strangely enough, i'm doing it.
01) Total volume of music files on my computer?
715 song, 2:04:47:22 total time, 7.44 GB on iTunes, but that's not quite everything. it's rather messy, more so than my tangible record collection, although that's pretty messy at the moment because i'm halfway through making the most ADD mixtape ever.
02) The last CD I bought was ...
okkervil river's latest and their ep from before that, at the show on saturday. but i got a free spoon 7" last night. (and half a cd, sort of.)
03a) The last song I listened to before writing this was ...
i don't remember. i was letting iTunes do something silly, and before that i was listening to i think record 2 side A of the Ghostface from last year.
03b) Song playing right now:
none, which is a bad sign. there was some sort of scary shouting going on outside my window a little while back.
04) Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me:
okay, this is the actual point. of course i already did a ten songs list a few months ago. i can't argue with "she's an angel." my god what a song. here's some others, with no pause for thought:
• "bluejays and cardinals" by the mountain goats. i didn't expect it but when he played this at the show i was a little bit overcome. it's kind of a wow song especially from a guy like mr. goats.
• "a salty salute" by gbv. i don't know why, but i sing this all the time. it really has no right to be so catchy, it has a crap melody and makes no sense. but you know, that's how they do.
• "my boyfriends back" by the angels. i sang this at karaoke a few weeks ago. also i enjoyed hearing it in a kenneth anger movie this summer.
• "the fool" by call and response. no-brainer. this song came into my life during probably the single giddiest period i've ever experienced, and i'm not sure music has ever been this immediate for me since.
• "tunnel of love" by dire straits. this one gets dusted off every summer, when i find myself at an amusement park or wishing i could go to one. i have this kind of fatalistic romanticism about amusement parks. i could probably fall in love there more easily than anywhere else.
715 song, 2:04:47:22 total time, 7.44 GB on iTunes, but that's not quite everything. it's rather messy, more so than my tangible record collection, although that's pretty messy at the moment because i'm halfway through making the most ADD mixtape ever.
02) The last CD I bought was ...
okkervil river's latest and their ep from before that, at the show on saturday. but i got a free spoon 7" last night. (and half a cd, sort of.)
03a) The last song I listened to before writing this was ...
i don't remember. i was letting iTunes do something silly, and before that i was listening to i think record 2 side A of the Ghostface from last year.
03b) Song playing right now:
none, which is a bad sign. there was some sort of scary shouting going on outside my window a little while back.
04) Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me:
okay, this is the actual point. of course i already did a ten songs list a few months ago. i can't argue with "she's an angel." my god what a song. here's some others, with no pause for thought:
• "bluejays and cardinals" by the mountain goats. i didn't expect it but when he played this at the show i was a little bit overcome. it's kind of a wow song especially from a guy like mr. goats.
• "a salty salute" by gbv. i don't know why, but i sing this all the time. it really has no right to be so catchy, it has a crap melody and makes no sense. but you know, that's how they do.
• "my boyfriends back" by the angels. i sang this at karaoke a few weeks ago. also i enjoyed hearing it in a kenneth anger movie this summer.
• "the fool" by call and response. no-brainer. this song came into my life during probably the single giddiest period i've ever experienced, and i'm not sure music has ever been this immediate for me since.
• "tunnel of love" by dire straits. this one gets dusted off every summer, when i find myself at an amusement park or wishing i could go to one. i have this kind of fatalistic romanticism about amusement parks. i could probably fall in love there more easily than anywhere else.