It's been a busy week for me, with only four days to get everything done. I haven't had time yet to read free's Pretenders review nor to take in any of Chuck James's greatness. This weekend should lighten up, but I've yet to see my "honeydew" list.
Got any music thoughts? Or just send your random list.
For the past 7 or so summers, I've pieced together a mix CD for my wife and our sisters that's my attempt at, well, a Summer mix for that summer. I try to put together a pop collection of stuff I think is good and will be popular with all of us. (And I try to keep the lyrics kid-friendly.) I generally stick to broadly-defined "Pop," but that has included everything from Bonnie 'Prince' Billy to Buju Banton, White Stripes to Kanye West, Justin Timberlake to Zola Jesus, Taylor Swift to Sleigh Bells, and Grizzly Bear to Gang Gang Dance.
I'm just putting my thoughts together for this year (mix usually ready for the 4th of July), but here's what I've got so far:
EMA "Milkman"
Hooray for Earth "No Love"
Nicki Minaj "Super Bass"
Eric Copeland "Puerto Rican"
JKR70 presents Clay Hughes "The Love I Gave Ya"
I'm also thinking of maybe some Current 93, Fovea Hex, Andy Stott, and Gang Gang Dance, but that's already way too much weird for a year's worth of summers. I'm going to look into Adele (I haven't heard anything other than that she's HUGE), and maybe find good summer songs of the new Thurston Moore and Low LPs, but I'm very short on actual pop. I tried listening to about 15 minutes of KDWB and whatever became of B96, but that was difficult and those songs stunk.
So, you got any suggestions of upcoming new things that would be good? (I can especially use some help finding my obligatory country single.) Thanks much!
I'm in a bit of a musical funk right now, between enthusiasms. Maybe some randomness will get me going agin.
I've put all my music thoughts into my VJ week.
I'm kindof bummed, but I don't think I'll get to playing Fovea Hex, Coil, the Meat Puppets, James Blackshaw, Stars of the Lid, So So Radio, or Marit Bergman.
If you let your digital media player randomly select your VJ week (+3), what would it give you today?
I'm guest DJ in the video booth next week. I need to edit. I've got nine good days of Ha Ha Tonka, but a week is only seven days!
Drop your list.
I'm hoping to see Zola Jesus at the Seventh Street Entry tomorrow night, but damn do I have a lot to get done for that to work out.
Go ahead and give us a random taste of your taste (as evidenced by the music you have on hand)...
I would have also accepted "Earth Day Music Day, 2011."
When I was twelve, there was a big hullaballo about the 20th Earth Day, so I ended up with some other teens and pre-teens pulling junk out of the Minnesota River down at Minnecon Park in New Ulm. It actually wasn't in that bad of shape, although I do remember tires. But, it's the Minnesota River, it wasn't gonna polish up like some beach or something. It was still just a muddy river bottom, annually inundated, only now with less garbage in it. Still smelled like river mud and cottonwoods.
You got any songs about removing litter from public areas? Or whale watching?
(I was going to ask if anyone had songs topical to Good Friday -- I've probably got one or two -- but then I remembered P&W music and "Contemporary Christian" so it's possible some folk have hundreds of topical songs.)
Share your lists of randomness. I'll be in transit to the in-laws (Glenwood MN), so I might not have much to say until later.