Why, is it December again already? It is! And you know what that means: Christmas music! All the time. EverywhereNeed something to counteract the toxic levels of saccharine from the muzak of your local mall, coffeehouse, or Hair Cuttery, yet still wish to celebrate the season in your own special way? Well, do I have an answer for you! It's my ( Read more... )

So here's something I don't understand about the internet: why does every single musical act that uses vocals not have a Lyrics page on their website?

I use iTunes (as I've mentioned ad nauseam), and I'm the right combination of intellectually curious and OCD to copy-paste lyrics from the web into iTunes' field for same, so that I can confirm on ( Read more... )

I'm purchasing Patton Oswalt's new album, Werewolves and Lollipops, off the iTunes Store, sound unheard, because his first album, Feelin' Kinda Patton, is up there with the Avenue Q soundtrack for "Best $10 I've Spent on iTunes ( Read more... )

This song, Creepy Doll? I love this song. Don't read the lyrics until you've listened to it, though. If you want to download it for free, it's available at the blog of the fellow who wrote it, a fellow named Jonathon Coulton. He also wrote Code Monkey, Re: Your Brains, Skullcrusher Mountain, and Mr. Fancy Pants, and arranged an excellent samples- ( Read more... )

I'm listening to my new favorite song- "Wizard Needs Food Badly" by Five Iron Frenzy- only not really. I don't actually have the song. I have the music video, a brilliant animation produced by Ghostbot. It was pod-cast as part of Channel Frederator episode 36 (along with an old short by Butch Hartman, creator of The Fairly OddParents and Danny ( Read more... )

This new update of Xjournal won't let me change the font. Grr. I get cranky when I'm not typing in Palatino.

My mom suggested today that I apply for a job with the FBI. Hence my musical choice. The notion's a little absurd, but not altogether outside the realm of possibility.

I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for the first time ( Read more... )

I've been having some issues with my iPod lately- it will skip to the next song without my express permission- so I decided to do a full wipe-and-restore. When I did this, iTunes assumed that I had just purchased a new iPod, and so it directed me to a page (a sekret page) where there is a free-to-download album of 16 assorted songs from across the ( Read more... )

Too bad Google Language Tools makes hash out of the lyrics. Any Spanish-speaker feeling charitable?

I got blood drawn today at the doctor's office, giving me an excuse to snarf sugar the entire rest of the day. Yay.

I bought an iPod today! 20GB, plus an iTrip! Yay!


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