- “Workin’ on Leavin’ the Livin’,” Modest Mouse
- “Four-Day Interval,” Tortoise
- “Round Here (live version),” Counting Crows
- “Hard to Tell,” Old Crow Medicine Show
- “Beachball,” R.E.M.
- “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” Ministry
- “Alienation’s for the Rich,” They Might Be Giants
- “No More ‘I Love You’s’,” Annie Lennox
- “Hey DJ,” Quad City DJ’s
- “Black Steel,” Tricky
Bonus: “Why Won’t You Tell Me What,” Josh Rouse
Yay!: 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, Bonus
Blech!: 6. Way better Jesus songs: “I Dream of Jesus” by the Dead Milkmen or “Jesus is a Friend of the Family” by the Roadside Graves.
Swooniest: Michael Stipe… I’ve spent the better part of the last few hours scouring the internet for the What’s the Frequency Kenneth video, or at least a good still of Stipey, in mid hip swivel wearing that little star t-shirt… this is the best I could come up with. Oh, swoon!
Best Lyrics:
I got a letter from the government the other day.
Opened it and read it, it said they were suckers.
They wanted me for the army, or whatever.
Picture me giving a damn. I say never.
~Tricky
Other friends of the family:
howard (no, we’re never gonna survive)
jeff (young boy done me bad, and I went and did you wrong)
ben (quiet, don’t tell anybody)
brian (oh has the world changed? or have i changed?)
lauren (i slowly wilt and die)
rachel (i’ve quit this a million times, can’t quite stay away)
kb (i wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for the journey now)
marisa (So why not stop trying to run and hide)
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I can always count on you for my new weekly new favorite They Might Be Giants song (next to Triangle Man of course which will never be displaced).
btw, thanks for the reminder on “A Prayer for Owen Meaney.” great read.
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Random 10 now done…you must really hate industrial! No NIN, no Ministry…guess Skinny Puppy is out of the question!
Oh yeah…just disregard that comma I put in my blog’s url there…this’ll work now.
jeff/thirsty, i’m glad to be of service esp. where tmbg & owen meany are concerned.
kb –
i was always more of a sucker for an acoustic guitar and a throaty voice — either that, or a couple of geeks and an accordion. my wee heart goes all aflutter. and i guess i always got the feeling that the point of industrial music was to scare away people like me. it worked.