If You Want to Destroy My Sweater.....

So me and Jane broke up. Turns out she was never the girl she led me to believe she was, and was probably plotting against me the entire time we were together, just to break my heart, cause she was bored. Of course, she didn't put it that way when she left, but had to resort to pathetic excuses instead. She mentioned that I couldn't stop hitting on her friend.....let's call her....Amy (remember, not her real name. I need to give my friends some anonymity ;P). She said she thought it was inappropriate how I always kissed Amy hello whenever I saw her, apparently forgetting that that's how I just greet people sometimes. She also thought it was "insensitive and weird" when me & Amy decided to see "Where the Wild Things Are" at midnight Thurs night without her. But it was the Arclight, and reserving more than 2 seats at a time is expensive. When we went to reserve another the next day, the seats next to us had sold out. I guess I was just foolish for thinking a true partner would understand that...... :(. Oh well.

See, Amy was now my friend too, and more than that, I realized we had more in common than me and Jane did on some issues.....not in a romantic way! But we've both been HUGE, hardcore fans of Maureece Sindack all our lives, and have both read the entire "Wild Things" series multiple times, so it was only logical that our first priority would be to see it with each other. On the subject of the film, we both thought it was the best movie ever. Of course, I related to it best, if only because it reminds me so much of my own life: much like Max, I've felt unloved very often in my life. Through no fault of my own. I never start drama, but it always manages to find me, and when it does, people seem to get angry & cut me out of their lives for no reason. The wild things in the film in many ways symbolize this drama.....except that in real life, drama doesn't crack jokes and come with a cute, smiling face. It's faceless, and it always wants more of me. Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs crafted some wonderful songs for the film, and in the interest of combating all the h8rs out there, I've chosen to post a song that deals with LOVE, not petty drama.

Karen O & The Kids - "All is Love".



Jane's moving out, since I guess just cause we're broken up we apparently can't be roommates. I was prepared for this to totally suck, but it turns out Amy's lease is up next month anyway, so she's moving in instead. All of her friends are against her doing this, because they think it means we're gonna start dating, but that shows how much they know.

Also, Jane has masterfully turned them against her now FORMER friend, Amy, like a conductor tunes his orchestra. So in the spirit of summing up the shit show of my last relationship with such a PETTY, inconsiderate hungry tiger, here's Lady Gaga, with a brand new single off the re-release of "The Fame" (Now titled "The Fame Monster", possibly in a nod to my ex-gf):

Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"

In many ways, Lady Gaga resembles Amy: she's brilliant, great in bed, fearless and filled with desire to change the world. They both are also a couple notches below "conventionally attractive", but that's ok. The supermodel look has never been my thing anyway :). Anyway, I was gonna write more, but Amy needs help moving in (she's gonna sleep on the couch for a week or so til Jane finds a new place). That might seem super awk to some folks, but we're gonna try & be mature about it. Til then, here's one more song dedicated to Jane, which has been in rotation on my i-pod all summer, but finally rings true for me:

The Big Pink - "Dominoes"

Show Me All the Blueprints....

First off, I wanna thank Royce for letting me take over his blog. This site has been a great resource for music, and I plan to keep that resource going......but you should know off the bat that I've lived a fuller life than him, and come to this site with a suitcase full of baggage, yet baggage full of insight. So without further ado, Formatia trans sicere educatorum! ("Enter All Ye Who Seek Knowledge".......what's hilarious is that only two people will get that reference! And they know who they are ;) )

First up today is a track from the New Moon album, which marries some of the best artists in music today to one of the greatest stories of our time. Of course, I may just be biased, if only because the Twilight saga so closely resembles my life: My current gf, whom we'll just call "Jane" for the purposes of this blog, is very much like Edward. Not just because she resembles him, but because almost everyone is against us being together. My old group of friends, much like the werewolves of the film, had an instant hatred of "Jane"(again, not her real name ;) ) & forbade me from ever seeing her. They never actually spoke those words, and I never actually told them me & Jane were dating for the first few weeks, but I knew that was the ultimatum they gave to me in their minds. Meanwhile, Jane's friends were much like the Volturi: I'd hear them hiss to her that I was not for her, but no one could stop our hearts. We came together, world be damned, and one month later, decided to move in together. That may seem rash to some people, but the heart knows when something shall last forever.

Grizzly Bear has teamed up with Victoria from Beach House (also their current opening act), putting her on vocals, to craft a track that speaks to eternal love everywhere. It is also appropriate that this is my favorite song from the album, since if you combine the bands' names, you get Grizzly House, which accurately describes the mood in my apartment when I told my roommates I'd be moving in with Jane. Their dusty language of "lease agreements" only re-inforced that I was no longer a part of their gray world, but was, instead, a child in her world. And that child now has so much to learn.

Grizzly Bear feat Victoria Legrand - "Slow Life"(zShare)

As time went forward, I found that everyone was so against my affair with Jane, that they began to cut me out of their lives. One of my old friends.......let's call him.....Pete (again, not his real name, but it's the one all of you will know him by unless you're really close with me ;P) tried to call me a couple of times to "hang out". I obviously knew that by "hang out" he meant try and judge my life choices, including Jane, whom I know he has a terrible vendetta against, so I never called him back.

Australian newcomers Temper Trap (whom Royce profiled last year with their breakout "Sweet Disposition"), have concocted a track that best captures what happened next with me & my friends. I saw Pete again a few weeks later while he was running errands, and he only said hi to me & asked how I was when I saw him. I couldn't believe it. This friend whom I'd been pushing away for the last few weeks was only mildly glad to see me. Scratch that. He might as well have completely ignored me, so let's just say he completely ignored me. If he couldn't decipher my un-returned calls as a sign that underneath everything, I actually valued his friendship above all else, then it's his fault. But it's okay. If this experience taught me anything, it's that Pete and other friends like him didn't pass the test. They were clearly never my real friends. So I'll cry over their lost love, all right, but it'll be tears of joy......then no tears at all. By the way, the Temper Trap plays the Roxy on Wed night. Should be a good show to attend with the Jane in YOUR life!

The Temper Trap - "Love Lost"(zShare)

So that pretty much wraps up my first edition of Shark Party. In the coming time ahead, I hope to keep you all informed on the workings of my life, and more importantly, hope to keep giving you the music I score my life by. Here's a fun remix to enjoy in the meantime! Namaarie.........


......Horatio

Don Diablo vs. Phoenix vs. Jay-Z - "99 Fences"(zShare)

Passing the torch......

Hey guys; Royce here. So I've been really busy working as LA editor for Greenshoelace.com the last few months, but fear not if you're jones-ing for a new music fix. My friend Horatio, whose writing skill far surpasses my own anyway, is going to be taking over the Shark Party reigns. He's working on his first post as we speak, and I can't wait to see what he's got cooking for you guys. I'll probably come back in a few months to do another massive, end of year list, but until then, I leave you in his very capable hands. Thanks for listening, and come on over to Greenshoelace to get a whole different kind of experience.

-Royce