my obsessions don't usually last this long

i found a video of ben sollee playing live.

i cannot contain my excitement.

he has moved from being a "temporary obsession" to being my "favorite artist." it's a big deal. ask anyone who knew me in high school. want to know who my favorite was then? the orange county supertones. i'm not ashamed.

in college i just had a series of temporary obsessions.

anyway...i put ben's name in on youtube. i like live music more than recorded music. it's hard to explain why. and since i can't actually go see him live right now, i can at least watch him play live music.

this is one of my favorite songs. he plays it a thousand times faster than the recorded version, but who cares? not i.

the best thing about this video is that it starts out slow. and you might even think "this is boring, i am so not impressed. i have never been more bored in my entire life."

and then, all of a sudden...

"this is the most delightful music i've ever heard, and my life will never be the same. he's playing a cello, and he's singing. at the same time. and it is good."



and then i started watching other videos...

his voice sounds really nice on this one.



i'll share just one more, even though there are a million you should watch.

i found a song i've never heard before. and this one has some random guy playing a guitar with him. and i have always liked hearing cello with other instruments. so this is really good too. i'm just saying.

the lyrics are kind of weird on this one. it's a song for a bag lady. weird. but i don't care.



***update***

a few hours after i wrote this, i found out ben sollee is playing in NASHVILLE, in a WEEK.

he's the only person i'll stay up late for on a work night.

i'm so happy.