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Livejournal: Where you learn that friends you haven't spoken to in over ten years are having birthdays tomorrow.
Same could be said of Facebook, and any other service like it, I suppose, but this time it specifically applies to LJ.
I love Spotify. Love it. I am making the effort to find a new band I enjoy every day this month, because the last several years of my life have been very stagnant, musically. I've been listening to the same stuff I've listened to since the mid 90's. And stuff like it. But this form of rock seems to be stagnating, too -- or perhaps my enjoyment of it is -- so I need new music to fill a void. Hence this project. The music I find doesn't have to be new, just new to me. And, if I don't at least find an artist I can agree with, a song a day will suffice.
But the other thing I enjoy about Spotify is that it's great at reminding you how bad your taste in music can be. For example, this fantastic gem from 1997 by Clawfinger:
http://open.spotify.com/track/7zfLmzEWI5HJVJ2AJF7tNA
By no means should you click that link. It's bad. Really bad.
But there was a time I really enjoyed that. Like, really loved it. That was the same time period I was getting into Kid Rock and Orange 9mm and that band with Rob Zombie's brother in it.
I found that while digging through Spotify yesterday. It's stuck on me and won't let go. It's not enjoyment. It's shame. But it's the kind of shame I can point at and laugh at.
The good song/artist I found yesterday was this Play the Blues by Danko Jones. Feel free to click this one. It'll make you happy.
http://open.spotify.com/track/3v16d3UwmO3nMHTHLnSF8W
hm. Think I'll record my efforts at finding new (to me) music in this 'ere LJ over the course of the month. We've missed some of the month, but that just means I'll have to extend it into December a bit.
Here's today's song -- Night Child by Electric Wizard.
http://open.spotify.com/track/383c0mfUQkT2Xfrw7Dgj8j
Oddly, I farted during the opening seconds of the song and it sounded EXACTLY LIKE THE SONG. Couldn't tell what I was hearing. Always the mark of great music.
Same could be said of Facebook, and any other service like it, I suppose, but this time it specifically applies to LJ.
I love Spotify. Love it. I am making the effort to find a new band I enjoy every day this month, because the last several years of my life have been very stagnant, musically. I've been listening to the same stuff I've listened to since the mid 90's. And stuff like it. But this form of rock seems to be stagnating, too -- or perhaps my enjoyment of it is -- so I need new music to fill a void. Hence this project. The music I find doesn't have to be new, just new to me. And, if I don't at least find an artist I can agree with, a song a day will suffice.
But the other thing I enjoy about Spotify is that it's great at reminding you how bad your taste in music can be. For example, this fantastic gem from 1997 by Clawfinger:
http://open.spotify.com/track/7zfLmzEWI5HJVJ2AJF7tNA
By no means should you click that link. It's bad. Really bad.
But there was a time I really enjoyed that. Like, really loved it. That was the same time period I was getting into Kid Rock and Orange 9mm and that band with Rob Zombie's brother in it.
I found that while digging through Spotify yesterday. It's stuck on me and won't let go. It's not enjoyment. It's shame. But it's the kind of shame I can point at and laugh at.
The good song/artist I found yesterday was this Play the Blues by Danko Jones. Feel free to click this one. It'll make you happy.
http://open.spotify.com/track/3v16d3UwmO3nMHTHLnSF8W
hm. Think I'll record my efforts at finding new (to me) music in this 'ere LJ over the course of the month. We've missed some of the month, but that just means I'll have to extend it into December a bit.
Here's today's song -- Night Child by Electric Wizard.
http://open.spotify.com/track/383c0mfUQkT2Xfrw7Dgj8j
Oddly, I farted during the opening seconds of the song and it sounded EXACTLY LIKE THE SONG. Couldn't tell what I was hearing. Always the mark of great music.