Blog: Parasites & Sycophants

Say what you will about why you listen music, but really it is all about feeling. I hear a lot of stuff that makes me feel nothing. Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago is the antithesis, standing as my favorite album of the year as I've said repeatedly, while showering with the psychic buoyancy of John Martyn's Solid Air & Bless The Weather . This is rare stuff and I've had the pleasure of seeing Bon Iver three times this year and felt well served, and inspired to paint, though I have no natural ability. [...]