you know what’s not so good about writing for an increasingly popular and undeniably brilliant blog?

professional jealousy, that’s what.

when my compadres keep hitting the sweet spot with the dopest posts this side of, well anywhere really (and jez’ extended hiatus ending with another triumphant mixtape) the pressure’s really on.

i get all ainsi, frantically rifling through my itunes for something post-worthy. hitting blogs and myspace pages like a woman possessed just aching for a prize to drop on your doorstep or for some idea i just can’t shake to take a hold of my brain till i can exorcise it into the latitudes.

And perhaps i shouldn’t push for it too hard, i should just let it happen. but the boys raising the game keeps me on my toes so i have been doing some digging around and here’s what i’ve come up with. finally.

i have to thank morgan at yer bird records for this, as its totally pilfered from his blog. not only is yer bird the kind of record label we love, coming at things from precisely the right place but they’re putting out the new j. tillman record cancer and delirium, just after easter too.

morgan described what capitalism was as what would happen if Paul Simon went through a big Daniel Johnston/Mountain Goats phase (in his twenties) which i absolutley get though i’d add its what bright eyes might sound like if conor oberst had his adanoids out and liked baking. the fact is what capitalism was sounds just like what capitalism was and you’ll only know what that’s like if you listen to this…

what capitalism was - dream at a quarter to nine

oh and one more thing, beady-eyed readers of both the hl and the mighty mighty gorilla vs bear will note that we had the paul duncan track red eagle a full month before they did… now who’s best, huh?