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Thursday, February 4, 2010
When I come here, all I do is rant.
I can imagine that it makes me seem a little crazy. Just know that during those long absences I'm not really ranting about anything.
Don't worry little blog, soon we shall share both the good times and the bad.
;)
Don't worry little blog, soon we shall share both the good times and the bad.
;)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
A Playlist
I wrote a long entry about a mix I made for a guy I know and then it all disappeared. I dunno, I guess I'll try again.
I make mixes for people - friends, coworkers, classmates (back when I was in school of course) because I love music and couldn't imagine going through a day without it. I make mixes for people because I don't understand how everyone in the world doesn't love music as much as I do or more. I love helping people discover new artists and I love when people recommend things for me.
Alex, a friend/coworker of mine, is a hardcore christian. He's also the most conservative person I think I've ever met (I mean, he worships Glenn Beck... yeah) and the only music he listens to is christian music that he describes as "chill, relaxing... just good music about god" (with a little Taylor Swift thrown in). He mentioned a few groups, but because I'm probably the worst heathen ever, I stay away from christian music for fear that it will make my ears bleed... or worse and I'd never heard of any of the artists he mentioned. I guess I don't have to say that I didn't have much to go on.
Alex is an english major. This is one thing we have [...had] in common. He loves to read. When we've talked about books he seems just as passionate (and not nearly as annoying) as when he talks about god or how Obama controls CNN. In his mix I made sure to include songs with great lyrics, like Allison Crowe's cover of Leonard Cohen's amazing song "Hallelujah" (of which I have over 40 covers on my ipod... I love that song) or "I Went to Heaven" a poem by Emily Dickinson sang by Carla Bruni (who he really can't stand). He was quite shocked when I told him that the lovely first lady of France had put out three amazing albums, one of those being an english album of her renditions of famous poems, which I still think he'd love.
Also, because Alex is so conservative and so proud... and so anti gay people and because I'm the exact opposite, I wanted to include some songs by gay artists that I was sure he'd like. I originally had a song by Rufus Wainwright, but his songs didn't seem to fit well... his voice can be a little harsh and I think it would've put Alex off a little. So, now it's left up to Bloc Party's song "I Still Remember". I chose this song because it fits, it's absolutely beautiful, and it's about Kele's first boy crush. I wonder if he'll pick up on it.
Anyway, I haven't given it to him yet, but I'm pretty sure he'll love it. Right now my playlist is on playlist.com because of the unfortunate dissolution of Imeem. I loved Imeem because if they didn't have a song that I needed for my playlist, I could just upload it. So far I haven't found another site that will let me do that. A couple of my songs are different from what's on the actual mix. Instead of "Beau Fixe" by Coralie Clement on my mix, I put "Chanson de Toile" by Emilie Simon here and "Minor Detail" by Sondre Lerche instead of "(You Knocked me) Off my Feet" because they weren't on the site. If anyone knows of a good site like Imeem.com please please please let me know.
It feels like I wrote a lot, but this is how much I think about the mixes I make for people. Most of the people who I make these things for don't listen to much music at all so the artists don't get too obscure. I don't want to completely close them off from discovering new music by introducing them to something they'll find completely strange.
I make mixes for people - friends, coworkers, classmates (back when I was in school of course) because I love music and couldn't imagine going through a day without it. I make mixes for people because I don't understand how everyone in the world doesn't love music as much as I do or more. I love helping people discover new artists and I love when people recommend things for me.
Alex, a friend/coworker of mine, is a hardcore christian. He's also the most conservative person I think I've ever met (I mean, he worships Glenn Beck... yeah) and the only music he listens to is christian music that he describes as "chill, relaxing... just good music about god" (with a little Taylor Swift thrown in). He mentioned a few groups, but because I'm probably the worst heathen ever, I stay away from christian music for fear that it will make my ears bleed... or worse and I'd never heard of any of the artists he mentioned. I guess I don't have to say that I didn't have much to go on.
Alex is an english major. This is one thing we have [...had] in common. He loves to read. When we've talked about books he seems just as passionate (and not nearly as annoying) as when he talks about god or how Obama controls CNN. In his mix I made sure to include songs with great lyrics, like Allison Crowe's cover of Leonard Cohen's amazing song "Hallelujah" (of which I have over 40 covers on my ipod... I love that song) or "I Went to Heaven" a poem by Emily Dickinson sang by Carla Bruni (who he really can't stand). He was quite shocked when I told him that the lovely first lady of France had put out three amazing albums, one of those being an english album of her renditions of famous poems, which I still think he'd love.
Also, because Alex is so conservative and so proud... and so anti gay people and because I'm the exact opposite, I wanted to include some songs by gay artists that I was sure he'd like. I originally had a song by Rufus Wainwright, but his songs didn't seem to fit well... his voice can be a little harsh and I think it would've put Alex off a little. So, now it's left up to Bloc Party's song "I Still Remember". I chose this song because it fits, it's absolutely beautiful, and it's about Kele's first boy crush. I wonder if he'll pick up on it.
Anyway, I haven't given it to him yet, but I'm pretty sure he'll love it. Right now my playlist is on playlist.com because of the unfortunate dissolution of Imeem. I loved Imeem because if they didn't have a song that I needed for my playlist, I could just upload it. So far I haven't found another site that will let me do that. A couple of my songs are different from what's on the actual mix. Instead of "Beau Fixe" by Coralie Clement on my mix, I put "Chanson de Toile" by Emilie Simon here and "Minor Detail" by Sondre Lerche instead of "(You Knocked me) Off my Feet" because they weren't on the site. If anyone knows of a good site like Imeem.com please please please let me know.
