I Cry Glitter is Love!

[dotinthesky]

Antony and the Johnsons, The Crying Light, Jan 2009
It's taken me just about nine months to finally appreciate the beauty of this album. Maybe I was already over winter when it came out, and there was no space for it in my spring or summer. Now that the fun is past, it resurfaced by accident on my iPod and made me pay attention to my soggy commute through Victoria Park and Regent's Canal. It also helped that I've been feeling kinda down and struggling with insomnia. I come home sometimes from work with a splitting headache and fill up the bathtub. There's no better way to unwind or test an album then soak in the darkness - just one candle and the stereo for company. I feel some of Billie Holiday's soul in Antony. Odd brass sections confuse me into believing the tower block is creaking. The songs play together like a story shared, culminating in the perfect "Aeon". I'm left wanting to hop out and sign up to the newsletter that will get me tickets to his next gig. Then I wonder if he's changing people who listen to him the way some bands have done in the past. Like the Velvet and the Smiths. I think he is. I think he has.

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[grace-engel.livejournal.com]

sorry didn't realize i wasn't logged in until after i posted. grace.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Way to keep me in suspense! :-)

I've never heard of an ice-pack hat... I don't suppose I can go into the bath with it? I used to take a lot more pills for headaches in the past but now i just try to coast through it since it's usually related to caffeine or lack of water. But I also get them from lack of sleep so right now I'm on a mission to beat the insomnia and be rested in the morning.

[grace-engel.livejournal.com]

right, sorry about that! don't see why you couldn't take it in the bath. it just might not stay cool for as long. the mechanism for many headaches is thought to involve dilation of the blood vessels in the head, which causes pain. applying a cold compress causes vasoconstriction, thus helping to relieve the pain. hope you're sleeping better soon. i hate insomnia. and migraines for that matter. they all suck.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely try a cold compress next time - have never done so before! Thank you for the tip. :-)