Odds and Ends
There’s this song I can’t get out of my head, so I got the album and it sucks. However, I still really like this one song by the Futureheads, “Skip to the End”. It’s sorta Field Music-ish, very 80’s, very awesome. I probably just talked you out of listening.
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It’s so great to hear people talking about music and the issues that surround writing about music, and the comments section to this post is one of the most productive conversations I’ve seen online in a really long while.
Hey Boston friends? Do me a favor: walk around the Commons with your headphones blasting Modern Lovers and think of me. I’ll be there soon (no seriously, I’m going to be in Boston in a matter of weeks!).
He’s also featured Bright Eyes and Death Cab for Cutie, but Xiu Xiu really deserves a listen (and good read). It’s like sushi for music: it might be hard to digest or dig into at first, but once you’ve given it a chance, it sort of changes the way you think about food.
“The fact is that I don’t need to be in a band anymore. ” Well, didn’t see that coming, though I doubt Diamonds will have any problems strutting around without him. Is this even news? Is it even interesting? My feelings about Islands are changing, but it doesn’t have much to do with them, honestly. I’m just sort of tired of hearing about them (and I suppose I contribute to that boredom by writing this), and even though a founding member leaving is kind of a big deal to the make-up of the group, I sort of want to say “So what? It’s not like Bonham dying or anything.”
“Freeware, cross-platform software MyTunesRSS runs a server on your computer that allows you to access your iTunes music library from any web browser.” Sweet, so now I can go to your house and make you listen to my music there, too!
Yes, it’s an 80’s music video site. Nothing trashy about Springsteen’s “Glory Days”, though. Michael Jackson’s “Liberian Girl”? Where the fuck am I and what happened to my Internet? For every piece of our culture that Michael Jackson has slowly and methodically chewed and spit, I will always love him for that bizarre and incredible time period. Best part about the site? They actually take the time to write a little something about each video. Awesome.
“THE tens of thousands of German immigrants who poured through the Port of Galveston and across south-central Texas in the mid-19th century brought with them formidable appetites not only for hard work but also for good food and drink. All these many decades later, the Lone Star State still relishes and keeps alive their legacies.”
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