#FridayFive: Favorite Led Zeppelin Songs April 26th, 2013 @ 4:22 am PDT
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#FridayFive: Irish Songs March 12th, 2010 @ 7:33 am PST
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Romeo and Juliet December 8th, 2008 @ 4:26 pm PST
The Killers’ awesome cover of one of my favorite Dire Straits tracks — Romeo and Juliet — is more than enough of a reason to buy Sawdust. There are 17 b-sides and otherwise unreleased covers and studio versions on this excellent collection. I grabbed it from iTunes about a month ago and have been loving […]
A Day in the Life June 4th, 2008 @ 7:44 pm PDT
I just finished reading Mark Hertsgaard’s excellent book, A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles and I loved it. My father-in-law — who, in 1974, was actually kicked out of the Troubadour with John for heckling the Smothers Brothers — gave it to me a few weeks ago after he’d […]
2006 Top Ten New Songs List December 29th, 2006 @ 4:24 pm PST
You’re asking me, “What are the ten songs you played the most in iTunes this year, David?” Unfortunately I’m not going to tell you that. I’d love to do it, but I can’t. See, the thing is that iTunes doesn’t store meta data in a true RDBMS; it’s just a flat XML file. There’s no […]
Goodbye in Gasoline September 27th, 2006 @ 6:06 am PDT
I‘ve decided that Goodbye in Gasoline has overtaken How’s My Driving, Doug Hastings? as my favorite Less Than Jake song. It’s a tough call to make. I’ve had How’s My Driving posted here for download since early 2000. That is a seriously long time to have been awake late every night, nervously waiting for the […]
Alphabet Tunes June 6th, 2005 @ 11:02 pm PDT
Here’s another silly music meme. This one’s from A Small Victory. Take all the songs in iTunes (or your music player of choice), alphabetize ’em, and tell the first song of each letter. Yes, it’s lame. Yes, it’s fun. I got more than 26 because I couldn’t resist including numerals and non-alphanumeric characters. And I […]
Pass the Baton … May 21st, 2005 @ 1:36 am PDT
Gee, I haven’t been involved in a meme in quite some time, and I’m currently nursing a wicked sinus infection and suffering from post-Sith syndrome, but I’ll play along. It’s a music meme, and everyone knows I’m a sucker for both. I should note that my copy of iTunes has 6811 songs, some 500+ of […]
My Radio April 26th, 2005 @ 10:27 pm PDT
Because I know you’re dying to know, I present my top fifty most-played tracks according to iTunes: Title: Woke Up This Morning – Artist: A3 (PlayCount: 116) Less Than You Hoped For – Gunmoll (108) My Friend Peter – Alkaline Trio (72) Open All Night – Bruce Springsteen (66) Whatsername – Green Day (64) How’s […]
The Covers Project April 19th, 2002 @ 7:02 pm PDT
It was fun while it lasted
