Far away from West Virginia

Good afternoon universe, and welcome to the first beautiful November week, here on Looks Like Coffee, Tastes Like Juice. As you might be able to tell, November has ultimately changed me, and I feel like a new man this month. I'm banking on this feeling wearing off in the next couple days, but for now, I'm taking advantage of this unexpected euphoria, and I'm going to enjoy the rest of the day, which is the reason I'm posting about 8 hours earlier than I usually would.

Therefore, instead of doing a regular, ridiculously long post, like I would usually do, I'm going to post a mixtape. I hope you enjoy it as much as I plan to.

A Crown of Thorns, a Bad Tattoo; Return to Form
An Official Looks Like Coffee, Tastes Like Juice Mixtape

1. Open War - Maybe Smith

2. A Needle In Your Eye Number 16 - The War on Drugs

3. There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve - A.C Newman

4. Some Are Lakes - Land of Talk

5. Michael Myers Resplendent - The Mountain Goats

6. The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

7. Jesus, Ect. - Wilco

8. Giant Spiders - Devin Davis

9. Eyes - Rouge Wave

10. Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon & Garfunkel

Have a wonderful day.

til' next week.

Lonely People Of The World, Unite!

Seeing as it's still my Birthday Weekend (this event happens to last all weekend), I'm going to be out pretty late tonight, so once again, I'm posting in the wee-hours of the morning (10:02 am). So, welcome to another Album Of The Week post on Looks Like Coffee, Tastes Like Juice.

Lonely People Of The World, Unite! - Devin Davis (March 15th, 2005)

This week's album of the week is Lonely People Of The World, Unite! by the very talented, and seemingly not-so fecund at the moment, Devin Davis. Mr.Davis has created a wonderful album, full of spastic, yet controlled songs (a la the 1960's) that still sound rather polished despite the variety of different instruments going off wherever they wish. He is a native of Clinton, Iowa but now resides in Chicago, Illinois. He is also currently recording/writing his new album, which you can expect a full review of as soon as it comes out.

It was actually my brother Jonathon who got me into Devin Davis, all those years ago, driving to and from Assumption. I immediately fell in love with the catchy melodies, hooks, and sheer honesty in Mr.Davis' voice. I've completely adored this album since Grade Six, which was about two years ago, and I still listen to it on a regular basis. Listen to a couple tracks from the album, and tell me what you think. These three are my favorite tracks.

Iron Woman

Turtle & The Flightless Bird

Cannons At The Courthouse

Warm Regards,