Halloween Songs

These are strictly songs I have on my iPod.

'Salem Girls' Big D & The Kids Table
'Mind Playing Tricks On Me' Geto Boys
'Halloween' Alkaline Trio
'This Could Be Love' Alkaline Trio
'Thriller' Michael Jackson
'Don't Fear The Reaper' Blue Oyster Cult
'Halloween' The Dave Matthews Band
'D.O.A.' Bloodrock
'War Pigs' Black Sabbath
'The Ghost Song' The Doors
'Careful With The Axe, Eugene' Pink Floyd
'Dance With The Devil' Immortal Technique
'I Put A Spell On You' Creedence Clearwater Revival
'Number Of The Beast' Zwan (I think this version is more creepy than Iron Maiden's)
'The Man That You Fear' Marilyn Manson
'Head For The Hills' Saves The Day
'Like A Man Possessed' The Get Up Kids
'Hall Of Illusions' Insane Clown Posse
'Summer In Hell' Cage
'Murder Was The Case' Snoop Dogg
'Satanic Debris 'Mephiskaphele'
'Yer Blues' The Beatles
'The Battle Of Evermore' Led Zeppelin
'Scary' The Movielife

October 29, 2010

1) 'Ending In Tragedy' A New Found Glory
2) 'Act Of Love' Neil Young and Pearl Jam
3) 'The Art Of American Football' Funeral For A Friend
4) 'Merry Blues' Toots and The Maytals and Manu Chao
5) 'Baby Blue' The Dave Matthews Band
6) 'Take The Long Way Home' Supertramp
7) '2+2=5 (The Luckwarm)' Radiohead
8) 'Everlong (Acoustic)' Foo Fighters
9) 'Good Times (Sick Pimpin')' Atmosphere
10) 'Hey (Live)' The Movielife
11) 'Send Us A Saint' The Get Up Kids
12) 'The Inner Light' Jeff Lynne and Anoushka Shankar'
13) 'Found Out About You (Live)' Gin Blossoms
14) 'Dakota' Junction 18
15) 'Re: Stacks' Bon Iver
16) 'On Your Porch (Live)' The Format
17) 'Don't Forget Me' Neko Case
18) 'Oh Penny' Hey Mercedes
19) 'Back To Sleep' Frank Turner
20) 'Last Breath' Don't Look Down
21) 'Jesus Built My Hot Rod' Ministry
22) 'The Great Big No' The Lemonheads
23) 'Superhero Brother' G. Love
24) 'Haze' Dishwalla
25) 'Sharp Darts' The Streets
26) 'Run Away' Weezer
27) 'It's All Gonna Break' Broken Social Scene
28) 'Cigarette Eyes' Matt Costa
29) 'U.S. Forces' Midnight Oil
30) 'Fall Down' Toad The Wet Sprocket

October 28, 2010

1) 'Mrs. Rita' Gin Blossoms
2) 'Falling Into You' Mae
3) 'All At Sea' Jamie Cullum
4) 'Love Me Do' The Beatles
5) 'Foggy Dew' Young Dubliners
6) 'Boys Don't Cry' The Cure
7) 'WWZD' Good Clean Fun
8) 'Expansion Team Theme' Dilated Peoples
9) 'Lycanthrope' +44
10) 'Faded High' Gayngs
11) 'Nightingale Song (Live)' Toad The Wet Sprocket
12) 'Tomorrow Morning (Live)' Jack Johnson
13) 'Heartbreaker' Color Me Badd
14) 'Home Game' Souls Of Mischief
15) 'Country Sky Glow' Kevin Devine
16) 'Sally Simpson' The Who
17) 'Boring Life' Far
18) 'The Sound Of Muzak' Porcupine Tree
19) 'Lasting Impression (Full Band Version)' The Starting Line
20) 'Day Old Blues' Kings Of Leon
21) 'Ice Monster' Minus The Bear
22) 'Shield Your Eyes' Jawbreaker
23) Pistola' Incubus
24) 'Dogs' Pink Floyd
25) 'Dirt Lip' Big D & The Kids Table
26) 'Doctor My Eyes' Jackson Browne
27) 'Up and Around The Bend' Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
28) 'I Don't Get It' Cowboy Junkies
29) 'Start The Show' Don't Look Down
30) 'No Puzzle' The Problemaddicts

