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top 100 v3 countdown: 70-61

so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]

chicago

via art prescott gallery
mp3: spoon – chicago at nightmp3: wilco – via chicagomp3: soul coughing – is chicago, is not chicagomp3: sufjan stevens – chicago (multiple personality disorder version)
i’ll be in chicago for work all this week. probably won’t have much time to get online while i’m there, so see you in a week.

kill the moonlight

mp3: spoon – small stakesmp3: spoon – the way we get by
i’ve been spending a lot of time the past few weeks revising / reevaluating my top 100 albums list, volume 2 of which is due before the end of august if i’m to make my self imposed deadline. kill the moonlight is the first [...]

britt daniel – modern world

britt daniel of spoon played this cover of wolf parade’s “modern world” at the belly up tavern in solana beach, california a few nights ago. he forgets the words, when he tries to sing the higher parts it just sounds ridiculous and being that britt is just a man with an acoustic guitar, he can’t [...]

cherry bomb country

mp3: spoon – cherry bomb country
spoon posted this demo version of “you got yr. cherry bomb” on their website, calling it “cherry bomb country”. it’s actually really boring… the kind of thing you listen to once and never put on again… but if you’re a fan of the band you’ll have to give it that [...]

the underdog

so the giants won. i didn’t really care either way, but this song seems appropriate.
music video: spoon – the underdog

fitted shirt

mp3: spoon- the fitted shirt (live) [link expired]
i recently started a new job and, like britt daniels’ old man, when i head off to work… i put a coat and tie on, over a fitted shirt. nothing else will fit right. or seems so directly applied. than a fitted shirt hung on me. fitted [...]