Musical inquiries
Before I get to the musical fun: Oh frell, we're having a party tomorrow. Must clean.
Anyhow, Letters to Santa was great. I stayed the entire time, saw some friends from the VC era, and had great fun. My favorite moment was a throwaway skit about 90% into the 24 hours:
Person choosing the skit: We're gonna do a skit using the suggestions "Clouded judgment" and "college"
Two people walk on.
Performer 1: I got a degree in philosophy!
End scene.
On to the music: I won a $100 gift certificate to Reckless (a really good local record store, for the non-locals). They sell DVDs, but I hope to go light on those (unless they have awesome Criterion Collection selections on the cheap), and focus on music. (Also, I have around ten Criterion sets I've not watched since they were purchased.) The only ideas I have are an actual purchase of a CD I stole (Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga) and a purchase of some Weakerthans CD. Maybe the last Stephen Malkmus CD, also.
So... help? I like the indie rock, especially the pop-oriented indie rock. I also like a fair amount of classic rock type stuff (it's largely of the critically-acclaimed variety; more Velvet Underground, less Foghat). When it comes to Beatles or Stones, I choose the Kinks. My pre-teens were spent listening to R.E.M. and bands that influenced, were influenced by, toured with, or were talked about by R.E.M. My mid-to-late teens were spent listening mainly to albums released by Matador or Merge. My favorite album this year is probably LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver. My last.fm profile is here.
What do you suggest?
Anyhow, Letters to Santa was great. I stayed the entire time, saw some friends from the VC era, and had great fun. My favorite moment was a throwaway skit about 90% into the 24 hours:
Person choosing the skit: We're gonna do a skit using the suggestions "Clouded judgment" and "college"
Two people walk on.
Performer 1: I got a degree in philosophy!
End scene.
On to the music: I won a $100 gift certificate to Reckless (a really good local record store, for the non-locals). They sell DVDs, but I hope to go light on those (unless they have awesome Criterion Collection selections on the cheap), and focus on music. (Also, I have around ten Criterion sets I've not watched since they were purchased.) The only ideas I have are an actual purchase of a CD I stole (Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga) and a purchase of some Weakerthans CD. Maybe the last Stephen Malkmus CD, also.
So... help? I like the indie rock, especially the pop-oriented indie rock. I also like a fair amount of classic rock type stuff (it's largely of the critically-acclaimed variety; more Velvet Underground, less Foghat). When it comes to Beatles or Stones, I choose the Kinks. My pre-teens were spent listening to R.E.M. and bands that influenced, were influenced by, toured with, or were talked about by R.E.M. My mid-to-late teens were spent listening mainly to albums released by Matador or Merge. My favorite album this year is probably LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver. My last.fm profile is here.
What do you suggest?