the Drift

d r e a m

we try
but we don't belong

you'll know where you are

mmm. cookies.

Fender CIJ ST71-93TX | Yamaha AES620
Line 6 M13 > ^Effects Loop In > OM Labs Sahasrara > Xotic BB Pre-amp
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret > Tech 21 Liverpool > Effects Loop Out^ >
Stereo Out >> Boss FV-50L > Vox AC4TVH 4W amp & V112TV 12" cab
>> Vox Pathfinder 15R

ASIO bit-matched WinAmp > ASUS Xonar Essence STX >
Denon AH-D2000 | Audio-Technica ESW10jpn | Nakamachi Soundspace 1

iPod Touch 2g 16GB > Sennheiser IE8

Total Damage: $7010+++

Other notable gear I own or have owned/loaned/tested extensively -

Epiphone WildKat | Monsterpiece NPN Fuzz | Goosoniqueworx Boosty | Visual Sound Route 66
Voodoo Labs Tremolo | Electro Harmonix White Finger | Electro Harmonix Mini Q-Tron
Red Witch Medusa | Death by Audio Total Sonic Annihilation | Line6 DL-4
ProCo Rat2 | Tonefactor Huckleberry | Boss CH-1 | Boss DD-20 | Yamaha Magicstomp
Empress Effects Tremolo | Boss RE-20 | Moog MuRF
Vox VBR-1 Brian May Special | Blackheart Little Giant & 12" Cab

Audio-Technica AD700 | ALO Cryo SXC 18g| Ultimate Link Silver Master-i | Crossroads XBi
Sony MDR-EX71 | Westone UM1 | Etymotic ER6i | Graham Slee Voyager
Mogami 2549 OFC IC | iBasso D3 Python

Feel free to ask me for mostly unbiased reviews in proper english - with pratical considerations from the viewpoint of a budget-conscious student

but for now we are young
let us lay in the sun
and count every beautiful thing we can see

throw me a lifeline. or at least be nice.

Saturday, March 14, 2009 ( 11:00 PM )

I'm drifting in deep waters
Alone with my self doubting again
I try not to struggle this time
For I will weather the storm
I Gotta remember
Don't fight it
Even if I
Don't like it
Somehow turn me around
No matter how far I drift
Deep waters won't scare me tonight

Back in Dec I did a short write-up waxing lyrical over Portishead's widely-acclaimed Third. Deep Water was one of the definite highlights; and in many ways it encapsulates and contrasts in 100secs the inviting abyss of despair and beacon of strident hope that together serve as Third's lyrical focal point.
Bearing in mind that precious few ppl can tolerate reading paragraphs of my rambling on music, I shall simply state that today, this song and its lyrics were particularly haunting. I hereby present a small selection of music with similar musical and lyrical themes; and round off with a few buoyant Biblical meditations on the literary subject alluded to herein.

DM Stith - Thanksgiving Moon [Lyrics]
Yep it's the same David Stith who most recently featured in Dark was the Night contributing backup vocals to Blood, Pt 2. A frequent collaborator with labelmates My Brightest Diamond, Stith released his debut LP Heavy Ghost recently. Thanksgiving Moon is a melancholic meditation on misery, reveling in its conflicting duality of optimism amidst crisis.

Tin Hat Trio - Empire of Light [Lyrics]
Gorgeous. Nowhere as bleak as the others, which might lead to impressions of frivolity. Yet there's always a time and place for simple songs on missing a loved one lost...

Louis Armstrong - St. James Infirmary Blues
Yep the venerable funeral jazz dirge takes its customary place in any list of songs dark and tragic. With a 200-odd years old folklore behind it, it's firmly wedged into the subconsciousness of any educated musician; and regardless of whichever version you listen to, it's pretty hard to keep a happy face on.

"I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."

- Psalm 69:2

"Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters."

-Psalm 69:14

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters."

-Psalm 23:1-2