I’m leaving for university tomorrow, and we’re driving all day, so I doubt I’ll have time to recommend anything tomorrow. Lucky for you, I’m just going to do two today instead. For today, listen to The Mating Game by Bitter:Sweet. If you like Zero 7 or Portishead, you’ll probably like this. For tomorrow we have [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Song of the Day: August 29 & 30, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged Bitter:Sweet, Electronic, indie, Jason Collett, Portishead, Zero 7 on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Song of the Day: August 28, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged Funk, Kool and the Gang, Pulp Fiction, The Meters on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today we’re going to listen to some old-school funk! I know, try to contain your excitement. You need to listen to Hand Clapping Song by The Meters. And since that’s so short, you need something else to groove to. So then we have Jungle Boogie by Kool and the Gang. The second one was actually [...]
Song of the Day: August 27, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged Aphex Twin, experimental, Jaga Jazzist, John Coltrane, Norway, Stereolab, Talk Talk, Tortoise on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re going to Norway today, and no, don’t be alarmed, I haven’t suddenly turned into a huge metal-head. It just happens that Norway is where Jaga Jazzist hails from, and today you’re going to listen to their track Oslo Skyline. Jaga Jazzist in general is completely fantastic, and the album Oslo Skyline is from is [...]
Song of the Day: August 25 & 26, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged Badly Drawn Boy, grunge, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, rock on August 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is what happens when a girl regains her ability to eat cake – she forgets to recommend music to people because she’s too busy scarfing down birthday cake. But never fear, this means you get two recommendations at once today (try to contain your excitement)! For yesterday, listen to Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns by [...]
Song of the Day: August 24, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged Medeski Martin & Wood, Let's Go Sailing, piano, cello, Grey's Anatomy, TV, soundtrack, indie pop on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a little groggy, but maybe it’s partly because I’m listening to songs that are vaguely like lullabies. Give Sideways by Let’s Go Sailing a listen. I’m a big fan of the intro, with the piano and cello. Pretty much anything off their album “The Chaos in Order” is pretty great, and much as I [...]
Song of the Day: August 23, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged Dave Matthews Band, LeRoi Moore, Saxophone on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My teeth barely hurt at all, it’s pretty much a miracle. Also I don’t have any bruising and minimal swelling, which is awesome. Today the song I recommend is Too Much by the Dave Matthews Band, because not only does DMB kick butt, LeRoi Moore died on the 19th (he was their saxophonist). He co-wrote [...]
Song of the Day: August 22, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged Cursive, indie, wisdom teeth on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I get my wisdom teeth out this morning, so I thought I post now just so I don’t miss too many. I don’t know how I’ll feel tomorrow, and I’m thinking I definitely won’t be in shape tonight to do anything but sleep. This morning you should listen to Art is Hard by Cursive. It’s [...]
Song of the Day: August 21, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged jazz, Tom Waits on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today we’re going to listen to some Tom Waits. He has this great raw quality to his voice that I love, and the song I’ve picked out is The Earth Died Screaming, which I think really shows exactly what I love about his voice. A friend of mine told me once that Tom Waits music [...]
Song of the Day: August 20, 2008
Posted in Music, tagged Penelope, Pop, Schuyler Fisk on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just got some of the songs off the soundtrack from the movie Penelope and Schuyler Fisk’s contribution is called Waking Life. It’s pretty awesome, kind of haunting, but maybe that’s just because I’m thinking of the context of the movie. Cute movie, by the way. But listen to the song, and see what you [...]
