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Snowy owl (female) on Seattle street...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:57:48 -0700

Snowy owl (female) on Seattle street lamp.

ilove-seattle:

Residential Street by Piero Sierra on Flickr.

tangibilitychasm: GET IT. In Pig Latin, this is “Ongse...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:25:12 -0800

tangibilitychasm:

GET IT.

In Pig Latin, this is “Ongse from the Ottombe of an Ellwe”

NOTHING sounded like this 1972. NOTHING.

RIP Kevin Ayers

Photo

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:00:58 -0800

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing,the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s..."

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:25:02 -0800

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing,the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

- There’s More to Life Than Being Happy - Emily Esfahani Smith - The Atlantic (via ario)
The Pursuit of Meaning — vs. Happiness

rhamphotheca: SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:48:29 -0800

rhamphotheca:

SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE!!

Just about 3 hours until 12/21/12 somewhere...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:10:43 -0800

Just about 3 hours until 12/21/12 somewhere...:

In about 3 hours, it will be 12/21/12 in New Zealand. Australia will start that day a couple of hours after that.

In regards to the 12/21/12 24-hour playlist, I’ve given it a full drive so far until the end of the Dream section. I haven’t been reduced to tears *yet*, but this is extremely heavy listening. I’ll continue until it’s 11:59pm in Honolulu. Please start listening at any time.

The full 24-hour thing (actually, 24 hour and one second) is here on Rhapsody. Start playing anytime: http://www.rhapsody.com/members/mackromackro/playlists/mp.168327270

For Spotify listeners, user and friend Jody Beth Rosen has created as close to a replica of the track list as possible here. It’s a vast majority of it: http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/2xnedHHGaPtZlwW2SMXlyN

…and the remainder that could not be found on Spotify is in its own leg here, chosen by Jody: http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/1yEmoEPDHf5zC7WCVoShFx

Many thanks to Jody for quickly Jodifying this playlist, especially since it was the playlist equivalent of transcription.

Fix to 12/21/12 24-hour playlist

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:20:16 -0800

I removed The Power Station’s “The Heat Is On”, since it was erroneously stated as the final track of The Power Station. The song is replaced with the actual final track, “Still In Your Heart”, from the same self titled album.

I moved this new addition down between Duran Duran and Cut Copy, so the ‘Last Dance’ section is now short one song. This gives the bartender in that scenario time to shout “LAST CALL” now.

This was a simple “clicked one-off” error, when selecting it and sequencing it. Now the playlist is 24:00:01 instead of 23:59:59.

TWO SECONDS

Live Errata for 12/21/12 24-hour playlist

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:10:55 -0800

* “The Heat Is On” is not, in fact, the final track from The Power Station album The Power Station.

12/21/12 24-hour playlist - LAST NOTES / GOOD BYE

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:31:00 -0800

12/21/12 24-hour playlist - LAST NOTES / GOOD BYE:

There’s a picture circulating around the internet right now that simply states “DECEMBER 21st, 2012 WILL BE THE MOST ANNOYING DAY ON THE INTERNET.” I completely agree.

I knew this a while back, so I figure I would try out, as an experiment, another obsessive music/playlist related project:

* Create a 24-hour playlist of loosely themed doomsday songs,each the final track of its album, based on original album release — one primary artist per song.

One night, at a weekly DJ gig I have here in Seattle, I discovered accidentally that a stream of 5 songs I played in a row happened to be the final songs of their respective albums. I hate to toot my own selection horn, but this stretch of music was really powerful to me. I tried it again with different songs on a different night, and — once again — it was a powerful feeling, although different than the first.

With the upcoming Internet Joke That Became The End Of The World On December 21st, 2012 that was coming quickly, I went to work to help make that day a little more meaningful for me and my friends. I chose a streaming service, Rhapsody, to construct the above playlist — as it would be very easy to share, without dealing with some of the library limitations that Spotify has, for example.

So for those of you who have Rhapsody accounts, just click on the link and start playing! Preferably, start it at midnight on December 21st, 2012, obviously. (The playlist is sequenced to start at midnight and end just as December 21st ends.)

If you don’t have a Rhapsody account, I provided the track list for you below, so you can construct the experience for yourself, with the obvious freedom to change any of the tracks or rules you want.

