Posts by kandyd
Things MOG Has Taught Me, Sorted by Tracks Edition
1. I own more tracks by Tom Waits than by The Minutemen. That's quite an accomplishment, given the brevity of the Minutemen's tracks.2. I own more tracks by Elmer Bernstein than by Apples in Stereo.3. I should really move my sound effects library out of my iTunes library.
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Cuter than Kittens
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Is there anything cuter than Kahimi Karie singing in French?
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Hating Music
I haven't seen any live music in probably 9 months. Sure, I've got my eMusic subscription, and I download my monthly 90 tracks, and I even have a backlog for next month. But part of me is wondering if not going to live shows is going to rot my soul and leave me a music hating husk.I'll try to post something if that's what happens. Should be an interesting experiment.
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So not punk
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I was listening to the public radio show "Day to Day" yesterday, and wished I had had a mouthful of coffee, as I wanted to do a spit take. As it is, I just started yelling at the radio. Not effective, but cathartic.The object of my rage?JOAN F'ING JETT IS NOT A PUNK AND NEVER EVER EVER EVER, NOT FOR ONE SECOND, WAS.Please.And by the way, she doesn't claim in the interview to be one. This rage i
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A short lack-of-caffeine fueled rant on sorting by number of tracks
Part of me loves the idea that the default behavior of My Digital Music is to sort by number of tracks. There is, I suppose, some level of logic for most people that they would own the most tracks of the bands they love the most.But this is a music-geek site, and at least in my case, this sorting method is giving back odd results, if the purpose of this sort mode is supposed to show my enthusiasm
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Raconteurs at Wiltern
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So, pretty needless to say, there was no small amount of rocking involved in the Raconteurs show last night. They should honestly change the name of the band to the "Drummerteurs." Why didn't I notice how good Patrick Keeler is from the album? Am I so old? Guess I'll have to buy the Greenhornes now.Here's the thing, though, about that particular show in that particular venue. And maybe it's j
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