October 27, 2010

1) 'Bitch Went Nuts' Ben Folds
2) 'Nothing Lasts Forever' Brett Dennen
3) 'Say Hey There' Atmosphere
4) 'Fade To Black' Metallica
5) 'Take It Easy' Surfer Blood
6) 'It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door (Live)' Underoath
7) 'I'm A Fool' American Hi-Fi
8) 'Trippin At The Disco' People Under The Stairs
9) 'Gentle On My Mind' Johnny Cash and Glenn Campbell
10) 'Finnegan's Wake (Live)' Dropkick Murphys
11) 'Run Like Hell' Pink Floyd
12) 'Die Eier Von Satan' Tool
13) 'Jude Law and A Semester Abroad' Brand New
14) 'Temporarily Blind' Built To Spill
15) 'Praise Up' G. Love and Special Sauce
16) 'Feeling Alright' Rebelution
17) 'I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama' John Lennon
18) 'Crossroads (Live)' Rush
19) 'Love' The Smashing Pumpkins
20) 'Hora Zero' Rodrigo Y Gabriela
21) 'Tommy' Big D & The Kids Table
22) 'Spank Thru (Live)' Nirvana
23) 'Nothing Like You Use To Be' Ray LaMontagne
24) 'In A Serious Way' Mishka
25) 'We Will Fall Together' Streetlight Manifesto
26) 'Chant Down Babylon' Bob Marley and The Wailers
27) 'Tradewinds' Pepper
28) 'As Lovers Go' Dashboard Confessional
29) 'The Outer Banks' The Album Leaf
30) 'Fishwater' Widespread Panic

90's Albums: When Music Really Mattered

These are a few (5) albums I loved from the 90's. If anyone reads this blog (which I doubt they do) please feel free to comment with your own albums.

The Offspring 'Smash' (1994)
- the reason I got into punk rock. At first I liked it because they swore (I was only 10 when it came out) but then I found an outlet for anger I was missing. It was also released 3 days after Kurt Cobain's death. The album was catchy but harsh; fast paced yet sincere. It brought pop punk into the mainstream while still respecting the DIY roots.

Oasis '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' (1995)
- being such a huge Beatles fan, it's hard to think that I would love obvious imitators, but god, I love this band. Such a great album of catchy hooks and happy melodies. 'Champagne Supernova' is still one of my favorite songs of all time, despite the overplaying done with it over the years. Funny story about Oasis: I went to see them in 2001; a co-headling tour with the Black Crowes. Went with a great group of people. We had a half ounce of weed and a ton of beer. After drinking a lot in the parking lot, we came up with the great idea of smoking when they played certain songs, figuring they would space them out: 'Wonderwall,' 'Champagne Supernova,' 'D'You Know What I Mean?' 'Supersonic' and 'All Around The World.' Wouldn't you know that they played 3 out of the 5 songs in a row, resulting in us being extremely high, still drunk, and starving for overpriced venue food. And, the Gallagher brothers fought on stage. Very much worth the price of admission. One of my favorite shows of all time.

Silverchair 'Frogstomp' (1995)
- such a cool album. I think what made me enjoy it so much was the fact that all 3 members (I'm also a sucker for worthy trios) were 15 years old when they released it. They couldn't drive, drink, or go to the mall without getting permission. The songs have held up over time. After Cobain's death (I feel like you can't talk about 90's music without mentioning Cobain a handful of times) it was unsure on whether Alternative Rock would die, much like Hair Metal did when Alternative Rock took over. The Young Aussie's proved that 'grunge' was still alive. I've been following all their other albums too, which are also wonderful; each one being a little different and mature.

Pearl Jam 'Ten' (1991)
- the first tape I ever bought with my own money (my first CD(s) were Michael Jackson's 'Jam ' and Snow's '12 Inches Of Snow;' ouch, that hurts me to this day.) I've always felt this strange sense of comfort with Eddie Vedder; like if he says it's ok to be 'Alive,' then he's right; he wouldn't lie to me. 'Release' still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. It's scary to think that Pearl Jam have been a band for over 20 years. I've seen them over 25 times and every show is different. They got me into Death Cab For Cutie (DCFC opened for them). They've proven their longevity and continue to get better over time. They are definitely in my top 5 favorite bands of all time.

Gin Blossoms 'New Miserable Experience' (1992)
- this band made me want to play guitar. Robin Wilson has one of the greatest voices I've ever heard; so clean and crisp and genuine. When I first heard 'Found Out About You,' I hadn't had my heartbroken by a girl yet, but within those lyrics and melody, I could feel the pain he was going through and years later, I would feel myself. 'Street lights break on through the car window/And the time too often on AM radio/Well you know it's all I think about/ I write your name, drive past your house/ your boyfriend's over I watch your light go out.' God, that's a great fucking line. In 2005, the band I was in got to open for them. It was a field day at my buddy's college. We were actually suppose to open for Coheed and Cambria, but they had to cancel due to a death in the family. My band mates were kind of pissed because we were all really into C&C at the time, but I was so excited to not only see the Gin Blossoms, but to open for them. After our set, we walked off stage to find out they were watching our set while smoking cigarettes and drinking Jack Daniels out of the bottle. They were old crusty men, but could still put on a great show. Scottie Johnson (the guitarist) said he enjoyed our set (especially our Neil Young medley) even though we were still piss drunk/hungover from the night before. They signed my CD booklet and took pictures with us. It was a great day.