It feels like I wrote a lot, but this is how much I think about the mixes I make for people. Most of the people who I make these things for don't listen to much music at all so the artists don't get too obscure. I don't want to completely close them off from discovering new music by introducing them to something they'll find completely strange.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Holy shit, I'm 23.
All I have to show for it is an ipod that's almost completely full of music that I can't keep track of long enough to actually listen to everything (seriously... it's an 80 gig ipod with 7 gigs of space left), three full bookshelves (one with movies that I don't watch anymore and two with books I don't read anymore), and a signed picture of Sondre Lerche that I'm actually quite proud of. Oh, let's not forget the broken gamecube, broken ps2, and a completely useless dreamcast that works perfectly. I also have a myriad of cameras that I don't use and a macbook that fuckin rainbow swirly's me every time I touch it.
Whoa, depressing.
Basicially, all I've managed to accumulate is a abundance of broken shit that collect dust. Go me.
When I get back from New Zealand I want a job that will make me rich. Gotta put that on my list. I want a new computer... and thicker curtains.
What was the point of this?
I'm having my birthday dinner at Lucky Buddha downtown on Friday. Never been there before. Should be fun. I'm having a joint dinner with my best friend who turned off her cell phone today and left it off. Wonder what that was all about.
A random girl (that I've only met once and honestly completely forgot about) contacted me on facebook the other day asking for help with planning a party for Slavick. She doesn't know I haven't seen him since December 5th when I left him in front of concert because he pissed me off. We didn't talk for weeks and we slowly started texting a couple weeks ago. I still haven't spoken to him or seen him face to face since then. Am I still in the #1 position to plan a party in his honor? Everyone loves him so much. He's charming... and initially so enchanting that you think there are no negatives, but I think I might be the only person he shows that other side of himself, that asshole side to. He seems to completely ignore the fact that we fight more than average people. He told me, "Imagine if we lived together, it would be music, movies, books, all the time. It would be fun. What do you think?" Umm yeah, there would be music, movies, and books, but I could see myself storming out after an unbearable argument at least once or twice a week. I mean, most people think we HATE each other when they first meet us and see us interact with each other. And anytime I invite him to do something with me and my friends he always says no and that I shouldn't go and instead should come over to watch a movie. Like, who does that?? Really? I only recently started saying no. All that being said, I DO love him to death. I invited him to my dinner and he seemed very eager to come. He has to work from 5-9 that night (and my dinner is at 8), but made sure to tell me, although he would be late, he'll definitely be there (and I should expect him around 8:15-8:30). At least he'll be a crowd pleaser. Like I said, everyone DOES love him and he will be the life of the party. After going out of my way for him so many times, it feels nice to finally be on the receiving end. Guess I'll be planning this party after all.
Whoa, depressing.
Basicially, all I've managed to accumulate is a abundance of broken shit that collect dust. Go me.
When I get back from New Zealand I want a job that will make me rich. Gotta put that on my list. I want a new computer... and thicker curtains.
What was the point of this?
I'm having my birthday dinner at Lucky Buddha downtown on Friday. Never been there before. Should be fun. I'm having a joint dinner with my best friend who turned off her cell phone today and left it off. Wonder what that was all about.
A random girl (that I've only met once and honestly completely forgot about) contacted me on facebook the other day asking for help with planning a party for Slavick. She doesn't know I haven't seen him since December 5th when I left him in front of concert because he pissed me off. We didn't talk for weeks and we slowly started texting a couple weeks ago. I still haven't spoken to him or seen him face to face since then. Am I still in the #1 position to plan a party in his honor? Everyone loves him so much. He's charming... and initially so enchanting that you think there are no negatives, but I think I might be the only person he shows that other side of himself, that asshole side to. He seems to completely ignore the fact that we fight more than average people. He told me, "Imagine if we lived together, it would be music, movies, books, all the time. It would be fun. What do you think?" Umm yeah, there would be music, movies, and books, but I could see myself storming out after an unbearable argument at least once or twice a week. I mean, most people think we HATE each other when they first meet us and see us interact with each other. And anytime I invite him to do something with me and my friends he always says no and that I shouldn't go and instead should come over to watch a movie. Like, who does that?? Really? I only recently started saying no. All that being said, I DO love him to death. I invited him to my dinner and he seemed very eager to come. He has to work from 5-9 that night (and my dinner is at 8), but made sure to tell me, although he would be late, he'll definitely be there (and I should expect him around 8:15-8:30). At least he'll be a crowd pleaser. Like I said, everyone DOES love him and he will be the life of the party. After going out of my way for him so many times, it feels nice to finally be on the receiving end. Guess I'll be planning this party after all.
Monday, October 19, 2009
I'm Baaaaack...
It's been a little while since I've been here. I actually even forgot that I had a blog for a little while. I think my absence was caused mostly by not really knowing what I wanted to do with this thing. For a little while it was nothing more than a place where I could express whatever was on my mind. I've realized though that most of the time all I want to talk about is music. I think it would make sense to make this blog a place where I can share my thoughts on different albums and bands that I'm trying out and post playlists and things. Music is a huge part of my life and most of the time I've found that I have no one to share it with. I've turned a lot of my friends on to different music I think they'd like, but no one is as receptive as text box where I can just go on and on until I've gotten out everything I want to say.
Although I'm sure I won't have very many readers, I think it helps to just get it all out. If someone does stumble upon my little ramblings and finds them interesting I hope they speak up and share their thoughts. There's nothing I love more than a good talk about music. So, for now I won't go as far as to say that I'm completely back, but I'll definitely pop in more often.
Although I'm sure I won't have very many readers, I think it helps to just get it all out. If someone does stumble upon my little ramblings and finds them interesting I hope they speak up and share their thoughts. There's nothing I love more than a good talk about music. So, for now I won't go as far as to say that I'm completely back, but I'll definitely pop in more often.
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