I hope this playlist destroys you as it has destroyed me.

EDIT #1: I replace a song by The Power Station, as it was not the actual final track. This has been fixed now. The replacement has been moved down the playlist a bit. This now reflects the latest… until the next mistake is found.

LAST DANCE:
1) The Clash - “Train In Vain” — the final unlisted track from the double album London Calling.
2) Frankie Valli - “Grease (Reprise)” — the final track from the album soundtrack Grease.
3) Electric Light Orchestra - “Don’t Bring Me Down” — the final track from the album Discovery.
4) The Human League - “Don’t You Want Me” — the final track from the album Dare.
5) Electric Six - “Synthesizer” — the final track from the album Fire.
6) Killing Joke - “Eighties” — the final track from the album Night Time.
7) Sheila E - “The Glamorous Life” — the final track from the album The Glamorous Life.
8) Lady Gaga - “The Edge Of Glory” — the final track from the album Born This Way.
9) Kano - “I’m Ready” — the final track from the album Kano.
10) Erykah Badu - “Honey” — the final unlisted track from the album New Amerykah Part One (4th World War).
11) Public Enemy - “Fight The Power” — the final track from the album Fear Of A Black Planet.
12) Front 242 - “Welcome To Paradise” — the final track from the album Front By Front.
13) Donna Summer - “Sunset People” — the final track from the double album Bad Girls.
14) Renegade Soundwave - “Can’t Get Used To Losing You” — the final track from the album Soundclash.
15) Culture Club - “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” — the final track from the album Kissing To Be Clever.
16) Wham! - “Careless Whisper” — the final track from the album Make It Big.
17) Spandau Ballet - “True” — the final track from the album True.
18) War - “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” — the final track from the album Why Can’t We Be Friends?.
19) The Go-Go’s - “Can’t Stop The World” — the final track from the album Beauty and The Beat.
20) INXS - “Don’t Change” — the final track from the album Shabooh Shoobah.
21) Olivia Newton-John - “Xanadu” featuring Electric Light Orchestra — the final track from the album soundtrack Xanadu.
22) Queen - “Under Pressure” featuring David Bowie — the final track from the album Hot Space.
23) Prince & The Revolution - “Purple Rain” — the final track from the album soundtrack Purple Rain.

GO HOME:
24) The Zombies - “Time of the Season” — the final track from the album Odessey & Oracle.
25) Elvis Presley - “In The Ghetto” — the final track from the album From Elvis In Memphis.
26) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - “Lucky Man” — the final track from the album Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
27) T. Rex - “Rip Off” — the final track from the album Electric Warrior.
28) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” — the final track from the album Electric Ladyland.
29) The Buzzcocks - “Moving Away From The Pulsebeat” — the final track from the album Another Music In A Different Kitchen.
30) Heavy Metal Kids - “Delirious” — the final track from the album Kitsch.
31) Jefferson Airplane - “Volunteers” — the final track from the album Volunteers.
32) The Flaming Lips - “Slow Nerve Action” — the final track from the album Transmissions From The Satellite Heart.
33) Afghan Whigs - “Miles Iz Ded” — the final unlisted track from the album Congregation.
34) The Who - “Won’t Get Fooled Again” — the final track from the album Who’s Next.
35) ZZ Top - “Have You Heard?” — the final track from the album Tres Hombres.
36) Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Free Bird” — the final track from the album Pronounced Leh’-nerd Skin’-nerd.
37) Mr. Bungle - “Goodbye Sober Day” — the final track from the album California.
38) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - “Autumn’s Child” — the final track from the album Safe As Milk.
39) Can - “Yoo Doo Right” — the final track from the album Monster Movie.
40) The Velvet Underground - “After Hours” — the final track from the album The Velvet Underground.

