EyeZayZay's Listening Log

eyezayzay · 2014-08-11T12:19:36-04:00

Alright, let's start this thing up! I'm so glad to be given this opportunity. 07/11/2014 - Monday 9:00AM PST Arcade Fire The Suburbs The Suburbs by Arcade Fire I can't get Rococo out of my damn head. I went to the Arcade Fire show at the Gorge and they intro/outro'd the song with lyrics from "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Washington State represent! It was a pretty exciting show but they didn't have any sort of screens like at Sasquatch so I could never really see the band. I didn't really care though because I was drunk and dancing around with good friends. The Suburbs is my favorite album by AF. However, call me crazy but Reflektor is REALLY starting to grow on me. It's far from garbage, in fact it may be one of their best projects yet. The lyrics on every song have so much meaning and are so relevant to me. I feel the raw emotion coming out of each song. It's clear that Win is still struggling with family issues due to being from a heavily Mormon family. "WE EXIST!" Anyway, since I was already going to listen to Rococo, I decided I'll just listen to the entire album. Ready to Start is my favorite Arcade Fire song. I bust out in emotion singing it EVERY SINGLE TIME. "And I guess I'll just begin. You say can we still be friends? IF I WAS SCARED, I WOULD. AND IF I WAS BORED, YOU KNOW I WOULD. AND IF I WAS YOUR'S, BUT I'M NOT." 10:28AM PST Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West I'm going through some crap right now. I've been arguing with a few of my (ignorant) caucasian friends regarding an incident that happened at a National tournament and just discussing race in general. It opened my eyes to a lot of their true personalities and that they really don't give a flying F about me at all. They're just trying to defend themselves/make excuses and that's why nothing is ever going to change. Stop defending yourself and stand up for a good cause. This album is perfect because it outlines just how awful it is to be an African American in America. I relate to Kanye because I feel like I've become the "Kanye" of their community. "He's crazy! You need help." Or as Kanye says "But they would try to crack me if they ever see a black me." I don't need help, I really don't. You need help. You don't understand what I go through on a day-to-day basis, what my family has to go through, the awful experiences I've had in the past and my fears of the future. I want my nieces and nephews (and kids, if I ever have any) to grow up in a world with equal opportunities and you know....not be at risk of being shot over nothing. If that makes me crazy, then I'm the craziest MF in the world. Gorgeous is my favorite song on here for very obvious reasons. It's irony, America is far from Gorgeous from our perspective. I might consider Stankonia next because it goes along the same lines. 11:25AM PST Tycho Dive Dive by Tycho I needed something to calm me down. I actually think I should go back and get a little bit more sleep. Tycho is my constant go-to in these situations. This album specifically, I think it's his best work. I started getting ripped apart for looking underweight and having purple hair, and because of those things I was deserving of all the treatment I was receiving. I'm sorry that this has started to become a more personal ULL but things haven't been all that peachy for me. It feels like every time I take a step forward, someone has to push me back two steps. At least when listening to Tycho I feel like I've been transported to a deserted tropical island. At this point, that sounds ideal. I know having anxiety only amplifies my uncomfortableness in those kinds of situations but I din't think I should have to feel bad for being different in general. Hey maybe I'm not attractive to girls or whatever, that's fine. What's not fine is not being able to express myself in whichever ways I choose. I chose purple hair because it's my favorite color and I've been wanting to do it for so long. I think unnatural hair color is one fo the coolest things ever. Even as a young kid, I always thought it was fascinating. I guess that's why I like dystopian films, and psychedelic/surrealism. It's a nice escape from the world I currently live in. I deserve that at least right? Downtime - 1PM to 7PM I took a break to boost my confidence by bumping some of Yeezy's cockier/race sensitive songs while driving down the road (I hate it here and the people that reside in this wretched city, seriously can't wait to move). Once I got home, I got onto Skype to talk with some of the BEA crew about the nominations for Hip Hop tournament and to discuss the start of the collaborative BEA Hip Hop Spotify playlist project I'm trying to work on. It'll help expose the community to some of the better stuff and to hopefully abolish the assumption that all "rap is crap." But then I decided that I needed something to escape. I seriously can't believe what's going on regarding the STL riots. Bigots are finally coming out of their shells, the police officers are forcing people with cameras to leave the premises (so they can get more brutal) and innocent people are being injured by riot gear for doing absolutely nothing but silently protesting for what's right. Almost everyone I know is completely ignoring that any of this is happening and that's what hurts the most. Slipping this under the rug is only going to prolong the overall problem here. At this point, the constitution must be a joke because they're violating it like nuts. 7:00PM PST M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83 "I must be dreaming I kept saying, this isn't' real. People aren't actually this rotten are they?" I just want to escape to a dream world, where I don't have to worry about race, gender, orientation, differences or any of that. It's very clear that this country is becoming one strictly for the wealthy and that's really it...I'm ashamed to be from here, but I can't let this stop me from succeeding. I'm sure I'll face a crap load of bigotry in my life but I have to ignore it and stand strong regardless. My father didn't want me to become a coward that is constantly afraid and didn't want me to give up on my dreams because ignorant people don't agree with it. Regarding the album, it's a masterpiece. I feel a wide range of emotions all at once, not every many albums can do that. "Outro" and "Wait" seriously hit me the hardest. They are amazing cinematic theme songs for a reason, damn. I can't help but to think about Cloud Atlas though, haha. 9:20PM PST My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine I meant to listen to this sooner, I promise! I am in love with Bilinda Butcher, can't think of a better woman for me, to be honest. Unless she had cool hair and tattoos. :oops: She's starting to replace Grimes as my celeb crush. <3 A beautiful shoegaze guitarist with a lovely voice? YES PLEASE. This album is great and a little different. I think it's sort of a transition into Loveless but still a good one at that. It's not better but still pretty damn good. My Bloody Valentine honestly can't do any wrong in my eyes. I need to listen to M B V a second time as I recently purchased it on vinyl. A lot of people don't like it but I feel like I need to listen to it a few more times before making a final assessment. Maybe that'll occur this week? I tend to listen to softer music later at night, so be prepared for that trend to sort of follow for the remainder of the week. 10:28PM PST Cut Copy In Ghost Colours In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy I saw Cut Copy at Sasquatch and they had a pretty cool set. It was a groovy way to finish off the first day. However, none of their songs really stuck with me between their two most recent albums "Free Your Mind" and "Zonoscope." I really like the song "We Are Explorers" but other than that, I didn't really like much else. As a result, I eventually just stopped listening to them entirely. However, upon finding out they had an earlier album, I figured it was worth checking out. This album is AMAZING. I had an uncontrollable urge to dance right from the get go. It's a shame that they sorta got worse as they progressed but I might actually give "Free Your Mind" and "Zonoscope" another listen because of this. I haven't listened to either one in months and I did pick up "Free Your Mind" on vinyl, so I don't want it to turn into a waste. It's also not too overwhelming or LOUD for this time of the night, so it's an excellent way to groove myself off to dream world. Which I'm about to do now... That's it for today. See you guys guys tomorrow

