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- Goldbug, Ben Neill
- Electronica madness. Mostly bought it because this semester, I've
been finding that listening to music with words, especially words that
make sense, has been intolerable. I need something that doesn't
stir my emotions at all, that I can play with in the back of my head
like tinkertoys. This is it.
- Pi Soundtrack
- Okay, I was pretty wrapped up in this movie, hey.
- Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
- Never thought it'd happen, but here I am listening to Bob Dylan.
Heard Kevin and Grant playing it upstairs from me, borrowed the
CD, and have yet to return it to Grant after a month. (Of course,
Reid still doesn't have his CD, below, back either. You all should
still let me borrow CDs, though.) Anyway, hey, this is good stuff!
Maybe I'll re-explore classic rock or something. What a wacky idea.
- The Inevitable Squirrel Nut Zippers, Squirrel Nut Zippers
- Borrowed from Reid, which means I guess I'll have to return it
before I leave for the summer. Alas. It's good. My roommie Shunda likes
it too. La Grippe is oddly amusing, Lover's Lane is catchy, and
the whole album is a good break from the whiny stuff you hear on Gen-X
radio these days, not that I don't identify but I *have* done enough
whining lately. Besides, any song with the lyrics "They may walk hand
in hand/Like lovers through the Market Square/Selecting leather goods/
Pretending that they just don't care" with a banjo strumming in the
background is fun.
- Piano and String Quartet, Morton Feldman, performed by Kronos
Quartet with Aki Takahashi
- Another Dan recommendation, and it's good. Really. Quiet. The
recommendation came out of a discussion on epicness, and can epic be
hushed? This was his example of yes. I think I agree. It's absolutely
beautiful.
- It Means Everything, Save Ferris
- My silly upbeat album purchase of the year. Sappy ska-pop, with a
remake of Come on Eileen, which Ed hates but I like. It's fun, but don't
expect anything deep.
- If You're Feeling Sinister, Belle and Sebastian
- Dan recommended this to me, and it was all right, but a little too
down for me, I really need something to lift my spirits, and this
wasn't exactly it. Played the title song over and over again, though,
and Seeing Other People. It sounds like Honest Bob's stuff, so I
can sort of see why Dan likes them.
- Little Plastic Castle, Ani Difranco
- I spent quite awhile trying to decide if I liked this album or not.
I'm not sure I'm crazy about it. I mean, there are a few songs that stick
in my head, like Gravel, and Independence Day, and I played As Is
and Swan Dive over and over again too, but I don't think the quality
of the lyrics are as high as her other albums. Nothing as deeply
witty or identifiable as songs from her other albums, like Am I asking
too much? or Willing to Fight. And it's not because these all seem
like emotional songs either, because I still think Falling is Like
This is the best love song of current time. Oh well, it's all right,
still better than a lot of stuff out there, just not her best.
recommended
- Joules Graves, Plunge!
- heard about her through the ani difranco newsgroup.
place to buy? from http://www.ladyslipper.org, good motivational music for
activism, supposedly.