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Music ‘08

January 1st, 2009 · No Comments ·

Dad gummit! The new Wordpress interface sux: it ate a bunch of this post without saving it, so I’ve had to retype quite a bit. There might be some sloppy writing in here, but I can’t be bothered to fix it.
Happy New Year! In 2007, I didn’t find much music I liked. In 2005, I [...]

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Tags: Elbow · Greg Dulli · JAMC · Mercury Rev · Mogwai · Sigur Ros · lists · lists of ten · music · pop

Creative liberties

February 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments ·

In response to a blog post on “25 things that only happen in the movies,” the TV Squad blog has put together its own list of “14 things that only happen on TV.” Together, these form quite an impressive set of observations:

No one ever gets out of a car and locks it – even on [...]

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Tags: TV · lists · movies · pop

Music ‘07

January 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments ·

Hmm, I guess I should probably do one of these lists, since it’s about that time. I was a very active music sampler in 2007, but unlike last year, I didn’t find a whole lot of stuff to listen to over and over (with the exception of #2, below). Instead, I found a few slow [...]

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Tags: lists of ten · music

Music ‘06

December 6th, 2006 · No Comments ·

It’s after Thanksgiving, so here goes!
I did a lot better job than last year at keeping up with music. But my tastes are what they are, so if you know me, you might not be surprised by anything I list here. So it goes. I will say, though, that I’ve got a solid List of [...]

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Tags: lists of ten · music

Another list

November 19th, 2006 · 2 Comments ·

Putting together this week’s four-hour electronica playlist (yes, I’ve listened to the whole thing straight through) has convinced me that I could do an electronica list of ten.
Like the grunge list, this one has limits: I’m most familiar with the ambient/dub/techno/house scene that hit the mainstream briefly during the mid 90s, with a handful of [...]

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Tags: lists of ten · music · radio