14 posts tagged “music”

I got Reg and Steve each one of these. After getting Reg a laptop for his birthday, though, my boyfriend present karma is pretty damn good. I mean, I think we're even. Having a guy get you great gifts kinda kills the inner scrooge a little.

Probably will try to start saving money after NY for a fun vacation. We've never gone anywhere just the two of us besides short camping trips.

Speaking of saving money my CD Mixes make lovely presents for you broke people trying to do something nice. Just say you did it, I don't care. If you feel honesty my DJ name is Lo Tolerance. And my end-of-2007 mix will be posted tomorrow morning probably, with some of my favorite songs this year. /end shameless plug

here's another song that is technically 2006 but still pretty good: "Troubled Son" by Working for a Nuclear-Free Winter

I personally do not often download mixes, because of the aggravation of not being able to skip tracks. Am I alone in this or do other people feel similarly?

(I mean, sure, if they post the tracklist, or I know from experience it'll all be good, that's fine. Or if I really have time to listen through without wanting to skip ahead. But I listen to most music at work, where I don't want to just wait and see if the mix improves.)

Man, I hate food poisoning. (Friday night was a bust.)

In other news, there are lots of concerts and fun things coming up.

Sep 18th - Editors, Chop Suey
Sep 19th/20th - Low, Triple Door
Sep 20th-23rd - Decibel Festival, assorted
Sep 21st - Endfest (Smashing Pumpkins, Social Distortion), Qwest Field
Sep 24th - Arcade Fire+LCD Soundsystem, Bank of America Arena
Oct 5th - Built to Spill, Showbox
Oct 8th - She Wants Revenge, Showbox
Oct 18th - Interpol, WAMU theater

Friday's lineup for Coachella:

Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys*, Bjork*, Brazilian Girls*, Brother Ali, Busdriver, Circa Survive*, DJ Benny Benassi*, DJ Shadow*, David Guetta, Digitalism, EL-P, Evil Nine, Faithless*, Felix Da Housecat*, Gillian Welch , Gogol Bordello*, Interpol*, Jarvis Cocker*, Julieta Venegas, Nickel Creek, Peaches*, Peeping Tom, Rufus Wainwright, Silversun Pickups, Sonic Youth*, The Jesus And Mary Chain**, The Noisettes*, Tilly And The Wall, Tokyo Police Club*, We Are Scientists*

* have liked music by them in the past
** will die if I don't get to see them

Audio: Show us cover art or share a track from the first band or solo artist you flipped for.
Submitted by Red Pen.

Saints & Sinners

Whitesnake

Really it was just "Here I Go Again."

The first album I ever bought:

Mixed Up

The Cure

The first CD I ever bought:

Songs from the Big Chair

Tears For Fears

What are your top 25 most played songs? 
Submitted by Cooxie. 

Ha, Last.fm to the rescue!

1. Study of the Lifeless - Never Know
2. The Music - Into the Night
3. Frausdots - Fashion Death Trends
4. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness – According to Plan
5. Wolf Parade - This Heart's On Fire
6. The Psychedelic Furs – Heartbreak Beat
7. The Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
8. The Killers – Indie Rock and Roll
9. Franz Ferdinand – The Fallen
10. Interpol – Next Exit
11. The Arcade Fire – Wake Up
12. Rachel Stevens – I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
13. The Killers – Somebody Told Me
14. Editors – Munich
15. Hijack the Disco – Groove Jet
16. Spoon – I Turn My Camera On (John McEntire remix)
17. Editors – Fingers in the Factories
18. Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
19. The Presets – Girl and the Sea
20. Franz Ferdinand – Do You Want To
21. Men, Women, & Children – Dance In My Blood
22. Stars – Ageless Beauty
23. stellastarr* – Sweet Troubled Soul
24. White Rose Movement – Girls in the Back
25. Ash – A Life Less Ordinary
    

Let's make a list.  What are 20 things in your life that you're grateful for? 
Inspired by wyndslash.vox.com.

Kicking the National Habit

Grand National

1. having a job
2. that pays over 10/hr
3. located a quick bus ride away
4. having a nice apartment
5. living in Ballard
6. having the best boyfriend of my life
7. Terry Pratchett's inexhaustible output
8. Philip K. Dick's amphetemine dependence
9. Timothy Powers' finely chanelled insanity
10. the years Heller put into Catch-22
11. Seattle Public Library's reserve system
12. Book Burro
13. Perez Hilton
14. Terrence McKenna's copious consumption of shrooms and writing about it
15. living in Seattle
16. Heather G and MXTX
17. Soulseek
18. Decibel Festival
19. hotcrab
20. Grand National

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)  Inspired by Stephanie.

röyksopp - Triumphant
Morcheeba - Big Calm
Tahiti 80 - on the run
Fertile ground - Be Natural
Orbital - Initiation
The Butchies - Lydia
M83 - Don't Save us from the fames
Ada - Bum Bum
Saturday looks good to me - ambulance
Men, Women and Children - Dance in my blood

I haven't heard half these songs, yo.

What albums are in heavy rotation for you right now?

Ratatat's new album and Pyschocandy.

Classics