4
Jan
David Ruffin, “My Whole World Ended”
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Heard this record last night as the capper to a really fun evening and now can’t get it out of my head. It’s one of my all-time favorites and may even be my favorite David Ruffin performance ever, despite the lack of any other Temptations.
25
Dec
23
Dec
Because year-end lists seem to be a requirement for maintaining a blog and not because I have any right to compile one, here is my (totally unordered) list of Favorite Songs of 2008…
And what’s more fun than listening to a bunch of songs someone else likes? Why, reading about the reasons someone else likes the songs they like, of course. Read more
17
Dec
Paul F. Tompkins, “Peanut Brittle”
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Impersonal is so-so, but this is brilliant.
10
Dec
The Short Version
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So, this is getting ridiculous. It looks as though I’ve moved to California to spend countless hours on the bus and the train and in PowerPoint and not really embarrassing myself or finding my way into interesting stories. Bummer.
But there have been things… small things. Things I’d like to tell you about but just haven’t had the time to. So I’d like to give a quick summary in hopes you’ll be all like, “whoa, I want to hear more about THAT” and then you’d bug me to write more until I literally have no choice but to just take a week off of work and write the hell out of this blog and we all feel better about the whole thing. Read more
3
Dec
Have I ever told you how much I hate MIA? Well, it’s a lot. I hate her a lot. But I’m finding a lot to like in the aftermath of “Paper Planes” being absolutely everywhere. In fact, here are three things: Read more
14
Nov
EPMD, “Crossover”
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10
Nov
One of the better songs about erections to come out of the 90s.
1
Nov
World Fucking Champions
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Oh Chase.
1
Nov
The Pioneers, “Starvation”
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I’m always fascinated when familiar things take on a new meaning and become a part of my life in a new way. For example: this song has inexplicably made itself the soundtrack to my massive daily commute and I’d venture to guess that I’ve listened to it 30 times over the past week. I’m not sure why this is happening right now rather than when I first heard it. All I know is that I can’t get these beautiful vocal harmonies out of my head and I don’t want to at the moment.