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07/15/2014 - Friday

9:11AM PST The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy

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Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain

Starting with listening to this on vinyl because it was one of my purchases from yesterday's event. I was super stoked to get this. It's like shoegaze before shoegaze even became a thing.

09:49AM PST Cocteau Twins Blue Bell Knoll

Blue Bell Knoll by Cocteau Twins

I'm not finished with Psychocandy, but my record player is in the living room and I'm taking care of some stuff on my computer, so I'll get back to it. I know "don't stop half-way through!" oh well, I've heard it many times before, so that's no big deal. I keep seeing the re-issue for this at every store but I can't find a damn copy of Heaven or Las Vegas, Victorialand or Treasure. 🙁 This is still pretty good though. I like Treasure the most still.

10:44AM PST Sade Love Deluxe

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Love Deluxe by Sade

I learned more about my dad's music taste. Apparently he really liked Sade. Now that I listen to this album, I recognize hearing so many of these songs growing up. Holy crap, haha. I never knew who was singing them. He frequently listened to music like this and tons of smooth jazz. This is a wonderful, calm, love album. I need to get this on vinyl, wish I still had his original copies but my mom trashed all of his records. 🙁 I can also relate to many of the lyrics in this song. I'm tired of falling for someone and then getting shit on. I'm pretty good at that. I've tried, and tried, and tried to avoid it but then someone always comes along and pulls at my heart strings, I love my sense of self and then do stupid crap. I hope I can avoid it this time, it's already starting to get bad and I'm 100% certain it's unrequited.

11:58AM PST Sade Diamond Life

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Diamond Life by Sade

More Sade and once again, I know all of the songs on this album. I always wondered who sang "Smooth Operator" because I heard that song at least 100 times growing up. I'm that much more excited to get my saxophone tattoo in memory of my dad! I'm so glad I discovered Sade!

5:00PM PST Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City

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Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend

10:20PM PST Swans To Be Kind

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To Be Kind by Swans

I'm just a little boy.
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Saturday....I've kinda stopped posting the descriptions...not because I can't write them but because it seems like after day one nobody cared anymore, should I even continue? lol. Am I that boring? My bad.

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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized
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I like the descriptions. Keep going!

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I've been reading them, just didn't want to be the lone commenter on all of this.
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Sade's the fucking best.
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Sade's the fucking best.

^This right here. Saw her in LA a few years ago. Put on an amazing three hour show. It was a genuinely great experience.

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Great ULL, possibly the most personal too, so far. It's a bit too post-90s for me, but it's refreshing and passionate. Hope you post one for the last day, though I can imagine how time consuming this is 😉

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I'll go back and add detailed descriptions, include some albums I forgot to post and do today's then.

Suggest some stuff that's pre-90s. I posted my queue on the first page, so let me know if anything on there should be listened to ASAP. 😜
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08/17/2014 - Sunday

Earl Sweatshirt Doris

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Doris by Earl Sweatshirt

Washed Out Life of Leisure

Life Of Leisure by Washed Out

Washed Out Paracosm

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Paracosm by Washed Out
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eyezayzay wrote:

I posted my queue on the first page, so let me know if anything on there should be listened to ASAP. :P

It is very important that you listen to The ArchAndroid immediately.
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