I am leaving tomorrow for a week long trip to the Virgin Islands to sit on the beach and listen to a bunch of albums. I am actually working on a couple of different mixes of Simon and Garfunkel, The Kinks, Elton John, and The Doors. Before I leave, though, I was going through iTunes and looking at albums that I could download. I settled on the Bee Gees Odessa (big surprise), but I came across something that really made me laugh.
If you go to the Guided by Voices section of iTunes and find the fantastic album Alien Lanes, you can click on at least two songs and the sample will play you the entire song. This amuses me to no end.
For the record, Alien Lanes is my favorite album of all time. I cannot even begin to explain what the album did for me and what it still means to me to this day.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Some updates of what I've actually been doing for a month:
I really liked the Stevie Wonder song "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" before. After hearing it last Tuesday, I now love it. Words cannot explain how ecstatic I was at the moment I heard it. The song has new meaning to me, and I will probably smile every time I hear it for the rest of my life.
I have been working on a bunch of new mixes the past month, and have completed two pretty cool ones. The first is a great mix by the Pixies. I've been meaning to do that for awhile, and finally put one together last week. It's a good mix, and it reminded me how great the song "No. 13 Baby" is. I am ready to add it to the Purple Notebook, but I have yet to come up with a name. This shouldn't be too hard considering the wealth of imagery in their songs.
The second mix is in the Purple Notebook, but has yet to be named. It's what I like to call a concept mix. It is a 60 minute mix to an imaginary Wes Anderson movie. One of my favorite things about his movies is the soundtracks full of greats songs and cool instrumentals from Mark Mothersbaugh. For many years I have heard songs and thought that they would fit perfectly in a Wes Anderson film. I picked a bunch of them out, added some of my favorite instrumental tracks from my collection (mostly Brian Eno songs and Portastatic film scores), and threw in a great early Rolling Stones song. The result is pretty cool. You can imagine the movie in your head. The only problem thus far has been coming up with a name, so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to share them.
Finally, the other night my friend was in town and he picked me up to go out to the bar. When I got in the car, I told him I had a song to play for him and then proceeded to play "Rocket Man." Sadly, this isn't the only "Rocket Man" story I have from the last couple of weeks, but it does reveal my main recent listening obsession. Elton John. So, if you hear Madman Across the Water or Tumbleweed Connection blasting in the distance, you know who the guilty party is.
I really liked the Stevie Wonder song "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" before. After hearing it last Tuesday, I now love it. Words cannot explain how ecstatic I was at the moment I heard it. The song has new meaning to me, and I will probably smile every time I hear it for the rest of my life.
I have been working on a bunch of new mixes the past month, and have completed two pretty cool ones. The first is a great mix by the Pixies. I've been meaning to do that for awhile, and finally put one together last week. It's a good mix, and it reminded me how great the song "No. 13 Baby" is. I am ready to add it to the Purple Notebook, but I have yet to come up with a name. This shouldn't be too hard considering the wealth of imagery in their songs.
The second mix is in the Purple Notebook, but has yet to be named. It's what I like to call a concept mix. It is a 60 minute mix to an imaginary Wes Anderson movie. One of my favorite things about his movies is the soundtracks full of greats songs and cool instrumentals from Mark Mothersbaugh. For many years I have heard songs and thought that they would fit perfectly in a Wes Anderson film. I picked a bunch of them out, added some of my favorite instrumental tracks from my collection (mostly Brian Eno songs and Portastatic film scores), and threw in a great early Rolling Stones song. The result is pretty cool. You can imagine the movie in your head. The only problem thus far has been coming up with a name, so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to share them.
Finally, the other night my friend was in town and he picked me up to go out to the bar. When I got in the car, I told him I had a song to play for him and then proceeded to play "Rocket Man." Sadly, this isn't the only "Rocket Man" story I have from the last couple of weeks, but it does reveal my main recent listening obsession. Elton John. So, if you hear Madman Across the Water or Tumbleweed Connection blasting in the distance, you know who the guilty party is.
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