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I Can't Stand Her, Doin' What She Did Before
Artists mentioned:Did anyone else find the Comcast commercial in which the mother lip-syncs the Andrea True Connection's "More More More" (1976 #4) to her son, while sitting at a cozy restaurant table, a little, I don't know, strange and creepy? If not, consider the day job of the woman who originally...(read full post)
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You Provide the Prose Poems, I'll Provide the War
Artists mentioned:First, I'm proud of my pal Maura and her little blog's fancy little poll; it's only an improvement on last year's. My ballot can be found here, and the overall results are pretty predictable (also: Blonde Redhead #65, ASDiG #149, 1990s #158, Field Music #186, Yelle #543 woo hoo!), but...(read full post)
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Year-End List Caboosery (But What A Caboose)
Artists mentioned:First, two more (two last) year-end lists from elsewhere that get their own post, and don't get rudely crammed into another, lengthier post (sorry, others. New Year's resolution #2: Organize thoughts). J over at Heart on a Stick's top ten is cranky as per usual, but also clear and varied...(read full post)
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Marathonproxys 4: One More from an Old Friend
Artists mentioned:Jason Groth has been a pal o'mine since he brought a rusty vinyl version of Village Green Preservation Society over to my apartment, and played it as spring was rearing its pretty head somewhere around 11 years ago. Since then, he's done time in a few bands of note, filed...(read full post)
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Marathonproxys 3: More Year-End Madness
Artists mentioned:Three more lists from some Bloomington pals. The last two guys are two brothers who, with a few others, run some music stuff in town. The first guy was named Josh Olivo by his parents, but records under the name goodhandsteam (myspace). I've retained his antipathy for all but the...(read full post)
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Marathonproxys 2: More School-chums
Artists mentioned:Two more lists from two more school-chums (Travis even has a blog).While I'm at it, some more year-endness I've been saving and waiting to share with you, dear reader.Amy at Shake Your Fist: Songs and EPs/Singles from one of my favorite writers in the anywhere-sphere. Also good: lists at Culture...(read full post)
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Marathonproxys 2007: Dudes from School, Vol. 1
Artists mentioned:As promised, here are some more year-end thoughts from a few pals of mine. These three guys--good guys, all--are from the program. I didn't give them limits as to records that were released this year; just stuff they listened to over the course of 2007. More tomorrow.Mark Benedetti1. The Sound—discography,...(read full post)
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marathonpacks 2007 Year-End Lengthy Writeups
Artists mentioned:Not so much a ranked list this year as a series of written things about a few of the records I liked. These are in no particular order, really; well, I guess the last pair is last for a reason. Oh yeah, I paired some of these up, you know,...(read full post)
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marathonpacks 2007 Year-End Mixes, Vols. III & IV
Artists mentioned:Okay, so I might have been a bit hasty in putting these off til Monday; it's amazing what a night of sleep can do to clear up a cluttered head. So, here are the last two, with the same caveats as the first two. Number three lets me get out...(read full post)
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marathonpacks' 2007 Year-End Mixes, Vols. I & II
Artists mentioned:So, hi. Happy holidays, etc. At this point, I'm roughly 75% done with my normal holiday shopping, and 75% done with my more cherished year-end tradition, my year-end mix-making. The first two are below (at a crisp, shiny 192kbps), with the next two to follow (hopefully) tomorrow (update: yeah, uhhhh...Monday...(read full post)
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Jay-Z "Ignorant Shit"
Artists mentioned:American Gangster is, of course, a concept album about Jay-Z’s own life, appropriately cinematized, with the last third on some parallel-universe, if-I-were-not-on-Charlie Rose-a-couple-weeks-ago and still dealt drugs I’d be dead now but a dead legend level. Thus, “Ignorant Shit” (mp3) marks the stage in the narrative, I think, where the...(read full post)
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Vampire Weekend "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
Artists mentioned:At one point during Vampire Weekend’s set here in Bloomington last Saturday opening for Celebration, singer Ezra Koenig fondly remembered the last time the band came to our fair college town, opening for the Dirty Projectors a few months ago. Koenig’s wistful reminiscence could have been taken directly from a...(read full post)
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For All You Smart Dumb Cats
Artists mentioned:Ghostface, 10 minutes into his show Tuesday night, here at the Bluebird:“Ayo what’s goin’ on Indianapolis?”“…”“…”“Aw I know where we at, shit. Who in the house from Wilmington?”(cheers erupt. Close enough [Bloomington])--------------------Rakim, 10-ish minutes into his set, after Ghost’s:“Ayo who here is from the ghetto. Or has ghetto in their...(read full post)
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M.I.A. "Paper Planes"
Artists mentioned:“For many men and women, especially youth, the questions specific to citizenship, such as how we inform ourselves and who represents our interests, are answered more often than not through private consumption of commodities and media offerings than through the abstract rules of democracy or through participation in discredited political...(read full post)
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Radiohead "Videotape"
Artists mentioned:“Videotape” (mp3) is not my favorite song on In Rainbows—at this moment, that honor goes to either “Reckoner” or “Arpeggi”—but I do think, in the way it summarizes Thom Yorke’s personal connection with his own mortality, it might be the most important song on the album. Twelve years ago on...(read full post)