October 26, 2010

1) 'One Million Miles An Hour Fast Asleep' Rx Bandits
2) 'Lay Some Happiness On Me' Kind Of Like Spitting
3) 'Comin' Home' City and Colour
4) 'Darlin' Do Not Fear' Brett Dennen
5) 'Forgiveness' The Nothing
6) 'Something' Soulive
7) 'Hold On' John Lennon
8) 'Feel Good Lost Reprise' Broken Social Scene
9) 'Sgt. Major' Jet
10) 'Walk With Me' Neil Young
11) 'Yeah!' Zwan
12) '(You Can) Depend On Me' Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
13) 'Craven Choke Puppy' Bob Marley
14) 'You Got Me (Live)' The Roots
15) 'Dazed and Confused' Led Zeppelin
16) 'The D' Big D & The Kids Table
17) 'Apeman' The Format
18) 'What More Can I Say/While My Guitar Gently Weeps' Jay-Z and The Beatles
19) 'Stormstris' Valient Thorr
20) 'Rapunzel' The Dave Matthews Band
21) 'Psalm' Jets To Brazil
22) 'Needles In My Eyes' The Beta Band
23) 'All The Rage' Funeral For A Friend
24) 'Unglued (Acoustic)' Stone Temple Pilots
25) 'All Along The Watchtower' The Jimi Hendrix Experience
26) 'Despair Came Knocking' Daniel Johnston
27) 'Willow Tree' G. Love and Special Sauce
28) 'The Other Level' Geto Boys
29) 'Baby It's You' The Beatles
30) 'Really Here' Far

Sony To Stop Making Cassette Walkman

The growing popularity of digital downloads has sealed the fate of Sony’s iconic cassette Walkman, with the Japanese company announcing that it will cease production of the device.

By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor

The cassette-based Walkman was hugely popular in the 1980s, but was superseded by CD, miniDisc and MP3 players Photo: AFP

Sony has signalled the end of an era by ceasing production of its Walkman range of portable cassette music players.

The personal music devices – which were hugely popular in the 1980s, and enabled people to listen to their music on the move – have since lost out to iPods and other MP3 music players that use digital tracks rather than physical media.

Sony said that its April shipment will be its last. The Japanese electronics giant has sold more than 200 million Walkmans since the device first went on sale in 1979.

Although the Walkman was superseded by Sony’s portable CD player, the Discman, and its range of miniDisc players, the Walkman still sold in modest numbers until the turn of the century, when the introduction of the iPod, and the shift towards MP3 files rather than cassettes and CDs, contributed to the Walkman’s demise.

Sony said that it would continue to sell some cassette Walkmans in parts of Asia and the Middle East where there remains some demand, and the Walkman brand lives on as part of Sony Ericsson’s range of music phones, as well as new digital music players.

The Walkman was the brainchild of Nobutoshi Kihara, an engineer in the audio division at Sony. He had been asked by his chairman, Akio Morita, to design a device that would help the executive to pass the time on his frequent business trips, and enable him to listen to his favourite operas.

LAME!

October 25, 2010

1) 'Hole In The Fence' Person L
2) 'Tell The Truth (Live)' Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood
3) 'Pig (Live)' The Dave Matthews Band
4) 'Of Moons, Birds, & Monsters' MGMT
5) 'Snibe' Sunny Day Real Estate
6) 'Faith In Fast Cars' The Format
7) It'z A Setup' Gang Starr and Hannibal
8) 'The Great Big No' The Lemonheads
9) 'Post Mortem' Mr. Lif
10) 'Drifter' Iron Maiden
11) 'Pencil Thin Mustache (Live)' Jimmy Buffett
12) 'Me Her' Soloplexus
13) 'Single White Female' The Movielife
14) 'New Disaster' Elliot Smith
15) 'Lost Birds' Message To Bears
16) 'Situations' Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
17) 'On Fire' Switchfoot
18) 'Razorblades' Story Of The Year
19) 'Wide Right Turns' Dispatch
20) 'Flight 601 (Live)' Fenix TX
21) 'Unorchestrated (Live)' Hey Mercedes
22) 'Chains' The Beatles
23) 'Non Fiction' The Black Crowes
24) 'Reception' The Pernikoff Brothers and Dan Germain
25) 'Wicked Way' Ben Taylor
26) 'Hell' So Cow
27) 'Kill' Jimmy Eat World
28) 'Country Girl: Whiskey Boot Hill/Down, Down, Down/Country Girl (I Think You're Pretty)' Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
29) 'Kid A' Radiohead
30) 'Something Left To Give (Live)' The Starting Line

October 22, 2010

1) 'Face Fisted' Dethklock
2) 'Neenah Menasha' Sponge
3) 'All I Need Is A Miracle' Mike and The Mechanics
4) 'Mojo Pin' Jeff Buckley
5) '30/30' Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
6) 'Theme Song For H Street' Less Than Jake
7) 'Evil Is Alive and Well' Jacob Dylan
8) 'Above The News' The Jealous Sound
9) 'Devil On My Side' The Anniversary
10) 'Push Up Ya Lighter' The Roots
11) 'She's Always A Woman' Billy Joel
12) 'Babylon's Burning' Funeral For A Friend
13) 'Southern Cross' Crosby, Stills, and Nash
14) 'Are You Just Scared?' Big D & The Kids Table
15) 'Thanks and Praise' G. Love and Jasper
16) 'Belief (Live)' John Mayer
17) 'I Like You OK' Lifetime
18) 'If You Can Wait' Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
19) 'Frogs' Alice In Chains
20) 'Radioactive' Wu-Tang Clan
21) 'Recurring' Bonobo
22) 'Close My Eyes (Live)' Matisyahu
23) 'Movies' Alien Ant Farm
24) 'Little World' Rufio
25) 'Standing On The Edge Of Summer' Thursday
26) 'Think About It' Flight Of The Conchords
27) 'Rain Blood' MF Grimm
28) 'Cat Turner Blue' Rusted Root
29) 'AA' Novelists
30) 'Lake Of Fire (Live)' Nirvana

