Good Things Come To Those Who Talk About Them

This thing about surprising things coming true that you have unintentionally put out into the universe that I talked about once on here has once again struck. Maybe it's just that you talk and think about the things you are working to get anyway. Or maybe it is just a kind of good karma blessing to bring a little "well, whaddya know?" wonder to the world. (Ok, now I'm making it sound like a bigger deal than it actually is). I just suddenly remembered one of my first posts, written exactly a year ago, in which I thanked my lucky musical stars for being great. And if you had told me then that by one month from now (assuming all goes according to plan) I will have seen in concert—even if sneakily from up on a hill—each of the bands I had thanked, except for those who are no longer with us, I would have probably laughed and cried, in disbelief and overwhelming joy, respectively. I had already seen Coldplay my junior year of high school, my first real concert and quite an amazing production, but I had basically no hope for the others. As I mentioned in the post, Bon Iver's new album was out but his tour at the time did not include this great state. The Shins hadn't released an album since 2007 and I was under the impression that they were kind of a fond memory to the musical world, until they surprised me with a new release, Port of Morrow in March of 2012. The xx, as well, had released XX in 2009, and although I had found some remixes floating around, there were no signs in my life of a new album at that point. And now that Coexist is out, I'm pretty addicted to it.

Although I did not mention Typhoon in that original post, I think they deserve a post-edit. Come join the club, friends!

Maybe you're thinking "Well these are all bands, and bands tend to release new music and go on tour, it's kind of their thing." And that is true. It just hit me all of the sudden that all of my dreams came true. It's whatever.

(It's much more than whatever. It makes me really happy inside.)

Unrelated note: I found this clip from Arrested Development, one of my all-time favorite Buster lines. It may not be as funny when you don't really know Buster, but it cracks me up every time. I'm glad someone else thought so and decided to post it.