My longest article so far. Google as Rome in their road-building and empire-founding days.
I have my differences with Vincent Laforet, but that’s a hell of a shot.
In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.
Albert Camus, The Plague
Dump – “On The Right Track Now”
Plea for Happiness
This record was pretty spotty, in my opinion, but it was also home to a few gems. This is one of them; “Made for it” and “My head in your hands” were the others. I still listen to them years later (one was even in a Ben Stiller short).
A duty few men are fit for, but you were born for.
She who sinks under real disappointment lacks philosophy; but she who sinks under a fancied one lacks purpose.
Reveries of a Bachelor
Lupine Howl – “Sometimes”
The Carnivorous Lunar Activities of Lupine Howl
I never listened much to the rest of this album, but “Sometimes” is one of the few one-off tracks I still regularly listen to that I got during my great college music expansion period. I love the lines “The universal gift must always be returned/and everything can be unlearned.” It’s long but broken into three parts, which helps the pacing.