Random Acts of Verbiage

Erin seems to keep introducing me to good music. And apparently there is a lot of good music coming out of Bellingham (Late Tuesday, John Van Deusen ,The Pale Pacific).

I have been enjoying The Pale for the past few weeks now. I first heard Gabe alone (at “Round 2″ at the Q Cafe with Dana of Late Tuesday) and enjoyed his guitar, rhodes, and voice stylings (as well as his humerous banter). I still have not heard the band play live (was a day late for Woodsong) but look forward to their upcoming tour for the relase of their new CD (out August 23rd) Urgency (they hit Seattle on August 17th). They are a really nice group of guys and I hoep for the best for them! Stop by their site and check out their stuff.

And now for a few tunes off their third album gravity gets things done:
how to fit in (3.11MB):

here’s the mystery of fitting in, the drama of acceptance with the pretty girls and tough guys. it’s easy to see why i’m so stressed out. there’s forms to fill and fees to pay if you want to belong. there’s a right way to talk, hand shakes, smiles, and the inside jokes. i feel so left out when the punch line hits – it comes in so fast, and i’m so slow. i guess i don’t understand. i’m so confused. i guess i don’t understand. ’cause you come in so fast, and i’m so slow. i tell myself that with friends like you who needs friends at all. i’m fine with me and my ideas. but i still feel alone. they roll their eyes, i know just what that means. and it hangs in the air now over my head. it comes in so fast, and i’m so slow. i guess i don’t understand. i’m so confused. i guess i don’t understand. ’cause you come in so fast, and i’m so slow. and all i want is to belong. but do i want to fit in with you?

gravity gets things done (3.56MB)
wake-up call (3.79MB)

Enjoy!
Ή χάρις του κυρίου ημων Ίησου Χριστου μεθ’ υμων.