This list was birthed out of accidental inspiration– having Feist’s “Graveyard” pop up on shuffle just after hearing “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”. It being October, and with the rain getting its first firm foothold in the Pacific Northwest this week, replete with the requisite malaise and the cold seeping into my bones even as I type this, I figured this was as good a time as any for this grim theme.
| • |
Name |
Artist |
Album |
YouTube |
| 1 |
Dig My Grave |
They Might Be Giants |
Apollo 18 |
Yes |
| 2 |
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings |
Father John Misty |
Fear Fun |
Yes |
| 3 |
A Certain Cemetery |
Pretty Girls Make Graves |
The New Romance |
No |
| 4 |
Nail In My Coffin |
The Kills |
Blood Pressures |
Yes |
| 5 |
Dig Your Own Grave |
Heavenly |
P.U.N.K. Girl |
Yes |
| 6 |
Under A Cloud Shaped Like A Tomb |
Agesandages |
Alright You Restless |
Yes |
| 7 |
Tombstone Blues |
Bob Dylan |
Highway 61 Revisited |
Yes |
| 8 |
Hope Everything Falls Into Place Before I Fall Into A Grave |
Knight School |
Revenger |
No |
| 9 |
Grave Architecture |
Pavement |
Wowee Zowee |
Yes |
| 10 |
Graveyard |
Feist |
Metals |
Yes |
| 11 |
Coffins |
Explode Into Colors |
Quilts |
Yes |
| 12 |
Found Love In A Graveyard |
Veronica Falls |
Found Love In A Graveyard |
Yes |
| 13 |
How’s The Grave |
Jaill |
That’s How We Burn |
Yes |
| 14 |
Graveyard Drug Party |
Thee Oh Sees |
The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In |
Yes |
| 15 |
Funeral Song |
Sleater-Kinney |
One Beat |
Yes |
| 16 |
Do Not Quietly Unto Your Grave |
Morphine |
Good |
Yes |
| 17 |
Lay Some Flowers On My Grave |
Blind Willie McTell |
|
Yes |
*Of course I included “Grave Architecture”. Someday I may make a list and omit the obvious Pavement song but no promises.
October 13th, 2012
“You should message me if… Your 6’1 or taller, sexy, healthy, good-looking, athletic body, smart, ambitious, successful, passionate, drug-free, disease free, within my age range, single, charming, witty, well read, loyal, faithful, non-religious, creative, wealthy, you like kids, motivated, educated, active, fun, independent, generous, and stylish.”
But other than that, just be yourself!
August 22nd, 2012
Hyperbole and a Half – A webcomic in which the author relates various stories from her childhood, her insane dogs, and adventures in dealing with depression. Insightful and much funnier than it sounds.
A Pixar Illustrator Turns R-Rated Movies Into Scenes From Children’s Books – That needs no further description, does it?
My Take On Kitty Pryde Is That I Love Kitty Pryde – in which a one Laura Jane dissects an obsession with 19-year-old rapper Kitty Pryde (nothing to do with the X-Men, per se).
Neil Gaiman – On “writer’s block”.
TTFN
August 9th, 2012
“I’ve lost all ambition for worldly things,” as the first song on this mix states. But in lieu of wanting to actually set things on fire, I’ll throw together a mix in honor of Independence Day.
On a related note, was Elliott Smith a big fan of The Fourth? Between “Roman Candle” and “Independence Day”– as well as the Heatmiser song “Bottle Rocket”, although it’s a Neil Gust track– I wonder.