STUMBLING:
41) The Jam - “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight” — the final track from the album All Mod Cons.
42) Dead Kennedys - “Moon Over Marin” — the final track from the album Plastic Surgery Disasters.
43) Duran Duran - “The Chauffeur” — the final track from the album Rio.
44) The Power Station - “Still In Your Heart” — the final track from the album The Power Station.
45) Cut Copy - “Eternity One Night Only” — the final track from the album In Ghost Colours.
46) Trans Am - “Surrender To The Night” — the final track from the album Surrender To The Night.
47) No Knife - “If It Moves Kiss It” — the final track from the album Fire In The City Of Automatons.
48) The Rolling Stones - “Salt Of The Earth” — the final track from the album Beggars Banquet.
49) Big Star - “I’m In Love With A Girl” — the final track from the album Radio City.
50) The Feelies - “Slow Down” — the final track from the album The Good Earth.
51) Miles Davis - “Flamenco Sketches” — the final track from the album Kind Of Blue.

DREAM:
52) Terry Callier - “You Don’t Care” — the final track from the album What Color Is Love.
53) Kraftwerk - “Ohm Sweet Ohm” — the final track from the album Radio-Activity.
54) The Beach Boys - “Cabinessence” — the final track from the album 20/20.
55) Sonic Youth - “Madonna, Sean, and Me” (aka “Expressway To Yr Skull”) — the final track from the album EVOL.
56) Stereolab - “Fiery Yellow” — the final track from the album Mars Audiac Quintet.
57) Pell Mell - “Coral” — the final track from the album Star City.
58) Neu! - “Lieber Honig” — the final track from the album Neu!.
59) Glenn Branca - “Symphony No. 3 - Gloria - Third Movement” — the final track from the album Symphony No. 3 (Gloria).
60) Boredoms - “Super Good” — the final track from the album Super Ae.
61) Tod Dockstader - “Final” — the final track from the album Aerial #3.
62) Skinny Puppy - “Download” — the final track from the album Last Rights.
63) Aphex Twin - “#25” — the final track from the original double album Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II. (This is known as “#23” from the U.S. CD release, and “#24” from the UK CD release. The correspending image for all three tracks is matchsticks.)
64) Nurse With Wound - “Soliloquy For Lilith, Part 6” — the final track from the triple album Soliloquy For Lilith.
65) Cabaret Voltaire - “Messages Received” — the final track from the album Voice Of America.
66) Suicide - “Ché” — the final track from the album Suicide.
67) LCD Soundsystem - “Great Release” — the final track from the album LCD Soundsystem.
68) Eluvium - “Repose In Blue” — the final track from the album Copia.
69) Madonna - “Mer Girl” — the final track from the album Ray Of Light.
70) Land Of The Loops - “Marshmellow Pillows” — the final track from the album Puttering About a Small Land.
71) Erik Blood - “Sapphire Light Climax” — the final track from the album Touch Screens.
72) Kevin Ayers - “Lullaby” — the final track from the album Whatevershebringswesing.
73) David Kilgour - “Rolling” — the final track from the album Frozen Orange.
74) Dream Academy - “One Dream” — the final track from the album Dream Academy.
75) Disco Inferno - “Footprints In Snow” — the final track from the album D.I. Go Pop.
76) Talking Heads - “Drugs” — the final track from the album Fear Of Music.
77) Grimes - “Beast Infection” — the final track from the album Geidi Primes.
78) The Black Angels - “Snake In The Grass” — the final track from the album Directions To See A Ghost.
79) Pink Floyd - “Echoes” — the final track from the album Meddle.

