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Thursday, April 24, 2008
A Helpful Hint

Dear Person Who Programs the Music at the Daytona Beach International Airport,

In the future, please refrain from playing R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" over the loud speaker as I board the aircraft to leave your seaside city.

While a great song, it's not really a good airport tune. As an alternative, perhaps go with a selection from Brian Eno's album "Music For Airports". Mr. Eno's soothing tones don't conjure up any possibility of a fiery crash or an ironic end of days. I'm sure Michael Stipe and company would agree.

Thanks.

-Me
9:40 PM :
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Make It Go Away

A genre of music that should no longer exist: Contemporary Blues. Whenever you've got Steven Seagal aboard your musical train and laying down a mean blues guitar, it's time to eliminate your genre. Although he does apparently have a song called "Talk to My Ass" included on the above album. That's some horrible imagery there.
7:28 PM :
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Undefeated

Just so you know, no one can defeat me at sneezing. Seriously. I'll challenge anyone in the room to a sneeze off. I'd win and you'd cry.

And you can watch every episode of the vastly under-appreciated Dana Carvey Show from the mid-90's right there. There's gold in those episodes, especially since Charlie Kaufman, Louis C.K., Dino Stamatopoulos, Stephen Colbert, Robert Smigel, and Steve Carell all had something to do with it. That's an all-star team. Of hilarity.
7:29 PM :
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Let's Just Say It's Raining From Now On.

From my ordinarily incredibly boring Word Origin Calendar 2008:
raining cats and dogs * The comfortable, cartoon-like image we have of this English phrase is of dogs and cats raining down from the heavens, but the original is much less pleasant. In the seventeenth century, marked by plague and pestilence, a heavy rain would flood the gutters and carry off the always abundant dead cats and dogs that lay there. Such a heavy rain came to be characterized thus, even long after plague ceased to be a problem.
And I determined today that had The Fat Boys walked on stage for the encore of The Beach Boys concert I witnessed a few weeks ago to embark upon the classic "Wipeout" then the entire universe would've spontaneously imploded due to the levels of greatness. If any physicists are out there, please prove me wrong.
7:10 PM :
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Hate On the Needles. Make Up Your Own Puzzles.

I'm not one for the tattoos, due to my aversion to abject pain, but this Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry documentary looks quite interesting. Needle away.

And although I've only known about him for two weeks Dr. Steve Brule has changed my life.
8:26 PM :
Thursday, March 06, 2008
2008 Catalog: Part 2

Bon Iver "For Emma, Forever Ago"

When and Why did I buy? Purchased at their show at Johnny Brenda's. I first saw this article a while back and noticed that he mentioned a band that now incorporates members of Pele, who were great. I figured any fan of anything related to Pele is a friend of mine. Here's an mp3 of "Skinny Love".

Do I Enjoy? Absolutely. Quite possibly my favorite album in quite a long time. Perfect for now and cold temperatures always. When I saw them play, I was absolutely amazed. The song "The Wolves (Act 1 & 2)" could not be better in a live setting. A day or two later, during a 1 1/2 hour morning commute to work amidst snow and rain, I only listened to this album on repeat. I couldn't have been happier.

(It should be noted that the only other concert that I've attended this year was The Beach Boys last weekend, but that's a story for another day. Young Mike Love never had it and old Mike Love certainly doesn't, but it had its moments.)

Belong "Colorloss Record"

When and Why did I buy? Through emusic. I had heard their first record and went for this ep on a whim.

Do I Enjoy? Pretty much. Love the haze. It sounds like a far away radio transmission of a great song you've never heard.

Chicago Underground Quartet "s/t"

When and Why did I buy? Through emusic. I actually saw them years ago when Flanganz worked at the now gone Upstage in Old City.

Do I Enjoy? Somewhat. It's jazzy.

V/A "Ambient Intermix" & SETI "Pharos"

When and Why did I buy? At Rainbow Records in Newark, Hellaware. I went down to the old stomping grounds last weekend and was quickly dismayed to see that Bert's cd store on Main St. was gone. You obviously can't go home again. In my state of shock, I bought these two out of print albums to sell on half.com.

Do I Enjoy? Not really. The funds from their sale will encourage future purchases.

Claude Young "dj-Kicks"

When and Why did I buy? Through half.com. I saw him dj years ago when I was modestly cool. It had to be around 4am when he went on and time seemed to stop. Incredible. If you were there then you know.

Do I Enjoy? Yes. Certainly. Wish it sounded more like his live sets (circa when I was modestly cool), but no real complaints.

What you listening to?
7:16 PM :
Monday, February 25, 2008
G - G = G

Garfield - Garfield = Gold
10:04 PM :
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Muzak 08

So one of my new goals with this here website is to start cataloging all of the many purchases of music that I opt for each month. Assuming I actually update this, everything from cds to mp3s to vinyl will hopefully be included. We can marvel together that I found the Harmonic 33 album I was searching for and some/all can laugh in unison at my adoration of the first Marilyn Manson album. I'm mainly doing this so I remember what I own and remember to listen to them all, but also because I like how tiny 100 x 100 pixel album covers look on here. Mouse over the covers for the artists and titles.

Purchased sometime in January at Long in the Tooth (20th & Sansom):



January emusic downloads:



Purchased via half.com on January 15th:



Purchased at the Princeton Record Exchange on February 10th:



And we're off.
10:43 PM :
Friday, February 15, 2008
It's Chantastic

Average Unnecessary Object of Learning I Arrived At This Week: Chan Marshall's (of Cat Power fame) first name is actually pronounced "Shawn". Doesn't that go against how letters and basic phonics work? In the future, please spell my name the same but pronounce it as "Lopez." Thanks.

And the # of days in a row that I've eaten a snack-sized bag of Cheez-Its: 5
10:05 PM :
Thursday, February 14, 2008
It's Dolphtastic

If this short summary of the newest Dolph Lundgren movie, "Missionary Man" doesn't cause the DLFS (Dolph Lundgren Film Society) to unite for the first time in several years and a fortnight, then nothing will:
"Following the mysterious murder of his lifelong friend, a Bible-toting biker named Ryder (Dolph Lundgren) rolls into town to get some answers, and learns that a nefarious businessman (John Enos III) may be behind his buddy's death. When he unravels a conspiracy to illegally acquire land from an Indian reservation to build a casino, Ryder takes the law into his own hands and launches an attack of biblical proportions.
Wow. What a premise there. He's still got it.
6:58 PM :