I have a dream…
People in the generation before me mad mix tapes for each other with actual cassettes.
When I was growing up, we made mix CDs for each other.
I have a dream that (soon) we’ll make mix m3u playlists for each other. Let’s stop letting the physical limitations of CDs adversely impact the amount of music we assemble to express our feelings. I have already started and encourage you to too!
Hot IQs
I discovered the band ‘Hot IQs’ in August of 2008 when I first started listening to their ‘Dangling Modifier EP’. They disbanded in 2009 after releasing one last single ‘Nightstand’. Eventually, I sorta forgot about them. Recently, I was importing all of my loved tracks on last.fm into Clementine (the awesome music player I use) when I realized I didn’t have any of their music anymore. It was not available through my normal channels for obtaining music but it is still for sale on iTunes – for only $4.95! Kinda glad I still have a laptop with Windows!
Ray LaMontagne
Even though he looks a little bit like a creeper. (Do a Google Images search for him and you’ll see what I mean.) I love his voice. He has the perfect amount of rasp and his music is just awesome! I love listening to his ‘Gossip In The Grain’ album.
For the uninitiated, start with ‘You Are The Best Thing’, ‘Henry Nearly Killed Me (It’s A Shame)’ or ‘Meg White’ (Yep, it’s about that Meg White.)
movie music
i adore music from movies! there are some movies who are outshone, i think, by their soundtracks. the most prominent example is The Dark Knight. good movie…better soundtrack. here are a few of my top favorites:
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dead
Dead Celebrity Status
dead prez
The Dead Weather
Grateful Dead
There are probably others but this is just an example of artists I love with ‘dead’ in their name. Not morbid at all…
a male dominated week (musically)
new music
I added a bunch of new music to my phone before work last night. Unfortunately, I did not have time to check that it was tagged properly. It’s not. It’s tagged so horribly that if I play it, the Last.fm client on my phone won’t even attempt to scrobble and auto-correct it. I am very sad.
Artists of the Week
Overall Top 40
Proof that my taste in music has been questionable in the past. 
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Y solo por un beso…
I’m not a huge fan of Aventura’s work in general. (I like bachata but they are just ‘OK’.) However. Their song ‘Un Beso’ is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.
It’s one of their less well-known songs but I definitely recommend it, especially for those looking for a song/album to listen to to get into Aventura.