Phoenix

Some of the best modern indie melodic songs that have emerged in the last few years have originated from the French/Pop band, Phoenix. In 2000, their "United" debut cd hit the market, and was even featured in movies such as Farrell's Brothers, Shallow Hal, and Lost in Translation. Alphabetical, released in 2004, has such hits as "Run Run Run" and "Everything is Everything." It's Never Been Like That, released in 2006, magnificent to say the least. It's one of those bands that just capture you and bring you down from whatever turmoil that might be twirling within your imploding mind. Check them out!

Phoenix links |Official|Myspace|

Run Ru Run
Long Distance Call (Sebastian Tellier Mix)
Long Distance Call (25 Hours A Day Mix)
Long Distance Call

Absurdism : Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French Algerian, a philosopher of the 20th century, the second youngest man to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, second to Rudyard Kipling. Camus was a revolutionary, and I don't just mean that in reference to his writing, but to his actions.
Some would call him an existentialist, or at least part of the family, but this was a term that he tried to distance himself from as much as possible.
What Camus is most known for are his endeavors on the notion of the "absurd." His book the Myth of Sisyphus is something that is his chief work on it. I think what allows his work to be so accessible to the masses is that he wrote novels - his novel "The Stranger" is based on the Myth of Sisyphus. Even if you don't have an inclination toward philosophy, you will enjoy the Stranger. Once you pick it up, it is something you find yourself not being able to let go.
Camus defined our human condition as the absurd, as the confrontation between man's desire for significance/meaning/clarity and the silent, cold universe.
- Sincerely, Mr. E.

| Wiki Entry | EGS entry | Existential Primer | IEP |

Albert Camus-The Stranger Ebook
Albert Camus-The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Ebook

Camus in Algeria.


The Stranger Acted out.


Stranger Mini Movie II.