No, the zombies haven't complained. My taste in music, that is. So, just because everybody else gets to, here's a Friday Random Ten, "Losing It" Version, with lyrics.
King Of Bedside Manor, Barenaked Ladies. Album: Gordon.
"You know he was quite a singer, quite an actor, quite some time ago."
Days Of Wine And Booze, Minus 5. Album: Down With Wilco.
"Who will pick up when you call in?"
Standing By, Actual Tigers (Or Willis, depending on what album.) Album (in this case): Gravelled and Green.
"In the age of information it's so hard to be a saint."
Crazy Love Volume 2, Paul Simon. Album: Graceland.
"Well, I don't claim to be happy about this, boys."
We Want A Rock, They Might Be Giants. Album: Flood.
"Where was I? I forgot the point that I was making..."
Mister Blue, Charlie Chesterfield. Album: Studebakersfield.
"Sometimes I feel like some sad old goddamned song that everyone knows the words to but just won't sing along."
Lost Track Of Time, Young Fresh Fellows. Album: This One's For The Ladies.
"There's no way that I fit in the way I did before."
It Ends Tonight, The All-American Rejects. Album: Move Along.
"The walls start breathing..."
Bukowski, Modest Mouse. Album: Good News For People Who Love Bad News.
"Who would wanna be, who would wanna be such a control freak?"
Shop Vac, Jonathan Coulton. Album: Thing A Week I.
"If you need me, I'll be downstairs with the shop vac. You can call but I probably won't hear you because it's loud with the shop vac on."
I'm going to skip the bonus, you guys have put up with enough. If I had to pick one of those albums to tell you to go buy, I think it'd be Gravelled and Green, a choice which even surprises me because there's a lot of good stuff on that list. Of course, I say that as someone with no taste at all.
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3 comments:
Okay, I guess this is the best place in the blogosphere to ask this. Can you please explain the Friday Random 10 concept, using words and ideas that even the zombies might understand? If they cared, which I don't reckon they do, unless your zombies have some kind of intentionality. (I think you're right when you mention that they are always running around, and the difference is that presently you can see them. This is a variant of the Asparagus Principle. Some people complain that after they eat asparagus, their pee is unpleasantly odiferous. But not everyone's post-asparagus pee stinks. Oh, but that "my pee don't stink" claim is wrong! It turns out - and this is actual science, though I can't footnote it - that eating asparagus makes everybody's pee stink, and it's just that some people don't have the smell receptors to detect it.)
Here is what I know about the Friday Random 10. It involves songs, announced in numerical fashion and including song title, album title, and perhaps a lyric.
I can't do it. I have no randomizing delivery system. I believe the randomizing delivery system is an iPod, which has the white cords and earbuds, and is worn by everyone who isn't currently talking on their cell phone.
Are there other delivery systems than the iPod? I understand that you can download tracks, and that everyone seems to have a bazillion songs. Doesn't that take a long time to assemble?
Obviously I don't own an iPod. I am no Luddite, but for five or eight years now, I have been on a strict budget. I resolved not to buy anything I don't truly need. Music is a need, but I still have my Sony Walkman, just as I still have my trusty old computer with Windows98, as well as a basic notebook I got for a few hundred dollars at eBay (this purchase was made for me, because eBay frightens me).
But the budget means that I have totally lost my place in the world of technology. I can't read PCWorld any more because I do not understand what the new ideas and versions are upgrading from. Most of the stuff on my computer can't be updated because I'm so far behind. This is worrisome.
But baby steps first: Friday Random 10, please with the historical and cultural context? Mkthx.
Larkspur
Ummm, no idea where it actually started. It's one of those blogmeme things, like name your five favorite books and pass it on, or list the first five websites your browser bar fills in when you type "www.". This one seems to have had more staying power than most.
The object is to demonstrate your taste in music by firing up your iPod, hitting shuffle, and listing the first ten songs that come up. The results make for intersting discussion or hilarity or just people ignoring it because y'all prefer the zombie posts for some reason.
I don't bother with my iPod since it's rarely charged/up to date. So I just grab my ten from my iTunes iPod Master playlist.
(My other playlists are called:
King Kong: Music that Queen Elizabeth wouldn't object to.
Bigfoot: General purpose music I'm not embarrassed to listen to in public.
Sasquatch: General purpose music I mostly wouldn't be embarrassed to listen to in public.
Big Hairy Monster: My favorite music.
Patterson: My very favorite music.
Yeti: Music I listen to when I want the rest of the world to go away.
Skunk Ape: Music I can listen to even with a migraine.
My iPods are named Yowie and Mapinguari. I admit to being a freak.)
You personally can download iTunes for free, www.apple.com, though I make no claim that your computer can use it or that it's not going to annoy the hell out of you with constant demands for updates. You get music into your iTunes by buying it from The Apple Store, or from a variety of other online services (including www.jonathancoulton.com). You may also download the occasional track for free from amazon.com, or from band websites, or though illegal file-sharing arrangements. I make no moral judgment on this as technically ripping tracks from CDs you have purchased is also considered illegal copyright abuse.
On the whole, I prefer it, if only because I like to buy CDs and encourage/reward bands I want to keep making music (particularly if my partner or I happen to know someone in the band).
Also, I listen to a lot of weird and obscure little bands that are too rare to expect to find in file-sharing networks anyway, not that I would know.
As to its cultural underpinnings I haven't the faintest. But as many shrinks have noted in the past, I have no sense of personal boundaries and will share all sorts of info that I probably should keep to myself, and that turns out to include the fact that I kinda dig the All-American Rejects.
I hope this clears it up, though I expect it doesn't. It's all I got either way.
Yes, very helpful information, what with the device being able to shuffle. I suppose people cheat and re-shuffle if they get "Wind Beneath My Wings" or that one about the cake being left in the rain. That would be a meme, wouldn't it? "Tracks That Make You Re-Shuffle For Your Random 10".
God, my keyboard is dirty. I wish I were one of those people who cleans compulsively when anxious.
Have you ever ordered CDs from cdbaby.com? They distribute lots of small obscure stuff, and their order fulfillment is so careful and warm and supportive, it's almost as if they send along tea and cookies with your order. And plump up your pillows, too.
And I don't think my computer can handle much in the way of music. I've tried creating playlists, but the tunes hang up, plus who knows from RealPlayer or what the hell. I get very itchy when a program or service tries to muscle its way into defaultery. My computer ends up heaving a great big sigh and collapsing.
Thank you, dear.
Larkspur
PS: I have lots of spare personal boundaries. Want some?
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