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Lately, I have been getting bored with my music, and I've been buying different stuff on iTunes b/c it's an easy way to buy one or two songs without spending out on an entire album.
Songs I've recently bought and am liking:
The book which is next on my "Ta Read" list is George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. Anthony Bourdain recommended it in his Kitchen Confidential, and I figured that if he liked it enough to plug it I'll give it a go. I'm a little wary, though, b/c all I've read by Orwell are the biggies: 1984 and Animal Farm, and I guess I liked them fine; but neither of them changed my life or anything. I really don't like the rat thing from 1984, so I hope there are no vermin-o-centric scenes in Down and Out.
Songs I've recently bought and am liking:
- Several by The Squaaks -- Be Dry My Bleeding Heart, Two Hippies, Everything Twice
This Baltimore based indie-rockie kind of band that I like. I first heard of them b/c their bass player, Elena, is a cake decorator on Ace of Cakes on Food Network - Adele -- Best for Last, Hometown Glory, and Chasing Pavements
A 19 year old British chick whose voice is really soulful. I like Best for Last best of the three b/c I think it's a little more interesting - Duffy -- Mercy
Ditto Adele, but this song I bought is more upbeat than Adele's stuff - Madonna -- 4 Minutes with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.
She keeps evolving and trying new styles and sounds, and this is actually pretty good. It's not as good as her early stuff, to me, but I don't feel ripped off for the $0.99 - B-52's -- Funplex.
Off their new album. It's no Rock Lobster, but it's a good, quirky-poppy song. - The Ting-Tings -- Shut Up and Let Me Go and Great DJ
I'll admit that I got Great DJ for free as one of the Download of the Week things from iTunes, and I bought the other one b/c of the snippet in the Apple commercial. It's Britty-poppy, fun music. The lyrics ain't Bob Dylan, but it's fun music to dance around the room. - Scarlett Johansson -- Falling Down
She's done an entire album of Tom Waits covers, and she's not half bad. All the songs (I previewed them all) are very fuzzed out sounding. I think she has a decent enough voice but one that probably would never have gotten past the American Idol audition. Again, though, I've been listening to the song, and I like it. - The Breeders -- Bang On
Well, Last Splash was one of my favorite albums when it first came out, so I've been hoping they'd do something else that was good. (Elastica's sophomore effort The Menace comes to mind here as a time when I was bitterly disappointed in a follow-up album.) The songs I previewed, and this song of course, are good. I might actually buy this album. - Guilty Pleasure: Carrie Underwood -- Before He Cheats
Like Marie Osmond, I'm a little bit country these days, and I like this one. They're playing it on Y101, so it's *technically* a cross-over hit. :P
The book which is next on my "Ta Read" list is George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. Anthony Bourdain recommended it in his Kitchen Confidential, and I figured that if he liked it enough to plug it I'll give it a go. I'm a little wary, though, b/c all I've read by Orwell are the biggies: 1984 and Animal Farm, and I guess I liked them fine; but neither of them changed my life or anything. I really don't like the rat thing from 1984, so I hope there are no vermin-o-centric scenes in Down and Out.