It seems as if it's only lasted three days. Oh how we'll miss you, Febpopary.
Parting shot, The Trashcan Sinatras, Freetime.
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Music
(Taking the rue out of this month for almost a day now.)
Pay no mind to the denuded trees and gray landscape. Just click below to hear the lush and spring-like sounds of the The Last High, by The Dandy Warhols.
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It's not that I don't like February. It's just that it makes me feel like working and not much else -- and that's worthy of sorrow and regret.
But instead of regret, lets use this month of purification to find some new happy poppy music to take us into spring. Today, it's Camera Obscura, Tears for Affairs.
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I'd write more, but I gotta get back to work.
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For the sounds of the season, here's Marshall Crenshaw covering an old Bob Seger tune that sounds like it's from James Brown. I know, hard to explain. That's why you gotsta give Santa's Got a Brand New Bag a listen.
In the intricate dance between content and form, sometimes the form surpasses the content, taking the floor while content contently looks on.
Yeah, and that's another way of saying that I found a cool tool and I'm putting it up before I know what to say through it. It's a nifty new pop song (yes, purchased from E-music) from Belle and Sebastian. Give it a play...
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Just to counter the previous "ain't I so hip" entry, here's a discovery from my old room on our recent visit to mom's house. I'm not going to say much, other than the cover shows much, much wear.
The Partridge Family, Up To Date
However belatedly, I do catch up with the hip items on the internets.
Random band, catchy song, strangely compelling dancing -- give it a play.
I suppose you can say that I've bought into this digital music thing. I spent a good amount of time at the late 90s Napster trough. I've had a couple of iPods over the last 4 years. I've ripped and sold all my CDs. And I've legally purchased many albums through iTunes. So all is well.
Well, maybe all is not so well. My daughter Zoe has a new mobile phone. It's a Sony Ericsson phone that plays music. She has the simple desire to play the music that she has purchased through iTunes on her phone. And that's the problem.
The lack of unbearable commute has kept my iPod from frequent use, but there's always iTunes for the listening at home. Here's one I'm playing right now. Alt-Country mish-mash.
* Uncle Tupelo - I Got Drunk
* Lucinda Williams - Passionate Kisses
* Silos - Drunken Moon
* Caitlin Cary - Please Take The Devil Out of Me
* Flatlanders - Pay The Alligator
* Son Volt - Drown
* Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me
* Jay Farrar - Damn Shame (Memphis Remix)
* Derailers - Just One More Time
* Josh Rouse - Directions
* Ryan Adams - New York, New York
* Vic Chesnutt - Yesterday, Tomorrow And Today
I've got a commute that averages 1 1/2 hours a day. The downside is, yes, it sucks. But the upside is that I have plenty of time by myself to listen to music. I'll extoll the virtues of my iPod in a later entry, but it allows me to listen to playlists. Here's the one I'm on right now -- mid-70's singer-songwriter:
* Joni Mitchell - Help Me
* Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock
* Carole King - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
* Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
* Gordon Lightfoot - Rainy Day People
* Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes
* Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris
