the national is my newest mog-related obsession. at first, i was completely disinterested in them, then relatively apathetic, then curiously intrigued, then mildly fascinated, and now you better not fucking touch my cd or i will cut you! (what can i say, i'm an only child - i don't share.) they're just great...so, i don't even know, but they've very much grown on me. they have a vague goldc...
Here's The National performing So Far Around the Bend from the Dark Was the Night compilation (this song was a creeper for me - I started out thinking it's a throw-away, but now an essential track, here's hoping they keep this direction for the next album).and then, here is a clip of The National playing backup at the Dark Was the Night show for Bon Iver's Justin Vernon.Really well recorded MP3's
I like to make lists in that annoying Rob Fleming (High Fidelity) fashion: best Bob Dylan covers, top ten favorite films, greatest 80s songs not used on the Top Gun soundtrack or featured in a John Hughes movie, etc. But most important and dear to my heart is my top ten favorite songs of all-time list: a constantly evolving undertaking roughly eight years in the making. Last week I knocked off ...