Mrs. Citizen took the littlest Dick to music class; when they rolled out, I was kind of psyched to have the house to myself for a couple of hours. Been a while since I've had unfettered Brian time. But. It turns out my house isn't such a super fun place today. It's too hot to do anything outdoors. I'm reluctant to turn on my television, fearing bad news from LeBronapalloza. (In related news, I'll be having a press conference tomorrow night on ESPN2 to announce which music blog I'll be signing with for the 2010-2011 season. Citizen Dick has made a compelling pitch to retain my services, but I really want to go someplace where I can win multiple blogosphere rings. I'm not sure that I can do that with Kevin as my only low post option. Chris Broussard reports that Rob and I are considering signing together with a blog in South Beach.) I'm slogging through Although of Course You End Up Being Yourself, which, to be totally honest, is a touch dry. When it's not dry it's depressing, so I'm reluctant to keep banging away at it (it feels like more of a winter book). All this to say that I'm bored.
I do, however, have some good tunes to drop on you. We've got sensitive orchestral pseudo-folk from Pat Dougherty & the Second Hand Opera. (Fantastic name for a band, by the way. I'm always down with the Somebody and the Something routine. Pair that with the semi-nonsensicalness of "second hand opera" and we've got some solid nomenclature.) There's a big old emotional climax right around the three minute mark, which is worth the price of admission. I like the strings and I like the vocals and I like the catharsis, so this one is a winner. To keep with the summer of remixes theme, we'll wrap up today with a killer mash-up from Genghis Chron. I've long felt that DJ Shadow's catalog is rife with opportunities for re-mixes. Genghis Chron is on the same page, putting classic Tupac on top of classic track from Endtroducing…. Yes.
