At the end of 2011, I really sat down with my thoughts on what I had listened to and what I had sampled and everything and when it was done, I wrote this really cool long thing that I thought was awesome. But I had been drafting that for more than a month.
My music consumption this year has felt like I've been adrift. Continue reading FMD: End of 2012
No post so far today, so I'll pinch hit for AMR. I'm guessing a super special Best of 2012 post will be forthcoming in the next few days.
The Runner family is enjoying a free month of Hulu Plus, and I've listened to a few concert films and music-related documentaries during work. One I particularly enjoyed was 2008 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award winner Béla Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart, in which Béla is in Africa exploring the origins of the banjo, and reintroducing it to the peoples there. There is some awesome music from many different countries featuring several different styles and instruments. Check it out if you get the chance.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jl4IOSLX-o
Throw down your random 10 lists!
Have a Merry Christmas and share some wicked randomness.
Best of 2012 next week? Probably. Definitely not this week, though. Keep yr tiger in its cage.
Keep your powder dry on your "Best of" lists please. We'll either do that on Dec. 28 or Jan 4. So far, I'm thinking Dec 28.
I have no idea what I'll have. This was the year I stopped following P4K, so I don't even know what came out or what was big. Maybe I can figure something out in a two weeks (unlikely).
Grammys may not be great, but this is a new low:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJEdy301yVo#!
Liechtenstein reprazent!
Wotcha listnin' to?
Writing fast...
1. Soundgarden was my first favorite band, my first rock t-shirt, and I only got to see them live in concert once: at Lollapalooza in Des Moines. Now, they've reunited and are touring, hitting Minneapolis on Feb. 2. At the Orpheum! So excited, I don't even mind that tix are $60. On sale Saturday at noon.
1b. Haven't even listened to their new album, hope it doesn't suck.
2. Dolfish on the Thursday after Thanksgiving at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul. $6. I'll buy you a beer or pay your cover if you come.
3. Placeholders for personal messages to Algonad and CanOfCorn.
I forgot to write something here, so share your list and maybe that'll start folks talking.
1. I have some half-formed thoughts about some new music from Shannon Stephens versus her first and second albums, and getting better at being a musician but losing what makes one unique (and precious to me), but it's not really fleshed out and nothing's been typed, and I'm tired. Anyone here ever listen to any of her music? Anyone heard of her? I only know because of the Bonnie "Prince" Billy cover, and got to the party late.
2. Hey, that Dolfish album I talked about is now available for as much money as the EP! (Free, or you can pay more if you like.) If you haven't downloaded the EP (and I only know that Daneeka's Ghost has), maybe check the album, too. There's a heart-wrenching song about "Boy Meets World" and Jimi Hendrix. He's playing in St. Paul before the month is over. I'll hassle y'all about that later.
3. Leaving this afternoon for deerhunting in Swanville, MN tonight. Not sure if I'll even be able to log in after I post this because work will be busy as I try to get out of there.
Enjoy your Friday and Weekend and share some randomness... now.
1. This is my song for this week:
I've had it on my iPod for a month or so now and it just hit me like on Monday. Then yesterday I realized that it's like Sigur Rós in English. Does this actually have the same tune as a Sigur Rós song? I'm actually curious if the reason it hit me is because I'm remembering a different song that I liked but never really paid attention to. I'm going to be seeing this guy/these folk in St. Paul one week after Thanksgiving, because Dolfish is opening.
2. Dolfish has an album out and it's great. It doesn't have the organ-drone backdrop of the (still free!) Your Love Is Bummin' Me Out (and it reprises four of those five songs), but it's got a ridiculous amount of variety and has the immediacy of being recorded in one take (I don't know that it was, just it feels that way).
3. I've just been mixing up my iPod be decent degrees, ripping CDs I hadn't yet, removing stuff even though I still like it just to get different stuff on there, etc. Given me a bit of pep.