The two songs I am currently addicted to...

Half-Asleep

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So Dan and many of his friends really like Nick Cave--and by "really" I mean they're obsessed. There are songs of his that are incredibly intoxicating to me, but in general I'm not a huge fan. Dan made a mix CD for the trip up to Grand Rapids yesterday and I'm suddenly obsessed with this one:

Lovely Creature
Nick Cave

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Tonight, some songs from the "I can't stop listening to them!" file...

( Stay with me under these waves tonight/Be free for once in your life tonight )

<3 Dan's dad and one of his sisters just visited, and we got a stack of old CDs from it. One was Julee Cruise's "The Voice of Love." David Lynch wrote most of the lyrics on the CD, and Angelo Badalementi composed most of it. It's very odd and ethereal and surreal...like anything they do. Another was the Twin Peaks soundtrack. <3 <3 <3 I'm a ( Read more... )

There is typically one song that just catches me the second I hear it and WILL. NOT. LET. GO. when it comes to David Lynch films. I finally got my hands on "Polish Poem" from Inland Empire (I'm ordering the CD, too, shush, don't worry ( Read more... )

So one of the artists I really enjoy, but never get around to buying the album, is Kiran Ahluwalia. I heard her a couple of years ago on NPR. She sings gazhals (an old form of Indian love songs), and has an absolutely stunning voice. I just happened to be listening on her site and reading lyrics, and I wanted to post this one ( Read more... )

So, I often say that I work at a Jimmy Buffett inspired restaurant, but I really don't care for his music. This is very true, but every now and again I hear a song that either is really good at getting stuck in my head or that I get a kick out of, or just that I sincerely like. This one is currently stuck in my head, and I actually really enjoy ( Read more... )

This one's for all my prescription-medicated friends. Dan was on a website list of "top music videos of 2006" and I overheard this playing and had to watch. I love the lyrics, I love the sound and the video is wonderfully disconnected and creepy ( Read more... )

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Sinus cold go away!!!!!

Answers to the lyrics meme:
http://littlelotte.livejournal.com/247859.html

1) 24, Jem, amneria

2) And quiet is the thought of you
The file on you complete
Except what we forgot to do
--A Thousand Kisses Deep, Leonard Cohen ( Read more... )