Valentine Is Done
Pet Peeve Time: Inaccurate attributions. I recently bought the Six Feet Under Soundtrack Volume 2: Everything Ends, chiefly because it had some new tracks by people I like that didn’t seem to be available elsewhere (Interpol, Arcade Fire, etc.). There’s also a cover from one my new favorite groups, Caesars, where they are [...]
Best 15 Albums of 2005
It’s that time of the year again, when I’m “forced” to come up with my list of the top 15 albums of the year for the LoudFans poll. To refresh your memory, the voter votes for the top 15 albums on a point system (top album gets 5 points, bottom five get 1 point [...]
Not Quite A Spending Spree
Random Odds and Ends:
Saw The Matador this weekend. Pretty entertaining and funny, and no big technical problems at the theater and no rudeness to speak of, even though it was a fairly full showing. One thing that I didn’t get is that Pierce Brosnan’s character, the burned-out hitman, is supposedly really attractive to [...]
Fun With Song Sequencing
One of the cool things about listening to an iPod on shuffle play is the odd juxtapositions you get when switching from one song to another. Sometimes it’s just an interesting synchronicity like two songs from two different bands that are related in lyrical or musical content showing up one right after the other. [...]
It’s Not Over Now Just Because It’s Over
Attention Magnetic Fields Fans: I’ve mentioned before the latest album by Immaculate Machine, Ones And Zeros. I’ve also mentioned how much I like it. It will most undoubtedly be on my Top 15 list for the year (probably in the top 5). But one thing I’ve never mentioned is how much one [...]
What Fuels Me
I just can’t get enough of this Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger CD. See my previous entry about it – I was right about it being a “grower”. I thought for sure that Twin Cinema would be my favorite album of the year, but this one has slowly overtaken it. Yeah, [...]
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