Thoughts on a Playlist (Vol. I)

well, hello ya'll...

another exciting day upstate.

yup.

as exciting as Gary Busey on a coke bender.

was listening to a playlist on my iPod 

while i was cleaning up the kitchen.

figured i'd share some of my "legendary" insight.

"Daylight" - Matt & Kim

ok, Matt and/or Kim. i get it. 

you really enjoy living in Brooklyn.

i don't blame you, Brooklyn is the shit...

but i'm sure Grand St. isn't fucking Disneyland.

... side note: this song is awesome.

"Always a Friend" - Alejandro Escovedo

i saw Alejandro Escovedo in Chicago a few years ago by accident.

he was headlining the 2005 Blues & Folk Festival @ Welles Park.

i had no idea who he was at the time, but he was amazing.

he reminds me of Bruce Springsteen...

if he was half mexi... & lived in texas.

"White Winter Hymnal" - Fleet Foxes

this song is catchy like aids.

no homo.

it makes me want to join up with the 

minstrels at the renaissance fair. 

maybe get myself a lute/giant turkey leg/chollera

"Mobius Band in a Green Cotton Sweater" - Mobius Band

am i like really late on these guys? how did i ever miss this?

got this off of Spin.com for $free.99.

i think i like any song in which the band 

has it's own name inserted onto the title.

have you ever seen the song/album/band 

all have the same title?

that's always kinda bogus.

"Family Tree" - TV on the Radio

somebody told me that (you had a boyfriend?)

TV on the Radio sounds like a Bloc Party rip-off.

somebody is fuckin' dumb.

not that i don't like Bloc Party or anything.

but TV on the Radio is epic & so is this song.

"Oliver's Army" - Elvis Costello & the Attractions

Elvis Costello is obnoxiously good.

nothing about this song is mind-blowing, 

but god damn, his voice is cool.

also, i know the song is a protest song about Vietnam & all,

but it still sounds weird to hear Elvis Costello sing the 

words "white nigger"

kinda makes me uncomfortable. 

just a lil' bit.

oh wait, the chorus is back...

ok, i'm over it.

this song is the balls  

"Carpetbagger (feat. Elvis Costello)" - Jenny Lewis

i want Jenny Lewis to be my girlfriend.

...actually i take that back.

i wanna cheat on my girlfriend with 

Jenny Lewis in a tent at BonnaRoo.

it'd be so cooll!!!

we'd hook-up after her set.

i'd console her after the sound guy fucked up

the vocal mics on the stage.

then we'd have sweaty tent sex.

we'll think about starting a meaningful relationship,

but decide that we can't leave our respective lovers.

so we'll have an awkward final kiss & go our separate ways.

it's gonna be so hott.

word.

"ZooBar" - Project Jenny, Project Pat

imagine Animal Farm with a discotech soundtrack.

yeah, something like that.

"What We Had" - Handsome Furs

i can't stop.

i just listen to it over & over.

how come my side projects never sound this good?

it's a total downer.

"the Modern Leper" - Frightened Rabbit

i get a weird enjoyment out of any band that sings with an accent.

remember Millencolin? 

they were a swedish punk band?

they sang "No Cigar"?

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 soundtrack?

no?

whatever. 

"Dime" - Cake

Every 5-6 months or so, i remember how good Cake is.

it's not so much i  forget that i like them as it is, 

i just forget that they're a real band sometimes.

do they ever tour/play festivals/put remixes on hype machine?

true story: i prefer Cake (as in the band)

to actual cake (as in the dessert).

"the Breaks" - Kurtis Blow

sample lyrics:

if your woman steps out with another man
& she runs off with him to Japan.
& the IRS says they want to chat,
& you can't explain why you claimed your cat.
& ma bell sends you a whopping bill

& eighteen phone calls to brazil.
& you borrowed money from the mob,

& yesterday you lost your job.

oh and after every line, the crowd yells

"that's the breaks, that's the breaks"

fucking amazing.

"Highly Suspicious" - My Morning Jacket

dude.

it's sounds like Prince joined Mastodon...

do i really need to say anymore.