22 posts tagged “mp3”

Finally! The ABCs

May 4, 2009
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I'm finally on the last leg of my library listening project. Only the ABC artists to listen to and then I can get back to listening to whatever songs I want. Thank goodness! In an effort not to go back to letters that I've already listened to, I only downloaded B and C artists from eMusic this month.

I put Cherry Twister in my "Save For Later" list long ago after looking over this recommended power pop list on the Rate Your Music website. Bikeride I remembered from Homebody posting some bike songs awhile back. Both The Boy Least Likely To and Brakesbrakesbrakes had songs on KEXP song-of-the-day podcast. I haven't listened to all of them yet, but here are a couple tunes that I kinda like.

Cover Tunes from The Ms

Feb 19, 2009
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That last couple of weeks have been dedicated to listening to the "M" artists in my library. There's still about 9 hours left of that group. Here are a couple of songs with cool covers. I struggled so getting the cover tunes uploaded to VOX. VOX kept telling me that it couldn't accept the files. Homebody clued me in about Japanese characters being a problem, but I have no idea why Vox does not like Delays. The song uploaded, but the album art is missing.

Starlight

Dec 1, 2008
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When I was changing buses tonight, I noticed that a lot of people were standing around taking photos of the sky. You don't normally see much in the Bangkok night sky, but tonight there were two stars and a crescent moon in an interesting alignment.

Bangkok Stars and Moon

My landlord says that the moon and stars are laughing at Thailand and the mess it's in.

A song for the neighborhood. It's been posted before, but I think it's a good one.

Music Aggravation

Oct 18, 2008
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I have a difficult time understanding the music industry. I like listening to music. I want to legally buy music and have money go to the artists. Why does that have to be difficult? Why does it depend on where I live?

Last night I went to eMusic to download the new album from The Rosebuds. When I tried to log in I got a message that eMusic is not available in my area. Huh? I've been a subscriber since December and now they're not available? I know this isn't eMusic's idea - just some annoying edict from the music industry. I was really worked up about the whole thing. My subscription doesn't end until March. That's 375 songs!

I furiously did a bunch of searching on the internet and figured out a work around to the whole thing. It's annoying, though. Something that was simple and fun is now a bit of a pain in the neck. I hope Amazon and iTunes don't suddenly decide they can't sell me music because I don't live in the right place.

Not sure about my fave song from the new Rosebuds, but I thought I'd share a song I picked up earlier this month (before eMusic decided they were "unavailable").

06 A Girl Like Me

Sandy Dillon

Last.fm Weekly Top Artists

Oct 13, 2008
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Top Artists for the week ending Sunday 12 October 2008

07 Born To Suffer

Bart Davenport

1	The Ladybug Transistor	33
2	Bart Davenport	28
2	Irving	28
4	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	23
5	Echo & the Bunnymen	18
6	Ed Harcourt	16
7	Luscious Jackson	15
7	Starlight Mints	15
7	Tilly and the Wall	15
10	The Coral	14

There's a few new artists this week that I got from eMusic. The Bart Davenport song "Born to Suffer" has been fun to listen to.

Not much happening personally - just A LOT of work and an injured cat. Bangkok has been having a political meltdown. There's not much to do but stay out of the way and wait to see how it gets resolved.

Last.fm Weekly Top Artist

Sep 30, 2008
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Top Artists for the week ending Sunday 28 September 2008

13 Run Cold

Holly Golightly

Unique Artists:	280
Total Tracks:	660
Total Plays:	771

1	Lykke Li	29
2	She & Him	23
3	Love and Rockets	22
4	Wisely	17
5	Astrid	16
5	Lloyd Cole	16
5	Tilly and the Wall	16
8	Holly Golightly	15
9	No Kids	14
10	Headlights	13

Homebody recently posted the fantastic song Melvin by The Belles which has inspired me to post one of my favorite garage-y girl songs.

Last.fm Weekly Top Artists

Sep 23, 2008
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Top Artists for the week ending Sunday 21 September 2008

04 Girls And Boys In Love

The Rumble Strips

Unique Artists:	265
Total Tracks:	635
Total Plays:	768

1	Eurythmics	35
2	She & Him	26
3	The Rumble Strips	23
4	Annie Lennox	20
5	David Bowie	19
6	Lykke Li	17
7	The Real Tuesday Weld	15
8	Papas Fritas	14
8	Bettie Serveert	14
10	Bishop Allen	13

Played around a lot with iTunes Genius last week. It's OK for making a list when you don't have much time to do it yourself. It tends to picks the same particular songs to put in almost every list, though. That part could be better.

Have really enjoyed the She & Him and The Rumble Strips CDs that I bought last week!

Last.fm Weekly Top Artist

Sep 16, 2008
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06 Soul Sucker

Sirsy

Top Artists for the week ending Sunday 14 September 2008

Unique Artists:	164
Total Tracks:	417
Total Plays:	456

1	Matt Pond PA	21
2	Sirsy	19
3	The Black Ghosts	18
4	Headlights	16
5	The Essex Green	14
5	Pop Levi	14
7	She & Him	13
8	The Icicles	12
8	Rilo Kiley	12
8	Buttersprites	12

It was a slow music week (for me). However, I did receive a very nice Matt Pond PA compilation disk in the mail and spent some time listening to some new tunes :-) A last.fm friend sent me the Sirsy disk (autographed, no less!) in April. Their music was reflective of my mood last week (due to long working hours) - nice pop songs just couldn't snap me out of it.

Last.fm Weekly Top Artists

Sep 9, 2008
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11 Exodus Honey

Honeycut

Top Artists for the week ending Sunday 7 September 2008

Unique Artists:	242
Total Tracks:	602
Total Plays:	765

1	Pop Levi	37
2	Papas Fritas	32
3	Honeycut	29
4	The Rosebuds	26
5	Lykke Li	24
6	The Beards	23
7	Poe	22
8	LOVE PSYCHEDELICO	19
9	Blonde Redhead	18
10	Joy Division	17

My eMusic subscription renewed so there are a few new artists in the list. Even though I apparently listened to a lot of music last week, most of it didn't quite register. Work was incredibly busy and I wasn't focused on the music. Pop Levi did break through the haze (Thanks! daveraleigh) - good songs to get you moving when you're draggin'. Papas Fritas, The Beards (a good rec from Homebody) and Blonde Redhead are all from eMusic.