Pat Jordan


iTunes Free Video: Fever Ray – If I Had a Heart
February 28, 2009, 9:50 am
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This week’s free video at the iTunes store is Fever Ray’s “If I Had a Heart.” The funny thing is that it’s categorized under “dance.” It’s a moody and ambient song with a chilling video, but it’s certainly not a dance song.

The categorization is cause for some funny comments like:
“ok…so how am I supposed to dance to this…it’s boring all the way through?!?”



Odawalla Bars
February 27, 2009, 1:29 pm
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Odawalla

I needed a quick lunch so I grabbed some Odawalla bars and a coffee from Peets Coffee in the Cincinnati Airport. It was buy one bar, get one free.

Mistake.

They seem healthy, but the they taste pretty foul. I’ll stick with Clif bars.



The South is Killing my Arteries
February 26, 2009, 5:02 pm
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I’m in Greenville, SC for work. The brocolli and mac ‘n cheese that I had for lunch were swimming in butter -granted it was the best mac ‘n cheese that I’ve ever had.

The food that I’ve eaten out for dinner has been incredible here in Greenville. Many of the restaurants line up along the absolutely beautiful main street here in downtown Greenville. The restaurants emit this very friendly and relaxing glow. I hope I get to come back here during the summer when I can sit outside and the trees have leaves on them.

Tuesday night I had swordfish with greenbeans, on top of sliced smoked duck, andouille sausage, and beans. The restaurant, Soby’s, had a great atmosphere: nice and trendy, but still comfortable -the service was also very friendly. The chef has a blog about his endeavours in creating “new southern” food.

Last night I had a wonderfully seasoned and grilled sashimi-grade tuna steak with a spinach salad at a brewing company on the main street.



Wisconsin Music
February 26, 2009, 4:47 pm
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Bad Wisconsin (kind-of) Music: Chester French
Good Wisconsin Music: Bon Iver



On the subject of the Knife…
February 14, 2009, 4:42 pm
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Two sweet live performances:

Heartbeats


Silent Shout

…yes, they’re weird. So what?



Solid Songs: Fever Ray – If I Had a Heart
February 14, 2009, 4:34 pm
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Fever Ray is the female singer from the Knife. Their vocals are strange, but for whatever reason it fits their music. The same holds true for Fever Ray’s debut work. This single is starts off with a low ambient drone and constructs a creepy atmosphere from there. The video is equally creepy.

The Fuck Buttons also manage to remix the song quite well.