I always like this meme:

1. Reply to this post with 'give me a letter' (or something similar) and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload) 5 songs you love that begin with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

aurora_84 gave me the letter J. Which was more difficult than I was expecting. As it turns out I don't have ( Read more... )

Yeah, I missed a day. It was inevitable ( Read more... )

Day 04 - a song that reminds you of someone

This one is a bit weird for two reasons: 1) I don't really associate songs with people all that much, and 2) because of the connection between this song and my friend S. I'm not really sure why I associate it with her, but I think it has something to do with Patti Smith songs being in In My Father's Den ( Read more... )

Day 03. A song that makes you sad ( Read more... )

Day 02 - A song that makes you happy ( Read more... )

This meme intrigued me. Stolen from katmaxwell

Day 1. Your favourite song:

Mmm, difficult.

I'm going to be boring and share what appears at the top of my iTunes Most Played list, because if it's not my favourite song (which changes all the time, really), it's definitely in the running.

Radiohead - Paranoid AndroidI just love it. The different sections ( Read more... )

Meme stolen from woolly_socks:

Put your itunes/media player/whatever on shuffle.
Upload the first ten songs that come up for your flist.

I admit I skipped a couple of songs that were by the same artist and also a couple of other songs. ;)

The Shins - Caring is Creepy
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me
Santogold - Creator
Green Day - When I Come Around
( Read more... )

It's been a wonderful day outside, (I mean windy, but hey, Wellington) but apart from a short walk to get coffee and food I have decided to spend a day being entertained by the internet. It's been a while, and I've been quite social the last few weeks, so it's been nice actually ( Read more... )

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

tangleofthorns gave me the letter M. :)

1. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me

Must find more Nina Simone as I love this song.

2. The Dresden Dolls - Mandy Goes to Med ( Read more... )

I always love when you come back from some time away from your flist and you catch up all at once and get this total squee high. Love it.

I will say it does help when there's been an ep of SGA that everyone is all "!!! *draws sparkly hearts around*" about. ;)

Anyway, why I was away from my computer for a couple of days:

( Big Day Out 2008: The Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem and other awesomeness )