Double Reading

I’ve been meaning to get back into the blogging thing for a few weeks, so since Molly tagged me to join her Seven Song meme, I’ll take that as a cue to get warm up.
According to iTunes, these are the seven songs that I’ve most recently added that have a rating of four or more [...]

I don’t really hate to admit it, but I feel like I should, but the day I’ve been waiting for all year has finally arrived: Pitchfork has posted their Top 100 Tracks of 2006. For the past two years I’ve followed this list and downloaded/found/purchased each and every track they recommended. The Top 50 Singles [...]

If, like me, you are sometimes overtaken by nostalgia or find yourself wondering how your life was different (not necessarily better or worse) last year at this time (I always become much more introspective and whatnot once the sunny days end and it gets darker earlier and rainy here in Seattle), then I have a [...]

(I thought up two more ways to analyze my music-listening habbits (via iTunes [my iPod may tell a totally different story...]. Enjoy!)
Five-Star Songs Discovered in 2005

“Try Again” by Aaliyah from Romeo Must Die
“Until the End of the World” by Apoptygma Berzerk from Harmonizer
“The Woodlands National Anthem” by the Arcade Fire from the Arcade Fire EP
“Electricity” [...]

(Okay, so I didn’t get this finished before Pitchfork’s Top 50 Singles of 2005 [which inspired this list], nor did I get it finished before the end of 2005, but oh well. Also see part 1 of my list.)
The List (cont.)

“DARE” by Gorillaz from Demon DaysI don’t know what more I can say about this [...]

Last year Pitchfork did a Top 50 Singles of 2004 list that I thought was just awesome. When they released it in late December, I scrambled to make sure I was familiar with as many listed as possible (i.e. downloaded them via the internet in one way or another…). And thanks to that list, I [...]

After I got my new iPod I assigned myself the fun (though tedious) task of taking all of my CDs that wouldn’t fit on my first iPod and putting them on my computer since my new iPod held 3x as much music. This meant putting on a lot of albums that weren’t really in the [...]

This double-set of playlists is for the month of May. I felt that I had been listening to such good new, recent music lately that I had to devote one mix to just that, hence “May I.” The “May Tu” mix is just random.
As for the titles, I thought they were extremely clever, but I’m [...]

(this is a mix CD that I made for my friend Troy a couple of months ago)
Because this mix CD needs a Philosophical Introduction

“Come Into My World” (Fischerspooner remix) by Kylie Minogue from Fever
This song serves two purposes: 1. the phrase “come into my world” can represent the fact that by listening to these [...]