when I call you don’t pick up anymore

I really love the band Hospitality. Something dreamy but also arch and ironic but also deeply heartfelt. It’s got all the contradictions that I love so much in artists I encountered once I hit my 30s and 40s. Here’s a song called Friends of Friends: Actually, it’s so good I’ll link to two versions. One is live, one is an album version. The second has a music video with Alia Shawkat in it. It also has either Gabe or Max from “Gabe and Max’s How to Get the Dreamlife of Your Dreams Using the Internet Thing” (Linked from 2007 post Misc and Max). when I call you don’t pick up anymore I wish Hospitality were still making music. Alas, wikipedia uses the past tense about them. It appears that the first time I put them on an annual mix was in 2014 New – which was originally on Slacker Radio back when I was still working there. It was also on an iTunes mix: 2014’s Mixalicious. I’m guessing any band that will do a Steely Dan cover will interest me. Worldweariness and witty will win me over every…