So I bought a lot of vinyl. I need to update my post of the medium ( Read more... )

I said earlier that my Messenger of Love would be an old druggie with a face full o'crags, mumbling and smoking a cigarette.

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I found it on GoogleVideo. The quality's crap, and I have no idea what language the subtitles are, but until someone uploads a cleaner version, this will have to suffice for breaking my heart. It works just fine by me ( Read more... )

So when you emerge from the subway after getting chatted up and find yourself in uncharted Brooklyn and replace your headphones -- this is exactly what you want to hear.

Wire - Map Ref. 41 N 93 WThe chorus is so damn hooky it's great ( Read more... )

Taken from mordecai. Because I am bored, and I'm sure only three people will reply. If I'm lucky.

leave me a prompt, and i'll make you a mini-mix with a handful of songs. fandom-ish prompts are fine... but so are more general things like "songs to sing in the shower" or "if you had a sandwich shop, what kind of music would you play at lunchtime?"

And a ( Read more... )

So um, have you guys heard about "Love?" I'm sure you did 'cause I'm always way behind this stuff ( Read more... )

Trying desperately to work today, but it's so miserable out that I can't focus.

However, the Ventures make awesome paper-writing music, especially when you're writing about James RosenquistAnd so, here is "Telstar," which I desperately want to use in opening credits of a film. It always sounded to me like stepping onto an express subway. I can't ( Read more... )

roadkill has its seasons just like anything
there's farmcats in the autumn and possums in the spring.

Um, finished my Stoppard "Chunk." Hhha.

So, shall we check out that list?

-Read Aston essay ( Read more... )

Very depressing, but I can't stop listening to it.

Fiery Furnaces - Rub-Alcohol Blues

When I can't (see also: won't) get into the Christmas Spirit, I play this.

The whole album has become my Unseasonably Stupid Weather playlist of choice. Good God I love it.

Hope all of you are having a (wonderful/productive/intoxicated/sobering) break. My new favorite memory is hearing this song for the first time in two years while dancing around the family room with my brother singing at the top of our lungs and thinking of the only person I want to play this for.

So, I'll share the wealth, do enjoy.

Tom Waits - ( Read more... )

Already sending this to someone, may as well share with the rest of the world.

Mr. Waits, sounding normal. Love this song.

Tom Waits - Shiver Me Timbers

He sounds like he still has a soul!