Friday Music Day: Oct 5, 2012

Based on the last few weeks' comments and a few random other albums, I've checked out:

  • Beck's Sea Change: I just don't get it. Beck sings like Kanye rapped in his first big single. But Kanye had an excuse: his jaw was wired shut.

  • Purity Rings' Shrines: Digging it, I didn't hear the similarities to Grimes based on their first single, but over the whole album I do. More varied vocally and beatwise than Grimes' dubbed-out vox over a house beat. Would this be considered post-post-dubstep? Sounds like someone took the folk and hip-hop out of Various's The World is Gone.

  • Matthew Dear's Black City and Beams: I think he's figuring out what to do with his vocals. I sampled his first vocal album Asa Breed back when it was released, and the over-bassed vocodered crooner-raps bugged me, especially over more than one song at a time. So I kindof dismissed him, and the first song I heard from Black City seemed comically creepy. But this week I heard this song(SFW, but with mildly suggestive images) and I realized he pulled off what Plastikman never did before he hung up the name: House Producer adds his effected vocals and it sounds natural. The newer album, Beams is brighter, and has some decent places, but doesn't come across as all that great.

  • Cory Branan's Mutt: The second-newest Bloodshot artist (behind Murder By Death), and I hadn't heard anything of it. Pretty good, I think a lot of WGOMers would like him: countrier blending of Springsteen ballads and Sun Kil Moon, with just enough Tom Waits to show:

    (If you have typical WGOM tastes,) Listen here.

What's on your mind or in your random 10?

2012 MLB Playoff Brackets

okay, bracket time again (here's a link to last year's game). i'm not married to the scoring, so if anyone has any strong ideas about it, let me know.

Wild Card Game 1 pt.
ALDS/NLDS 2 pts. (best of 5)
ALCS/NLCS 4 pts.
World series 6 pts.

AL Wild Card Game (One game playoff)
BAL v. TEX

NL Wild Card Game (One game playoff)
STL v. ATL

ALDS (1) (Best of 5)
___ v. NYY

ALDS (2) (Best of 5)
DET v. OAK

NLDS (1) (Best of 5)
___ v. WAS

NLDS (2) (Best of 5)
SF v. CIN

so, reply to this post with your picks, all spoilered like, please. be sure to include the score to the wild card games (5 points instead of 1 if you guess right), and the number of games played for each series (x2 points of you guess right)

AL Wild Card Game:
NL Wild Card Game:
ALDS (1):
ALDS (2):
NLDS (1):
NLDS(2):
ALCS:
NLCS:
World Series:

DEADLINE: Friday, 5 October 2012, 3:30pm CT

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WGOM Fitness: October 4, 2012

I'm not sure what was going on yesterday, but I'm feeling better today. I think I was feeling some anxiety, although I'm not sure what would have been causing that. Anyway, I'm back home in Minnesota and although I'm still working today and tomorrow (days 11 and 12 in a row, spoons), at least I'm here with family. I'm also not working the next three weekends, so yay for that. Continue reading WGOM Fitness: October 4, 2012

Game #162 Recap: The beatings are over. Finally. Thank goodness.

Twins 1, Blue Jays 2, wait, seriously? Of Course the Twins would end the season with a whimper.

LP: Diamond (12-9 3.54 ERA), WP: Morrow (10-7 2.96 ERA)

Save (Onesies!): Lyon (1(!))

Welp, as another season of Twins baseball comes to a close so does the another King of the Savers Race. Baltimbrel put up outstanding numbers, they just couldn't keep up with save juggernaut Jim Johnson. Johnson converted 51 of 54 save opportunities to take the gold crown off Dancie McFartsalot. We should all tweet him our congratulations with the hashtag #thankgoodnessthereignofdanciemcfartsalotisover.

 

 

There were few positives to this game, and to recap them would take less time than I spent placing the crown on Jim Johnson. I'd like to do an end of season positives, but I feel like focusing my energy on things that don't depress me. I hear the timberpups are going to be fun to watch this season.

Culture club: PS2 in Belfast is an artist run project space where they encourage curators and artists to create challenging exhibitions that focus on urban interventions and social interaction between artists and the greater community of activists and theorists. There will be a more in-depth culture club post on Northern Ireland when I get around to it.

Happy Birthday–October 4

Ray Fisher (1887)
Frank Crosetti (1910)
Red Munger (1918)
Rip Repulski (1928)
Jimy Williams (1943)
Tony LaRussa (1944)
Glenn Adams (1947)
Dave Johnson (1948)
John Wathan (1949)
Lary Sorensen (1955)
Charlie Liebrandt (1956)
Billy Hatcher (1960)
Joe Boever (1960)
Dennis Cook (1962)
Chris James (1962)
Bruce Ruffin (1963)
Mark McLemore (1964)
Steve Olin (1965)
Kyle Lohse (1978)
Tony Gwynn (1982)

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Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.