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top 100 v3 countdown: 40-31

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 [...]

songs featuring felines — vol 3

so i’ve done two volumes of this “songs featuring felines” thing, but i’ve never actually had a feline of any sort. well… tomorrow that will change. we’re getting a kitten! i wasn’t too keen on the idea at first, but i guess i’m starting to come around. i don’t know what we’re gonna call it [...]

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.

more covers – r.e.m.

so i finally found that recording of “lucky” i was looking for. continuing on yesterday’s post, a selection of r.e.m. related covers.
mp3: radiohead (w/ michael stipe) – lucky [link expired]i hadn’t listened to this in years before rediscovering it today and i’d forgotten just how nice it is.. i like hearing stipe sing the [...]

human hands

mp3: sondre lerche – human hands [link expired]………………. [buy duper sessions]i was on the phone with delta earlier today getting some plane tickets and i was surprised by how enjoyable their on hold music was. i heard an eels song, “chicago” by sufjan stevens and a pretty cool cover of elvis costello’s “human hands” [...]

wonderful video contest winners

said the gramophone announced the winners of their wonderful video contest yesterday, which finally gave me the motivation i needed to check out all the runners up they’ve posted the past few weeks. just like the name suggests, the videos are wonderful. every single one of them. i don’t agree completely with stg’s ordering [...]

year of the rat

happy year of the rat! i celebrated by going to a sweet new year’s party with lots of chinese food and tsingtao. the only thing it was missing was some rat related tunes, like these…
mp3: sufjan stevens – year of the rat [link expired] ……………………. [buy enjoy your rabbit]
mp3: badly drawn boy – year [...]