SONG OF THE DAY “Why Try To Change Me Now” by Fiona Apple (The Best Is Yet To Come: The Songs of Cy Coleman, New West Records, 2009). Written by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Joseph Allan McCarthy. MY TAKE This incredible compilation not only includes this sick track by my girl Fiona, but also includes …
Another week, another set of great new releases in the music world! I’ll get to the playlist in a sec but first, I have to tell you about how I’m now officially listening to WNHU all the time, and how we’re having a little bit of a thing together. OK, obviously, I listen to the …
Another week, another set of great new releases in the music world! As Kristen from WNHU said in her email to me yesterday, this set of songs is “definitely an interesting mix”. First, I’m a huge fan of Guster — so pumped that they have a new album — so there’s one gold star. Then, there’s …
This week Kristen Bayusik at WHNU really really [read: really x 1,000] impressed me with her picks. Like, I already appreciate her taste in music, but to add new Sufjan Stevens, John Legend and Pete Yorn to my world all in one week is a gift of the highest awesome order! I am so grateful …
Oh god, this playlist is SO PERFECT. It’s exactly the task I needed. In making it (and, really, in writing these blogs throughout the week of Joni), I have been falling for Joni’s storytelling and guitar and arrangements all over again. Making a playlist of my favorites is the perfect way to end this celebration …
Joni Mitchell’s Top 10 Albums (in order) Blue (1971) – I think every track on this album is a brilliant, hence why my playlist below of my favorite Joni songs is, like, half Blue and half every other album she wrote (lol). This album is an ALBUM in every sense of the word: completely worthy …
To celebrate the blog marking its one-year mark this month, I looked back on those early entries and was greatly dismayed to find that many of the youtube.com videos I had linked to throughout the past 12 months have been taken down. The Video of the Day (and many video playlists I’ve created) have become …
I love when the minds that make television take time to remember the great power of the soundtrack. A good soundtrack can make a bad show palatable (NBC’s Chuck), and a great show perfect (NBC’s Mercy). ABC’s new cop drama Detroit 1-8-7 is, of course, going to make it to my desk just because I …
SONG OF THE DAY “What Did My Lover Say (It Always Had To Go This Way)” by Wolf Parade (Expo 86, Sub Pop Records, 2010). Written by Spencer Krug. WHY TODAY? Ugh, I can’t believe I’m just getting to telling you about this great song and playlist today! I’m so mad at myself!! This blog …
SONG OF THE DAY “Born For Me” by Paul Westerberg (Suicaine Gratification, EMD, Capitol, 1999). WHY TODAY? I love when this kind of thing happens. I was singing this chorus in bed last night (sometimes I have karaoke nights in bed where I test out songs in my head for hours to see if they’re …