29 July 2024 - Phantogram -- Mouthful Of Diamonds

I know what you're thinking right now.  

"Did you run out of ideas?  You posted this one already!!"

I sure did.  In the first month of this blog.  I wrote it, and it was one of the first significant posts on this blog.  

So why am I revisting this? 

Because I think more can be said.  And, since I have recently purchased Eyelid Movies on vinyl, I felt it was time to revisit the pride of Saratoga Springs and tell you where I've been since this time, and what's going on with this blog.  So, this week, I will talk about the future of Wicked Guilty Pleasures and Totally Covered, and also revisit some of my favorite posts from the past.  

Don't worry.  There is a future. We're not going away.  At all.  By any stretch.  I literally already have posts written that you won't see until 2029.  So, there's a clue. 

Before I do that, though, let's talk about the coolness of this song.  Because it is seriously cool.  And in the 14 years since its initial release, it has not gotten less cool.   But since we wrote our initial post, Phantogram have become something of an industry darling.  The members have been in high-profile relationships (and Sarah Barthel somehow made it onto NBC's Olympic coverage because of that).   

And the band has changed.  This is the band performing the song in 2014.  I feel like they were still breaking out of their shell then.  Sarah is behind the keyboards.

By 2019, she's on the bass.  And, as synth-heavy as the song is, you can hear the bass now.  

In 2023, she's interacting with the crowd.

Much like Sarah Barthel, we're growing and changing.  NO, we did not go blonde.  We ARE looking for opportunities to get bigger and better.   To that end, we want your comments.  We are going to grow this blog to a real source for music, and not just a guy regurgitating his thoughts on old songs.  OK, this week, it's gonna be old songs.  

Going forward, this blog is going to be the focus.  You'll not see Totally Covered go away - it's way too much fun - but you're going to start to see covers over here.  There's too many good ones, and I think too many were getting turfed over to the other blog - and people read this one. 

This isn't the only change.  Stay tuned.