Project 2010

#1: For some reason I consider anything that R.E.M. did after "Monster" to be late R.E.M. Ridiculous, I know, but really at that point R.E.M. stayed great but much of the world seemed to have lost track of them. This is all my way of saying "Hope" off of "Up" is great. I love it. Unfortunately I couldn't find a version to embed, so you'll just have to trust me on this.

#2: "Horchata" by Vampire Weekend. Horchata is non-alcoholic. Gotta be honest, makes the song less fun for me, but like all Vampire Weekend songs I'm not 100% sure what this song is really about.



#3: Nothing is more fun than getting through a totally random 9 second track in the middle of everything else. Here it is for your enjoyment:



#4: Today I've been hearing a lot of Beck. Apparently he likes writing song titles that start with the letter H. The sentence "I'm the enchanting wizard of rhythm" is pretty great.

#5: And I've been hearing even more R.E.M. I'm up to maybe four R.E.M. songs so far. Scratch that. I'm up to five. Really. Almost half of an R.E.M. album at this point. And nothing from before "New Adventures in Hi-Fi." Crazy.

#6: I think I've talked about how much I love Snow Patrol when just one random song of theirs comes on. Can't really explain it. Today was "How to be Dead." I think I just enjoy how this song feels like it is building and building until it... well doesn't quite explode, but it does go somewhere.



Today I made it to 2654 of 7,132. The newest album on my ipod is The National's "Boxer." It's really great but again I'm super late to the game. The new Paste Magazine Sampler should be getting on my ipod pretty soon, and I can't wait for that.

Project 2010: another numbered list

#1: Weezer's "Heart." Not sure if it's really a good song, but it's definitely an interesting song about music. I recommend a listen.

#2: I think Jose Gonzalez's cover of "Heartbeats" is better than the original. I also love this ad that uses is. Sorry, I know, commercialism is bad. But still (watch in higher quality if you can):



#3: The song whereby I fell in love with Wilco:



#4: A Phish song I will never get tired of:



#5: The more I listen to the Girls album, the more I like it. His voice is really great.

#6: 3 great Help songs in a row- "Help Me Rhonda" by The Beach Boys, "Help Me" by Joni Mitchell, and "Help" by The Beatles. Hooray!

I'm on 2,273 of 7,115

Project 2010: numbered list

#1: Somehow I have Rihanna's "Hatin On the Club" on my iPod. I have exactly zero idea how it got there. Also- not very catchy. And at 4:30 it's at least a minute too long.

#2: Poe's entire "Haunted" album is really interesting. Especially because it's tied to one of my favorite books, House of Leaves.

#3: Listening to "Have a Day" by The Polyphonic Spree reminded me that they are still on the short lists of bands (can you really even call them a band?) that I have yet to see.

#4: Over a year later I am still in love with Fleet Foxes:


#5: Every time Sufjan Stevens comes on I get really excited. Today was "He Woke Me Up Again." It's strange to me that it feels like so few people know about Sufjan. Among my good friends we are pretty cultish, but I say his name in front of other people and they have never heard of him. Oh well.

I'm on 2,432 of 7,115

Project 2010

Right now I'm at 2,366 of 7,088.

So, I've been listening to a lot of music, and many times the experience has been quite disjointed with totally different styles of song coming one after the other with nothing in common but the fact that their titles are in alphabetical order.

During this process, every once and a while something like this will come up:



and it becomes strikingly clear how amazing The Beatles really are. Especially when the next song is something that may or may not be in German and is definitely lousy by Len.

Random Comment

I'm loving this. Streaming free for another few days.

Project 2010: Name Check

So, for the first time I actually heard a certain lyric correctly, and it floored me. Every time I hear Snow Patrol I always think "who is this? I really like it..."

So, imagine my surprise when I heard "Hands Open" name check Sufjan Stevens. Crazy.



Obviously, I have made it to the H's,. I'm at 2,336 of 7,088. So, a third of the way there....

Weird Statement of the Day

I can't say that the Beach Boys are underrated, but I do think they are under listened to.