SLEEPWALKING:
80) Love And Rockets - “Saudade” — the final track from the album Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven.
81) Tones On Tail - “Rain” — the final track from the album Pop.
82) James Gang - “Ashes, The Rain And I” — the final track from the album James Gang Rides Again.
83) Amon Düül II - “Sleepwalker’s Timeless Bridge” — the final track from the album Wolf City.
84) Gong - “Cos You Got Green Hair” — the final track from the album Magick Brother.
85) Portishead - “Threads” — the final track from the album Third.
86) Shabazz Palaces - “Swerve… the reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)” — the final track from the album Black Up.
87) Autechre - “Teartear” — the final track from the album Amber.
88) Meat Beat Manifesto - “Wildlife” — the final track from the album Actual Sounds + Voices.
89) Super Furry Animals - “Slow Life” — the final track from the album Phantom Power.
90) Massive Attack - “Hymn of the Big Wheel” — the final track from the album Blue Lines.
91) Efterklang - “Monument” — the final track from the album Piramida.
92) The xx - “Stars” — the final track from the album The xx.
93) The Chills - “Submarine Bells” — the final track from the album Submarine Bells.
94) Spiritualized - “200 Bars” — the final track from the album Lazer Guided Melodies.
95) Ride - “Vapour Trail” — the final track from the album Nowhere. This is based on the original UK vinyl album track list.
96) Pale Saints - “A Thousand Stars Burst Open” — the final track from the album In Ribbons.
97) Echo And The Bunnymen - “Ocean Rain” — the final track from the album Ocean Rain.
98) Cocteau Twins - “Donimo” — the final track from the album Treasure.
99) The Chameleons - “View From A Hill” — the final track from the album Script of the Bridge. This is based on the original UK vinyl album track list.
100) Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - “Hills” — the final track from the album I Hope It Lands.
101) The Police - “Tea In The Sahara” — the final track from the album Synchronicity.
102) Davie Allan & The Arrows - “Mind Transferral” — the final track from the album Cycle-Delic Sounds.
103) Deep Purple - “Space Truckin’” — the final track from the album Machine Head.
104) The Stone Roses - “I Am The Resurrection” — the final track from the album The Stone Roses.
105) The B-52’S - “She Brakes For Rainbows” — the final track from the album Bouncing Off The Satellites.
106) Diana Ross - “Dark Side Of The World” — the final track from the album Diana Ross (1970).
107) The Smiths - “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others” — the final track from the album The Queen Is Dead.
108) Teenage Fanclub - “Is This Music?” — the final track from the album Bandwagonesque.
109) Lou Bond - “Come on Snob” — the final track from the album Lou Bond.
110) Radiohead - “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” — the final track from the album The Bends.

DESPAIR:
111) Talk Talk - “Runeii” — the final track from the album Laughing Stock.
112) Galaxie 500 - “King Of Spain, Part Two” — the final track from the album This Is Our Music.
113) Godz - “May You Never Be Alone Like Me” — the final track from the album Contact High with The Godz.
114) John Martyn - “Seven Black Roses” — the final track from the album The Tumbler.
115) John Fahey & His Orchestra - “Song” — the final track from the album Of Rivers And Religion.
116) Neil Young - “Ambulance Blues” — the final track from the album On The Beach.
117) Rodriguez - “Cause” — the final track from the album Coming From Reality.
118) Van Morrison - “Slim Slow Slider” — the final track from the album Astral Weeks.
119) Marvin Gaye - “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” — the final track from the album What’s Going On.
120) The Temptations - “Don’t Send Me Away” — the final track from the album With A Lot O’ Soul.
121) Chicago - “Where Do We Go From Here” — the final track from the album Chicago (II).
122) Stevie Wonder - “Evil” — the final track from the album Music Of My Mind.
123) Faust - “It’s A Bit Of A Pain” — the final track from the album Faust IV.
124) Leonard Cohen - “Joan Of Arc” — the final track from the album Songs Of Love And Hate.
125) Roberta Flack - “Ballad Of The Sad Young Men” — the final track from the album First Take.
126) Robert Wyatt - “Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road” — the final track from the album Rock Bottom.
127) Scott Walker - “Rhymes of Goodbye” — the final track from the album Scott 4.
128) Lou Reed - “Sad Song” — the final track from the album Berlin.
129) Joy Division - “I Remember Nothing” — the final track from the album Unknown Pleasures.
130) Pavement - “Our Singer” — the final track from the album Slanted & Enchanted.
131) The Durutti Column - “Spent Time” — the final track from the album Another Setting.
132) The Cure - “Seventeen Seconds” — the final track from the album Seventeen Seconds.
133) Adele - “Someone Like You” — the final track from the album 21.
134) Johnny Cash - “Greystone Chapel (Live)” — the final track from the album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
135) Bruce Springsteen - “Reason To Believe” — the final track from the album Nebraska.
136) Refrigerator - “Retire The Ghost” — the final track from the album Comedy Minus One.
137) Earth - “The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull” — the final track from the album The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull.
138) Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Long As I Can See The Light” — the final track from the album Cosmo’s Factory.
139) Culture - “Natty Dread Taking Over” — the final track from the album Two Sevens Clash.
140) Coolio - “I Remember” featuring J-RO (Alkaholiks) & Billy Boy — the final track from the album It Takes A Thief.
141) The Chemical Brothers - “Alive Alone” — the final track from the album Exit Planet Dust.
142) Antony & The Johnsons - “Christina’s Farm” — the final track from the album Swanlights.
143) The Mountain Goats - “Transcendental Youth” — the final track from the album Transcendental Youth.
144) Nick Drake - “Saturday Sun” — the final track from the album Five Leaves Left.
145) Fleet Foxes - “Grown Ocean” — the final track from the album Helplessness Blues.
146) The Byrds - “Why” — the final track from the album Younger Than Yesterday.
147) Vampire Weekend - “The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance” — the final track from the album Vampire Weekend.
148) Jane’s Addiction - “Classic Girl” — the final track from the album Ritual De Lo Habitual.
149) Beck - “Side Of The Road” — the final track from the album Sea Change.
150) Josef K - “Sorry For Laughing” — the final track from the album The Only Fun In Town.
151) The Wedding Present - “Be Honest” — the final track from the album Bizarro.
152) The Bats - “Half Way To Nowhere” — the final track from the album Silverbeet.
153) The Fall - “Disney’s Dream Debased” — the final track from the album The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall.
154) Mudhoney - “Check-Out Time” — the final track from the album Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.
155) Rotary Connection - “Paper Castle” — the final track from the album Aladdin.
156) Pinback - “AFK” — the final track from the album Summer in Abaddon.