October 21, 2010

1) 'Moonshine' Rufio
2) 'Get Out' Circa Survive
3) 'Let The Reigns Go Loose' The Get Up Kids
4) 'Without You' Mest
5) 'I Know' The Derek Trucks Band
6) 'Snake Charmer' Rage Against The Machine
7) 'Intergalacticthrowdown (Mad Doctor X)' Nightmares On Wax
8) 'Wherever I May Roam' Metallica
9) 'Creation' MxPx
10) 'Condemnation' Depeche Mode
11) 'Army Corps Of Architects' Death Cab For Cutie
12) 'D.O.A.' Bloodrock
13) 'Inspiration' John Butler Trio
14) 'Goodbye To Romance' Ozzy Osbourne
15) 'Feel Like Summer Again' The Wallflowers
16) 'Lonely Nights' Saves The Day
17) 'There You Go' Johnny Cash
18) 'Shame' Talib Kweli
19) ''Smooth Rider (Live)' The Dave Matthews Band
20) 'Welcome Home' Coheed & Cambria
21) 'KRS-One (Live)' Sublime
22) 'Let Me Know Something!' Bel Biv Devoe
23) 'Dromedary' The Jazz Mandolin Project
24) 'Benediction' The Weakerthans
25) 'Decom-Posuer' NOFX
26) 'Everyone Deserves Music' Michael Franti and Spearhead
27) 'Eating It's Way Out Of Me' Cage
28) 'Drums' Widespread Panic
29) 'The Shrew' Beirut
30) 'Forever My Friend' Ray LaMontagne

Interface: Great Performances

Silversun Pickups 'The Royal We'


Band Of Horses 'Infinite Arms'


Mastodon 'Divinations'


MGMT 'Electric Feel'


Temper Trap 'Sweet Dispositions'


Motion City Soundtrack 'Everything Is Alright'

October 20, 2010

1) 'Hall Of Illusions' Insane Clown Posse
2) 'Picture In The Paper' The New Amsterdams
3) 'Vices' Brand New
4) 'Dance Into The Light' Phil Collins
5) 'Good For You' Macklemore
6) 'Drowned' The Who
7) 'Late May's Gaze' Love You Moon
8) 'Scattered' Green Day
9) 'Where Did You Go?' No Motiv
10) 'Catholic Pagans' Surfer Blood
11) 'The King Of Wishful Thinking' Go West
12) 'To Lay Me Down' The Grateful Dead
13) 'Where Did It All Go Wrong?' Oasis
14) 'Sitting In Limbo' Jimmy Cliff
15) 'Call In Sick' MxPx
16) 'Da Booty' A Tribe Called Quest
17) 'Helpless (Live)' Neil Young
18) 'Unbelievable' Notorious B.I.G.
19) 'When The Shit Goes Down' Cypress Hill
20) 'Doubting Thomas' Nickel Creek
21) 'Summer Of Love' Piebald
22) 'Lateralus' Tool
23) 'Stay Positive' The Streets
24) 'Clean Up' I Am The Avalanche
25) 'All Over Now' Eric Hutchinson
26) 'Bad Boy' The Beatles
27) 'Shock and Terror' CKY
28) 'Remember' The Jimi Hendrix Experience
29) 'One Malt, Two Straws' The Littlest Viking
30) 'It's Over' The Fire Theft

October 19, 2010

1) 'Stars Fade Blue' Rookie Of The Year
2) 'Tombstone Blues' Bob Dylan
3) 'Rock and Roll Girl' MxPx
4) 'Torso' Piebald
5) 'Comin' For Datazz' Gang Starr
6) 'Since I've Been Loving You' Led Zeppelin
7) 'Number 11' The City On Film
8) 'You Better You Bet' The Who
9) 'Express Yourself' N.W.A.
10) 'Woodburning' Toad The Wet Sprocket
11) 'Chaunch' Sightly Stoopid
12) 'I Can't Stand It' Eric Clapton
13) 'The Half Of It' Jason Anderson
14) 'So Alone' The Offspring
15) 'Closer' Ne-Yo
16) 'Minority Report' Jay-Z
17) 'Loving Me' G. Love
18) 'Offspring' The John Scofield Band
19) 'Mistakes We Knew We Were Making' Mae
20) 'Scale (Live)' Bright Eyes
21) 'Miserabile Visu (Ex Malo Bonum)' Anberlin
22) 'Felt Good' Slug & Murs
23) 'Nowhere Man' The Beatles
24) 'Icky Thump' The White Stripes
25) 'All Or None' Pearl Jam
26) 'Little House Of Savages' The Walkmen
27) 'Worst Offender' The Mile After
28) 'Fitter Happier' Radiohead
29) 'Don't Lie To Me' Stevie Ray Vaughan
30) 'To Our Savior' Midtown

