#pleafromacatnamedvirtute

[charliehopper]

ENDEARINGLY LITERATE SONGWRITERS WHOSE “FUN” BAND NAME *MAY* HAVE MUTED THEIR POPULARITY, no. 4. Who knows, that’s a great name for a band where the leader writes songs based on #MartinAmis novels and stuff. There’s no way to overstate how important some of these songs are to our family, when I was putting them on mix CDs for the minivan when the kids were young, “Plea from a Cat Named Virtute” especially. It’s on a mix of songs that tell stories (alongside Johnny B. Goode and Space Oddity and Ode to Billy Joe, et al) and so often, so often I’ve been driving around five weeping people, each of us trying to hide from the others that ONCE AGAIN we were unable to make it through the bridge without stifling sobs. I dare all of you reading now, listen to the cat sing, “I know you’re strong” without a lump in your throat. Every time. Anyway. My wife went on errands so I turned this up really loud and the guitars are just so big and the lyrics so elusive and sad and catchy. This is one of my favorite albums I forget when discussing my favorite albums. But it will always be there in the kids’ memories of Dad making them listen to CDs in the minivan. @shushmuckle and @uriahaf20 , you went up to Chicago to see #johnksamson and #theweakerthans, didn’t you, when they toured this album? #weakerthans #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylrecord #ellipticalsoundtrack #treadmillsoundtrack #nowspinning #nowspinningonvinyl #pleafromacatnamedvirtute #iknowyourestrong #psalmfortheelkslodgelastcall #beforewesaygoodnight #timesarrow #ihatewinnipeg #anewnameforeverything #reconstructionsite (at Noblesville, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuPgU4PnZY7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jwdc9bbfbjmk

[didacticon]

“Catadelphia” new work. Letts, City of Philadelphia map, 1899. Étude & final. . . Song on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist #theweakerthans #pleafromacatnamedvirtute #linkinbio Link in bio. . #manhattan# #manhattannyc #manhattannewyork #ny #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #newyork_instagram #philadelphiapa #philadelphia #philly #cats #catsofinstagram #philadelphia_ig #lofifilter #lofi (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzXha45lNuY/?igshid=1nng5wfjbdar4