HORROR:
157) Slint - “Good Morning, Captain” — the final track from the album Spiderland.
158) Nine Inch Nails - “Hurt” — the final track from the album The Downward Spiral.
159) Brainiac - “I Am A Cracked Machine” — the final track from the album Hissing Prigs In Static Couture.
160) Devo - “Shrivel-Up” — the final track from the album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!.
161) The Pixies - “Gouge Away” — the final track from the album Doolittle.
162) Nation Of Ulysses - “Atom Bomb” — the final track from the album 13-Point Program To Destroy America.
163) Iggy and the Stooges - “Death Trip” — the final track from the album Raw Power.
164) Black Flag - “Damaged I” — the final track from the album Damaged.
165) Motörhead - “Bomber” — the final track from the album Bomber.
166) Slayer - “Raining Blood” — the final track from the album Reign In Blood.
167) Ministry - “Grace” — the final track from the album Psalm 69.
168) Gang Of Four - “Anthrax” — the final track from the album Entertainment!.
169) Flux of Pink Indians - “The Fun is Over” — the final track from the album Strive to Survive.
170) Rikk Agnew - “Section 8” — the final track from the album All By Myself.
171) Alice Cooper - “Lay Down And Die, Goodbye” — the final track from the album Easy Action.
172) Flipper - “One By One” — the final track from the album Gone Fishin’.
173) Public Image Ltd. - “Francis Massacre” — the final track from the album The Flowers Of Romance.
174) Einstürzende Neubauten - “Die Genaue Zeit” — the final track from the album Drawings Of Patient O.T..
175) Sleater-Kinney - “The Last Song” — the final track from the album Sleater-Kinney.
176) Siouxsie & The Banshees - “Blow The House Down” — the final track from the album Hyaena.
177) The Flying Lizards - “The Window” — the final track from the album The Flying Lizards.
178) Magazine - “A Song From Under The Floorboards” — the final track from the album The Correct Use Of Soap.
179) The Birthday Party - “Junkyard” — the final track from the album Junkyard.
180) The Damned - “Smash It Up Parts 1 & 2” — the final track from the album Machine Gun Etiquette.
181) Misfits - “Braineaters” — the final track from the album Walk Among Us.
182) Rocket From The Crypt - “Glazed” — the final track from the album Circa: Now!.
183) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - “Last Days” — the final track from the album The Brutalist Bricks.
184) The Intelligence - “Males” — the final track from the album Males.
185) Akimbo - “Ground Control to Major Bummer” — the final track from the album Forging Steel And Laying Stone.
186) MC5 - “Starship” — the final track from the album Kick Out The Jams.
187) Funkadelic - “Wars of Armageddon” — the final track from the album Maggot Brain.
188) The Runaways - “Dead End Justice” — the final track from the album The Runaways.
189) Blue Öyster Cult - “Nosferatu” — the final track from the album Spectres.
190) Supertramp - “Crime Of The Century” — the final track from the album Crime Of The Century.
191) Big Business - “Another Beautiful Day in the Pacific Northwest” — the final track from the album Here Come The Waterworks.
192) Capitol K - “Forgotten Duffle Coat” (aka “Duffle Coat”) — the final track from the album Island Row.
193) Mogwai - “Mogwai Fear Satan” — the final track from the album Young Team.

