Further thoughts on the cultural labor of poetry and art. Not merely "is it good?," but "what has it accomplished?"...reviews of recent poetry collections; selected poems and art dealing with war/peace/social change; reviews of poetry readings; links to political commentary (particularly on conflicts in the Middle East); youtubed performances of music, demos, and other audio-video nuggets dealing with peaceful change, dissent and resistance.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Guided by Voices' "Back to the Lake"
We're taking apart / twenty years of summers / a house on a lake / no one can care for / a loon pokes up for a look / a last call for sunset swims / politics & poetics will have to wait
GBV has so many albums--many of them more lo-fi than this one, but I'd rank them in this way: 1) Bee Thousand 2) Alien Lanes 3) Under the Bushes Under the Stars The first two are indie-rock genius. Almost everything else has great songs....
2 comments:
I really like this song. And they're from Ohio, which I didn't realize before! What's their best album, if one was going to check out more?
Hey Chris,
GBV has so many albums--many of them more lo-fi than this one, but I'd rank them in this way:
1) Bee Thousand
2) Alien Lanes
3) Under the Bushes Under the Stars
The first two are indie-rock genius. Almost everything else has great songs....
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