The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Posted by Peter Beyer on February 21, 2009 at 7:12 pm.

The, um, Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are a band after my own heart. In the grand tradition of Slowdive, they release a self-titled EP containing a song with the same name, too. And they make it dreamy and blissful. They’ve just released an album (guess what it’s called?), which is where I first heard them, but for this post I decided to go back to 2007. Last weekend I found out that one of my friends works with a member of this band. Two degrees of separation; beat that with a stick. Yeah, whatever, so anyway… I stayed up all night trying to think of a good title for this post. Hope you like what I came up with.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

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Catbirdman answers to the name of Peter Beyer when the government, a co-worker, an ex-girlfriend, an alter-ego, or a Man on the Street calls. Many people also call him Pete.

As it is Catbirdman himself who is typing this, and as Catbirdman feels weird referring to myself in the third person, we are therefore gradually (and clumsily) transitioning this sentence into a first-person account of ME.

I was born in Pennsylvania, did a spell in The Midwest, camped out awkwardly in our second smallest state, Delaware, and finally found a home in Baltimore, MD, the Greatest City in the World (or so it says on the park benches). I like it here quite a lot.

I work at a direct marketing agency in Glen Burnie, and I have been involved in the direct mail industry for about 10-15 years. I enjoy my work, and though it is not my central passion, I make every effort to do well and to treat people well.

I write songs and am working on a full-length album called “Kitty’s First Words.” My favorite music ever is the body of work composed by Lee Mavers from 1986-1990 for the La's. After that, it would have to be Brian Wilson's SMiLE music, and after that, My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless.

Music, and sharing the same with friends, drove me to start this blog. We'll see where it goes from here.

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