Sunday, July 25, 2010
I liked this:
When you try to imagine what other people are thinking, you have no choice but to start from inside your noggin. In there, with your perturbations pushing up against you, among your inescapable self, you think your thoughts and feelings must be evident.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Greatest Hits
Rolling Stone Rank: 135
Greatest Hits, as you know are not my favorite thing to write about. Even the way RS talks about it is ridiculous:
John has put out numerous greatest-hits packages over the years, but none as important as
this single-disc collection released by MCA during the piano man's...
How can a greatest hits be important? What, because his best songs are in one place? I'm not saying they aren't good songs, and it isn't good marketing, I'm just asking how it is in any way artistic? Did John have any input into what songs were selected for the collection? Are they arranged in any particular way? I'm guessing not, and so it doesn't need to be included in list of the best recordings ever. That being said, the songs are great, and a good listen.
Album: Greatest Hits
Artist: Elton John
Year: 1974
My Favorite Song: Don't let the Sun Go Down On Me
Next Up: Replacements
Greatest Hits, as you know are not my favorite thing to write about. Even the way RS talks about it is ridiculous:
John has put out numerous greatest-hits packages over the years, but none as important as
this single-disc collection released by MCA during the piano man's...
How can a greatest hits be important? What, because his best songs are in one place? I'm not saying they aren't good songs, and it isn't good marketing, I'm just asking how it is in any way artistic? Did John have any input into what songs were selected for the collection? Are they arranged in any particular way? I'm guessing not, and so it doesn't need to be included in list of the best recordings ever. That being said, the songs are great, and a good listen.
Stats
Album: Greatest Hits
Artist: Elton John
Year: 1974
My Favorite Song: Don't let the Sun Go Down On Me
Next Up: Replacements
Slanted and Enchanted
Rolling Stone Rank: 134
The only thing I knew about Pavement before listening to this album was that they played the PTI opening song, which did nothing to prepare me for this album. Liked it a lot. Very "indie rock" sounding. Think the extra white noise of Bleach-Nirvana with the strangeness of Beck with the energy of the White Stripes. Yeah, I think that's a good analogy. Anyway, lots of fun to listen to, especially while doing something active. I happened to also get a listen to some of the extra tracks on the re-release, very enjoyable.
Gonna talk about something else her, RS changed their website layout. It bothers me. It bothers me for the same reason most popular websites bother me, and maybe these things bother you as well. Now the computer that I blog on is my brother's old powerbook. It gets by, but it's not the words best computer. So whenever I head to sites like the newly designed RS, or ESPN's main page, or whatever, it takes me forever to navigate my way through the page. Whether it's huge ads that take up half the screen, or just videos that immediately start playing when you get the page, it's a huge hassle. Ugh, it's even worse for their top 500 list. I just think that it would be in their best interest to make their page accessible to largest amount of people, and it's such a turn off to deal with things like this. Do you have issues like this?
Album: Slanted and Enchanted
Artist: Pavement
Year: 1992
My Favorite Song: I like the opener: Summer Babe (Winter version)
Next Up: EJ
The only thing I knew about Pavement before listening to this album was that they played the PTI opening song, which did nothing to prepare me for this album. Liked it a lot. Very "indie rock" sounding. Think the extra white noise of Bleach-Nirvana with the strangeness of Beck with the energy of the White Stripes. Yeah, I think that's a good analogy. Anyway, lots of fun to listen to, especially while doing something active. I happened to also get a listen to some of the extra tracks on the re-release, very enjoyable.
Gonna talk about something else her, RS changed their website layout. It bothers me. It bothers me for the same reason most popular websites bother me, and maybe these things bother you as well. Now the computer that I blog on is my brother's old powerbook. It gets by, but it's not the words best computer. So whenever I head to sites like the newly designed RS, or ESPN's main page, or whatever, it takes me forever to navigate my way through the page. Whether it's huge ads that take up half the screen, or just videos that immediately start playing when you get the page, it's a huge hassle. Ugh, it's even worse for their top 500 list. I just think that it would be in their best interest to make their page accessible to largest amount of people, and it's such a turn off to deal with things like this. Do you have issues like this?
Stats
Album: Slanted and Enchanted
Artist: Pavement
Year: 1992
My Favorite Song: I like the opener: Summer Babe (Winter version)
Next Up: EJ
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