Heartbeats and The Knife

So ever since Beau posted that Sony Bravia commercial with all the super balls I have been somewhat obsessed with that song. Since I lost my iPod my internal Jukebox has re-installed its drivers. So I've been singing to myself as I walk again, and that song has frequented the playlist in my head.

I had a little time today, and was thinking about it, so I looked up the song. It's called "Heartbeats" and it is performed by a certain Swedish fellow named Jose Gonzalez. I have embedded it here for your listening pleasure.


An interesting bit of trivia. Jose Gonzalez is not the writer or original performer of this song. It was actually written by a band from Stockholm called "The Knife". Apparently they are extremely eclectic. Their website looks like it could be the broadcasting source for the execution of the next american contractor by Taliban militants. For fun I looked up the original song as they performed it and I was completely blown away. It was way different, and kind of annoying. Here it is.


I maintain that the 80's was an awkward time for music. For some reason The Knife decided to recreate this time period of time periods, when all this synthesizer technology, still in its developing stages, was abused to almost criminal proportions. Unfortunately i think it ruined a lot of good music and has made me and others closed minded to a lot of wonderful songwriters. I realize now more than ever that songwriting is a largely unappreciated art form. People, myself included, can easily get distracted by the production of the recording and totally miss the fact that someone has actually composed an amazing contribution to the craft.

If you listen to Daniel Johnston, or even something a little more contemporary like Sufjan Stevens, sometimes it is hard to get passed the unpolished nasal singing, or the strange arrangements of the instruments, and understand the poetry in the actual creation of the song. I'm grateful to guys like Jose Gonzalez who can help me see the beauty in the midst of the technology overload and whiny melodramatic vocals that sometimes come when talented songwriters have a little too much freedom in the studio.

oh yeah... happy valentines day.

What's in a name...

At Sunday dinner I found out that Travis and Margaret have changed their mind about naming the baby "Darcy". Colleen mentioned that you guys don't want a cute and/or common name for your baby. My friend showed me this cool website that tracks the frequency of names on people's birth certificates. It's a really cool site and thought it might be helpful (Travis and Mar) and fun (the rest of us). It only tracks the thousand most common names through the years. Kimball and I are the only ones in the family that are not found in any decade on the top 1000 (shocking!). Enjoy and let me know if you like it. Please Click here for some fun

Nothing official...yet

Some of you have asked so I figured this would be the best way to keep you updated on my b-school process. I interviewed at UCLA last week, which isn't a big deal because they interview everyone, but I think it went rather well. Friday, I was invited to interview at Chicago (will be flying out there 2/22) and this morning I was invited to interview at Wharton (which I'm stoked about-- breaking into the top 3). An interview at Chicago or Wharton is by no means a definite acceptance, but it improves my odds from <10% to about 50/50. So we'll see. Dream would still be to get into Stanford, but Wharton is my #2 choice, so my fingers are definitely crossed.

Anyway, only putting this out there cause a few of you have asked so please disregard if you could care less--

T

There can be an end... even without a beginning.

I have decided to delete our Googlegroup because the emails are annoying and filled with all sorts of gobbledy gook, and i don't have the time nor the patience to work on it. I figure people are getting better at looking at/posting on the blog. So as of 5 minutes after i write this entry... there will hopefully be no more email notifications as a result of this site.

In other news... There are some 30 second sound clips of some of our recent mixes up on the Lindsey Pool website. Like this one here of
"Look See"...
You will also notice on the homepage that one of the freshly taken photo's from our photo shoot last week (care of my beautful and talented wife) is posted on that site as well. I've posted a sampling of some of those pictures here.

I know some of you may be wondering where the heck this new album is that I have been promising for the last few months. After some set backs because of the winter storms causing blackouts and consequently computer problems, our original release was moved from Decemebr to January, and then with more winter delays, is now looking more like March. The reality of it is, you cannot rush perfection, and some of the songs on this album are getting closer and closer to that practically unnattainable level.

So remember what your daddy taught you ("patience is a virtue") and bask in the glow of the anticipation of something, the likes of which you never expected could come out of a bonus room in Hillsboro, OR.

I heard the colts won too

So it is not my plan to post a crazy amount of commercials on the blog every couple of days, but it has been the trend the last couple of posts so I apologize. I figured it was the ad event of the year so why not take a second to see some of the cream of the crop. Sorry there are a lot.



This was the first add my professor showed to us. Pretty funny.



One of my favorite ads of the class period. It was actually a student competition and this student's ad won. Very cool.



OK, This one is pretty gross but funny known the less.





Everyone is talking about this ad, So I guess it would be a crowd pleaser.



Wonder if it is going to take off, the new trend...



We have all see it, but it is just so well done, and it makes you feel good inside, makes you smile





Weird



I can't roll my R's either



I love tracy jordan... Tracy Morgan



And that is the bulk of them. There was one other one where all these guys were out in the woods dressed in office supplies having a battle over who would get a promotion, but it wouldn't link. Love you guys and I promise the next post won't be commercials.