Soft as Chalk

Here's Joanna Newsom performing "Soft as Chalk" on Fallon:



I love this new Joanna Newsom album so much. I just love everything she does, and this new TRIPLE album is probably her best release yet. She's just so talented and her music is so beautiful... I really haven't listened to any new quiet, "pretty" music in a long time (via my boycott of all things acoustic and "folksy") so it's been especially nice to have a new Joanna Newsom album to mellow me out and make love to my ear drums ever-so-softly.




I've also been feeling a little depressed and nostalgic while listening to Have One On Me. Listening to Joanna Newsom always makes me think of an old girlfriend I used to have. She was my best friend and definitely the only girlfriend I've had who liked me as much as I liked her. She's probably the only (non-family) person I've ever hurt too. We used to talk all day/night about music, film, art... and she really loved Joanna Newsom.

I only think about her when something comes out that I know she'll love... I just want to talk to her about how cool it is. I used to love doing that with her. She had really great taste/insights I really respected. The last time I thought about her was when "Where The Wild Things Are" came out... I knew she'd love that.

I just wanna talk to her about how awesome this record is... I know she's probably really excited about it. Last I heard about her is that she's married (again) and drives a Benz...

Wish she'd just join Facebook so I could email her about cool music/movies like old times...

I had a dream...

I had a dream last night.
I was in a private luxury box at the Staples Center, watching a Lakers game with some friends from Portland.
I saw Larry David sitting in the front row with some friends, practically right on the bench with the Lakers
(he did this in a Curb episode so it probably stemmed from there).
I was so excited to see Larry David. He's my hero.
I was really bummed that none of my friends even knew who he was or had seen Curb Your Enthusiasm. I just said "he created Seinfeld" and quietly judged my friends for being so lame.
After the first quarter of the game, I saw Larry David, now dressed in doctor's scrubs, get up from his seat, walk across the court, and come up the stairs on my side of the stadium.
Cameras were following him, and I assumed they were filming him for a future episode of Curb.
I quickly ran out of my luxury box to catch LD. I just wanted to see him and take a picture of him. He is my hero.
I sprinted right by LD and he saw me and I became really embarrassed that he saw me running. I no longer wanted to take his picture and I didn't want to bother him. I was worried that he thought I was weird for running around the Staples Center to find him.
Then I woke up.
I couldn't go back to sleep after that because I was too excited about seeing LD.