how strange it is to be anything at all

seven years ago, the neutral milk hotel album "in the aeroplane over the sea" was released, and it has slowly come to be recognized as a monumental record. It's getting a fresh re-release in the UK today, and pitchfork has a nice review of it here. I have no problem saying it's one of the ten best albums of all time, so if you don't have it and value my opinion, go to an actual cd store and buy a copy. you can even find it on vinyl at any record shop worth it's salt.

and while we're on the subject, I hope Jeff Mangum gets around to making more music sometime soon. He was spotted on stage at one of the recent Olivia Tremor Control reunion shows, which sparked quite the murmur among the hipster hopeful. Last I heard he was dabbling in collages and field recording bulgarian folk music. He's almost at that "sketch on a napkin" state, where anything he tries to do will garner a fierce and determined audience, so I say that if he wants to bring people into soundscapes and collages, so much the better.

Anyway, if you're reading this Jeff, thanks for the music and here's hoping there's some more down the road.