| • |
Name |
Artist |
Album |
YouTube |
| 1 |
I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire |
The Ink Spots |
Fallout 3 Soundtrack |
Yes |
| 2 |
July 3rd |
People Under The Stairs |
Question In The Form Of An Answer |
Yes |
| 3 |
Independence Day |
Elliott Smith |
XO |
Yes |
| 4 |
Brooklyn’s On Fire! |
Nicole Atkins |
Neptune City |
Yes |
| 5 |
Porno For Pyros |
Porno For Pyros |
Porno For Pyros |
Yes (live) |
| 6 |
Trigger 4th |
DJ N-Wee (Jay-Z/Pavement) |
The Slack Album |
Yes |
| 7 |
Wet Firecracker |
Silkworm |
Firewater |
Yes |
| 8 |
It’s Natural To Be Afraid |
Explosions In The Sky |
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone |
Yes |
| 9 |
In Bloom |
Nirvana |
Nevermind |
Yes |
| 10 |
Dig For Fire |
The Pixies |
Bossanova |
Yes |
| 11 |
Royal Firecracker Teeth |
Black Moth Super Rainbow + The Octopus Project |
The House of Apples and Eyeballs |
Yes |
| 12 |
Great Balls of Fire |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
Jerry Lee’s Greatest |
Yes |
| 13 |
Rocketship |
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion |
Now I Got Worry |
Yes |
| 14 |
Fires |
Band of Skulls |
Baby Darling Doll Face Honey |
Yes |
Loved this YouTube comment on the Jerry Lee Lewis video: “I should flag this as inappropriate – I think I just watched a man make love to a piano.”
July 4th, 2012
Dedicated to Adam Yauch, aka MCA, who died yesterday after fighting cancer for three years. Stupid cancer. In addition to being an awesome rapper, bassist, and director, Yauch was a class act. The world is better off for having had him in it.
This Beastie Boys mix features tracks with my favorite MCA lines highlighted where I find ‘em. Rest in peace, beastie.
| • |
Name |
Album |
MCA Quote |
| 1 |
Jimmy James |
Check Your Head |
“This is type a’ kinda like a formal dedication” |
| 2 |
Time To Get Ill |
Licensed to Ill |
“Now what’s the time?” |
| 3 |
The Negotiation Limerick File |
Hello Nasty |
|
| 4 |
The Sounds of Science |
Paul’s Boutique |
“Expanding the rhymes of sucker MC amateurs” |
| 5 |
Nonstop Disco Powerpack |
Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 |
“Well, I feel right / I speak my words on the track cuz the track sound tight” |
| 6 |
In 3′s |
Check Your Head |
(instrumental) |
| 7 |
Alright Hear This |
Ill Communication |
“I ask God for a rhyme or two / A little something for the wise as well as the fools” |
| 8 |
Shadrach |
Paul’s Boutique |
“Smoke the holy chalice, got my own religion” |
| 9 |
Slow Ride |
Licensed To Ill |
“They got a committee to get me off the block / Cuz I say my rhymes loud and I say ‘em nonstop” |
| 10 |
Shake Your Rump |
Paul’s Boutique |
“Yeah, we’ve got beef, chief / We’re knocking out teeth, chief / And if you don’t believe us you should question your belief, Keith” |
| 11 |
Three MC’s and One DJ |
Hello Nasty |
“All top secret and classified / I grab ahold of a mic and let the words glide” |
| 12 |
What Comes Around |
Paul’s Boutique |
|
| 13 |
So What’cha Want |
Check Your Head |
“I’ve got depth of perception in my text y’all / I get props at my mention cuz I vex y’all” |
| 14 |
Car Thief |
Paul’s Boutique |
“I don’t buy cheeba, I grow it” |
| 15 |
Sure Shot |
Ill Communication |
“I’ve got more rhymes than I’ve got gray hairs, and that’s a lot because I’ve got my share” |
| 16 |
B-Boys in the Cut |
Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 |
“Come at me with rain I’m coming back with hail / My broadsword will cut through your chainmail” |
| 17 |
Unite |
Hello Nasty |
“Will someone in the Knicks please drive the lane?” |
| 18 |
B-Boy Bouillabaise |
Paul’s Boutique |
“I’m going to the limits of my ultimate destiny / Feeling as though somewhere somebody’s testing me” |
May 5th, 2012
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