mp3: michael zapruder’s rain of frogs – happy new yearmp3: regina spektor – my dear acquaintance (a happy new year)mp3: the breeders – new yearmp3: firekites – new year has spokenmp3: jimi hendrix – auld lang synemp3: vandaveer – auld lang syne
mp3: taj mahal – leaving trunk ….. [buy]
following up on that rhinestones post… clearly, finding another album as rare and awesome as fabulous rhinestones wasn’t something that should have been left to christmas eve… it didn’t happen.
so instead, i ended up giving my uncle taj mahal’s self-titled 1967 debut album. not quite [...]
mp3: fabulous rhinestones – nothing new
my uncle introduced me to the fabulous rhinestones last christmas, with their long out of print first album fabulous rhinestones (1972). i’ve been combing my music library looking for something to match the spirit of that gift, but man am i stumped. looks like i may be taking a trip [...]
i had no intention of making any kind of best of 2008 list, preferring instead to let my last.fm listening data speak for itself. but every single person/publication’s best albums of 2008 list i’ve read so far has pissed me off. sure, several albums i loved this year have rightfully popped up on nearly everybody’s [...]
mp3: masatoshi moriwaki – the virgin child makes her wish without feeling anything
after several months casually killing my way up the ranks, i finally beat no more heroes and earned the title of number 1 assassin tonight. (it’s only about a ten hour game, i’ve just gotten distracted several times since picking it up). besides [...]
mp3: a block of yellow – are you sure?“are you sure?” may be some peculiar combination of suburban kids with biblical names, the feelies, here come the warm jets-era eno and the kinks. or it may be none of those things. it very much reminds me of something… though i have yet to come up [...]
mp3: brass bed – olivia
officially, this song has nothing to do with spongebob squarepants…. or does it? brass bed initially formed in 2004, the spongebob squarepants movie was released in 2004… coincidence? probably, but even with her slightly un-kid-friendly themes, i can’t help feeling like “olivia” belongs in bikini bottom. what do you think?
mp3: lex land – rivermp3: joni mitchell – river
it’s coming on christmasthey’re cutting down treesthey’re putting up reindeerand singing songs of joy and peace
joni mitchell is pretty hard to top, though plenty of people have tried. i’m not going to bother listing the dozens of artists who’ve covered “river” previously … i haven’t heard half [...]
mp3: for the agenda – aprilmp3: peter the pianoeater – some things i don’t do
it’s a world where “january” follows “april”… where the citizens “whine and dine” one another over “please and crackers” and write “songs for mike robbins”. that’s right, for the agenda is back with a follow up to the indigenous music of [...]
friday marked the end of my 3rd year using last.fm. as i mentioned last year, i’ve been capturing my complete artist and song charts on 12/12 each year to track how my listening habits change over time. in addition to tracking the progression of my overall charts, i also note the top songs and artists [...]
