"Gobbledigook" - Sigur Ros

hello all,

please join me in welcoming stephanie shortsleeve to our humble music group. just to give everyone a little background on how this list came to be. it all started off in an apple focus group (at the agency i was working at). we were talking about what would become the ipod mini and it was only me and this girl in the group. the moderator asked us if we used itunes, i said NO. i go to amoeba (in independent music store in hollywood/nor cal). why? the tangibility aspect of having something in your hands, fingernail razor blades to slice open the plastic wrap, falling in love with the album and mulling over the booklet, trading in the album for credit, a portion of the proceeds benefiting the amazon forest and (most importantly) supporting the local economy.

the girl next to me said her main reluctance was because they didn't have the music she listened to on itunes. WHA WHA WHAT? needless to say that sparked an entire sidebar conversation and continued onto me making her some CDs of the genres we both enjoyed. yes, she was very attractive; otherwise i probably would've just given her a "google that shit, bitch" list of artists i liked. so then, word of my compilations got around and then like 3 people also asked for music...they didn't know much but they knew they liked it...sometimes they didn't and asked me why i liked it...and that's how this whole thing started. and for the past 2 or 3 years people have come and gone. i don't even know half of the people on this list but when they meet me they know me up the wazoo; which is why i ask for introductions...to level the playing field:

them: hey, i know you. you're the loser that always gets rejected by women and lives in this fairytale land where dreams are seamless and you shed jack daniel teardrops.
me: you ain't got nothing on me. i know your favorite color is periwinkle. now what?

hence, here's stephanie's intro:

My friend ____ sent along your email, he and I share a love for live music and new bands. As for a little intro about me, I’m known in most circles as ‘Shortsleeve’ or ‘Shorty’ due to my unusual last name…my favorite band is the Kings of Leon, I think because it gets me back to my southern roots….my favorite food is goldfish crackers, and I’ve never met anyone who loves parades as much as I do, something about smiling and waving to perfect strangers who happily return the favor.

if it weren't for kings of leon being your favorite band, i'd say you were magna cum lade. kiddingly serious. well, today's band i stumbled upon 7 years too late. don't blame me, they're from iceland and i don't have any icelandic friends and all i know is that despite the notion that people say iceland is green and greenland is snowy, iceland is still very snowy. there's no way a country could be that stupid, right? i don't know though...today's song is called gobbledigook, after all.

hey, asians...calm your nerves, i know the title is a little derogatory and we should all impose a boycott of something icelandic and all. how about ice? i'm talking cubed, crushed, shaved. merely typing the word shaved makes me want to do naked pilates in front of the freezer. screw the boycott, you guys are on your own.

but wait, i don't like the way they laugh at us asians in the first few seconds of the song. who do they think we are? after all, we will email bomb them bitches. we are, where, somewhere between indians and ukrainians in terms of information technology prowess. let's flex our skills and caps lock our keyboards and test their spam guards. how dare they use us in the same title with sounds that turkeys make.

i don't care. i'm sending this band out anyway. and be prepared, i've quickly fallen in love with them. i'm sending out at least 3 more songs from them, so be prepared for the indecipherable lyrics and beautiful melodies. this band sends chills down my spine. the sound is so beautiful and it makes me want to hire a prostitute to counterbalance all the gay feelings pulsating through me right now. craigslist "erotic services," here i come! pun definitely intended.

hope this song makes all you guys want to solicit the services of a lady of the night, as well.

-- sonnyred

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