Deadly Little Deaths

Nothin but good things to say about this – via Peter Eavis

Just wanted to give a shoutout to one of my favorite new favorite tumblrs, Little Deaths. It’s basically structured like an old-fashioned mp3 blog: post one song, gab about it a little. As the owner of the tumblr writes:

“A good song is like a good lay; it stands alone, bears repeating, and often plays out in an automobile.

This here nook of the internet aims to celebrate the majesty, tragedy and devastating beauty of the well-written song.

One song, a bunch of words and a pretty picture. Every day.

Really, I should just let the site speak for itself, but my favorite part is how genuinely offbeat and goofy the musings that accompany the songs often are. Some examples:

On a calypso song called “Jack Palance”:
“Acting is like singing, but with your face.”

On a Jane Birkin song:
“This song, “Jane B.” is taken from Birkin’s 1969 debut album Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg. My french is a little rusty, but as best I can tell Birkin sings about how awesome she is, how blue her eyes are, how much she loves me, and basically how much everyone wants to nail her in general.”

On a Lalo Schifrin song:
“Lean, mean Argentine Lalo Schifrin is best known for composing the theme for Mission: Impossible, which, perhaps like you, I love to play really loud as I take off my pants while raising my eyebrows.”

Silly, funny, off-the-cuff, great. Small pleasures abound.

That’s all for now!