R.E.M. - Harborcoat from The Reckoning (1984) /alt.rock/((You hear a lot of people marbling about how newer REM is really crap, and they sold out when they signed to a major label, and their old stuff was oh so much better. Up to about yesterday I really didn’t see what they were on about […]
No Doubt - It’s My Life from The Singles 1992-2003 (2003) /pop/((Better than the original, definitely better than that Bon Jovi song from a few years back. Good fun, and by fun I mean all caps, smilies, and exclamation marks schoolgirl kick up your feet sort of fun: the best kind. perhaps. As soon […]
What’s funner than doing school work? Doing fun vaguely related to school work. I should have a working thesis statement for my English essay (all the topics are shite) but it’s almost 3am and I dont at this time have any clue. Oh well. I sort of don’t care right now. […]
Pulp - I Spy from Different Class (1995) /britpop/((“My favourite parks are car-parks, grass is something you smoke, birds are something you shag. Take your “year in Provence”.. shove it up your arse!”This song is a real tour-de-force, or rollercoaster as it were or might be. The lyrics are clever, at times amusing, creepy, […]
Pulp - Do You Remember the First Time? from His ‘n’ Hers (1994) /britpop/((This gets to be song of the day largely because I spent untold hours listening to it over and over again struggling to figure out what song it reminded me of. The mystery was solved, thanks to Brian: 4 Non Blondes […]
Big Boi - Flip Flop Rock (Feat. Killer Mike & Jay-Z) from Speakerboxxx (2003) /hip hop/((“My nigga Big Boi said, watch ‘em as they gawk and they gander/You can follow or lead like Commander Picard/You can have the whole world/Or be satisfied with the boulevard”Ronnie (my roommate) was completely addicted to this song at the […]
Missy Elliot - Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) from Supa Dupa Fly (1997) /rap/((I was trained that artists with names like Missy Elliot were kinda crappy annoying shake your ass and pad your wallet music. So when I actually listened to this song (on New Order’s excellent Back to Mine compilation), I was pretty blown […]
The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance) from Music for the Jilted Generation (1995) /rave/((They really don’t make music like this anymore. And I suppose that’s fair, it had its time. But holy shit it kicks a lot of ass! If you listen to this in a kind of sombre mood, […]
I must now address an issue of some significance. Harold Innis. Here is a selected quote from the dear old chap, under the heading LIMITS TO UNDERSTANDING:
The task of understanding a culture built on the oral tradition is impossible to students steeped in the written tradition. The outlines of that culture can […]
Elbow - Switching Off from Cast of Thousands (2004) /britrock/((“Last of the men in hats hops off the coil and a final scene unfolds: Inside, Deep in the rain of sparks behind his brow is a part replayed from a perfect day—teaching her how to whistle like a boy: Love’s first blush. … You’re the […]