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dressed like les nessman
- 8am
dan deacon - wham city (2007)
city high - what would you do? (2001)
third eye blind - semi-charmed life (1997)
cam'ron - he tried to play me (2006)
cannibal ox - straight off the d.i.c. (2001)
- 9am
tegan and sara - wake up exhausted (2004)
rod lee - dance my pain away (2005)
- 10am
ugk featuring outkast - int'l players anthem (2007)
cake - it's coming down (1996)
manu chao - me gustas tú (2001)
buddy holly - rave on (1958)
eminem - as the world turns (1999)
- 11am
black eyes - letter to raoul peck (2003)
- 12pm
harvey danger - flagpole sitta (1997)
dirty projectors - thirsty and miserable (2007)
now it's overhead - who's jon (2001)
benny goodman and his orchestra - sing sing sing (1938)
dusty springfield - wishin' and hopin' (1964)
- 1pm
last step - you're a nice girl (2007)
wyclef jean featuring john forté, pras - we trying to stay alive (1997)
deerhoof - panda panda panda (2003)
- 2pm
portishead - only you (1997)
crystal castles - love and caring (2008)
- 3pm
- 4pm
dizzee rascal - fix up, look sharp (2003)
- 6pm
atari teenage riot - the future of war (1997)
clipse - grindin (2002)
- 7pm
modest mouse - dramamine (1996)
m.i.a. - jimmy (2007)
the clash - police & thieves (1977)
- 8pm
- 9pm
this ain't a track it's a movement
- 8am
clipse - keys open doors (2006)
- 9am
- 10am
donny osmond - i'll make a man out of you (1998)
- 11am
the cranberries - zombie (1994)
edgar winter group - free ride (1972)
- 12pm
the faint - the conductor (2001)
jay dee (j dilla) - crushin' (yeeeeaah!) (2003)
- 1pm
mos def featuring busta rhymes - do it now (1999)
the streets featuring kevin mark trail - let's push things forward (2002)
neon indian - mind, drips (2009)
bubba sparxxx featuring ying yang twins - ms. new booty (2006)
tech n9ne - psycho bitch (2001)
godsmack - whatever (1998)
- 2pm
tori amos - bells for her (1994)
the fugees - the mask (1996)
talking heads - once in a lifetime (1980)
- 3pm
- 4pm
cut copy - feel the love (2008)
10 most played tracks on my player
Here's the last 10 most played tracks on my mp3 player, according to the 'history' option /followed by play count/
1. David Bowie - Queen Bitch /40/
2. The Cult - Moya /33/
3. meow.wav /31/
4. radiotangra.com live stream /rock-station/ - /30/
5. Talking Heads - Artists Only /25/
6. Talking Heads - Stay Hungry /21/
7. Sparks - All You Ever Think About Is Sex /20/
8. X-Mal Deutchland - Qual /12 Remix/ /20/
9. Pivot - O Soundtrack My Heart /18/
10. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Israel /17/
Some of these were on repeat, but I guess that still counts ;)
Video: David Byrne: Live on Two Wheels
via youtube.com
Watch this cool video of him riding on the West Side bikepath in Manhattan. It's a place we spend a lot of time on and echo his sentiments of riding. He talks about bike-friendly cities and also suggests NYC puts the West side Highway underground " if you want to keep the damn highway". Nice!
TALKING HEADS - THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (NAIVE MELODY) (1984)
I had an odd moment recently where, in an odd way, I met myself. It evolved from a conversation with a new friend in which this person's frustrations, attitudes, and concerns were a direct carbon copy of my own. It's a startling thing, hearing your own thoughts directly voiced back to you. And it was uplifting because with an unquestionable confidence with what I saw in this person I was able to honestly reassure them and indirectly my own self in the process. And I said to them "Everything is going to be alright".
Yes, it's the name of this blog but for a reason I've never fully explained. At the end of the day, when times are their most tough, it's the only words I want to hear. I've learned it's not just myself who needs to hear it, but everyone. They are words of great power and comfort that so many of us need to hear and so few do. Everything is going to be alright is a daily blog for a reason. A variation of these words first had an effect on me back in high school when I was watching a movie I had loved since a child. It was The Survivors from 1983 starring Walter Matthau and Robin Williams. To many it's a throwaway comedy while to others it's not even on their radar. But for me it's one of my very favorite movies and contains what may be one of my favorite endings of all time. There comes a point when the Williams character faces a breakdown, having lost everything important to him and his belief in something better coming his way. It's a fascinating scene for what is a broad comedy but the Williams' desperation and the concern on Matthau's face for his friend is always heartbreaking. Watch the scene below, beginning at the 2:51 mark.The scene affects me so deeply because I need that friend like Matthau who will share their coat and freeze along with me when I need it. And when I ask "Tell me everything is going to work out", they do. I've been that character undressing in the snow a lot in my life, and as I rewatch the scene now I'm startled how spot on my current situation mirrors his. Some days I have my friends both old and new who are my Matthau while other days it's myself, working through this blog, playing that song that lifts me up at the end of the day.
The Talking Heads song This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) is one of my favorite songs of all time and from what I gather from the countless covers it's meaningful to a great number of people also, rising in the ranks of comfort songs alongside classics like Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. And I feel it can only be because it's a song that tells you there's somewhere/someplace for you at the end of the day. We're all looking for that variation of what we consider home. Everytime I hear it brings tears to my eyes.
As you listen to the song today, taken from the Stop Making Sense live version, consider what you hear and read the lyrics listed below. And if no one else tells you in some way today then let the song tell you "Everything is going to be alright. It is. And whenever you need it to hear it, this where I'll be. That friend I assured the other day has given me an new inspiration and has reignited an idea I have been meaning to write for some time now. Can you guess what the title is?
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by Talking Heads
i don't believe in an interventionist god
- 8am
aqua - barbie girl (1997)
real mccoy - another night (1995)
super mario bros. 3 - warp zone (1988)
project pat featuring oj da juiceman - keep it hood (2009)
bright eyes - bowl of oranges (2002)
talking heads - once in a lifetime (1980)
the fiery furnaces - teach me sweetheart (2006)
keane - somewhere only we know (2004)
lil wayne featuring busta rhymes, brisco - la la (2008)
arrested development - tennessee (1992)
- 10am
real mccoy - another night (1995)
super mario bros. 3 - warp zone (1988)
- 11am
project pat featuring oj da juiceman - keep it hood (2009)
bright eyes - bowl of oranges (2002)
talking heads - once in a lifetime (1980)
the fiery furnaces - teach me sweetheart (2006)
keane - somewhere only we know (2004)
lil wayne featuring busta rhymes, brisco - la la (2008)
arrested development - tennessee (1992)
- 2pm
mindless self indulgence - bring the pain (1999)
- 4pm
kmfdm - disobedience (1995)
3oh!3 - holler til you pass out (2007)
