The Over-Arching Paradigm

Before I went insane (that’s like, a double Lindsey reference, y’all), I wrote a little something for Swoon:

… This, combined with what those words actually say throughout the course of the song, is enough to make “Smells Like Content” one of the most intriguing and relevant songs in terms of the human experience. Not only does the gentle hush of the composition contain a sort of stark, digitized progression planted alongside a lone guitar climbing an awkward scale, it reflects the disparate relationship between the physical world and our minds, our language and the things it tries to represent. In this case, we’re given a hint at the outset: “Balance, repetition, composition … Mirrors”. These words are spoken in sequence as if they all mean the same thing, and in some way, the song teaches us that they do.

It’s about the song “Smells Like Content” from The Books’ Lost and Safe album. I’ll tell you now, too, because I love you, that when I said I wrote a “little something”, I was lying through my teeth.

Amazing! And LOOOOOONNNNGGGG!

Thank you Paul

You do know that Lindsey Buckingham is doing a show Saturday night called Crossroads on one of the country music channels, right? CMT or GAC, I forget which.

Holy crapple, you’re right! I just wish he was partnering with someone I’d actually ever heard of. (Little Big Town? Who the eff is that?)

Little Big Town is a country group, 2 guys and 2 women. Their music is pretty good…Lots of harmony. Their current hit is Bring It On Home To Me.

Oh man, I hope that’s not the Sam Cooke song.