May 2013
“When I do wrong I am with God, she thought
When I feel lost I am not at all”
– Bright Eyes-Hot Knives-Cassadaga (via just-dreamin)
“It’s best to make music for the sake of making music. I also think it’s good to...”
– Conor Oberst (via annotatedconoroberst)
Q: So at Reverb we have this segment called “Long and Winding Road” where we ask about albums that have influenced you throughout your lifeSo there’s three parts — what was your favorite album when you were 13?
Conor Oberst: It’s hard to sum it up entirely, but I would say that one of them would have to be this guy named Simon Joyner from Omaha. The record’s called ‘Room Temperature.’ I loved that album when I was 13. He’s an amazing lyricist.
Q: What about at 21?
Conor Oberst: 21…that was 2001? Let’s think. I’ll keep it kind of homegrown and say around that time or maybe the year before Cursive released an album called ‘Domestica’ which I was very into at the time.
Q: Then what would you say is your current favorite album?
Conor Oberst: Current favorite…I really have been enjoying that Kurt Vile album, ‘Smoke Ring for My Halo.’ So good. That’s been on pretty much constant rotation since it came out, so I’d have to say that one. I saw him play here in New York a month or so ago and it was awesome.
“But I’m not sure what to do
I feel like the piñata
Won’t you take a swing at...”
– Bright Eyes, Theme From Piñata (via asangelscanfly)
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That moment when Conor sings in Spanish
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[[MORE]]Spending my four-day weekend with the greatest boyfriend anyone could ever ask for. This holiday break is going to consist of so many opportune moments.
I’m forever grateful. <3
And if you have to lie to everyone. Well I'd cover...
“It’s just lately I’ve been feeling
Like I don’t belong
Like the ground’s not...”
– No Lies, Just Love, Bright Eyes (via fuckyeahconormullenoberst)
The Annotated Conor Oberst: CO215: "THE ANNOTATED... →
annotatedconoroberst:
Unit: Cassadaga (Bright Eyes, 2007)
* = optional readings (conjecture, tenuous links, possibilities)
The Bible (Genesis, the Gospels, Revelatoin)
Four Winds: The Bible’s blind, the Torah’s deaf, the Qu’ran is mute / If you burn them all together, you get close to the truth
“I felt I was on fire with the things I could’ve told you. I just assumed you...”
– Conor Oberst (via thesearchforsanctuary)
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Q: I know you’ve been touring with Jenny and Johnny, have you been playing with them at all?
Conor Oberst: I haven’t played with them recently but they are two of my best friends. We’ve played music together over the years in private many times. That would be fun to do something more structured with them someday.
“On The People’s Key, Oberst uses the image “tree of smoke”, which is a direct...”
– The Quietus (via annotatedconoroberst)
Connections
Clairaudients (Kill Or Be Killed): First snowman built at the end of June.
One Of My Kind: How to make it tragic like a summer snowdrift.
If you walk, I'll walk away. First tell me which...
“But I remember counting days down
Until the year could be done
So I could...”
– Bright Eyes - Loose Leaves (via noliesjustlovenothing)
“I’m always doing home recordings, demoing songs, so that’s something that’s...”
– Conor Oberst (via annotatedconoroberst) 