Monday Morning Shuffle
The designer for my company is a great guy who is super talented and also loves music. We’re lucky because we have a small office in an empty building and we can pretty much blast music all the time and never worry about bothering anyone. The only problem with this is that the kid plays music constantly, and when you work with someone 40-50 hours a week and he’s really feeling one CD, you get to listen to it 50 times that week. Now, i didn’t care when he got into The Shins, but in the last 2 weeks i’ve heard the following without stopping: Fall Out Boy, Kanye, Maroon 5 and a mash-up of Kanye lyrics over Fall Out Boy tracks… Suffice to say, I’m about to throw his speakers (and maybe him) out the window. UPDATE: We’ve been listening to Maroon 5 over and over since 8 a.m. I FUCKING HATE MAROON 5. Adam Levine can fuck himself.
I added some new music this weekend: Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, LCD Soundsystem, Bloc Party and some really weird DJ music that i got at the POOL show a while back. Hopefully some of it will inspire my designer to switch it up a bit from now on…
On with the Shuffle:
1. Cisco Kid - Sublime, off of Robbin’ The Hood
This is by far the weirdest Sublime album ever. It’s not great, but it’s raw and the exact opposite of the relatively overproduced albums that made them famous (aside from the genius career move that is ”death by heroin OD”). Well the most interesting thing about this album are the “Raleigh Soliloquy’s”…Apparently someone’s brother spent some time in a mental hospital and taped his conversations with this guy Raleigh who is insane and would just ramble on…it sounds like a scene from a movie but it’s not, it’s just this guy spouting off. It’s like listening to a homeless guy talking to himself as he walks down the street. It’s pretty weird but abstractly fascinating.
2. Sunrise - Norah Jones, off of Feels Like Home
I’m pretty confident that i’ve already talked about this song before and even if i haven’t the only thing i would say is that it’s the best song on this CD…everything else is pretty mediocre unfortunately. But while we’re on the subject, i might as well discuss her song “Creepin’ In” which is maybe my favorite song from her ever. And here’s why that’s weird, because it’s straight country and i don’t like country. But there’s something about the catchiness of the song paired with the fact that her voice is so eclectic. Well, download it for yourself, because it’s good. And Dolly Parton’s vocals are also amazing.
3. Cabron - Red Hot Chili Pepper, off of By The Way
Cabron means asshole in Spanish, which, when listening to this chorus makes it extra funny to sing along to. Go ahead, sing along in the English translation, it’s funny.
4. Sea Legs - The Shins, off of Wincing the Night Away
They’re playing at Celebrity Theater October 9th…anyone want to go with me?
The only other interesting thing i can think to say is that i have 3 of their albums and yet this is the only one that ever comes up in the Shuffle. I’m telling you, this Shuffle is a weird thing. (I’m also thinking that it has just about ran it’s course…it’s been a year, i think we need something new. Thoughts?)
5. So Long - Guster, off of Lost and Gone Forever
I haven’t listened to these guys in a long time but i’m kinda feeling like i need to make some time for them in the near future. I listened to a few songs while running this weekend and, like always, i’m just a big fan. They’re a perfect mix of fun, upbeat songs and semi-melancholy, thought-provoking tracks, they’re good to run to, good to chill too, good to pay attention to, good to ignore. It was like they were made perfectly just for me.
Alright, that’s enough for now. Have a good week.
R.I.P. Big Matt
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