Introvert or Extrovert – linked to melancholy music?
Had an interesting discussion at work today which ended up being an introvert/extrovert debate. I had spent last night listening to what I call “Suicide Songs”. You know, Damien Rice, Nick Drake, Wilco, Ryan Adams and Kings of Convenience. While listening it made me think of a guy I work with and I wondered if [...]
The politics of the ipod
In my line of work I am constantly interrupted which means that using headphones is a waste of time since I spend half the day pulling them out of my ears and saying what?. I’m also someone who can’t live without music, so I’ve had to resort to listening to music on unpowered speakers quietly [...]
The Tragedy of Britney Spears
Compelling warts and all cover story in Rollingstone of the rise and fall of madonna/whore Britney Spears. Long read!
Post 2007 Album
The benefit of magazine and website end of year best album lists is that you discover albums that you missed because you were preoccupied with other albums. At the moment the record I’m obsessed with thanks to those lists is Against Me! and their album New Wave. It peaked my interest originally because Tegan (from [...]
Tegan and Sara at the Tivoli Brisbane
Went to see Tegan and Sara perform their last concert of a 6 month tour at the Tivoli last night. The twins have a special relationship with Brisbane, I think because they have relatives here, but also because the last concert they did in Brisbane they claim was one of their favourites on the last [...]
Albums of 2007
I always look forward to this time of year because I get to look back on all the music I’ve listened to over the past year and review them. It also means that I notice the albums that I missed because I was too busy in lust with other albums to pay attention to what [...]
Tegan and Sara – The Con
In high school they used to make us read and review books for our English class. We always grumbled about the months it took for us to read it completely as we went through it chapter by chapter analysing the characters motives and moves down to why the chose bacon for breakfast. I always thought [...]
Even more mix tape musings
My love for playlists and mix tapes is well documented in this blog, so it was cool when I discovered a new website called SpotDJ that allows you to create them online. You choose from a list of songs already there, or upload your own mp3s to complete the mix. I’ve included my lazy test [...]
I Heart Big Hair
Time does good and bad things for music. With distance a song that was loved at the time becomes a cringe worthy secret shame (think “Cat Among the Pigeons” by Bros) while a song you detested because everyone else liked it (Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”) becomes the classic it should have always been. [...]
New musical crush
I have a new musical crush and her name is Feist. The internets are going crazy over her latest album and on first listen I didn’t really understand why. Sure it was good and yeah “I’ve seen it all” was pretty catchy but the album doesn’t grab you on first listen. Second and third however [...]
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