public sphere. and what better time to to do than the end of the year. if it doesn't work, i'll just scrap the idea just in time for the new year to start. but thanks jess for kicking me, figuratively, to start writing again. as i was sitting here reading everybody's best-of album lists of 2006, i thought i'd do the same, and try to remember what i like about them and what i was doing at the time i bought them, or listened to them most. i liked bob dylan's modern times and m. ward's post war a lot. dylan has nothing to do with chaplin, but shares with m. ward a common commentary of the state of the world today. not pretty. and perhaps some of that postmodernist gloom has somehow found its way into our lives as well. maybe it's just fashionable being melancholic nowadays. this year, i've tried hard not to. one response would be that of camera obscura's let's get out of this country. but that would be just indulging ourselves in a little too much of escapism, wouldn't it. but nostalgia's fine. the mountain goat's get lonely also seems to offer a rather bleak alternative. but that album sure became a very understanding companion in those times i felt oh so restless and so very sad in what's been a rather difficult year. in a strange way, that album seemed to spell out quite accurately how i felt at those times. more than anything, though, i think i've had fun this year. made new friends, kept old ones, and just enjoyed every minute i got to spend with them. i watched the mogwai concert with two of my best buddies from way back, punk and yap, where they played most of their songs from mr beast. there's something special about sharing the things you love with the ones who matter to you. yap also introduced me to the best find of 2006 - hot chip's the warning. still remember how he first described it to me - a cross between paul simon and daft punk. how weird is that. the other brit album i really enjoyed was guillemots' through the windowpane. sort of restored my first love for britpop, though it hardly sounded like what the 90's made so attractive. that whole idea of fun has to be summed up by yo la tengo's i'm not afraid you and i will beat your ass. i think the title says it all. but really, the eclecticism they immerse themselves in so effortlessly appeals to me greatly, especially when i reflect upon the many facets of my own life that seem so disparate and mixed. i've been reading a lot more this year. maybe that's why i really enjoyed the decemberists' the crane wife so much. such literary finesse in such a whimsical record that so smartly and coherently tells a story. conceptually, as an album, only scott walker's the drift joins it as a noteworthy contender. but you just can't compare them, i guess. walker's in a league of his own, and really, his gothic opera wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. it still makes me cringe every time i listen to it, but as i tell some people, i love anything that evokes any strong reaction within me. reminds me of how i love seeing jim cringe when i play him xiu xiu. jim's a very good friend. he doesn't always share my music tastes, but i thank God for a brother like him. on that thankful note, perhaps it's only best to look towards the new year with hope and a little smile on my face. regina spektor's begin to hope gives an inkling of the good things i'm looking forward to next year. but most suitably, my favorite album of the year best sums up what i'll have my eyes on as i look ahead. belle and sebastian's the life pursuit is the most beautiful thing they've produced in a long time, and it sounds like they've finally found themselves again, being comfortable sounding like what they want to sound like. for me, i'll carry on in this strange journey they call the life pursuit. i'll never know how the future's gonna turn out, but i'll share with renton what i keep reminding myself over and over again. to choose life. and to keep following the one who's the only way, truth and life. merry christmas, everyone. daniel tham : 10 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
blessings it's a beautiful thing daniel tham : 7 comments life is elsewhere Sunday
set yourself on fire splendor in silver dress velocity possessed the world was hers again it fell apart again - primal scream daniel tham : 7 comments life is elsewhere me and my friends three's a company daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Monday
spring in my step it's gonna be a good day daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Sunday
my name is written in my eyes daniel tham : 5 comments life is elsewhere still please don't walk so fast the world's still spinning the winds still blow and i'm still here daniel tham : 10 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
emperor tomato ketchup les allées, les venues, labyrinthe, mais qu'y vois je? la sortie, je la voie, elle est là - gane/sadier daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Sunday
for sophie your unseen face glimmers as the stars above watch o'er your maker's grace enveloping you daniel tham : 11 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
the drift hear the blankets! here come the blankets! they plunge like rays snapping down the night wind cross the east coast to the east coast scratch the air and blue burn - scott walker daniel tham : 7 comments life is elsewhere every note away from home do you hear my song half a continent away would it help if i played louder or stayed a while longer daniel tham : 4 comments life is elsewhere rest well and we fall asleep daniel tham : 5 comments life is elsewhere Monday
one for the fambly album it's wonderful to be here it's certainly a thrill you're such a lovely audience we'd like to take you home with us we'd love to take you home - lennon/mccartney daniel tham : 8 comments life is elsewhere one two are you happy do you show it does it matter daniel tham : 5 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
balance i weigh things and hope they balance in equal parts daniel tham : 7 comments life is elsewhere Wednesday
i love afternoon walks meeting people opening doors saying hello daniel tham : 7 comments life is elsewhere sing my song strange face, with your eyes so pale and sincere. underneath you know well you have nothing to fear. for the dreams that came to you when so young told of a life where spring is sprung. you would seem so frail in the cold of the night when the armies of emotion go out to fight. but while the earth sinks to it’s grave you sail to the sky on the crest of a wave. so forget this cruel world where I belong i’ll just sit and wait and sing my song. and if one day you should see me in the crowd lend a hand and lift me to your place in the cloud. - nick drake daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
bed of shells i have been floated to this belated hour daniel tham : 8 comments life is elsewhere Tuesday
we walk through tunnels and find our fingerprints on the walls daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
a bright trembling star descended upon them and they were never the same again. daniel tham : 0 comments life is elsewhere Monday
fresh fruits pick your favorite color. daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Thursday
tremor there was a tremor and i felt it rumble under my feet. daniel tham : 6 comments life is elsewhere Friday
but you don't know why well you're back in your old neighborhood the cigarettes taste so good but you're so misunderstood you're so misunderstood there's something there that you can't find honest when you're tellin' a lie you're hurt but you don't know why you love her but you don't know why - wilco daniel tham : 0 comments life is elsewhere Monday
a step back in the mirror of the past daniel tham : 4 comments life is elsewhere Sunday
let's get lost there are signs dividing in that i couldn't abide i wouldn't miss it again burning every bridge that i cross to find some beautiful place to get lost - elliott smith daniel tham : 0 comments life is elsewhere frames as they happen daniel tham : 2 comments life is elsewhere Monday
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