i've noticed with high-speed connections and youtube.com that our blogs have become multimedia zines. you hear me complaining? not at all for when you post video content on yr blog i learn about a whole lot of yr likes and obsessions. and i also discover more of the world of music and movies i'd otherwise be ignorant of.

below is the live version of 'sweetness and light' by lush. the band has been defunct for over 10 years, but for the past 5 or so years they've become a favorite of mine. lush was part of the late '80s - early '90s shoegazer movement, an ethereal pop with heavily distorted and layered guitars over a dreamy beat. it was called shoegazer because that is exactly what the band members did as they usually stood in one spot and played their intruments. i can't articulate why i love this band so, but man i'm thinking about writing a series of poems in the form of epistles first to the band's leaders, emma anderson and miki berenyi. watch, be amazed.