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Monthly Archives: May 2005

Sunday Selections

by Rob Friesel

The Sampo Method(Match all of the following conditions: Last Played is in the last 1 week, Date Added is in the last 2 weeks, Genre does not contain “Mix:”; Limit to 10 songs selected by most often played.) The Smiths “Pretty Girls Make Graves” The Smiths “This Charming Man” The Smiths “What Difference Does It […]

does the shoe fit?

by Rob Friesel

Dirty little secret? (Or not?) American Cities That Best Fit You: 70% San Francisco 65% New York City 60% Los Angeles 60% Philadelphia 55% Denver Which American Cities Best Fit You? PS– What was up w/ that last question? Isn’t that what the quiz is supposed to determine??? currently playing: Juno Reactor “High Energy Protons” […]

written

by Rob Friesel

As an accidental experiment, I rolled through my usual blogs in reverse order this evening. I always stop by Beyond the Beyond but (i admit almost sheepishly) I rarely “take away” very much. Tonight though — and maybe it was b/c of the “in reverse” thing — or maybe it was b/c I’m trying to […]

Donnie Darko

by Rob Friesel

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! Thought that it had been Wrangled but turns out I saw it here… (Same difference?) Very heady, very well-informed flick philosophically, dramatically, and cinematically speaking. Oh and while the psychology leans in the pop-psych direction, it isn’t so caught up in that angle that it ruins it. (In fact, I’d say that […]

Woodwagon!

by Rob Friesel

As an update to the “Roadmaster!” post… I’d gotten some questions about “And what is ‘Wood Wagon’? How do you play that?” And here, I thought everybody knew this one… So, we present: WOOD WAGON! Ideal for highway trips, commutes, and spins around the block, the basic rules to “Wood Wagon!” are: A wood wagon […]

50 discs

by Rob Friesel

Dystopian Ethic poses one of those questions…: …Suppose you were given 50 blank CDs by someone who had little to no knowledge of popular music, either comtemporarily or historically…. 1) How would you divide up the 50 discs? By genre? By theme? By chronology? By influence? 2) What are your “Don’t tell anyone you don’t […]

The Sampo Method

by Rob Friesel

(Last Played is in the last 1 week, Date Added is in the last 2 weeks, Genre does not contain “Mix:”; Limit to 10 songs selected by most often played.) The Smiths “Pretty Girls Make Graves” The Smiths “This Charming Man” The Smiths “What Difference Does It Make?” The Smiths “Still Ill” Delerium “Fallen” Delerium […]