PREPARING:
194) John Cale - “Antarctica Starts Here” — the final track from the album Paris 1919.
195) Eyvind Kang - “Marriage Of Days” — the final track from the album Virginal Co-Ordinates.
196) Todd Rundgren - “Just One Victory” — the final track from the album A Wizard / A True Star.
197) Yes - “Heart Of The Sunrise” — the final track from the album Fragile.
198) Minnie Riperton - “Whenever, Wherever” — the final track from the album Come To My Garden.
199) Love - “You Set The Scene” — the final track from the album Forever Changes.
200) Cheap Trick - “Need Your Love” — the final track from the album Dream Police.
201) Nirvana - “All Apologies” — the final track from the album In Utero.
202) Andrew W.K. - “Don’t Stop Living In The Red” — the final track from the album I Get Wet.
203) Wire - “Too Late” — the final track from the album Chairs Missing.
204) My Bloody Valentine - “Soon” — the final track from the album Loveless.
205) Hüsker Dü - “Plans I Make” — the final track from the album New Day Rising.
206) Superchunk - “Throwing Things” — the final track from the album No Pocky For Kitty.
207) Mission Of Burma - “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate” — the final track from the album Vs..
208) Hot Snakes - “Plenty For All” — the final track from the album Audit in Progress.
209) Elbow - “Dear Friends” — the final track from the album Build A Rocket, Boys!.
210) R.E.M. - “Find The River” — the final track from the album Automatic For The People.
211) Strawbs - “Grace Darling” — the final track from the album Ghosts.
212) Mercury Rev - “Hercules” — the final track from the album All Is Dream.
213) Doris Day - “Love Me Or Leave Me” — the final track from the album soundtrack Love Me Or Leave Me.
214) Gary Numan - “The Joy Circuit” — the final track from the album Telekon.
215) Ultravox - “Just For A Moment” — the final track from the album Systems Of Romance.
216) The Magnetic Fields - “Take Ecstasy With Me” — the final track from the album Holiday.
217) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Little Shadow” — the final track from the album It’s Blitz!.
218) New Order - “Face Up” — the final track from the album Low-Life.
219) Bailter Space - “Remain” — the final track from the album Robot World.
220) The Brian Jonestown Massacre - a track rumored to be titled “Methodrone” — the final unlisted track from the album Methodrone.
221) Ultra Vivid Scene - “Lightning” — the final track from the album Joy 1967-1990.
222) The Kinks - “You Can’t Stop The Music” — the final track from the album A Soap Opera.
223) Al Green - “Hold On Forever” — the final track from the album Have A Good Time.
224) Earth, Wind & Fire - “Open Our Eyes” — the final track from the album Open Our Eyes.
225) Dusty Springfield - “I Can’t Make It Alone” — the final track from the album Dusty In Memphis.
226) Isaac Hayes - “Going In Circles” — the final track from the double album Black Moses. (Many CD editions have since incorrectly sequenced the track listing in comparison to the original double album.)
227) The Delfonics - “I Gave To You” — the final track from the album The Delfonics.
228) Curtis Mayfield - “Give It Up” — the final track from the album Curtis.
229) Betty Davis - “In the Meantime” — the final track from the album Betty Davis.
230) Hot Chocolate - “Lay Me Down Nice An’ Easy” — the final track from the album Hot Chocolate.
231) Janis Joplin - “Get It While You Can” — the final track from the album Pearl.
232) The Impressions - “Don’t Forget What I Told You” — the final track from the album Finally Got Myself Together.
233) ESG - “My Love For You” — the final track from the album Come Away With ESG.
234) Aretha Franklin - “A Song For You” — the final track from the album Let Me In Your Life.
235) Daft Punk - “Too Long” — the final track from the album Discovery.
236) M.I.A. - “Come Around” — the final track from the album Kala.
237) The Pharcyde - “The E.N.D.” — the final track from the album Labcabincalifornia.
238) Heaven 17 - “We’re Going To Live For A Very Long Time” — the final track from the album Penthouse & Pavement.
239) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - “The Sound Of Music” — the final track from the album Gorilla.

