it's funny to see the spreadsheet update while looking at it,
jmc I accidentally erased one of yr entries for Yuck but I think I fixed it correctly
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Monday, 12 December 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah, it looks fine.
― jaymc, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
other stuff i was thinking about: liturgy, action bronson. destroyer "kaputt" is probably my album of the year. worried i'm forgetting stuff because we lost some albums when our old hard drive died. sarah's going to contribute too btw.
― n/a, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
don't think i've heard "the laziest river" though!
― n/a, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
u guys srsly that youth lagoon album... it's one of those that makes me embarrassed to like it as much as I do
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Monday, 12 December 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
I think my top albums are Destroyer, Toro y Moi, and Bon Iver.
― jaymc, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
Which are all plundering '80s soft rock in various ways.
i am not listening to bon iver ever again if i can help it
― league of women voters, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know if i've ever heard any of his stuff; i think i just assumed i wouldn't like it but maybe i was wrong
― n/a, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
i made extra columns for listener comments and complaining
― league of women voters, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
the only bon iver song I know is "skinny love" and they once played it while I was browsing in a bookstore and I will admit to being moved by it.
― well in (advance johnson), Monday, 12 December 2011 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
i look forward to listening to these while i am at the office today
― league of women voters, Monday, 12 December 2011 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
ha ha our VP just walked through the library while i was listening to the laziest river and she probably thought i was jamming out to smooth jazz
― n/a, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
Ha. I was pretty indifferent to the first Bon Iver album, but I kind of love the new one. And I also take some glee in the fact that a lot of dudes who were down with Vernon's lo-fi strummy heartsick cabin songs can't wrap their heads around the adult-contemporary signifiers.
― jaymc, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
Is there a setting I need to change on my end? Its only letting me view, not add anything.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know - i've definitely got you enabled to edit
― n/a, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
Works fine now, maybe I just needed to close and reopen it.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
I'll think of a third song later. But for now I'm listening and enjoying!
― well in (advance johnson), Monday, 12 December 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think my comments column is going to work because you will have to identify yourself after each comment, which could be a PITAwell anyway, this came together nicelygood job everyone
― league of women voters, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
Updated my Falloch, realized I linked to the wrong track.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
Amanda, have you heard much Lindstrom?
― jaymc, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Nope. Should I?
― league of women voters, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, I uploaded my three tracks. Was originally going to put up one of the Hebden/Reid/Gustafsson live tracks, but couldn't narrow it down to which one.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
damn that album is SO GOODi was gonna put one on there too -- lyman place (?) is the only one that's < 10 min
― league of women voters, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
xxp I think you might like some of his stuff, maybe? Norwegian "space-disco." Cosmic pulses. Etc. Where You Go I Go Too is the one that people usually enthuse over -- it's probably his most focused work -- but I actually prefer his most recent collab with Prins Thomas, titled II.
Here is a track:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DpAW4RWI18
(Fun fact: I sampled the bass line for my cover of Usher's "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love.")
― jaymc, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
That's a great album, I really love Lindstrom, particularly both albums with Prins Thomas.
― I left my login in El Sandboxo, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
my connection at work is slow (wonder if people are watching jersey shore in the library again? hm?) so i have had trouble listening to these songs very efficiently
argh
― league of women voters, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
ok i have now officially jammed many of these jams. thanks for submitting!
also i would like to encourage anyone to participate even if you think your choices are not partic exciting or obscure or whatever you think they should be but aren't. if nothing else it's a funny little archive.
― league of women voters, Monday, 12 December 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
which means it needs some pitbull
I feel confident that I can find something a little more interesting than Pitbull. I just need to check out the playcounts on iTunes. A year is a long time to remember something.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Monday, 12 December 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
john have you heard this song? i only heard it this morning but i feel like it's in your wheelhouse:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jv3pMACSbI
― n/a, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Yes! Of the songs on the Pitchfork singles list that I hadn't heard before, that's definitely one of the ones that I liked best.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh duh same place i heard it. i downloaded the album but have only listened to the first three songs, of which that one is clearly the best. i also downloaded the unknown mortal orchestra album based on their song on the pfork list ("ffunny ffrends"), the album's a little same-y but the tom vek fans on this thread might like it, same kinda lo-fi funk drum loops with indie songs on top of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-36lCKovBg
― n/a, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
The second half of the Sandro Perri reminds me of Arthur Russell a bit.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
And yeah, I liked that song, too. And the Thundercat.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
so the marriott hotel downstairs has a little illy coffee bar in their lobby, which also has a fireplace, and every day i think maybe i should go down there at lunch and get a coffee and sit by their fireplace, and today might be the day i actually do it. unless they kick me out for not being a hotel guest.
― n/a, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
That sounds cool: did you do it?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
this coffee bar is ILLY
― league of women voters, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
still waiting on whether or not i'll be invited to chicago for a final interview this month or not, but i got some good news just now. i had been despondent because i did the interview a week or two back and still haven't heard back, but it turns out that they interviewed 24 other people and just finished the process late last week. and just now, they called one of my references and apparently seemed impressed (fools!!). *crosses fingers*
― Z S, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
hmm well it was more just like paying $4 + tip to drink a cup of coffee in a hotel lobby, and the chairs next to the fireplace were reserved, so it was mostly just overpriced and weird. i think the illy coffee bar is just in the morning, at lunch it turns into more of a bar.
good luck z_s
― n/a, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
suerte to you, ZS -- and zip it with the "fools" business!!
― league of women voters, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
what what
― Jeff, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
thank godso bored 2dayi cheated and added a fourth song to the spreadsheet
― n/a, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
greg kott named the serengeti album his no. 1 best album by a chicago artist in 2011 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/turnitup/chi-20111214-best-chicago-music-pictures,0,6109778.photogallery
― n/a, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
I'm so grumpy today. grump grump grump
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
sarah is too, you should be in a grumpy club.
i'm doing pretty well. things are quiet at work because of holidays and one of our members sent a letter (actual snail mail) to our president highlighting some research i did for him so that was pretty cool.
― n/a, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
my present shopping is DONE
this may be the earliest I have ever completed this bs
I am happy
sorry for happiness in the face of grumpitude, you can have some if you like
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
I am not grumpy in a way that begrudges others happiness. I'm just tired and kind of cold and having trouble concentrating so I feel like I'm working uphill against the wind and a few people in my life (none of you wonderful people) are irritating the crap out of me.
I have one more gift to buy for my mother, and I have no idea what to get her. It doesn't need to be anything fancy - just a small secondary gift to even everybody out. I'm drawing a blank. I'm also slightly hampered by not wanting to pack/ship anything too complicated.
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
I always like buying little kitchen and food goodies for my mom -- flavored vinegar/oil, or spices, candies, just generally ingredients she can't get out in the boonies where they live. this year she's getting a couple of pounds of israeli couscous to supplement her main present (a book)
― tumblr whineys (Cuauhtemoc Blanco), Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
we're not doing a lot of presents this year (except for evie and her cousin) but we still need to make pralines this weekend to give out
― n/a, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link