Project 2010

Today I will number my thoughts:

#1. Did not realize that Dolly Parton sang with Norah Jones on "Creepin' In" until today.

#2. I love Death Cab for Cutie. I have a really great memory of going to see them live, and laying on the lawn and staring at stars with my friends. Perfect. Here's "Crooked Teeth."


Apparently they numbered only two. Oh well.

Project 2010

Today was a pretty darn good day of music. I made it to song 1,100 out of 6,714.

I have already professed my love of Nada Surf in this blog, but every time they pop up during Project 2010, I keep wondering why I am not listening to them all the time. Concrete Bed was the first song for today and it was great. It has a great tune and simple lyrics that make you think but not too much.



That was followed by "Confetti" by the Lemonheads. Another great, uptempo tune by a band that I used to listen to all the time.
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This was then followed by the Better Than Ezra version of "Conjunction Junction" which is a good reminder for me. Here's the original:




(If you were wondering, the streak ended when "Conquering Fools" by O.A.R. came on. Thank goodness it was only a five minute version of the song)

However, then Motion City Soundtrack came up with "The Conversation." I have talked earlier about my Motion City soundtrack love. This is the slowest song of theirs that I like. I don't know why I like songs about love gone wrong so much...



Finally, The Streets deserve a lot more space than I am going to give them. The Streets is Mike Skinner. He is quite obviously British. His songs and albums tell some pretty interesting stories while making you bob your head to the beat. "Could Well Be In" is a pretty good example of the kind of thing that he does. The song comes off "A Grand Don't Come For Free" which is an album that goes through a day in the life where the protagonist of the album has 1,000 pounds stolen from him. Or gone missing. Or something. Anyways, it's a great album. Here's "Could Well Be In."

Project 2010

I really like the Ben Folds song, "Cologne." It comes in a couple of parks, and is one of the few of his slower songs that I really enjoy. I enjoy his reference to that female astronaut who drove overnight wearing a diaper, but my favorite lyric involves thinking about having an imaginary conversation. There is something about thinking about that that really strikes a chord with me for some reason.



There is a special satisfaction to listening to Eric Cartman sing "Come Sail Away," still.

The Pains Of Being Pure at Heart put out an album for the sad indie boy in us all. Here's "Come Saturday."

Project 2010

OK, I've gotten to song 1,000 on my iPod of 6,714 (and growing- most recently I added Beach House). After listening to a lot of songs involving Closer, I've instead decided to talk for a minute about The Long Winters. The Long Winters are a Seattle band with kind of a folky sound fronted by John Roderick. I just really enjoy their stuff, so here are a few examples:








Also, i've decided to stop posting the list, pretty much because it was eating a lot of my time, so there should be more posting about bands and my thoughts as I go along.

3 Second Review

Beach House's "Teen Dream":

I really enjoyed it. It's a an album where you want to listen to it while laying on the floor and staring at the ceiling.

And that is my 3 second review.

Projece 2010: Days 39-42

Natalie Merchant and Michael Stipe!
When They sing together it is magic for me. Spectacular early 90's magic. Especially since they sang together at Bill Clinton's inauguration. What could be more wonderfully 90's than that? In one day I got to hear it happen twice! Once on a "Campfire Song" for about 10 seconds and once on "Candy Everybody Wants" where Michael Stipe screws up the lyrics (which just makes me like it more)



Casmir Pulaski Day is another beautiful Sufjan Stevens song. It makes me want to love and cry.





Ever since I heard "Brown Eyed Girl" I have loved Van Morisson. I have also had a long standing love of The West Wing. Then they came together:




How many songs can Rusted Root possible have? I feel like something of theirs is coming up every 20 minutes or something. It's insane.

