April 30, 2007
Playlist - April 2007
Another month, another hour of disjointed listening...
| The Rosewood Thieves - Los Angeles >> from From The Decker House A summery 60s/Beatles-esque song. |
| The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money >> from Abbey Road Speaking of the Beatles, here's an old favorite. Every time I listen to Abbey Road, I'm struck by the impeccable production. Every sound and detail clearly received a remarkable amount of attention. |
| John Lennon - Gimme Some Truth >> from Imagine This tune has remained relevant for 35 years and counting... (good/bad?). George Harrison's guitar makes the song. |
| Radiohead - I Am A Wicked Child >> from Go To Sleep [UK CD Single 2] / Com Lag Some of you probably know I obsessively collect Radiohead b-sides because that's quite simply where some of their best work is tucked away. This 2003 tune is a prime example. It's a great song and rather unlike anything in their catalog. And now you don't have to track down the right 'Go To Sleep' single to snag a copy. The Com Lag EP was finally released in the U.S. yesterday. It includes this song and several others (but this one's the best of the bunch). |
| Margot & The Nuclear So & So's - Barfight Revolution, Power Violence >> from The Dust of Retreat |
| Margot & The Nuclear So & So's - Vampires in Blue Dresses >> from The Dust of Retreat |
| Gruff Rhys - Candylion >> from Candylion |
| Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Olé! Tarantula >> from Olé! Tarantula We all love Robyn Hitchcock (or should), and this song is a pretty good example of why. (The Venus 3, by the way, are Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, and Bill Rieflin - names many of you will recognize.) If you like this, you might enjoy Nextdoorland, recorded in 2002 when Mr. Hitchcock got back together with The Soft Boys for a while (start with "Mr. Kennedy"). |
| Yo La Tengo - Mr. Tough >> from I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass This sounds nothing like Yo La Tengo. I found it annoying at first, but after a few spins I realized what a superb song it is. Only YLT could manage to pull off something like this. |
| Forro In The Dark - Cajuina >> from Bonfires of São João |
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Monkey Work >> from Living Like A Refugee From the liner notes: |
| Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - I'm Not A Fool >> from Living Like A Refugee |
| Delroy Wilson - This Life Makes Me Wonder >> from Jonny Greenwood is the Controller Good review of the compilation from Pitchfork. |
| Amadou et Mariam - Baara >> from Sou Ni Tilé |
| Amadou et Mariam - Je Pense À Toi >> from Sou Ni Tilé |
| The Holmes Brothers - Close The Door >> from State of Grace |
| Junior Kimbrough - Tramp >> from God Knows I Tried |
30 Apr 21:45 | Link | Category: Music
April 22, 2007
Numbers
Backlog
Messages in e-mail inbox: 218
Unsorted bookmarks: 619
Songs waiting to be sifted: 294
Podcasts marked as unheard: 105
School
Days until end of this semester: 10
Projects and assignments remaining: 0
Final exams remaining: 3
Days until beginning of next semester: 21
Total credit hours (after this semester): 108.5
Remaining hours needed for degree: 13.5
Me
Weight change since January 12, in kg: +1.45
BMI *: 19.2
Length of a hair from the top of my head, in cm: 16
Toenails still black from dropping ladder on foot in December: 1
My iTunes Library
Five-star rated songs: 410
Four-star rated songs: 1,030
Top play count for a song: 73
Money
Current cost of Iraq war, in dollars: 420,000,000,000 *
My current checking account balance, in dollars: 70.29
Biology
Base pairs in Amoeba dubia genome: 670,000,000,000 *
Base pairs in Homo sapiens genome: 3,000,000,000 *
Length of uncoiled DNA from one human cell, in meters: 1.8 *
Diameter of cell nucleus, in meters: 0.000006
Other
Kilometers from here to the sun: 150,000,000 *
Minutes to midnight on the Doomsday Clock: 5 *
Chinese brothers: 5 * or 7 *,*
Ways To Leave Your Lover: 50 *, *
Luftballoons: 99 *
22 Apr 23:29 | Link | Category: Site/Life News