THE END:
240) Bob Dylan - “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” — the final track from the album Bringing It All Back Home.
241) Bob Marley & The Wailers - “Redemption Song” — the final track from the album Uprising.
242) Bad Company - “Fade Away” — the final track from the album Run with the Pack.
243) Elton John - “Curtains” — the final track from the album Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy.
244) Pearls Before Swine - “Epitaph” — the final track from the album …Beautiful Lies You Could Live In.
245) Fugazi - “Last Chance For A Slow Dance” — the final track from the album In On The Kill Taker.
246) Police Teeth - “Rough Chuckles” — the final track from the album Police Teeth.
247) Fucked Up - “Lights Go Up” — the final track from the album David Comes To Life.
248) Hanson Brothers - “Last Canadian Boy” — the final track from the album My Game.
249) Blondie - “Just Go Away” — the final track from the album Parallel Lines.
250) Broadcast - “I Found the End” — the final track from the album Tender Buttons.
251) Felt - “The Darkest Ending” — the final track from the album The Pictorial Jackson Review.
252) Thingy - “The Long Song At The End Of The Record” — the final track from the album To The Innocent.
253) Blue Cheer - “Babylon” — the final track from the album Outsideinside.
254) Urge Overkill - “Digital Black Epilogue” — the final track from the album Exit The Dragon.
255) Unwound - “For Your Entertainment” — the final track from the album Repetition.
256) The Doors - “The End” — the final track from the album The Doors.
257) Swans - “Apostate” — the final track from the triple album The Seer.
258) Tony Bennett - “Days Of Wine And Roses” — the final track from the album The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album.
259) Neil Diamond - “I Am…I Said (reprise)” — the final track from the album Stones.
260) Billie Holiday - “The End Of A Love Affair” — the final track from the album Lady In Satin.
261) Bjork - “New World” — the final track from the album soundtrack Selmasongs: Music From The Motion Picture “Dancer In The Dark”.
262) Penguin Cafe Orchestra - “Steady State” — the final track from the album Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

GOODBYE:
263) David Bowie - “Lady Grinning Soul” — the final track from the album Aladdin Sane.
264) Janelle Monáe - “BaBopBye Ya” — the final track from the album The ArchAndroid.
265) Gnarls Barkley - “The Last Time” — the final track from the album St. Elsewhere.
266) LaBelle - “Last Dance” — the final track from the album Pressure Cookin’.
267) Thin Lizzy - “Dear Lord” — the final track from the album Bad Reputation.
268) Aerosmith - “Home Tonight” — the final track from the album Rocks.
269) The Bee Gees - “Swan Song” — the final track from the album Idea.
270) Roxy Music - “Prairie Rose” — the final track from the album Country Life.
271) Sparks - “Bon Voyage” — the final track from the album Propaganda.
272) Abba - “So Long” — the final track from the album ABBA.
273) Soft Cell - “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” — the final track from the album Non Stop Erotic Cabaret.
274) Beastie Boys - “Namaste” — the final track from the album Check Your Head.
275) Free Design - “Friends (Thank You All)” — the final track from the album One By One.
276) XTC - “The Last Balloon” — the final track from the album Apple Venus, Volume One.
277) Michael Jackson - “Smile” — the final track from the hybrid collection/album HIStory - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - BOOK I.
278) Gene Simmons - “When You Wish Upon A Star” — the final track from the album KISS: Gene Simmons.
279) Frank Sinatra - “Song Is Ended” — the final track from the album All Alone.
280) Mike Watt - “Shore Duty” — the final track from the album Contemplating The Engine Room.
281) Brian Eno - “Spider And I” — the final track from the album Before & After Science.
282) The Specials - “You’re Wondering Now” — the final track from the album The Specials.

Would Chris Christie, Steve Stevens and Jóhann Jóhannsson ask the Peter Peterson Foundation to fund a Walla Walla WaWa?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:17:18 -0700

It’s that time of year in the Pacific Northwest! Talbot...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:49:50 -0700

It’s that time of year in the Pacific Northwest!

