everything is new.

It has always seemed that the U.K.'s music charts have reflected a much better taste and overall appreciation for innovative artists. Currently, some of the most popular artists in the United Kingdom include The Noisettes, Jamie T, Lily Allen, Empire of the Sun, Daniel Merriweather, La Roux, Little Boots, and Calvin Harris. Meanwhile, a track titled "My Big, Green Tractor" is climbing the charts in the good 'ol US of A. On occasion, we Americans catch onto the musical stylings gaining recognition across the pond, but, more often than not, it's months behind the song has hit its peak popularity in the UK.

So, today we are finally getting a taste of another British artist who, with his second full-length release, has dug deeper for a more rich, dramatic sound that still maintains the pop sensibility that those in the know fell in love with on his debut album.
The man I am talking about is Jack Peñate. Although his second album, Everything Is New, debuts stateside this week, the first two singles have already been released in the UK:

oscillate wildly

There's something magical about capturing an image, being able to stop time...it's kind of like playing God, or perhaps puppet master if Atheism's more your thing. So, learning the science behind photography is sort of like realizing that Santa Claus does not exist or that all of the pebbles in Pebble Beach, California are not stale M&M's from a massive candy truck accident on Highway 1...

I was never the kid who asked how magic tricks were completed, I was the one who accepted what other people labeled "the impossible" as reality.
In my book, Bryan Sheffield is somewhat of a magician:









Please, please check out Bryan Sheffield's photography on his flickr page: www.flickr.com/photos/bryansheffield/


And remember kids, don't forget your p's & q's!

Paint It Black

"The body. That had been a source of so much joy. But in the end, it was just a hunk of cold chicken, wasn't it? A weird flesh machine, that kept breathing in and out, mindlessly, digesting, shitting, Bosch on two legs. Good enough to carry you around for a few decades before things started to go wrong. No difference between this body and a load of dead animals carted out from the animal shelter. And there would be fifty years more of moving this puppet thing around, creating other puppet things to replace you. The thought was unbearable. She felt bluish white and raw, like an Egon Schiele woman..."

validation, validation.

[DISCLAIMER: I am awful at math and possibly worse at making logical comparisons.]

If (500) Days of Summer was put into a mathematic equation, it would probably go something like this:

([Zooey Deschanel's adorability x Jason Gordon Levitt's charm]) / 72% typically whimsical indie romance plot + (excellent music references x delectable soundtrack) = (500) Days of Summer

It seems that the title of this movie was appropriate for a lot of thoughts that passed today. With the days of summer dwindling, everyone is once again facing their denial that the splendid season of summer is mortal and never ceases to leave just as swiftly as it came. What would you do with 500 days of summer?
I guess we'll find out in 2020 when global warming has taken a more severe toll. Cheers.


Anyways, I have a slight concern with American culture, well, actually, it's a LARGE concern, but that's for another post on a different day. My single concern that I realized today is the serious lack of appreciation for Chad VanGaalen. Please take a moment to bow down.



Read his bio and download some free tracks at www.subpop.com/artists/chad_vangaalen



'early twenties' by Devon Kelley-Yurdin



Today, the whole world seemed to be looking for love, but all I was looking for was a felt pick...

foundations.

[So, I'm a virgin at blogging. Don't cyber-shank me.]

Acrobatics, Falsettos, & Saddlebags is an online source for fellow blog creepers, like myself, who want to open their eyes, ears, and any other orifices to new sounds, images, ideas, and concepts. Since I'm at the Beginner skill lever of blogging, please leave feedback, critiques, comments, etc. of what you're digging, what you'd like see up on the blog, or, if you have some heavier things on your mind, what my perspective is on any of life's arduous uncertainties that have left you baffled.

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