Random Acts of Journalism

Yesterday was a holiday, and i treated it as such. So the Shuffle is on Tuesday, makes more sense anyway.

So i’ve dug a little deeper into these Torrent programs and man is that a better way to steal music than anything else. I found some amazing stuff and got some things that have leaked and aren’t released yet. In the past 4 days i got the new Common, the relatively new Modest Mouse, the new Talib Kweli and in the greatest move of all time, found someone who was posting every Radiohead song ever. So i downloaded 20 albums, live stuff, unmastered, mastered, remastered, side projects, b-sides, everything. A couple hundred songs easily. So even though i’ve never been a huge fan of them i can now back my opinions up.

On with the shuffle,

 1. Cautioners – Jimmy Eat World, off of Bleed American
I love this song. The bass track is so infectious and the drum beat so simple, it’s just a good song all around. Jim Atkins vocals are as haunting as the lyrics are poignant. And they have a new CD coming out in October, or so i’m told.

2. Almost Cut My Hair – Crosby, Stills and Nash
This is one of those protest songs we’ve chatted about before and our generation really misses out on the symbolism of this one. Cutting your hair was a big deal at the time…short hair meant you were a square, you sold out to the man, etc.  And this song embodies a lot of the frustration in the movement at the time, a subject which those of you apart of our Vox blog will know, i’ve experienced a bit of lately myself.

3. 3 Libras – A Perfect Circle (Massive Attack remix)
This is my favorite APC song and the remix is kinda crazy…if Massive Attack was in fact involved in this, kudos to them. I like them. There’s not a whole lot else to say about this really.

4. Sexual Healing – Ben Harper, off of Live from Mars
Can you think of a better cover for Ben Harper to do? Is there a better combination of talents, music and latent sex appeal? I say no.

5. Rhymes and Ammo – The Roots, off of Phrenology
This song would usually be semi-annoying to me because of the hook, but you got Kweli doing it up on the track and it actually comes through as a pretty good tune when it’s all said and done. Kweli and The Roots together…man, that’s pretty epic.

 Alright, have a good short week.