Top Two...Albums

So, in the latest installment of this wonderful series, I'm going to share my favorite albums. As in, records. As in, LPs. Let's get to it then. 


1. The Life of the World to Come, by The Mountain Goats


Each song on this record is based on a verse from the Christian Bible, and they are breathtaking. Well, in actuality the verses are just jumping-off points; John Darnielle (the only real member of The Mountain Goats) spins ridiculous, whispered, heartbreaking tales on every single track. It is wonderful. 


2. It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright!, by Mewithoutyou 


I love Mewithoutyou. They are my favorite band. There is no contest. This album is incredibly different than their others, but it is just so incredible. The lyrics are reflections on Bawa Muhaiyaddeen teachings, and they are beautiful, humbling, and quite honestly, life-changing. Check it out. 

Top Two Poems.

I do not pretend to understand poetry, but I love it. I really do. As such, I thought I would share my two favorite poems with the three of you that regularly read "Readingwithcats." I'm not even going to share my thoughts, because I don't want to tarnish your reading experience. Hah. Hah. See:

Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelly

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away". 



An untitled poem by Emily Dickinson

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee-- 
One clover, and a bee, 
And revery. 
The revery alone will do 
If bees are few. 





Anyway, I really hope you like them as much as I do. Which is quite a bit, really.

Top Two Movies

So next up in the series we have my two favorite movies. (I realize that absolutely no one cares what a I think. Seriously.) Anyway, I don't really watch very many films, but there are a couple that I really, really enjoyed:

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Claymation? Check. Incredible story line, humor, and acting to boot? Checkity check check. What a wonderful wonderful movie.

2. Godspell

I love everything about Godspell - the musical is also my favorite musical. (If that makes sense.) The acting is endearing, the singing is wonderful, and so is just about everything else. Go watch it.

So there you go. I genuinely hope you watch both of these movies, and love them as much as I do. Bye!

Top Two Books

My two favorite things is a new series I am going to try to do. It is rather self-explanatory, but here we go: I will list two of my favorite things. Let's get started? Books first, since I feel like I need to update my list for you guys; my first post conceded the same thing and it sorely out-dated.

Two favorite books:

1. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
2. Cloud Atlas

Both books were written by David Mitchell, who I honestly believe is the cleverest, talentedest, and briliantest (oh yeah, those are totally words) author writing today. You should read all of his books, because they are wonderful.

Later gator.