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Some songs for you
The Anna Nicole Show
Because someone thinks it's time we had a white trash Osbournes
Sun, Oct 20th, 2002

The Weekend
Because I have to write something.
Mon, Oct 14th, 2002

Appetizer
So as to tide you over
Fri, Oct 11th, 2002

Winterset Redux
Pictures!
Wed, Oct 2nd, 2002

Message Board
So my phone will get a rest
Mon, Sep 30th, 2002

More about Katie
Because I said so.
Fri, Sep 27th, 2002

Winterset
Plus a CD Review
Mon, Sep 23rd, 2002

Girls
GRRRRRRR!
Wed, Sep 18th, 2002
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By: Matt Fri, Nov 1st, 2002
Some songs for you
Because the songs say it all

This update has been long coming. As many of you know, my mom had surgery somewhat recently and my dad went on a business trip to Baltimore, meaning there was no one at my Mom's house who could drive or lift heavy objects or pick up kids or whatnot, so I went home and lived in Grinnell for a little less than a week. That's not really the purpose of this article, but just an update and an excuse for the fact that I haven't replied to any email or been online or anything.

I love music. I love it to no end. Music has the power to move; to convey emotion without the use of words. This, I think, is one of the reasons most people don't pay attention, by and large, to the words.

I used to have this bad email habit of including a big chunk of song lyrics in the middle of my letter, in lieu of attempting to express myself in my own words. I stopped because I realized that it was annoying and something of a cop-out on my part, but I am feeling rather melancholy today. Why attempt to express myself in original words when it has been done so well before?

It is worth nothing that while all the songs have a romantic bent, I'm not pining away for a particular someone. I was talking with a friend today about relationships and the songs each express how I feel about any girl in which I take an interest. I have, as a friend, helped many girls through tough break ups, held many hands, provided many shoulders to cry on, wanting nothing more than to shake them and scream, "What's wrong with me, damn it? Do you understand what it's like to hear you say, 'Why aren't there any dateable guys left in the world?'?". Why is it that I have like 50 girls who consider me 'just like a brother'. That's not cool, because you can't be romantically inclined towards your brother.
I'm going to stop before I run the risk of embarassing myself even further. My guess (hope) is that most of you aren't romantically depressed, so this entry isn't really for you. Take this as a list of music worth checking out if and when you do feel depressed, but in a romantic sort of way.

Everybody Loves a Clown, Gary Lewis and the Playboys (lyrics)
I think I may have done myself in by being funny all the time.

Creep, Radiohead (lyrics)
I discovered this song in high school. It meant a lot to me then, and it means a lot to me still

Cherish, The Association (lyrics)
This is a fairly well known song, but most people aren't familiar with the lyrics.

I don't have mp3s of the songs to give you (I have the mp3s, but not the means to allow you to legally have them), but if you were actually interested enough to look at the lyrics, I'd probably recommend you give at least a minimal effort to track down the songs themselves; all three songs would carry a huge amount of meaning even if you didn't understand the words.




Apple
Ben
The Bleat
The Customary Cipher
Home Star Runner
Ron's Brain

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 Yeah, I remember that... quotes from you....Lillibet Layne - Unknown Date 
When my grandmother died:

From what I gathered from your letters about Oma, she was a Christian, so out of lack of anything more substantial to say, let me simply finish with a few of lines from a Newsboys song:

When my parents got mad at us:

I know your parents aren't going to change their views, so it's pointless to wish they would, but as the beach boys observed:

When you were bored:

I got me a bunch of mp3s today. One of my favourites is the Beach Boys song 'God only knows', which is (in my opinion) the most romantic pop song ever (removing repetion of lines/verses):

On boredom

I feel like this song on one of my floyd albums, Time, the first part being about before college and/or a regular job, the second part being about now.


 Last MessageMatt - Unknown Date 
That last message was rather heavily editorialized. I apologize; I don't want to be all Citizen Kane and abuse my editorial privelages, but some of the examples used were, frankly, just too personal to share.

 It\'s OK.Lillibet Layne - Unknown Date 
I don't care what you edit- I was going to write you a phone message anyway even if I hadn't posted it twice so that you could look at it before anyone else did.

 Just once more because I\'m confused.....Lillibet Layne - Unknown Date 
This is when I type an apostrophe without a slash ahead of time:

That's cool

This is what I get when I type a slash ahead of time

That\'s cool

Because I don't get what's going on.


 MAAAATTT!!! \'\'\'\'\'\'Lillibet Layne - Unknown Date 
Well, the message part worked, but they keep putting a slash in front of apostrophes in the subject line :|

 Why do you post comments, LL?Markus - Unknown Date 
It doesn't seem as though your comments really mean much. You certainly have every right to post comments if Matt condones it, but, gosh, I almost fell asleep reading your comments. Spice 'em up a bit, put in some new material or an interesting new fact or something. Friendly tip, Markus

 I used to do it for Poush.Lillibet Layne - Unknown Date 
Because sometimes I feel like no one else is going to support him on his little I EAT PAINT scheme. And because it takes very little to either amuse me or freak me out. Who else would post the unpostable?

However, I'm pretty sure Poush agrees with you, and I'm trying to work on it. Actually, I know Poush agrees with you. But, it used to be that he had a website and he would say to go visit it, and several days after I was the seventh visitor, I would be the eighth visitor, and several days after that, the ninth. I was *trying* to make some human interest by not making it all poush... big mistake sometimes. ARG! Why does everything I try to do to be good come back to bite me in the butt? But, hey, at least it's good to know that someone is going to be there even if I'm not. Hullo to all, I bow out and feel like a nut. OR at least I try to bow out. I'm kind of bored.

All in all, this post makes me feel very much like a loser. I think I'm going to go to Heather's and cry...


 Easy, EasyMatt - Unknown Date 
You don't need to get down on yourself; no one called you a loser. I do agree with Mr Markus that your posts can tend to be a trifle inane, but I don't want you be discouraged from posting. Your post was certainly relevant to my article. I think what Markus is saying is that he craves quality over quantity. Frankly, what I post isn't always great quality, but I do my best and deliberate long and hard before making it public. I appreciate that you want to be there for me when you perceive that no one else is, but you needn't worry. Logs show a fair amount of traffic, so what you say is viewed by (on average) about 30 people a day or so.



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