The Lost Episodes
So, I'm not posting to LJ anymore.
The reasons are multifarious and have mostly to do with two jobs, one of them teaching. And a five-month-old daughter. Etc. Listen, I haven't even been able to make a mix since August. Or read a book. I can barely watch a freakin' movie.
More importantly, I haven't been writing. And that's just not healthy, and I'm working on it. But this here place, I regret to say, is not the appropriate place for me to get back into it.
What it comes down to, folks, is that this is a social blog. It's set up to enable and highlight the friends/commenting/communities aspect of blogging, and as much as I want to catch up with y'all from time to time, I just can't stay in that game anymore. And besides, I'm more interested in privacy these days than I once was.
mama_k's got us set up on Typepad, so I'll be taking residence there shortly. I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, here's my recently updated Favorite Albums of 2005. They're in no particular order, but I'll stake my sharp lil' ears on each and every one of 'em.
1. M.I.A.--Arular
2. Antony & the Johnsons--I am a Bird Now
3. Spoon--Gimme Fiction
4. My Morning Jacket--Z
5. Amadou & Mariam--Dimanche a Bamako
6. Wolf Parade--Apologies to the Queen Mary
7. The New Pornographers--Twin Cinema
8. LCD Soundsystem--LCD Soundsystem
9. Konono No1--Congotronics, Vol.1
10. Out Hud--Let Us Never Speak of This Again
11. Four Tet--Everything Ecstatic
12. Caribou--The Milk of Human Kindness
Compilations & Reissues:
Stereolab--Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
Gang of Four--Entertainment!
V/A--No New York (Russian Import)
V/A--New Thing!: Deep Jazz in the USA
V/A--Love's a Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa
V/A--The Rough Guide to Dub
V/A--Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats
Almost, But Not Quite:
Dungen--Ta det Lugnt
The Ex--Turn
Jamie Lidell--Multiply
Andrew Bird--The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Sleater-Kinney--The Woods
Mahjongg--Raydongcong
V/A--Run the Road
Yet Unheard:
Isolee--We Are Monster
Lightning Bolt--Hypermagic Mountain
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah--Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Jason Forrest--Shamelessly Exciting
Animal Collective--Feels
The reasons are multifarious and have mostly to do with two jobs, one of them teaching. And a five-month-old daughter. Etc. Listen, I haven't even been able to make a mix since August. Or read a book. I can barely watch a freakin' movie.
More importantly, I haven't been writing. And that's just not healthy, and I'm working on it. But this here place, I regret to say, is not the appropriate place for me to get back into it.
What it comes down to, folks, is that this is a social blog. It's set up to enable and highlight the friends/commenting/communities aspect of blogging, and as much as I want to catch up with y'all from time to time, I just can't stay in that game anymore. And besides, I'm more interested in privacy these days than I once was.
mama_k's got us set up on Typepad, so I'll be taking residence there shortly. I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, here's my recently updated Favorite Albums of 2005. They're in no particular order, but I'll stake my sharp lil' ears on each and every one of 'em.
1. M.I.A.--Arular
2. Antony & the Johnsons--I am a Bird Now
3. Spoon--Gimme Fiction
4. My Morning Jacket--Z
5. Amadou & Mariam--Dimanche a Bamako
6. Wolf Parade--Apologies to the Queen Mary
7. The New Pornographers--Twin Cinema
8. LCD Soundsystem--LCD Soundsystem
9. Konono No1--Congotronics, Vol.1
10. Out Hud--Let Us Never Speak of This Again
11. Four Tet--Everything Ecstatic
12. Caribou--The Milk of Human Kindness
Compilations & Reissues:
Stereolab--Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
Gang of Four--Entertainment!
V/A--No New York (Russian Import)
V/A--New Thing!: Deep Jazz in the USA
V/A--Love's a Real Thing: The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa
V/A--The Rough Guide to Dub
V/A--Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats
Almost, But Not Quite:
Dungen--Ta det Lugnt
The Ex--Turn
Jamie Lidell--Multiply
Andrew Bird--The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Sleater-Kinney--The Woods
Mahjongg--Raydongcong
V/A--Run the Road
Yet Unheard:
Isolee--We Are Monster
Lightning Bolt--Hypermagic Mountain
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah--Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Jason Forrest--Shamelessly Exciting
Animal Collective--Feels