Friday Random Ten – the May Day edition
You know the drill: Set your MP3 player to shuffle, and post the first ten songs that come up. Friday video: Gawker is right, this is one NYU student I actually like (also, he is the cutest, and I do really love him after reading this interview — he’s also performing tonight at Bowery Poetry [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Sprung edition
Thank God it is finally spring in New York. And in honor of the fine weather and the fact that it has inspired me to return to the gym, which I have not visited in almost two weeks, we have a Very Special FRT this week. Last time around I asked you to help my [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Help Jill’s Dad Find Teh Cool edition
My dad just got his first ipod (or as he calls it, his IPOD) and has expressed his disappointment with my recent failures to post FRTs, because it means he doesn’t know what to download. So this one is for you, old man. The rest of you know what to do: Set your mp3 players [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Really, Is U2 Still Cool? edition
You know the drill: Put your MP3 player in shuffle and post the first 10 songs that come up. And then someone explain to me why anyone would pay $300 to hear U2 live. Friday song you should all listen to: Big Weekend (thanks Dave). Who else is ready for summer? 1. Les Savy Fav [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Is January Over Yet? edition
Set your mp3 players to shuffle and post the first ten songs that come up. Go! Friday Video: The War on Drugs, because I’ve had this song stuck in my head all week. 1. The Kinks – Starstruck 2. Kid Sister – Family Reunion (featuring David Banner) 3. Timbaland and Magoo – Luv 2 Luv [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Chop’t edition
You know the drill: Set your MP3 player to shuffle and post the first 10 songs that come up: 1. Jans Lekman- Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig 2. Radiohead – Scatterbrain 3. Roots – Nothing New 4. Death Cab for Cutie – 405 5. Timbaland and Magoo – Up Jumps Da Boogie 6. Cat [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the All I Want For Christmas Is Some Wireless Internet edition
I’ve been MIA all week because I’ve been visiting family in Seattle, which means being at the whim of my mom’s dial-up AOL (not even kidding). So the blogging has been light, because it’s apparently still 1995 at my mom’s house. But I have relocated to a lovely coffee shop with wireless, just in time [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Is It Snowing By You, Too? edition
Set your MP3 player to random, and post the first 10 songs that come up. Friday video, because M.I.A. can do no wrong (this is Buraka Som Sistema featuring DJ Znobia, M.I.A., Saborosa and Puto Prata). 1. Kaki King – Doing the Wrong Thing 2. The Notwist – This Room 3. Tom Waits – Picture [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the I Blame Feminism For This, Too edition
You know the drill: Set you MP3 player to Shuffle and post the first 10 songs that come up. Friday Video: The Gossip. Because I heart Beth Ditto, this track is great, and I’m pretty sure feminism is somehow responsible. 1. Spoon – Take the Fifth 2. The Blow – Bonjour Jeune Fille 3. Girl [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the World is Crumbling edition
You know the drill: Put your MP3 player on shuffle and post the first 10 songs that come up. The video for my #1 (sort of): 1. Goldfrapp – A&E (Gui Boratto Remix) 2. Chad VanGaalen – Flower Gardens 3. Kaki King – Can the Gwot Save Us? 4. Bill Evans Trio – Two Lonely [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten – the Yes We Did! edition
The Rules: Set your MP3 player to shuffle, and post the first 10 songs that come up. Friday video: Since you were all such fans of Santogold last time around, here she is again: The Ten: 1. Rhett Miller – Our Love 2. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane – Evidence 3. Mary J. Blige [...]
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