It’s 2010. I have nothing really to contribute to all the writings/summaries/best of’s on the past year and decade. I’ll just say that it was an amazing decade of growth for me personally in many ways. Blurt Daily was one of the ways which helped me mature. We originally set up Blurt as a spontaneous way to “clear our heads”, to articulate ideas, frustrations, ruminations, praises, and rantings about politics, economics, and culture in general. There was so much pent up that we decided to have each author post once a week and it worked well. The posts were long and thoughtful. But around September, I felt like I had let out all the pent up information in my brain and so did the others. So the posts started becoming forced and short, with a genuine posting here and there.
We have decided, going forward, we’re just going to post something when we feel like it. Yeah, I know that sounds smug, but that was the original intent of the blog anyways. I think there is enough turmoil in the news that something, somewhere will incite something in someone at a fairly regular pace. Or maybe this will be the last post ever on this blog. Haha, we’ll see. So, keep Blurt on your Google Readers and check in periodically.
So, happy new year and new decade. And to throw in one best-of: Animal Collective’s album, Merriweather Post Pavillion, was hands-down the best album of the year, no contest. I don’t care what anyone else says, especially Andy (Their above album artwork is especially trippy if you click the image and enlarge it. Try to move your eyes around the image without it moving). Merriweather Post Pavillion and their 2005 album, Feels, are easily two of top 10 albums of the decade. They’re finally getting a sliver of the amount of the recognition they’ve deserved for so long. OK, that’s it for opinion in this post.
Happy new decade!!
Last 3 posts by Eric
- Social Security Finally Bankrupt? - February 4th, 2010
- Business Cliches - January 15th, 2010
- Conan O'Brien - January 12th, 2010
sounds great!
happy new year to all you blurters too.
Thanks for the posts blurt!
Somewhat OT, I thought this was pretty funny in the vein of Stuff White People Like:
http://flavorwire.com/60736/how-to-fake-like-youve-listened-to-animal-collective/
OT? Overtime? Off Topic? Occupational Therapy? I’m going with off topic. Sure, it’s off topic, sorry for the diversion, but it’s what I’m into. And yeah, like the article is sarcastically saying, liking Animal Collective has turned into a kind of snobby thing, but I’m not entirely sure why. I would venture to say that a lot of people don’t actually like the music, but they’re told by critics that it’s good, so they want to appear that they like the music. Not sure. I would talk about the actual AC music all day long if someone would listen. It’s the melodies, song structures, the vocals, attention to details, unique instrumentation, harmonies, creepy yet beautiful (psychedelic, for lack of a better word) ambiance, vocal motifs, archetypal tribal rhythms, amazing live shows, consistency, and the overall originality in an almost-dead genre: pop music, and every sub-genre, including rock ‘n’ roll. So, there you go, there are some reasons to listen to Animal Collective, other than Stereogum or Pitchfork saying they’re good.
Listen to “Grass” from the album, Feels. That’s the first song I heard by AC and I couldn’t stop listening after that. You’ll either love or hate the song. It’s divisive. It’s binary. Blah blah blah….
I actually meant my comment was off topic, not your post. No offense intended. I hadn’t heard of them so I just did a Google search and thought this article was funny.
They should for sure get best album design of all time. That thing’s awesome.
Keep up the good work guys.
Ah, I see, no offense taken, don’t worry. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Whatever, we’re all about offended people here! We blurt offenses on a daily basis!
Oh wait, this is a new year.
I’m totally offended. JK
Eric, were you offended that I don’t like Conan? Hopefully not. Otherwise I’m offended that you’re offended.
Offended? Rachel, I’m friends with your brother, Jason. One has to be immune to getting offended in order to be friends with him. I don’t know why I dragged him into this. Maybe now he’s offended. Haha.