If you have an opinion on such things, the Philly Future Featured Blog poll is open until tomorrow evening.
This time around a female winner appears inevitable, with Antonella Pavese, The Trouble with Spikol and Fact-esque in the running.
Matt, of The BM Rant offers an envy-inducing review of the show Sufjan Stevens played Thursday night at the Tower Theater. If only I had been there. If only my nightlife consisted of something other than work…
1. Give You Back – Vertical Horizon (Everything You Want)
“I need to know if you were real;
I’d hate to think that I’ve been fooled again.”
2. Everybody Knows – Dixie Chicks (Taking the Long Way)
“I search for something else,
but every time I turn around, I run into myself.”
3. Nanci – Toad the Wet Sprocket (Dulcinea)
“Legal precedent could set us straight, but no one’s brought a suit.
I’m assuming if they did, the point would still be moot.”
4. Jimmy – Lost Dogs (Little Red Riding Hood)
“You asked if I was happy;
I wondered, ‘Were you sad?’”
5. Happy is a Yuppie Word – Switchfoot (Nothing Is Sound)
“I’m looking for a bridge I can’t burn down.”
6. Chicago – Sufjan Stevens (Illinois)
“We had our mindset:
all things know, all things know.”
7. Losing My Religion – R.E.M. (Out of Time)
“Oh no, I’ve said too much;
I haven’t said enough…”
8. It’s a Hard Life – Nanci Griffith (World Cafe Tenth Anniversary)
“He’s calling black people trash to his children,
and he’s the only trash here I see.”
9. Lord, Protect My Child – Lost Dogs (Scenic Routes)
“If I fall along the way, and I can’t see another day,
Lord, protect my child.”
10. Suitcase – Over the Rhine (Ohio)
“Aren’t you trippin’ on your shoelace,
stealin’ away on a sunny day?”
Favorite: 8 (on a list with a handful of great female voices, Nanci Griffith’s is still the one I could listen to forever)
Least: 1 (but still a pretty good song, imo)
Seen live and in person: 3, 4, 9 & 10
Did you notice?
An eclectic list of other bloggers with lists: Ben, Brian, Ellen, Fred, Jessica, Kim, Marisa, Spencer
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cool morning breeze keeps
turning colder until “breeze”
turns euphemistic.
I’ve been meaning to mention that Sarcasmo’s latest installment of Friday Follies inspired me to check out Moo’s intriguing mini cards.
And thanks to my status as a Flickr pro account holder, I was able to score 10 free samples based on some of my favorite Flickr snapshots.
“What you feel only matters to you. It’s what you do to those you say you love that matters.”
- from The Last Kiss
I haven’t seen the movie from which the above quote is lifted, but the quote itself fascinates me. I’m a hopeless romantic, yet I find a refreshing bit of truth in a statement deriding the sort of blind passion that leads so many of us to ignore any sense of obligation or adult-level commitment.
Or something like that.
Anyway, I might have more to say about it later, at which point I’ll either amend this post or add an entirely new one. In the interim I’m curious if the lead-in quote sparks any thoughts from anyone reading this. Anyone?
… what you were meets what
you’ve now become, grins and says,
“hey, haven’t we met?”
(source)
- or the “happy birthday to my nephew with the most seniority” edition
1. Hometown Boy – Over the Rhine (Ohio)
“Hey love, what do you say we get out of here today?”
2. Song for You – Fuel (Sunburn)
“the one I needed I abused”
3. Walk on the Ocean – Toad the Wet Sprocket (Acoustic Dance Party)
“Somebody told me this is the place
where everything’s better and everything’s safe.”
4. Heaven – Better than Ezra (Deluxe)
“Ivy is just a dog
with a heart that’s noble as the greatest man who ever lived…”
5. I Want You around – Fountains of Wayne (Out-of-State Plates)
“I’m losin’ the halo;
it’s time to lay low…”
6. Ghost – Live (Secret Samadhi)
“Where did I go wrong?
I never needed anyone before.”
7. I Radio Heaven – Over the Rhine (Films for Radio)
“Is there room in the universe for one last wish?”
8. Bolt Action – Vigilantes of Love (Blister Soul)
“Ya’ll step right up and pop the trip wire soul;
my bolt action, my dissatisfaction…”
9. River Runs Red – Midnight Oil (Blue Sky Mining)
“There should be enough for us all,
but the dollar is driving us still.”
10. Bushfire – Midnight Oil (Earth and Sun and Moon)
“Don’t know why it’s so cold
in this life that we live.”
Favorite: 8
Best instrumental intro: I made this category up just to give the prize to 9
Best use of the human voice as accompaniment: 5
Quote I almost used in the title: “white trash blowin’ down the street” (any guesses which song it’s from?)
Seen live and in person: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 & 8
Other randomly-spinning folks: Ben, Brian, Ellen, Jessica, Marisa, Sparky, Spencer
While I’ve already dedicated one post this week to Josh Breitbart’s Civil Defense, I did forget to mention one cause Josh champions with which I wholeheartedly agree.
Free the Flyers is an effort to wrest local sports broadcasts of three of Philly’s four major sports teams from the smothering grasp of Comcast. Due to glitches in telecom regulation and the purposely antiquated means by which Comcast transmits this programming, most people who aren’t Comcast subscribers can’t view such programming in their own homes at any cost.
And it’s a glitch that Comcast uses to continue to justify otherwise unwarranted price hikes. If you make the natural market decision to move to the almost invariably better priced satellite-based competition, you can say bye-bye to your beloved Flyers, Phillies and Sixers for most of the season.
But if you’re a Philly area sports fan, you already know the basic gist of this routine. If you’d like to send a message to Sen. Specter regarding an appropriate amendment to the Alaskan tech wizard’s proposed law, click here to visit Free the Flyers now.
Note: You don’t have to be a Philadelphia area resident to voice concern over the “Comcast loophole” – if the practice disturbs you, feel free to voice your concerns to your own Senators, whoever they may be.
