Thursday, January 31, 2008

Friday Non-Random Ten

Damien Jurado "Matinee" (demo)
Seam "Pale Marble Movie"
T Bone Burnett "Hollywood, Mecca of the Movies"
Garland Jeffreys "35 MM Dreams"
The 6ths "Movies in My Head"
Cracker "Movie Star"
Luna "The Moviegoer"
Yo La Tengo "Deeper into Movies"
Franz Ferdinand "The Dark of the Matinee"
Okervil River "Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe"

bonus
Kinks "Celluloid Heroes"

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6 Comments:

Blogger Mike said...

"Dark Of The Matinee" is a good one.

And if one takes a step back from sliding a finger under the buttons of a blazer for a second to look at the screen, then he'll see Celluloid Heroes.

Good one.

5:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1. We’re Desperate - X
2. Stacy’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne
3. Oh Very Young – Cat Stevens
4. Powerline (live) – Husker Du
5. Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat) – The Detroit Cobras
6. My Love is a Flower – Jonathan Richman
7. Chemistry Set – Suburbs
8. Bird on a Wire – Leonard Cohen
9. Barely Legal – The Strokes
10. Altar Boy – Tom Waits

Bonus: New Gun in Town - dBs

This list kinda describes my week.

6:54 AM  
Blogger Tom Hilton said...

Agent Orange - Pipeline
Los Mirlos - Muchachita del Oriente
Johnny & the Hurricanes - Bam-Boo
Cibo Matto - Apple
Wire - Dot Dash
Ennio Morricone - 60 Seconds to What?
Wailers - Driftwood
Pine Box Boys - 56, AR
No. 1 de No. 1 - Guajira Van
Man or Astro-Man? - Television Fission

5 instrumentals, 2 foreign-language. Good--not too many of those pesky lyrics.

10:28 AM  
Blogger Generik said...

1. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint – “Ascension Day” – The River In Reverse
2. Nick Drake – “Time Has Told Me” – Way To Blue
3. Ron Wood – “Breakin’ My Heart” – Gimme Some Neck
4. Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – Permanent
5. Billy Boy Arnold – “I Was Fooled” – Blues Masters Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics
6. Yachts – “Suffice To Say” – Stiff Records Box Set
7. Fleetwood Mac – “Miles Away” – Mystery To Me
8. Johnny Cash – “Ring Of Fire” – The Many Sides Of Johnny Cash
9. New Pornographers – “Mutiny, I Promise You” – Challengers
10. Pete Yorn – “Splendid Isolation” – Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs Of Warren Zevon

**Bonus** Rolling Stones – “Live With Me” – Get Yer Ya-Yas Out

This is a pretty perfect list for me: Old, new, borrowed and blue. Plus a little bit country (and a lot of rock and roll).

12:39 PM  
Blogger ahab said...

Nicolai Dunger, "White Wild Horses" Here’s My Song
Lou Reed, "Sweet Jane" Walk On the Wild Side
Yo La Tengo, "Did I Tell You" Fakebook
M. Ward, "Archangel Tale" End of Amnesia
Hayden, "This Summer" Elk-Lake Serenade
Omara Portuondo, "He Perdido Contigo" Buena Vista Social Club Presents…
Rod Stewart, "Cut Across Shorty" Gasoline Alley
Salim Nourallah, "Montreal" Beautiful Noise
Freakwater, "Out of this World" Old Paint
Tindersticks, "Paco De Renaldo’s Dream" Tindersticks

Bonus: Cracker, "Miss Santa Cruz County" Forever

Great week for me too. Betcha Generik will approve.

7:32 AM  
Blogger Generik said...

Betcha Generik will approve.

And I do! I especially like the Latin stuff. I have a lot of that on my iPod, but for some reason it doesn't show up much in my Random 10 lists.

9:14 PM  

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