Monday, March 23, 2009


[trash]

"I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions."

Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking

Bob Dylan - Can't Leave Her Behind

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I feel that way.

I love the flaws in other people not because they make me feel any better about myself (because obviously, I still have a great deal of my own), but because they both teach me what to be or not to be and also because they show that other people are completely vulnerable, completely human.

That's why I initially enjoyed listening to Bright Eyes--his warble really got to me and kind of annoyed me, but if anything, it showed that it wasn't computer-generated crap. It was probably the first real music I ever listened to, save for all the 50s, 60s, and 70s music I was raised on. But it was somehow different from that.

Of course, I don't know how you feel about what music. But that's what your post made me think of, and I enjoyed it.

-j said...

Agreed. Conor's voice, one would think, was probably something he has been insecure about, but the substance of his songs really couldn't allow for them to be sung by anyone else. In a way, we can respect and admire him all-the-more for sucking it up and putting himself "out there" despite it. Anyway, "perfect" is boring. Somehow, someway, imperfect is perfect.

I miss the warble. Your opinions on the "new" album are shared.