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Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes

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Modest Mouse - Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes (The Sun Kil Moon version is waaaay better IMO)

We’re goin’ down the road towards tiny cities made of ashes
Gonna hit you on the face gonna punch you in your glasses.
Oh no!
I just got a message that said "Yeah hell is freezin' over"
I Got a phone call from the Lord sayin’ "Hey boy get a sweater.
Right now!"

So we're drinkin’ drinkin’ drinkin’ drinkin’ coca-coca-cola
I can feel it rollin’ right on down oh right on down
my throat
As we're headed down the road towards tiny cities made of ashes
I'm gonna get dressed up in plastic gonna shake handswith the masses.
Oh no!

Does anybody know a way that a body could get away
Does anybody know a way


About the shot: This is reminder number 64 that one needs to get a decent camera. It was foul day outside and the thickest amount of fog and fumes you could possibly imagine. It took a good hour for things to clear up a bit for this shot to be taken

The original shot I had planned was to drive downtown in a convertable with a friend wearing that tee and drinking cococola with me in the back seat taking a shot of the rear view mirror and a bit of Dubai's horizon.
But I dont have or know anyone with a convertable. So much for that plan.

Anyhow, I'm going to revisit this theme in the future in an attempt to give the song a shot that fully showcases it properly. I even forgot to toss in a coca cola can in the street. That would've made the shot perfect. I'm going back there again and if it's still as foggy I'll redo it, but for the time being I'm happy with this one.

Random yammering: Nothing tops this track (except Talking Shit About Pretty Sunests). Issac's voice is so sarcastic and the lyrics are so tounge-in-cheek (Issac is an atheist). It basically revovles around the way we just jump in and rush to be a part of this over commercialized, over shiny, over everything world really without a second though and without bothering about the consequences or caring for anyone. We're all tagging along for the ride waiting for the new "hip" item to come along and then wail and scream hoping wsomeone would save us.

This always reminds me of the Valley of Ashes in The Great Gatsby.
Image size
454x694px 306.6 KB
Make
SONY
Model
DSC-L1
Shutter Speed
10/30 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
May 13, 2006, 5:24:26 AM
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