Mixtapes for Hookers


I Can’t Sleep. Here’s Why.
July 28, 2009, 11:20 pm
Filed under: art | Tags: ,

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How can I be expected to sleep when it’s so hot and humid in my apartment?  And, perhaps more importantly, when there are naked paintings of the president and his wife holding top hats and riding unicorns through the sky?

[via Wild Ammo; h/t Facebook]



Sister Act
July 28, 2009, 10:55 pm
Filed under: music | Tags: , ,

This song is the reason why PhD programs in gender studies exist.  How can you explain these two minutes of ear candy without years of research and in less than two hundred pages?  I ask you.

It’s brought to you courtesy of the Taylor Sisters, another Australian act I came across while haunting Youtube the other morning.  Originally it was done by the Cookies, who got to #33 on the American pop chart with it.  (You can hear it on imeem.)  Neither version is actually very memorable, though it’s led me to spend two full days trying to figure out if 36-21-35 is as crazy a measurement as I think it is.



That Job Sucked, Anyway.
July 28, 2009, 10:12 pm
Filed under: people from rhode island | Tags: , ,

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Two  Providence-area radio types recently interviewed a bunch of folks about their worst job experiences, and then made an audio documentary about the results.  (Rhode Island has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, by the way.)  The resulting effort, That Job Sucked Anyway, premiered last week.  It was mixed in front of a live audience, but now it’s available online through the Public Radio Exchange.  (You can hear me in there, although they didn’t actually include the story about my worst job.)  The results are kind of hilarious, although you can tell every single story caused its teller lots of misery and pain at the time.

You can listen to it here.  You have to register to hear it, but  it’s free.



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July 28, 2009, 10:12 am
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What I Should Definitely Not Be Doing Right Now
July 28, 2009, 9:50 am
Filed under: lists, music | Tags: , ,

NPR’s All Things Considered just came out with a list of their favorite singles and albums of the year so far, which is causing something of a stir over on the Twitter.  Because I have an art show to organize, three meetings I’m not ready for, an event to plan, two articles to finish editing, a bunch of stuff to pack and ship, and a website in dire need of updating, I thought now would be the perfect time to make my own list.

Thusfar, here’s my 10 favorite albums of the year:

1. Franz Ferdinand, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
2. Fever Ray, Fever Ray
3. Joker’s Daughter, The Last Laugh
4. Official Secrets Act, Understanding Electricity
5. Bat For Lashes, Two Suns
6. Tara Jane O’Neil, A Ways Away
7. PJ Harvey and John Parish, A Woman A Man Walked By
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz!
9. Eulogies, Here Anonymous
10. Yes Please, For Now For Then For Them

Nothing very surprising, I guess, if you’re a regular reader of this blog.  And my ten favorite singles of the last seven months, as of right now:

1. Asobi Seksu, Me & Mary
2. La Roux, Bulletproof
3. Kelly Clarkson, My Life Would Suck Without You
4. Handsome Furs, I’m Confused
5. Girls Aloud, Untouchable
6. Telepathe, So Fine
7. Franz Ferdinand, No You Girls
8. Cass McCombs featuring Karen Black, Dreams Come True Girl
9. Metro Station, Seventeen Forever
10. Hockey, Too Fake

Which should be no surprise if you ever listen to my radio show. Although I’m kind of surprised Franz Ferdinand’s the only name to overlap on both lists.




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