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Late to the party

by rushyama

Punctuality is important to me. I hate keeping people waiting; and few things invoke more personal stress than arriving late.

But when it comes to music and TV shows, I’ve a habit of “discovering” things about five years after the rest of the world.

For example, the show Lost. I didn’t start watching until, oh, maybe 2 episodes into Season 6. The most logical explanation I can come up with for this lapse is that the show started when I was in college and had a TV with exactly two channels. (Hulu wasn’t around then.)

My story’s the same for Friday Night Lights and Damages, and musicians like Ben Folds and Regina Spektor.

(I’m usually a little more timely with music, if you ignore this next example.)

My latest “discovery” is the Icelandic band Sigur Ros, which apparently I’ve stumbled upon only 17 years after they started (and a year after they’ve gone on hiatus). I’m thinking it’s the foreign name that kept me in the dark . . .

Anyways, if you’re the one other person in the world that hasn’t heard of Sigur Ros, you should check them out. They’re kind of amazing. This video is what hooked me:

Have you ever been “late to the party”? What’s your favorite “after-the-fact” discovery?

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5 comments

1 Jonathan { 01.20.11 at 11:12 pm }

Check out Riceboy Sleeps. They are Jonsi’s side project.

Also check out a band called Idaho if you haven’t heard of them. Some of their more ambient stuff has a very similar sound and feel.

Finally, if you’re in Seattle (I think you are, I’m Jonathan from the IAM Art and Coffee group that meets in Greenwood) check out The Opiate Mass, especially a live show next time they have one. Amazing “cathedral rock”! http://www.theopiatemass.com

2 rushyama { 01.20.11 at 11:27 pm }

Jonathan, thanks for the tips! I’ve been listening to Jonsi’s Go, but haven’t gotten to Riceboy Sleeps yet.

Hoping to make it out to IAM sometime soon!

3 David { 01.16.12 at 10:07 am }

I finally got to listening to Sigur Ros almost a year after this recommendation. Good call so far (based on the two albums I picked up last week).

4 rushyama { 01.16.12 at 1:52 pm }

Nice! You should check out Jonsi too if you haven’t already.

5 David { 01.17.12 at 7:14 am }

I’ll let you know what I think next year…

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