Showing posts with label Belle and Sebastian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belle and Sebastian. Show all posts

Good morning from OYIT [Comment Edition]

By Ingrid

OYIT STAFF MEETING: Where are all the commentators?!

We have collectively failed as a website because no one has been commenting on the heart-rending and thoughtful things we've written lately. The only point of a blog is getting feedback: feedback that makes you feel good about yourself, feedback that gets you laid, etcetera. In response to the comment drought, this post will be styled specifically to provoke commentary. Everything I say or post will either be offensive, stupid, or really amazing. Most of it will be stupid, but I’m hoping that you find it in your heart to comment anyway.


Mascots I Have Loved and Commented Upon


Lumberjacks have been associated with homosexuality ever since the Monty Python song, and I’m not really sure why. Because they wear women’s underwear, I guess (not that sexual orientation and cross-dressing are necessarily related)? Anyway, NAU’s mascot is a lumberjack. As this photo of the statue on campus proves, mascots in the southwest are super hot...and completely straight. Look at Louie the Lumberjack’s nipples and rippling abs and comment on whether or not it is appropriate for 19-year-old children to live and learn in this sort of environment.


At least it’s not the Evergreen Geoduck!!




A Comic That Will Make You Laugh and Comment

Oh, God, I’m pulling out all the stops here. WEBCOMICS. I’m hoping to get our fringe nerd readership with the bright colors and ironic scenarios.



That's what you get for having a BEAR plan your counter-attack!

The Best Song About Slippin' Away Since Paul Simon's "Slip Slidin' Away"



Step Into My Office Baby

I'm still not over that Saturday post in which Jake talked about Belle and Sebastian excessively. That might've been the best day of my life, because other people were actually talking about my favorite band with me instead of rolling their eyes and changing the topic to Radiohead or Blackberries or going up to my place for a drink.

B & S have the most ridiculous music videos. Case in point:



Hm, none of those items were offensive, stupid, or really amazing. Comment anyway. What more do you want from me, a lapdance?

I hope the quality of your day increases or decreases proportionately to the number of comments you leave! <3

Saturday Morning Music Video Round Up

By Jake

Let me come clean about something: I love One Year in Texas. I know, you're probably calling me 'gay' right now and that's okay. What isn't okay, in my opinion, is the lack of weekend articles here. Over the next several weeks I'm going to try out some new possible regular features. Hopefully they will be good enough the first time to keep so I don't have to keep thinking of new shit. I bring you the first attempt: Saturday Morning Music Video Round Up. This article is going to showcase several music videos from a band or a genre, maybe even a theme. This week I chose one of my favorite bands: Belle & Sebastian. It's a safe choice.



My favorite incarnation of Belle & Sebastian is when Isobel Campbell was still with them. I love her voice and the songs she wrote a lot. I feel like she kept the band from getting too upbeat/funky, which is one of the reasons I haven't listened to their newer stuff as much as their pre-Dear Catastrophe Waitress material.


Lazy Line Painter Jane is a great EP released by the band.


"Like Dylan in the Movies" taken from a live performance on Sessions at W. 54th, I think. This song is great, and you know Maddie will love it because it's about acting like Bob Dylan.


Without a doubt, "Legal Man" is my favorite Belle & Sebastian song. Back in the day when I'd make mix CD's all the time because I had nothing better to do and our internet was 56K, this was a song that was on nearly every one I made. When I saw B & S live in 2002, they played this song and it was amazing. They followed it up with a four guitar version of "The Boys are Back in Town" which is sadly not on Youtube.