Talbot Tagora - “Ephemeral Summer” (from 2009’s Lessons In The Woods Or A City)

This band and album remain my favorite things on the Hardly art label. And there are tons of things to love about Hardly Art.

You're a time traveller! Shawn Fanning is your hostage.

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:36:50 -0700

If you had a choice to a) erase history back to 1998/pre-Napster, and b) remove the ability to digitize CDs into files, would you?

LaTour “Allen’s Got A New Hi-Fi” from s/t...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:43:19 -0700

LaTour “Allen’s Got A New Hi-Fi” from s/t promo CD single.

When the video for LaTour’s first single “People Are Still Having Sex” arrived, it already felt pushed by the new Mainstream Industrial Dance Zeitgeist. The single was terrible — aloof and confrontational to no result.

However, thanks to college radio and — in southern California to the arrival of MARS FM — the second single “Allen’s Got A New Hi-Fi” was much better suited for airplay and the clubs.

I disagree with the claims on LaTour’s author of its/his Wikipedia page that the former was a hit, and the second was a failure. Neither are particularly remembered, but the former certainly wasn’t a hit, and never a one-hit wonder. But I still occasionally hear the latter on occasion, for good reason.

Sure, “Allen’s Got A New Hi-Fi” is New Beat/Nitzer Ebb Lite, but it’s a great song! The church organ in the middle gives the song a vital layer. The vocals are dumb but at least catchy.

This is how most guys in Seattle bars converse…

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:45:26 -0800

This is how most guys in Seattle bars converse…

OUR SEAL COULD BE YOUR MOOG

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:06:52 -0800

OUR SEAL COULD BE YOUR MOOG

Oregon Promises “Way Superior” Gay Marriage Bill...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:52:34 -0800

Oregon Promises “Way Superior” Gay Marriage Bill Than Lame, Boring Washington State

February 1st, 2012

PORTLAND - In an impromptu press conference Wednesday night following the Washington state Senate’s passing of a marriage equality bill, Oregon governor John Kitzhaber praised his home state of Washington for “doing the right thing when American needed it”, however he followed his compliment with a challenge to the malaise-ridden, lame-o Washington state.

“You call that a marriage equality bill, Washington [state]? You think your gay citizens eating those tender little piroshkis in Pike Place Market on the weekends is going to make you look better than Oregon? Well, these blue jeans have other things coming down the ‘Pike’, if you will.”

Kitzhaber proposed a new bill for the House called “Oregon Citizens Super Equalified.” The bill would allow same-sex and transgender couples to marry as heterosexual couples do. However, OCSE would additionally allow a new family provision called “super marriages.”

A “super marriage” would allow any two married couples to marry their marriages.

“If marriage is, in the words of [weirdo Washington state] Senator Ed Murray, what defines American families”, continued Kitzhaber, “then we should conversely allow families to be defined as other families, too.”

Portland mayor Sam Adams, joining Kitzhaber at the press conference, provided more details for the OCSE bill. “Not only do we want Oregonians to marry whomever they want, we want their marriages to have that same freedom. And most importantly, we will make those Blaah-shingtonians up north jealous as hell of Oregon. And this is what matters most to this great state.”

However, opponents to the bill had weighed in immediately with e-mails sent to the local press at the conference. “I don’t think this bill will accomplish its goal nor enrich the lives of anybody in Oregon,” said Kitzhaber’s 2010 gubernatorial opponent and former NBA player Chris Dudley. “So-called ‘super’ marriages are only going to make that gaping waste of space between us and British Columbia laugh at us.”

To everyone’s surprise, Oregon anti-gay activist Lon Mabon provided some bipartisan support for the proposed OCSE bill. “Just the idea of two people who love each other but have different parts is immoral enough. And these super-marriages will not be tolerated by our proud anti-lesbionic citizens. But if anything can make those crappy Windows-makin’, digital-smut-peddlin’, flabby-vegan-doughnut-eatin’, latté-enema-havin’, not-havin’-booze-at-strip-clubs-goin’ sickos of the state of Washington state, I will cross lines and stand by my fellow blue-jean wearing MAN!”

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25)

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:06:23 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18)

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:33:20 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4)

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:10:05 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27)

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:17:39 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27):

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