I hadn’t done a mix in a long while, and after that awful Red Wings loss Saturday, I needed to turn up some loud music and feel a lit­tle bet­ter. I ended up throw­ing a mix together that’s a lit­tle springly. Saturday was a warm, sunny spring day; Sunday was a cooler, rainy spring day. It’s a lit­tle sloppy at the begin­ning, but there are some ( Read more... )

March first is a good day to post this, right? I mean, the rush to get these out is gone, so now mine will appear more important for lack of competition.

So, remember how I did it last year? The tiering system, as opposed to rankings? Yeah, that's how I've been rating everything since then. Hard and fast rankings are for the inflexible and narrow- ( Read more... )

...according to last.fm, anyway.

my top 20 artists for the year:

1. depeche mode
2. pet shop boys
3. brian eno
4. coil
5. the cure

RIT has been whomping my ass this year, and i respectfully, gleefully, doff my hat to it and wish another academic year adieu (well, temporarily, as i'm taking summer classes). ergo, i awoke late today and had a great day.

for two hours, i read the newest novel by my favourite author: good to be god by tibor fischer. i got about 130 of the 300 ( Read more... )

once again, because i love to enumerate ( Read more... )

what, you didn't think i was going to let a new depeche mode album drop without a massive review? ha!and, no box yet, it's delivered tomorrow, but you think i was going to wait until then? ha! i picked it up at best buy on the way home from school. my box comes tomorrow, so i'll give this one to my brother for his birthday tomorrow (and he has jury ( Read more... )

foods in my kitchen i have more than one variety of:

• tea: 11 varieties
• mustard: 8 varieties
• hot sauce: 5 varieties
• knäckebröd: 4varieties
• barbecue sauce: 3 varieties (and tamarind sauce)

it hit me last night as i was falling asleep, completely out of nowhere, and i couldn't get to sleep because of it. (weird, i know.)

all of my favourite bands have an album that reminds me of every season. let's go to the evidence:( Read more... )

it's probably a positive reflection on my psyche that listening to this album only suits my mood but a handful of times a year.

the afghan whigs :gentlemen


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from the new atlantis, by francis bacon:
Wee have also Sound-Houses, wher wee practise and demonstrate all Sounds, and their Generation. Wee have Harmonies which you have not, of Quarter-Sounds and lesser Slides of Sounds. Diverse Instruments of Musick likewise to you unknowne, some sweeter than any you have; Together with Bells and Rings that are ( Read more... )