Arthur Russell
Omega Day
by Bill Fay, 1971
Inside a bar of a sleeping town
There lay a sleeping man he wore a frown
A stranger woke him he looked around
Then he spoke I wrote it down
He said, “My climbing rope is broken,
And I cannot stay awake
Better fix it son no joking
For the omega day is come”
I went over to the stranger’s side
I began to speak but he read my mind
He said, “You know me from long ago”
Then he turned I watched him go
I said, “My climbing rope is broken,
And I cannot stay awake
Better fix it son no joking
For the omega day is come”
JT was on the cover of Time on March 1, 1971 — The New Rock: Bittersweet and Low
Numbers
The sales numbers of Pitchfork’s top 50 albums. The ones with suspiciously round numbers are estimations based on when an album dropped out of the top 200 and the fact that it has to sell less than 300 copies in a week to do so. If you have verified numbers to fix any mistakes or omissions, send them along.
1. Bon Iver Bon Iver - 317,355
2. Destroyer Kaputt - 30,000
3. M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming - 59,573
4. PJ Harvey Let England Shake - 62,000
5. Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost - 30,000
6. Oneohtrix Point Never Replica - 3,800
7. Tune-Yards w h o k i l l - 40,386
8. Drake Take Care - 967,560
9. Real Estate Days - 20,700
10. The Weeknd House of Balloons N/A
11. St. Vincent Cruel Mercy - 44,334
12. James Blake James Blake - 47,372
13. EMA Past-Life Martyred Saints - 6,100
14. Shabazz Palaces Black Up - 14,767
15. Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues - 277,541
16. Kurt Vile Smoke Ring for My Halo - 28,013
17. Clams Casino Instrumentals N/A
18. Atlas Sound Parallax - 12,411
19. Danny Brown XXX N/A
20. Nicolas Jaar Space is Only Noise N/A
21. Jay-Z/Kanye West Watch the Throne - 1,143,674
22. The Caretaker An Empty Bliss Beyond This World N/A
23. Bill Callahan Apocalypse - 9,900
24. Juliana Barwick The Magic Place - 1,000
25. Gang Gang Dance Eye Contact - 8,600
26. The Field Looping State of Mind - 4,900
27. Beyonce 4 - 971,264
28. Cut Copy Zonoscope 51,000
29. DJ Quik Book of David - 29,000
30. Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 - 4,80031. Ty Segall Goodbye Bread - 2,800
32. Panda Bear Tomboy - 46,000
33. Fucked Up David Comes to Life - 19,000
34. Katy B On A Mission - 1,400
35. Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra N/A
36. Kate Bush 50 Words for Snow - 27,199
37. Iceage New Brigade - 2,000
38. Sandro Perri Impossible Spaces N/A
39. War on Drugs Slave Ambient - 14,283
40. Araabmusik Electronic Dream - 1,000
41. Liturgy Aesthetica N/A
42. SBTRKT SBTRKT - 12,346
43. Lykke Li Wounded Rhymes - 27,000
44. Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges N/A
45. Kendrick Lamar Section.80 - 27,460
46. Cults Cults - 25,000
47. Sepalcure Sepalcure N/A
48. Toro Y Moi Underneath the Pine - 15,000
49. Wild Flag Wild Flag - 27,349
50. Youth Lagoon Year of Hibernation - 13,282
(Source: yungjun)
One of the greats, Dwight Yoakam.
Dr. Hook “Sylvia’s Mother”
Debbie Harry
Just a Wave, Not the Water
by Jimmie Dale Gilmore, 1988
Thirst is not the answer, oceans come and go
I loved her seven seas worth, Lord I loved her so
But she let me down so easy, one slow drop at a time
I would’ve killed myself but it made no sense
Committing suicide in self defense
But I lost everything I brought her
When she said babe, you’re just a wave, you’re not the water
Centuries ago we were living on the gold coast
She was still in love with a long, gone, cold ghost
I was only trying to turn back the tide of her tears
I felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog
Full emotion drifting like a weather beaten log
I even thought that I out-thought her
Till she said babe, you’re just a wave, you’re not the water
I said someday we’ll love again, then you’ll know the score
I’ve taught you everything I know and maybe even more
That’s true she said, more than you ever will
I’ve said I’ve been your raging river, precious African queen
I’ve shown you everything that I’ve ever seen
But she knew more than I had taught her
When she said babe, you’re just a wave, you’re not the water
Well I followed her far and wide with all of my will
Water on the move, you know it never stands still
And I moved every muscle, just to prove it can be done
Then up some old sad river, where snow white lilies float
I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat
She seemed surprised that I have caught her
But she said babe, you’re just a wave, you’re not the water
She said babe, you’re just a wave, you’re not the water
Happy Thanksgiving.
