I. I'm randomly going to see Morrissey on Friday for free! Scotty P got the tickets. Sweet.

II. Today...er, yesterday was my parents' 25th wedding anniversary. Sadly, I had to work and the engraved picture frame I bought them won't get here for, like, 2 more weeks. But I guess we'll celebrate all together over the weekend.

III. Something ( Read more... )

Lately I've been obsessing over film scores. I have no idea why (other than reliving Pirates of the Caribbean). Mostly all swashbuckling stuff, but the Pride & Prejudice score, too (one of my all time favorites). I'm even so much a dork that I used my two free iTunes downloads from Ticketmaster (when I bought the tickets for Chris Cornell) to ( Read more... )

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I was tagged by hard2explain8, so here goes. And I will mention songs not just included on the mix I posted yesterday

List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your Live Journal along with your seven ( Read more... )

Stations Agree on Anti-Payola Settlement - Now, I wouldn't be at all surprised if independent and local artists still get the short end of the stick by having their airtime blocks in the middle of the night, but it's a start. The more airtime for bands like Arcade Fire and the less for "artists" like Jennifer Lopez the better in my book ( Read more... )

As I mentioned yesterday, I had dinner out with my parents, my cousin Amy (the one in Texas I lived with summer '05), her husband Corey, and their daughter Madeleine (known by all as Maddy). Great Italian place outside Trenton, where none of us could finish our meals, because they gave us so much food. All around a great night out with some of my ( Read more... )

Seriously. Whoa.

Chris Cornell - Billie Jean (Live in Sweden)

This is why I love this man...and why he NEEDS to record another solo album, stat.

ETA: My suggestion prompted someone to buy Jamie Cullum's Twentysomething! They asked if there were any jazzy piano players I like, and I mentioned that as one of my favorite CDs, and they bought it.

Let it never be said I do nothing for my store.

I just made a mixed CD of songs from the albums recommended by our staff.

( Track list is as follows )

I'm working on a CD full of songs with lyrics from or inspired by Shakespeare. Recitations work as well, but I'd rather have music (as to let that hot recitation of Sonnet 130 by Alan Rickman stand alone). I only have about 40 minutes worth of stuff right now, meaning I have a *lot* of extra space ( Read more... )

Free, legal music downloads: SpiralFrog.com. Revenue comes from advertising space as opposed to iTunes, (new) Napster, etc. that charge per download. Therefore, if you can put up with a few ads, you get to have free music!

This is a win-win. I can't wait for this to open in December. :D

Oh, and I really don't care that U2's manager Paul ( Read more... )