I’ve decided that green or no green, I’m going to start getting some music up on this blog. Every blog needs some music, right?

I’ve been digging on the new Modest Mouse album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Here’s “Parting of the Sensory,” from which this post’s title comes.

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And in other music news: Hey look, MTV interviewed Cloud Cult!

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