Here's the list:
Call and Answer - Barenaked Ladies
Call Me Calmly - Barenaked Ladies
Call Me Papa - Donavon Frankenreiter
Call Your Boys - Iron & Wine
The Calling - Santana Featuring Eric Clapton
Calling All Cops - Motion City Soundtrack
Calling All Crows - State Radio
Calluses - Harry Chapin
Camaro - Kings Of Leon
Cambridge - Motion City Soundtrack
Camera - R.E.M.
Camisado - Panic! At The Disco
A Campfire Song - 10,000 Maniacs
Campus - Vampire Weekend
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Lion King
Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Can't Con An Honest John - The Streets
Can't Finish What You Started - Motion City Soundtrack
Can't Seem To Find - moe.
Can't Stop - Love Arcade
Can't Stop Partying - Weezer
Can't Take It - The All-American Rejects
Canceled Check - Beck
Candy- Love Arcade
Candy Everybody Wants - 10,000 Maniacs
Candy Everybody Wants - 10,000 Maniacs and Michael Stipe
Candy Man - Grateful Dead
Candyman - Cornershop
Cannonball - The Breeders
Cape Canaveral - Conor Oberst
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
Capital H - Motion City Soundrack
Captain - Dave Matthews Band
The Captain - Guster
The Captain - Ingram Hill
Captain America - moe.
Car Crash - Our Lady Peace
The Car In 20 - The Early November
The Car Song - The Cat Empire
Car Thief - Beastie Boys
Caravan - Van Morrison
Carefree - The Refreshments
Careful - Guster
Carey - Joni Mitchell
Caring Is Creepy - The Shins
Carlos - Pete Yorn
Carnival - Natalie Merchant
Carnival - Our Lady Peace
Carnival Of Sorts - R.E.M.
Carnival Town - Norah Jones
Caroline, No - The Beach Boys
Carousel - Iron & Wine
Carries On - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Carry Me - Malcolm Middleton
Carry That Weight - The Beatles
Carry This Picture - Dashboard Confessional
Carrying Cathy - Ben Folds

Project 2010: Day 39

Made it to 750 songs today, and finished the B's and entered the C's. In celebration, I'm sharing most of the songs about California I listened to today, because there are a ton of them. Most of them are pretty great, too. Something about the state seems to inspire people to sing. So, here it is:













One more thing- Spike Jonze + Weezer = Amazing (although let's face it, Spike Jonze + Almost Anything = Amazing)



Here's the list:

Bruised - The Bens
Bryn - Vampire Weekend
Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson
Bubblegoose - Wyclef Jean
Buddy Holly - Weezer
Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
Bug - Phish
The Bugaloos - Collective Soul
Buggin' - The Flaming Lips
Build A Levee - Natalie Merchant
Build God, Then We'll Talk - Panic! At The DIsco
Build It Up, Tear It Down - Fatboy Slim
Build That Wall - Aimee Mann
Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
Bukowski - Modest Mouse
Bull Black Nova - Wilco
Bulletproof And Bleeding - Dog's Eye View
Bullets In The Fire - Rusted Root
Bulls In Brooklyn - The Academy Is...
Bully of New York - Ana Egge
Bunny Ain't No Kind Of Rider - Of Montreal
Burn It Clean - Mudhuney
Burn To Shine - Ben Harper
Burndt Jamb - Weezer
The Burning City Smoking - Kevin Devine
Burning Down - R.E.M.
Burning Hell - R.E.M.
Burning Man - Third Eye Blind
Burrito - Pete Yorn
Bury Me - Guster
Bury Me With It - Modest Mouse
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Indigo Girls
Busted - Matchbox Twenty
Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band
But It's Better If You Do - Panic! At The Disco
But When The Little Fellow Came - I can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business
Butter The Soul - Cornershop
Butterflies & HUrricanes - Muse
Butterfly - Donavon Frankenreiter
Butterfly - Weezer
Butterfly in Reverse - Counting Crwos
Buttoned Down - Straylight Run
Buy American - The Refreshments
By And By - Lay Low
Bye Bye Baby - OK Go
C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips - OK Go
C"Mere - Interpol
C'mon - Guster
C'mon Daddy - The Lemonheads
Cabbage Town - Conor Oberst
Cable TV - Fol Chen
The Cage - Cryptacize
The Cage - Travis
The Calendar Hung Itself - Bright Eyes
Calgone - Incubus
California - Joni Mitchell
California - Phantom Planet
California Dreamin' - The Beach Boys
California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
California English - Vampire Weekend
California Girls - The Beach Boys
California Stars - Billy Bragg & Wilco
California Waiting - The Kings of Leon