October 18, 2010

1) 'Enjoy The Silence' Anberlin
2) 'Jam' A Tribe Called Quest
3) 'Tell Me' Good Old War
4) 'Rolling and Tumbling' Eric Clapton
5) 'Lenny (Live)' Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
6) 'Letterhead' Miracle Of '86
7) 'Jorge' Nightmares On Wax
8) 'The Only One' The Mile After
9) 'Good Foot Forward' Invisible Inc.
10) 'WWZD' Good Clean Fun
11) 'Land Of Promise' Nas and Damian Marley
12) 'Don't Tread On Me' Metallica
13) 'Soon The New Day' Talib Kweli
14) 'Cymbal Rush' Thom Yorke
15) 'A Common Disaster' Cowboy Junkies
16) 'Walking The Cow' Daniel Johnston
17) 'She' Green Day
18) 'Hannibal' Santana
19) 'The Garden' Guns N' Roses
20) 'Dope Nose' Weezer
21) 'Easier' Glen Phillips
22) 'Mountaintops In Caves' Talkdemonic
23) 'Crush (Live)' Jimmy Eat World
24) 'He Lays In The Reins' Iron & Wine and Calexico
25) 'Ghost Man On Third' Taking Back Sunday
26) 'Thoroughfare Gap' Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
27) 'Emergency' I Am The Avalanche
28) 'Raga Simhendra Madhyamam' Ravi Shankar
29) 'Listomania' Phoenix
30) 'Die For You' The Expendables

October 15, 2010

1) 'Pig (Live)' The Dave Matthews Band
2) 'Let's Build A Home' The White Stripes
3) 'Faces In Disguise' Sunny Day Real Estate
4) 'Happy (Acoustic)' Martin Sexton
5) 'Jah Glory' Third World
6) 'Desperate Times, Desperate Measures' Underoath
7) 'Under A Mountain' The Black Crowes
8) 'Where We Come From (Live)' The Press
9) 'Out Of Reach' The Get Up Kids
10) 'Windstorm' School Of Seven Bells
11) '5/4' Gorillaz
12) 'Blacking Out The Fiction' Death Cab For Cutie
13) 'Singer' Jump, Little Children
14) 'Shattered' Saves The Day
15) 'Back On The Mountain' Ray LaMontagne
16) 'Describing The Sky' Big D and The Kids Table
17) 'Two Step (Live)' The Dave Matthews Band
18) 'Creation' Peter Tosh
19) 'Compared To Nothing' Jude Cole
20) 'Step Quiet' Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
21) 'Barroom Hero' Dropkick Murphys
22) 'Educated Guess' MxPx
23) 'Nikorette' Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
24) 'Ashes To Ashes' The Wallflowers
25) 'All Of This' Blink-182 and Robert Smith
26) 'Donatello' Jawbreaker
27) 'Talking In Your Sleep' The Romantics
28) 'Alvarez' Funeral For A Friend
29) 'Table For Glasses' Jimmy Eat World
30) 'Statues' Foo Fighters

October 13, 2010

1) 'Delirium Trigger' Coheed & Cambria
2) 'When Salome Plays The Drums' Jimmy Buffett
3) 'Hell' Blind Melon
4) 'Truckin' The Grateful Dead
5) 'Believe' Yellowcard
6) 'Ohio (Live)' Neil Young
7) 'Swing' Taking Back Sunday
8) 'The Reasons' The Weakerthans
9) 'Feel Good Inc. (Stanton Warriors Remix)' Gorillaz
10) 'Jazz (We've Got)' A Tribe Called Quest
11) 'Fourth' Moving Mountains
12) 'Anna Begins' Counting Crows
13) 'Off Of Wonderland' Jackson Browne
14) 'It Ain't Hard To Tell' Nas
15) 'Thanks A Lot' Third Eye Blind
16) 'A Man Is A Man' The Who
17) 'Little Heaven' Toad The Wet Sprocket
18) 'Breathe In' Hit The Lights
19) 'Paperback Writer (Live)' Paul McCartney
20) 'Save Your Scissors (Live)' City and Colour
21) 'Internally Bleeding' Immortal Technique
22) 'Tight A$' John Lennon
23) 'Celebration Song' Unwritten Law
24) 'Baby Hold On' Eddie Money
25) 'Forever Man' Eric Clapton
26) 'Seen How Things Are Hard (Live)' Elliot Smith
27) 'Slide Away' Oasis
28) 'Soundsystem' Michael Franti & Spearhead
29) 'Jesus On The Radio' Guster
30) 'Willoughby' The Grand Archives

October 11, 2010

No iPod today, so in honor of John Lennon's 70th birthday this weekend, here are some of my favorite songs by him.

