I believe it was Descartes who observed that “the moment one ceases to recognize the chart-topping artists, that is the moment the spring of one’s life turns to summer.” Just for kicks tonight, I decided to have a look at the Billboard Hot 100 and see how many of the top 25 artists I (a) [...]
Archive for the ‘Sounds’ category
Eurovision Song Contest winners, 1970-79
Exactly what the title says. You’re welcome. (It should surprise no one that 1974 and ’76 are my favorites)
Put Your Cookies on the Cooling Rack – Mix ’11
Hey there, you, you lovely person you. Here’s my 2011 mix. I was tempted to entitle this one “Thru Being Cool” because it seems just so incredibly mainstream and predictable to me, but . . . well, I have to be true to myself, yes? And cripes, is this, what, the fifth of these I’ve [...]
Christmix 2011
Click on the photo of Ferdinand, the dog J-Man and I helped rescue recently, for a little holiday listening treat. I tried to keep the cheer to a minimum, for those of you who aren’t so cheery around the holidays. An itty bit of cheer came through all the same. Deal. Christmix 2011 Blue Holiday [...]
End-of-year playlist: what year is it, again?
Today I really loved my job. In the morning I taught Colson Whitehead’s Sag Harbor, which takes place in the summer of 1985, when the narrator is 15. (The book’s climax, if it can be called that, is the day that Lisa Lisa—and Cult Jam!—come into the ice cream shop where the narrator works and [...]
Till human voices wake us, and we drown
Because of a family medical history predisposing me to cancer, I have an MRI screening at least once a year, sometimes twice. Most people I mention this to express a claustrophobic terror of this experience, but I find there’s something perversely peaceful about it. Getting tucked into a heavy double layer of blankets, I start [...]
Thursday playlist: Loose associations
Last time grandpa fawcett posted here, it was a bunch of gripes. This time it’s a jumble of thoughts and enthusiasms, the ramblings of early dementia: 1.) This song “A Real Hero” by College (feat. Electric Youth) is from the movie Drive. I could not stop playing this song every day, ten times a day, [...]
Wrong!
You may choose to imagine the title of the post uttered as by John McLaughlin. “Wrong!” I like really wrong covers. I’m not talking about “oh wow did they really do a [genre] cover of [song in aesthetically incompatible genre]?” That used to be edgy, man, but it’s so done. The bluegrass cover of “Single [...]
Farrell and Trixie’s Endless Summer Mix
Like I promised a few weeks back, here is the summer mix (basically a strongly edited mix of songs we have encountered and loved since springtime). And a tracklist too: 1.) Robyn – Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (Coldplay cover) 2.) Lady Gaga – The Edge of Glory 3.) Katy Perry – Last Friday Night [...]
Late summer playlist: less light less heat
1. Feeding – Ben Frost 2. Repeatmagicnumber – Tehn 3. Skuldalsbruri – Signe Flatin 4. Night In Baghdad – Laurie Anderson 5. Chorale of the Blessed Day – Terry Riley 6. Eternal Flame – The Bangles 7. I Never Learnt To Share – James Blake 8. Breath #2 – Hisato Higuchi 9. Waves – Slowdive [...]
