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Geographer — Kites

When I was a kid, I always dreamed of being a professional geographer, a person who could roam the world in order to know everything about natural landmarks. In this silly world of mine, I imagined that I could fly on a kite, overlooking fjords and Fords alike while letting the wind carry me along. Alas, pragmatism hit me at a slightly older age and this dream was dropped permanently. However, each year on Sankranthi (A South Indian harvest festival which is celebrated by flying kites), I am reminded of this dream. As I sit here in India getting ready to fly kites today, I “re-stumbled” upon one of my favorite finds of recent on Hype Machine, Geographer’s Kites which fit perfectly with the occasion. To those of you that still want to be Geographers, perhaps you can find some inspiration in a bit of holiday kite fighting and this song.

Happy Sankranthi!

Tarun

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Passion Pit + The Cranberries = Delicious and Nutritious?

After seeing this song performed live in Buffalo, I was a bit confused as to whether I really liked this song. Angelakos introduced the song with mild pomp and some celebration, while trying to sell the crowd on the deluxe version of Manners.  I kind of felt like it was a gimmick to squeeze as much out of Manners as possible. After all, if Phoenix can produce two-live EPs, a remix album and special pink vinyls from one album (albeit a great, great album), why can’t Passion Pit re-release an album as popular as Manners?  But then I heard the original Dreams and realized that Passion Pit really spent quite a bit of time mixing their electropop aura with what I consider run-of-the-mill ’90s alternative. It’s almost as if Yelle walked up to Alanis Morissette and said, “Hey, we’re going to cover You Oughta Know” and we’re going to not only make it bridge the ’90s-’00s generational gap, but we’re actually going to make it catchy.  Regardless of whether you like this song or not, you have to appreciate the effort that Passion Pit put in making this song a tasty rendition of the ’90s.

Plus, I won’t lie: the live rendition was indeed better than the studio version!

Have a damn good spring day,

-Tarun

PS: Yes, its another pic I took. If all these bands I get to see keep making catchy tunes, how could I not post up my own concert pictures? :)