1) A Day In The Life
2) Nowhere Man
3) Rain
4) How
5) Watching The Wheels
6) She Said, She Said
7) Real Love
8) How Do You Sleep?
9) Steel and Glass
10) Working Class Hero
11) The Luck Of The Irish
12) I Should Have Know Better
13) Imagine
14) Instant Karma
15) Glass Onion
16) Dear Prudence
17) I Don't Want To Be A Soldier
18) No Reply
19) Mr. Moonlight
20) Yer Blues
21) Julia
22) Come Together
23) Mind Games
24) Stand By Me
25) #9 Dream
26) Happiness Is A Warm Gun
27) Revolution
28) Twist and Shout
29) Across The Universe
30) Tomorrow Never Knows

Like Listening To Music Playing From Another Room...

Music has incredible way of making a good movie scene great. I've always felt that music supervisors on films are under rated and don't get enough credit. To find a song that fits perfectly with what a director is trying to show is a gift. It can easily make or break someone's idea of a great scene. Sometimes the song by itself is awful, but with the right script behind it, it becomes so much better. The following are songs placed in films that have made you laugh, cry, or even given you goosebumps that you can't explain. Although musical performances within a film are a huge part of it, they will not be included in this list.

'Kiss Me Deadly' by Generation X in the film SLC Punk
'Hit or Miss' by A New Found Glory in the film American Pie 2
'In Your Eyes' by Peter Gabriel in the film Say Anything
'Ooh Child' by The Five Stairsteps in the film Boyz In Da Hood
'Dreaming Of You' by Selena in the film Selena
'The End' by The Doors in the film Platoon
'Till I Hear It From You' by The Gin Blossoms from the film Empire Records
'As Time Goes By' by Herman Hupfield (performed by Dooley Wilson) in the film Casablanca
'9th Symphony' by Ludwig Van Beethoven in the film A Clockwork Orange
'January Rain' by David Gray in the film Serendipity
'Calling All Angels' by Jane Siberry in the film Pay It Forward
'Miss Misery' by Elliot Smith in the film Good Will Hunting
'Slow Ride' by Foghat in the film Dazed and Confused
'Oh No' by Lionel Richie in the film The Last American Virgin
'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen in the film Wayne's World
'Perfect Day' by Lou Reed in the film Trainspotting
'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John in the film Almost Famous
'Goodbye Horses' by Q Lazzarus in the film Silence Of The Lambs
'Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta' by The Geto Boys in the film Office Space
'My One and Only Love' by Mike Figgis in the film Leaving Las Vegas
'Stuck In The Middle With You' by Stealers Wheel in the film Reservoir Dogs
'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart in the film Lords Of Dogtown
'Old Man' by Neil Young in the film Lords Of Dogtown

Feel free to comment with your own musical/movie moments.

October 8, 2010

1) 'Don't Go Away' Toad The Wet Sprocket
2) 'Matchbox' The Beatles
3) 'Harold Of The Rocks' Primus
4) 'Song With No Words' Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
5) 'From Under The Dust' Letters To Cleo
6) 'New Speedway Boogie' The Grateful Dead
7) 'Lightning (Live)' Dispatch
8) 'A To G' Blackalicious
9) 'Chuckie' The Geto Boys
10) 'Where We Come From (Live)' The Press
11) 'Matchbox'* The Kooks
12) 'Lifeline' Citizen Cope
13) 'This Time It's Us' Jude Cole
14) 'Trippin' Billies (Live; Woodstock '99)' The Dave Matthews Band
15) 'The Big Sleep' Streetlight Manifesto
16) 'She's Waiting' Eric Clapton
17) 'Apparition' Rx Bandits
18) 'Vix 9 (Live)' Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
19) 'The Luck Of The Irish' John Lennon
20) 'April 29th, 1992 (Leary)' Sublime
21) 'The Czar' Mastodon
22) 'Jealous Again' The Black Crowes
23) 'Conviction Song' moe.
24) 'Wake Up Late' Slightly Stoopid
25) 'Thinking Of Omara' Nightmares On Wax
26) 'Stairway to Heaven' Rodrigo Y Gabriela
27) 'In The Flesh' Pink Floyd
28) 'Weird A' Pearl Jam
29) 'Don't You Know' Ray Charles
30) 'Pressed In A Book' The Shins

*Not the same as The Beatles 'Matchbox'

