Archive for February, 2006

Five songs I sometimes listen to on repeat for 20 minutes

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
  1. “North to Nothing” / The Wrens
  2. “Most People are DJs” / The Hold Steady
  3. “Only Shallow” / My Bloody Valentine
  4. “7/4 (Shoreline)” / Broken Social Scene
  5. “See That Girl” / Kirsty MacColl

Five composers I’m glad never had to hear their work performed primarily as ear-screeching ringtones

Monday, February 20th, 2006
  1. Mozart
  2. Bizet
  3. Beethoven
  4. Bach
  5. Tupac

Five things I currently have no intention of doing

Monday, February 20th, 2006
  1. voting for Pedro
  2. doing the Dew
  3. getting vertical
  4. catching air
  5. nailing the 720

Five things that aren’t particularly helping my nascent dharma practice

Monday, February 20th, 2006
  1. Amazon Prime
  2. no-foam soy lattes
  3. ubiquitous clocks
  4. Charles Shaw Cab Sav ($2/bottle)
  5. The House of Prime Rib

Five songs I’ve completely obsessed over

Monday, February 20th, 2006
  1. Stand and Deliver - Adam & the Ants - 1982
  2. So. Central Rain - R.E.M. - 1984
  3. Brand New Love - Sebadoh - 1993
  4. Listen to What the Man Said - Wings - 1975
  5. Makes No Sense at All - Hüsker Dü - 1985

Five terrible fake “Morning Zoo” teams

Thursday, February 9th, 2006
  1. Skirtbot’s Screaming Monkey Cage (featuring “Tiffany”)
  2. Tank and Fawn: The Q98 Dream Team
  3. Lesbo and Günther’s Drivetime Wacky Pack
  4. ¡Loco Pedro y El Pollo de la Mañana! (de Caliente 103)
  5. The Fart Factory

Five candidates Madeline has repeatedly vetoed to be “our song”

Thursday, February 9th, 2006
  1. “Peg” by Steely Dan
  2. that dolorous “Magnadoodle” jingle
  3. “Tom Sawyer” by Rush
  4. “Cars” by Gary Numan
  5. a song I made up about Madeline that rhymes her last name with “sinus”