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Sep
28
Long Days and Short Nights
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One of my longer days… On Yom Kippur even. I had my first exam of the semester and a 9AM meeting. I just want to draw a nice warm bath, relax and hope tomorrow will be brighter. So that, my friends, is exactly what I am going to do. Here’s to better days and a new year. Enjoy. xX
mp3:Â Acorn Factory
Time To Die 2009 (Frenchkiss Records)
The Dodos on myspace
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Sep
22
All Time Favorite #22
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I hesitate to select this film as an All Time Favorite... Mostly because it is THE obvious choice. Pulp Fiction is THE film, an Oscar winner and certainly a Quentin Tarantino masterpiece. It is not an understatement, the film is brilliant… I have seen this movie more times then I can even remember and the music is absolute perfection. Tarantino’s films have claimed quite a few spots on my All Time Favorite list but that is because he creates excellent films and pairs them with just the right songs. Jackie Brown is by far my favorite Tarantino movie but Pulp Fiction comes a close 2nd. Enjoy!
mp3:Â Â Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Pulp Fiction Soundtrack (1994)
Sep
18
Florence… Sweet Florence
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I adore this song right now… LOVE. I play it loud and then I repeat it over and over. I first heard it on KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic and as soon as I could get my hands on it, it was on constant repeat. I could go on and on all day about Florence Welch, the unique, magnificent voice of Florence and the Machine. In an interview she spoke about her music, “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe,” says Florence Welch. “It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.” And that is about where I melted from the awesomeness that is her. I think she is the bees knees. Her new album, Lungs is set to be released October 20, 2009 but is currently available now for download.
mp3:Â Cosmic Love
Lungs 2009 (Universal Republic)
Sep
13
Taken Away
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Yesterday was the longest day of my life as I have been sick for the last 3 days, it hit me Friday like a ton of bricks but yesterday was certainly the worse of it. I call it “Snot Fest 2009”, charming I know.
Anyways, Taken By Trees has a new album and I love the new direction she has taken with her music, a collaboration between her gentle indie pop vocals and Pakistani musicians adding a beautiful exotic touch, a perfect merriment of sounds. Well done, indeed.
mp3: To Lose Someone
East Of Eden 2009 (Rough Trade)
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Sep
9
All Time Favorite #21
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I have seen Grosse Point Blank more times then I have fingers. I love it. I adore John Cusack and then throw in Minnie Driver, Joan Cusack, Dan Aykroyd and Jeremy Piven? I am sold. I love this movie because it totally reminds me of high-school, I can relate to it and isn’t that just one of the reasons we grow to love something? We can connect to it and that helps us to not feel as alone in this huge over populated world we live in. The music is AWESOME. Everything from David Bowie, to The Clash and the Violent Femmes. Yes please!
One of my personal favorites:
mp3:Â Mirror in the Bathroom – The English Beat
Grosse Pointe Blank 1997
Sep
3
Alternative Pop Filled with Soul
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Hmmmm. The xx is a UK based group that has knocked my socks clear off with their alternative pop that is perfectly suited for some late night soul searching, sharing of souls in the night time air or driving home at midnight when you are one of the only cars on the road. Always the unexpected surprises are the best, this album has filled me up and brought a smile to my face as it welcomes me home.
mp3: Islands
mp3:Â Shelter
xx 2009 (Beggars XL/Rough Trade)
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