October 7, 2010

1) 'The End Is In Sight' The Get Up Kids
2) 'Step It Up' Akrobatik
3) 'Sleeping Sickness' City and Colour
4) 'Sleep All Day' Jason Mraz
5) 'One Slowdance' Rufio
6) 'Fences' Paramore
7) 'Faithless, The Wonder Boy' Radiohead
8) 'Wrong Place' Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
9) 'Take The Money and Run' The Steve Miller Band
10) 'Beef Jerky' John Lennon
11) 'Big Ass Mountain' The Melvins
12) 'Brown Eyed Woman' The Grateful Dead
13) 'Deep This Time' moe.
14) 'Con Science' Valient Thorr
15) 'Whoa Is Me' Dredg
16) 'Soul Meets Body' Death Cab For Cutie
17) 'Soul Singer In A Session Band' Bright Eyes
18) 'On Nature' Matisyahu
19) 'Looking Through The Eyes Of A Pig (Live)' Cypress Hill
20) 'Big Brother Beat' De La Soul and Mos Def
21) 'You Know My Steez' Gang Starr
22) 'I'm Gonna Find Another You (Live)' John Mayer
23) 'Little Willow' Paul McCartney
24) 'Not Only Numb' Gin Blossoms
25) 'Baroque Social Scene' Broken Social Scene
26) 'Champ' The Movielife
27) 'Close Yet Far' CKY
28) 'License To Chill (Live;Fenway)' Jimmy Buffett
29) 'Go To The Mirror!' The Who
30) 'Bug' Phish

We Had It All To Ourselves

Mark O'Sullivan Music

My good friend Mark, born and raised in Braintree but now residing in Hawaii, has added 4 new songs to his MySpace page. We played together for years and every time I hear his new music, it brings me back to fond memories of always being on his right side on a floor, stage, deck, etc; Check it out, his words are truly beautiful.

shuffle & repeat by MarkOSullivanMusic
call it what you want by MarkOSullivanMusic
home by MarkOSullivanMusic
they wanted it gone (live) by MarkOSullivanMusic

And my good friend Danny playing drums in a group called The Pernikoff Brothers. Very proud of all he's accomplished. Great album. Check it out.



The Pernikoff Brothers 'On My Way'

October 6, 2010

1) 'Cluster One' Pink Floyd
2) 'Social Disease' Bon Jovi
3) 'Vapor' Soulive
4) 'Medley:Gemini/Double Image' Miles Davis
5) 'Not Enough' Face To Face
6) 'Drift Away' The Expendables
7) 'Julie' Bordertown
8) 'Stumbeline' The Smashing Pumpkins
9) 'Can't Blame The Youth' Peter Tosh
10) 'I Love Your Lovin' Ways' Nina Simone
11) 'Faithless' City and Colour
12) 'Futuro (Live)' Mae
13) 'Raga Jog' Ravi Shankar
14) 'Lie For A Lie' Built To Spill
15) 'My Old Man Had A Pistol' The New Amsterdams
16) 'Glass Onion' The Beatles
17) '400 Years' Bob Marley and The Wailers
18) 'Don't Call It A Come Back' Motion City Soundtrack
19) 'Sunshine' G. Love
20) 'It's Everybody's Fault But Mine' Straylight Run
21) 'My Ship Isn't Pretty' Kings Of Convenience
22) 'Meaning (Acoustic)' Gavin Degraw
23) '7 Weeks' Pepper
24) 'The Promise' Anberlin
25) 'Clouds (Live)' Elliot Smith
26) 'Better Half' The Get Up Kids
27) 'Miley Cyrous' Notorious B.I.G.
28) 'You Got Me' The Roots and Erykah Badu
29) 'Angels' Robert Randolph and The Family Band
30) 'Summer Skin' Death Cab For Cutie

Songs That Question Authority

GOVERNMENT, LAW, WAR, ETC;
1) 'Fuck The Police' N.W.A.
2) 'My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)' The Ramones
3) 'Your Wrong' NOFX
4) 'Revolution' The Beatles
5) 'Oh My God' Michael Franti & Spearhead
6) 'From The Desk Of The Press' The Press
7) 'Killing In The Name Of' Rage Against The Machine*
8) 'Masters Of War' Bob Dylan
9) 'Ohio' Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
10) 'Give Peace A Chance' John Lennon
11) 'The Unknown Soldier' The Doors
12) 'War' Bob Marley
13) 'Eve Of Destruction' Barry McGuire
14) 'For What It's Worth' Buffalo Springfield
15) 'Fortunate Son' Creedence Clearwater Revival
16) 'Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag' Country Joe and The Fish
17) 'Another Brick In The Wall' Pink Floyd
18) 'When The President Talks To God' Bright Eyes
19) 'What's Going On?' Marvin Gaye
20) 'Gimme Shelter' The Rolling Stones
21) 'Bombs Over Baghdad' Outkast
22) 'Pure Massacre' Silverchair
23) 'Patriotism' Company Flow
24) 'Propaganda' Dead Prez
25) 'Burn Hollywood Burn' Public Enemy, Zack De La Rocha, and Black Thought
26) 'Little Boxes' Malvina Reynolds
27) 'World Wide Suicide' Pearl Jam
28) 'Sound Of Da Police' KRS-One
29) 'Definition' Black Star
30) 'Cause Of Death' Immortal Technique
31) 'Kick Out The Jams' MC5

