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)