Comments for Come On Up To The House http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com Simultaneously Ancient And Modern Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:44:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on It’s Not Like The Movies by toba http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/its-not-like-the-movies/#comment-641 toba Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:44:06 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=689#comment-641 ahhhh, Kid A. I was neck-deep into the writing of my Master's thesis when my "buy it now and it's delivered on the release date" copy from amazon came. immediately it became requisite...as you well know, there are times and situations that call for über-specific pieces of music: this was one. I wasn't sleeping (really...at all...for three months) and was stone-skipping toward breakdown stages along the way with this paper and with life. So, into my world of strange, as it was, comes Kid A. It shuffled in to my 24-hour day Big Band & Western Swing-heavy rotation and stayed. I cannot think of that time without thinking of this entire record...the brilliant opening Everything, In limbo, well, all of it really. I mean, many of those works are very happy to be on their own but, for me, the play of any of those songs on my ipod immediately mentally cues the next song on the album...and leads me to wonder: don't some songs just really need to be played in a particular order? Shouldn't National Anthem be followed by how to disappear? anyway, sorry for the long post. it's a great record...happy you've found it. now then, my friend, do you know Amnesiac? ahhhh, Kid A. I was neck-deep into the writing of my Master’s thesis when my “buy it now and it’s delivered on the release date” copy from amazon came. immediately it became requisite…as you well know, there are times and situations that call for über-specific pieces of music: this was one. I wasn’t sleeping (really…at all…for three months) and was stone-skipping toward breakdown stages along the way with this paper and with life.

So, into my world of strange, as it was, comes Kid A. It shuffled in to my 24-hour day Big Band & Western Swing-heavy rotation and stayed. I cannot think of that time without thinking of this entire record…the brilliant opening Everything, In limbo, well, all of it really. I mean, many of those works are very happy to be on their own but, for me, the play of any of those songs on my ipod immediately mentally cues the next song on the album…and leads me to wonder: don’t some songs just really need to be played in a particular order? Shouldn’t National Anthem be followed by how to disappear?

anyway, sorry for the long post. it’s a great record…happy you’ve found it. now then, my friend, do you know Amnesiac?

]]> Comment on It’s Not Like The Movies by tre http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/its-not-like-the-movies/#comment-640 tre Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:28:14 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=689#comment-640 ha! I win ha! I win

]]> Comment on Master of all I survey by I have the card to prove it. « Come On Up To The House http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/master-of-all-i-survey/#comment-639 I have the card to prove it. « Come On Up To The House Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:23:22 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=685#comment-639 [...] it by essentially counting them manually. And still I don’t care: from today, as mentioned on Monday, I am officially a postgraduate student and studying for an MA (or maybe an MSc) at King’s [...] [...] it by essentially counting them manually. And still I don’t care: from today, as mentioned on Monday, I am officially a postgraduate student and studying for an MA (or maybe an MSc) at King’s [...]

]]> Comment on By the river in a little tent by SamsNeph http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/by-the-river-in-a-little-tent/#comment-634 SamsNeph Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:08:46 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=672#comment-634 Great tribute to a great artist and even greater human being. Thank you for remembering Sam and his wonderful music legacy. Erik Greene Author, "Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective" www.OurUncleSam.com Great tribute to a great artist and even greater human being. Thank you for remembering Sam and his wonderful music legacy.

Erik Greene
Author, “Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family’s Perspective”
http://www.OurUncleSam.com

]]> Comment on “just take a look at this garbage from the above article” by Bill Bartmann-_ http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/just-take-a-look-at-this-garbage-from-the-above-article/#comment-632 Bill Bartmann-_ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:28:09 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=665#comment-632 Excellent site, keep up the good work Excellent site, keep up the good work

]]> Comment on News by ohsimone http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/news/#comment-629 ohsimone Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:55:28 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=659#comment-629 Cheers Toby! Cheers Toby!

]]> Comment on News by toba http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/news/#comment-628 toba Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:39:23 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=659#comment-628 Major congrats, Simon! g'luck... Major congrats, Simon! g’luck…

]]> Comment on Not much more by Tre http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/not-much-more/#comment-616 Tre Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:30:23 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=651#comment-616 In case I forget to tell you later, when I was snoring through paperwork today I was digging about in my bag to see if there was a stray sweet or something to lift my mood, I haven't used this bag in a while and in the pocket I found the April 15th McDonalds receip for Enfieldt! Looks like we had the usual :D In case I forget to tell you later, when I was snoring through paperwork today I was digging about in my bag to see if there was a stray sweet or something to lift my mood, I haven’t used this bag in a while and in the pocket I found the April 15th McDonalds receip for Enfieldt! Looks like we had the usual :D

]]> Comment on It’s the good life by toba http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/its-the-good-life/#comment-607 toba Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:10:18 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=642#comment-607 just to relate...i raised pigs for a bit growing up. spotted poland chinas, mostly and, interestingly, hampshires. just to relate…i raised pigs for a bit growing up. spotted poland chinas, mostly and, interestingly, hampshires.

]]> Comment on Who’s going to drive me home? by toba http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/whos-going-to-drive-me-home/#comment-606 toba Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:03:49 +0000 http://uptothehouse.wordpress.com/?p=647#comment-606 hope the experiment 'sans auto voiture' works out fer you, Simone. and i welcome you back to the ranks of scholar-dom...good luck in your studies! hope the experiment ’sans auto voiture’ works out fer you, Simone. and i welcome you back to the ranks of scholar-dom…good luck in your studies!

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