*Really any Rage Against The Machine song

October 5, 2010

1) 'Line and Sinker' Kind Of Like Spitting
2) 'The Fog' Sound Tribe Sector 9
3) 'If I Needed Someone' The Beatles
4) 'Bite My Tongue' The Ataris
5) 'Sleep Spent' Death Cab For Cutie
6) 'Never Change' Jay-Z
7) 'The Next Step II' People Under The Stairs
8) 'Third Stone From The Sun' The Jimi Hendrix Experience
9) 'Anything For Your Love' Eric Clapton
10) 'Sure Shot' The Beastie Boys
11) 'Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?' Elliot Smith
12) 'A Name I Call Myself' Souls Of Mischief
13) 'The Wolves (Act I and II)' Bon Iver
14) 'Until The Music's Over' The String Cheese Incident
15) 'Negative Creep (Live)' Nirvana
16) 'Something Other Than' Heather Woods Broderick
17) 'I Have Friends In Holy Spaces' Panic At The Disco
18) 'Meet Me In The Morning' Bob Dylan
19) 'Brooklyn Boy' Kevin Devine
20) 'Double Trouble' The Roots
21) 'The Needle and The Damage Done (Live)' Neil Young
22) 'Hickory Dichotomy (Live)' Stone Temple Pilots
23) 'Genghis Khan' Iron Maiden
24) 'Something Good Coming' Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
25) 'In All Rwanda's Glory' Rx Bandits
26) 'Head Over Heels' A New Found Glory
27) 'All Night' Pearl Jam
28) 'Way Out West' Big Star
29) 'Pasture Of Muppets' Fenix TX
30) 'Building A Home' This Day & Age

Urban Outfitters Playlist

I went to a wedding this weekend and met some pretty cool people from San Fransisco. One of them was telling me how Urban Outfitters puts together a playlist each week, so I thought I would check it out. It's pretty good; a lot of indie and lo-fi rock. Some of it is crap, but it's free and worth a listen.

Urban Outfitters Playlist

October 4, 2010

1) 'Coming Down' Nightmares On Wax
2) 'Awkward Last Words' Armor For Sleep
3) 'A.C. Lerok...Bitches Get Stitches' Reggie and The Full Effect
4) 'Unglued' Stone Temple Pilots
5) 'Instant Party (Circles)' The Who
6) 'Better Together (Hawaiian Version)' Jack Johnson
7) 'In The Country' The Explorers' Club
8) 'Wanting and Regret' Jason Anderson
9) 'Real Hip-Hop (Part 2)' KRS-One
10) 'Strangest Tribe' Pearl Jam
11) 'Fins (Live)' Jimmy Buffett
12) 'Across The Universe (World Wildlife Fund Version)' The Beatles
13) 'Achy Breaky Hockey Hair' Hot Rod Circuit
14) 'Sergeant Brown' Gregory Issacs
15) 'Illustrated Bible Stories' The Weakerthans
16) 'Code Check' People Under The Stairs
17) 'Decrescendo (Live)' Rx Bandits
18) 'Five Finger Discount' Invisible Inc.
19) 'So Good' Reflection Eternal
20) 'Strawberry Fields Forever (Live)' Oasis
21) 'The Moon Is Down' Further Seems Forever
22) 'It Ain't Necessarily So' Jamie Cullum
23) 'Soco Amaretto Lime' Brand New
24) 'Sanzen' Dredg
25) 'Even Now' William Fitzsimmons
26) 'On The Way Home (Live)' Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
27) 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues' Bob Dylan
28) 'Quiet' Jump, Little Children
29) 'Solitary Man' Johnny Cash
30) 'Else' Built To Spill

October 1, 2010

1) 'Guarantees' Atmosphere
2) 'Butterfly (Live)' Jason Mraz
3) 'The Last Letter Home' Dropkick Murphys
4) 'Fell In Love Again' Sass Jordan
5) 'Protect Ya Neck' Wu Tang Clan
6) 'Get A Life' Built To Spill
7) 'Let It Be Sung' Jack Johnson, Matt Costa, and Zach Gill
8) 'Seven Nation Army' The White Stripes
9) 'Seaside' The Kooks
10) 'Breakin' Down' Mest
11) 'Breathe In' Hit The Lights
12) 'What It Do' The Press
13) 'Winter Birds' Ray LaMontagne
14) 'Crossfire' Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
15) 'No Lie' Fenix TX
16) 'Dangerous' The Who
17) 'People 4 Prez' The Perceptionists
18) 'Are You True?' The New Amsterdams
19) 'The Sicilian' Bonobo
20) 'It's Good To Be Free (acoustic)' Oasis
21) 'Sugar Water' Cibo Matto
22) 'One Of Them' Jurassic 5
23) 'Do You Want Me To Now?' Death In The Park
24) 'Calling Dr. Love' Rage Against The Machine
25) 'Going Numb' No Motiv
26) 'Rock Island Line' Leadbelly
27) 'Just Until Soundown' Further Seems Forever
28) 'Rain Song' Sunny Day Real Estate
29) 'Bam Bam' Toots and The Maytals, Shaggy, and Rahzel
30) 'About An Hours Ago' O.A.R.