Caught somewhere in time – Iron Maiden Dammit! I listened to Grass Widow all last night to some shameful hour to try and subliminate/force one of their songs into my head, all so i could write here today with such joy and confidence before the year had ended that their album was the best thing [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Caught Somewhere In Time
Posted in Iron Maiden on December 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Train
Posted in Lagwagon on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Train – Lagwagon This song and this album, and Double Plaidinum before it, are forever linked for me to a tape Adrian made for me so, so long ago. The two albums on each side of a D-90 with select filler songs to run out the tape. I know this is a cliche thing to [...]
Who Are You Playing For?
Posted in What Happens Next? on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Who are you playing for? – What Happens Next? I know my view of this skewed nerdly, but i can’t believe how much live music is still dictated by, funneled through and reliant on licensed venues. When wonderful example after wonderful example have been set as alternatives to this bottle feeding, why is it every [...]
Merry Fucking Christmas
Posted in tv show theme on December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Merry fucking Christmas – Mr. Garrison I haven’t seen South Park in so long. I haven’t felt the need to see South Park in so long. Somewhere along the way, when i realised i was laughing maybe twice an episode, it became disposable, and frustrating. Jokes from lazy, stilted, evasive, hindering social and political commentary; [...]
Linda Linda
Posted in movie songs, Paranmaum on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Linda Linda – Paranmaum Last night we watched Linda Linda Linda, so how could i not have this song stuck in my head. It really is such a perfect movie, so sweet, so understated, and perfectly captures what it’s like to be in a band, especially in high school. How tuning takes up half the [...]
Love Goes On
Posted in australian bands, Go-Betweens on December 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Love goes on – The Go-Betweens Maybe it’s the circles i run in, and the pitiful amount of time i spend socially in any circle, but i’ve never heard anyone refer to the person they kiss a lot as their “lover”. I know this song was released in 1988, but does it still happen? Is [...]
Cherry Outline
Posted in Pet Milk on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cherry outline – Pet Milk Merry Christmas. This is the Christmas song. One of the songs of the year for me, by one of the year’s most exciting new bands. And as with the rest of my presents, my girlfriend says, i’m still waiting for their tape in the mail. Can’t wait (even though i [...]
Melodies Haunt You
Posted in Dodgy on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Melodies haunt you – Dodgy Gah! Remember this song? Remember this band?! No one does. Maybe their terrible name has something to do with it. I had completely forgotten about them until i recently began listening to archived episodes of Chris Morris’ radio shows he did for the BBC. Nice little time capsules, they are. [...]
Season’s Freaklings
Posted in Bunnygrunt on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Season’s freaklings – Bunnygrunt It was a difficult decision deciding between this song or The Hanukkah Scoot for this Christmas mix i’ve made. The Hanukkah Scoot won out because, even though Hanukkah was a few weeks ago, it’s even more impossible to resist than this song, and i felt the need to level things out. [...]
Say No Go
Posted in De La Soul on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Say no go – De La Soul One of my formative straight edge anthems. I’m sorry, but if De La Soul and a recontextualised Hall and Oates tell me to, i’m going to say “No go” to such boring and socially harmful levels well past the time i should have joined in on the party. [...]
