I just got back from a run and I want to share the music that was shuffled at me. It's a range of tempos and moods, but all VERY intense:

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When I posted my last snapshot (of a fluorescent light panel) I skipped songs until I got to "Fluorescenses" by Stereolab. Yes I'm terribly clever. Then just now I turned on the music again and heard the coda at the end of the song. One of Stereolab's singers speaks French as a first language, so when she sings in English she accents words ( Read more... )

Sitting at the table, going over my journal adding new tags as you do, with my music on shuffle. A Flaming Lips songs comes on and I start bouncing in my chair. It has a happy triumphant melody, totally catchy while being surrounded by scratchy distorted guitars. (I love that shit.) I've heard it before, but I can't think of the title, and it would ( Read more... )

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Genuinely hot for a good chunk of the day. Apparently around 80 and humid is my idea of 'hot.' And I really like it. I'd like it better if I could wear shorts at work ( Read more... )

Whatever you think about Barak Obama, I can't remember another politician inspiring musicians so much. YouTube is thick with Obama tributes set to music. The last time I was excited about a presidential candidate they had a Fleetwood Mac theme song. This time around there are an abundance of choices should Obama become the nominee. The latest I ( Read more... )

The kid discovered, through her internet connections, a love song written from the point of view of a supervillain toward one of his captives ("Skullcrusher mountain"). The lyrics "I made this half-pony half-monkey monster to please you / But I get the feeling that you don't like it / What's with all the screaming?" are pretty darn charming. A ( Read more... )

I'm the guy who likes it warm rather than cold--I'd rather endure today's predicted 97 than our more typical 27--but today is a tough one. Interestingly, very cold and very warm have a similar effect on my breathing. I have asthma, and today I can't draw a full breath. Fortunately, my awesome wife has picked up my new inhaler, so if I survive ( Read more... )

I'd probably be accused of being a bigot if I said that modern country music fans were the kind of people whose idea of courtship is to offer to clean ectoparasites off one another, but click this link and hear the proof.

Link thanks to brush_rat, whose attraction to novelty music is like some kind of radar ( Read more... )