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Possibly the most important thing I will ever post here, so take note!

x138 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:04:17 GMT

It's been a while since I've posted on this thing, but I was feeling particularly enthusiastic about this song just now.
http://www.markryan.ie/ftp/Pogues%20-%20A%20Rainy%20Night%20In%20Soho.mp3
"Rainy Night in Soho" is one of the most gorgeous songs I've heard in a while, and I thought I'd take the time to say that I strongly feel, as strongly as most people feel about "important" matters (i.e. the economy, religion, etc.), that more people should listen to The Pogues. There's far more to them than "Fairytale of New York," which I would rank as maybe only their fifth-best song, or so.

The last time I felt such an urgent need to push my music on to other people was 4 years ago, when I first heard The Clash(!!!). So this is pretty significant, I think. :)

Not so much a cry for help as a request

x138 — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:24:47 GMT

It's one of those Friday nights where I have absolutely nothing to do because my friends are too busy applying to colleges and I'm too busy putting off that process as long as possible. So then, it's one of those Friday nights I spend downloading new music, trying to find a new band to like. By now, I've decided I don't like Yes, I don't love Boston but I don't dislike them enough to delete them, and I absolutely love Stars.

Any recommendations? FYI, my favorite bands as of right now are The Clash, Dandy Warhols, Stars, The Beatles (ALWAYS), and The Police. The "Top Songs This Week From MOGs Like Me" is telling me that I might like Keane and John Mayer. How disappointing.

A clever subject line.

x138 — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:42:04 GMT

So earlier today my boyfriend's parents offered me tickets to a James Blunt concert. I considered my previous confession of never having been to a concert, ever, but James Blunt?! Doesn't satisfy the worthy/alive criteria, because while he may be living proof that life is unfair, since he gets to be alive and countless better musicians don't, he is most definitely not worthy. I remember once a friend said to me, "Elaine, it's not like you're losing your virginity," in an attempt to convince me to go with her to a Jason Mraz concert, but in a way, it is - and I'm not trying to suggest that I'm actually a slutty groupie at heart, or anything. The point of it is, although it may be somewhat embarrassing to admit that I've never been to a concert in the entire 17 years that I've had the chance to, give or take a couple for the barely conscious years at the beginning, it would be so much more embarrassing to admit that the first concert I had ever been to was James Blunt, who is entirely undeserving of anyone's virginity, musical or otherwise.

It's times like these that make me so mad at The Beatles for disbanding and dying, and causing me to miss out on possibly the greatest band ever.

HELLO, MY NAME IS:

x138 — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:28:19 GMT

Hi! Let me start off with a few confessions so we can get off on the wrong foot. I can't appreciate Bob Dylan. I've tried it before and it just doesn't work, and I can't understand what he did to deserve his near-legendary status. I do, however, have a somewhat embarrassing fondness for the Gorillaz. I've also never been to a concert, which most people find inexcusable, but I really don't think this one is so bad since it's getting harder to find bands that are worthy/alive. It's actually not either/or, it has to meet both standards. I have one Britney Spears song somewhere on my hard drive because I was tricked into accepting it as an AIM file transfer and I haven't gotten around to deleting it because if it's even possible that super-trashy music can hold sentimental value, this song does.