I will spare you my long-winded, faux therapist-like rationalization for what I’ve been listening to lately, but just know it involves Springsteen, summer, sleepless nights, and southern Illinois. (And no, I haven’t left town.)
(Photo taken by my little sister circa 2006. Pretty sure I was driving my grandpa’s Oldsmobile.)
In honor of Father’s Day, some songs my dad introduced me to growing up. As weird as it probably sounds, to this day whenever I hear Sisters of Mercy, I think of him. Love you Dad.
And in a twist of total cosmic weirdness, the Stone Roses homemade vid was filmed in the town we used to live in/mall we frequented when I was a lil kiddo.
Just spent five days computer/internetless, which left me plenty of time to spin records for my visiting little sis. The following are her new favorite songs, at least according to the post-it she kept scribbling on throughout the weekend.
(I’m secretly hoping that by the end of summer she will have gotten rid of that damn Dave Matthews ringtone.)
One of my default coping mechanisms used to consist of lying on the floor, in the dark, listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor over and over. I totally need to bring this little ritual back into my life.
Seriously, it’s hard to fret about stupid shit when you’re listening to epic, post-apocalyptic symphonies.
ATTN: BASS PLAYERS!!! Monitor Mix is holding a BASS SOLO contest which you should totally enter.
Please send in audio or video of yourself playing a bass solo — it can be an original solo or a cover. The deadline is Friday, May 28th at 5 p.m. PDT. Send your entries to: monitormix@npr.org
Top entries get posted on the Monitor Mix site, and winner gets a Superchunk 7″ autographed by Laura Ballance, along with some other prizes.
More deets here.