Many years ago (I think maybe when I was in college though I can’t be sure) a friend of mine (I think maybe my now husband though, again, I can’t be sure) gave me a slim, silver volume entitled Very Bad Poetry. I never really knew the motivation and have sometimes wondered whether I should [...]
yea yea, i promise this hasn’t become a blog solely devoted to FRT, but i started a new job a few weeks ago and i’m just finally settling in to my new routine… more and better posts to come, but in the meantime, this is what i have for ya:
1. “Goodnight Elizabeth,” Counting Crows
2. “Crystal,” [...]
1. “Side by Side,” Earth, Wind & Fire
2. “Into the Fourth Dimension,” The Orb
3. “Come and Find Me,” Josh Ritter
4. “Sweet Little Duck,” Kathleen Edwards
5. “Cock/Ver 10,” Aphex Twin
6. “Almost Afternoon,” Joe Jack Talcum
7. “Beeswax,” Nirvana
8. “Color of Water,” M. Ward
9. “Young Americans,” David Bowie
10. “Simmer [...]
1. “Take on Me,” a-Ha
2. “Another Green World,” Brian Eno
3. “Glamorous Glue,” Morrissey
4. “Maquilladora,” Radiohead
5. “Angelica,” Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
6. “Boner Beats,” The Dead Milkmen
7. “Dub Driving,” Angelo Badalamenti
8. “Both Sides Now,” Joni Mitchell
9. “The Postman,” The American Analog Set
10. “Toxygene – Las Vegas Mix,” The Orb
Bonus:Â “I hope I get old before I [...]
“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, [...]
So, Saturday was my birthday. (I’m now this many…oh wait, you can’t see how many fingers I’m holding up. I guess it remains a mystery). But that meant that my whole weekend, from Friday on, was befuddled. I did this FRT on Friday morning, but didn’t get the chance to post [...]
Last Train to Trancentral, The KLF
Inside, Moby
Parachutes (Funeral Song), Mates of State
Don’t Think of Me, Dido
Come Back to Camden, Morrissey
Why Won’t You Talk About It, The Radio Dept.
About Me, They Might Be Giants
Complexity, The Roots
Piccadilly Palare, Morrissey
A Punch Up at a Wedding, Radiohead
Yay!: 3, 9
Blech!: 5… You are the Quarry was not the [...]
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crimes and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.
This is their FRT.
…a day early: I have to report @ 8.15a, and I just don’t function any earlier than that. And I can’t [...]
XTC vs. Adam Ant, They Might Be Giants
Feeling No Pain, Josh Rouse
Smell the Coffee, Joe Jack Talcum
Mighty Mighty, Earth Wind & Fire
Parabol, Tool
Tell Mama, Etta James
Space Dog, Tori Amos
Twilight, Josh Rouse
Don’t Cry, Guns N’ Roses
On a Plain, Nirvana
Bonus Track: Foolin’, Def Leppard
Yay!: 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, and obviously the bonus track (otherwise, [...]
Dead, by They Might Be Giants
Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now), by Nine Inch Nails
The Scoop, by The Beastie Boys
It’s the Nighttime, by Josh Rouse
Buckingham Rabbit, by Silver Jews
Send in the Clouds, by Silver Jews (I *swear* this was totally random!)
Comin’ Under Fire, by Def Leppard
Falling for You, by Weezer
One of My Turns, by Pink [...]





