Music and the Muse of Melancholy

You know who's one of my favorite musicians?

Rachael Yamagata.

She's a relatively emerging artist. She's only a few months older than me. Her music tears into my soul like Juliet impaling herself with a dagger after Romeo drank poison for her.

There's the smooth, calming effect of her voice- much like Norah Jones but completely different altogether. There's an edginess to her music and the instuments she employs makes you realize this isn't music from a pop factory.

I eagerly anticipate her next album. There's been a teaser for it for at least 1/2 a year but no next album debut in sight. I love every song save one on her Happenstance album. The second song is just too dissonant for my tastes though I've tried to like it, I can't.

Please Rachael Yamagata! Give us more!!!!

Some people like upbeat tunes or happy tunes.

Most of the time, I am not one of those people. Gice me a song that makes me cry my eyes out and want to put a gun to my head. A song that isn't all "make me feel good" with it's repetitive chorus and high tempo.

I stragely feel good after hearing a melancholy song. No, it's not because I realize I have it better than whoever wrote the song, but because I find I can really feel my heart and my humanity thru such music.

I spend so much time repressing feelings and shutting myself off to my heart to prevent myself from feeling wounded of getting hurt but it also isolates me from feeling truly and passionately. slow songs bring me back to that, as well as appeal to my romantic nature. Give me a slow song, anytime, anywhere. I'm fixated.

Also, John Mayer's got some decent tunes in his Continuum album like "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" , "Gravity", and "I'm Gonna Find Another You".

PS: RED EYE league officially started last Sunday. I'm playing injured this week due to last week's hasty pre-bowl; 3 games in 25 minutes. Cut my thumb up a bit right on a nerve so no doubt today's bowling will suffer.

The scores I can recall are 137, 149, 150-something and I think 155. Hope today goes better. :)