rave on - buddy holly and the crickets

watched the buddy holly story again the other night. a favorite. look at it.

Subtle - Middleclass Haunt

This guy's a nut. Bad puns. Knives spliting open creepy mannequin heads on stage. The works. This song is filled out by Dan Boeckner, his Wolf Paradeness.

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salt lake city - the dwarves

in the interest of fairness, a less flattering view. though, i suppose if i were the dwarves and my worldview necessitated constant abject debauchery, slc wouldn't be high on my list either.

salt lake city - the beach boys

home s. home.

Ferraby Lionheart - Before We're Dead

This should be your new favorite, if for no other reason than the sweet face he makes when he sings really high. It looks like he ate something sour then stuck his head out the window of a jet going at full speed.

the kinks - living on a thin line

what are the next 30 years?

Some truly amazing music was made in Brazil in the late 60's and early 70's. These songs are a sampling. The one little brother I have is about to spend his next two years in Brazil, so this post is for him.

Lula Côrtes & Zé Ramalho - Nas Paredes da Pedra Encantada, Os Segredos Talhados por Sumé

Joyce e Nelson Angelo - Vivo Ou Morto

Thank you's to Motel de Moka for leading me to these.

Feist - My Man My Moon

If you aren't still mushaboomed out, give ear to new Feist. A bouncey track.

The Veils - Advice For Young Mothers To Be

I have to admit that I partly just like the creepy undertones to the name "The Veils".

Goths.

spencer kingman - aljazeera

rain runner, necktie needer, darkroom dweller, a fine musician amongst things.

I've lost count of how many hours I spent today watching back episodes of 24. I feel bad about myself as a person when I start to think of watching 12 episodes of one tv show as an accomplishment worthy of any sort of praise. I like to think of this as a song you can listen to when you start to look back on your life and think "wtf?" The change toward the end makes it all worth while.

Grizzly Bear - Fix It

Panda Bear - Take Pills

I don't have anything to say. I just like this. A lot.

pretty persuasion - r.e.m.

i'm exploring my back catalogue. great song.

Happy VD all. Here's a list of songs for you to make love to your lover to. I know that last one doesn't really fit, but I don't have a sneakier way to let the internet know that it's my birthday today too.

Karl Blau - Ode To Demons

The Shivers - Beauty

Darondo - Didn't I?

The Free Design - Michelle

carrie underwood - jesus take the wheel

i can't even write about this right now.

please, please listen. books will be written about why this song is important. remind me to have a conversation with you about it.

Hand claps. Hand claps are an ok thing. These songs seem to use them well.

Tokyo Police Club - Citizens of Tomorrow

Fujiya and Miyagi - Collarbone

many rivers to cross - jimmy cliff

if you ask me how i'm doing these days, this is near.

i unsucessfully watched the harder they come recently without subtitles.

Incorporating a lisp into your speech simply because the king has one is just plain foolish. We all know that. So the fact that they even pronounce "Barcelona" incorrectly is a dead give away. They're not from Spain at all. Damned liars. Were they from the great city they would pronouce it BarTHelona, but you know what, I'm glad they dont. Give it up already, Spain.

This is a happy bit that sounds like the Polyphonic Spree, maybe with the cult-ish thing toned down a few notches. Listening to this song I was struck by one thought...I think Lee the Douche is really going to like this one. Here you go, man.

I'm From Barcelona - We're From Barcelona

I'm a girl, and thus, am hardly impervious to cute girl voices. Feist, Mirah, whatever you got, I'll listen to it. I'll probably sing along to it, alone, in my car, and dream of being up there on stage with that lilting alto easing out of me. That wishing-i-were-something-i'm-not paired with my recently discovered penchant for playing the air piano have earned this song innumerable plays.

Casey Dienel - Doctor Monroe

gonna find you - operation ivy

this record is skipping class, mountain dew, the basement, cruising the 'stang, and losing too many dollars to matt at tetris. 16 wasn't so bad.

take warning - operation ivy