Tuesday, February 14, 2012: TWOfer Tuesday - The "Sweet And Sour" Edition

Valentines Day.

I hate Valentines Day, I really do.

There are many reasons for this, but probably my biggest gripe is the commodification of love. It's not even about turning something like Love into a for-profit enterprise (though there is that), but more important, it is about diminishing the vast landscape of love to something simple and manageable so it can be bought and sold.

Love. It's so much more than just hearts and flowers and chocolate. Someone once told me the opposite of love isn't hate - the opposite of love is indifference. You can love someone, and absolutely hate them at the same time. It is near impossible to love someone, and still be indifferent to them.

Valentines day, however, drains all that complexity away and just gives us the hearts and flowers and chocolate. It's a drag. Well, no fear, gentle reader, CSOTD is here to rectify this sad situation. We are going to give you both the sweet and the sour this Valentines day.

First up is an absolute stunner of song. When aliens land and begin to be exposed to our culture, I can only hope that You And Me by Penny & The Quarters is one of the very first songs they listen to. Then take it back to their home planet so that pure love and pure soul may reign throughtout the universe.






So sweet. Now for the sour. Sometimes relationships don't always end up with hears and flowers and chocolate. From the ridiculously talented Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland, here is a song about that as well.