This new Macklemore album is pretty good honestly. I had pretty mixed feelings about The Heist, but this shit is great. I'm on my fourth go-round with this album in two days. The low point is Buckshot and its cheesy-as-fuck bassline. Its hard to pick a high point. Chance the Rapper's verse in Need to Know? White Privilege II? Dance Off? Let's Eat? St. Ides? Downtown's catchiness?
Just damn Macklemore. I don't even like you all that much. But at least its rap my wife will listen to and this definitely doesn't suck. Its cheesy and silly and preachy, but I like it.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
FAVORITE FIFTY ALBUMS OF ALL TIME MOTHERFUCKERS
K. Some ground rules.
1. No compilations.
2. These are favorites not GOATs.
Now for the list.
50. On Your Side - A Rocket to the Moon
49. An Airplane Carried Me to Bed - Sky Sailing
48. Dookie - Green Day
47. Paul Baribeau - Paul Baribeau
46. Flaws - Bombay Bicycle Club
45. Cherry Bomb - Tyler, the Creator
44. The Cars - The Cars
43. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
42. MMHMM - Relient K
41. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
40. England Keep My Bones - Frank Turner
39. Ocean Eyes - Owl City
38. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
37. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
36. Dog Problems - The Format
35. The First Day of Spring - Noah and the Whale
31. What a Time to Be Alive - Drake
30. Wincing the Night Away - The Shins
29. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
28. Speak Now - Taylor Swift
27. Grand Ledge - Paul Baribeau
26. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
25. Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant
24. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
23. Metrics of Affection - Bombadil
22. Out for Blood - Farewell Flight
21. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
20. Weathervanes - Freelance Whales
19. Never Trust a Happy Song - Grouplove
18. Kauai - Childish Gambino
17. Brothers - The Black Keys
16. Aim and Ignite - fun.
15. Tourist History - Two Door Cinema Club
14. Graduation - Kanye West
13. Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
12. Camp - Childish Gambino
11. To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
10. The Blue Album - Weezer
9. The Head and The Heart - The Head and The Heart
8. Love Ire and Song - Frank Turner
7. AM - Arctic Monkeys
6. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
5. 3 Rounds and a Sound - Blind Pilot
4. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
3. Give Up - The Postal Service
2. Because the Internet - Childish Gambino
1. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes
1. No compilations.
2. These are favorites not GOATs.
Now for the list.
50. On Your Side - A Rocket to the Moon
49. An Airplane Carried Me to Bed - Sky Sailing
48. Dookie - Green Day
47. Paul Baribeau - Paul Baribeau
46. Flaws - Bombay Bicycle Club
45. Cherry Bomb - Tyler, the Creator
44. The Cars - The Cars
43. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
42. MMHMM - Relient K
41. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
40. England Keep My Bones - Frank Turner
39. Ocean Eyes - Owl City
38. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
37. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
36. Dog Problems - The Format
35. The First Day of Spring - Noah and the Whale
31. What a Time to Be Alive - Drake
30. Wincing the Night Away - The Shins
29. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
28. Speak Now - Taylor Swift
27. Grand Ledge - Paul Baribeau
26. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
25. Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant
24. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
23. Metrics of Affection - Bombadil
22. Out for Blood - Farewell Flight
21. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
20. Weathervanes - Freelance Whales
19. Never Trust a Happy Song - Grouplove
18. Kauai - Childish Gambino
17. Brothers - The Black Keys
16. Aim and Ignite - fun.
15. Tourist History - Two Door Cinema Club
14. Graduation - Kanye West
13. Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
12. Camp - Childish Gambino
11. To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
10. The Blue Album - Weezer
9. The Head and The Heart - The Head and The Heart
8. Love Ire and Song - Frank Turner
7. AM - Arctic Monkeys
6. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
5. 3 Rounds and a Sound - Blind Pilot
4. Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie
3. Give Up - The Postal Service
2. Because the Internet - Childish Gambino
1. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Oh well
Ok. Here's what's going on.
Last time I posted I had somewhat ambitiously decided to post my 50 favorite albums. It turns out that that's a bit harder than I first imagined. I have the first ten or so pretty solidly set. After that it gets kind of mushy. I have anywhere from 60-80 albums that could probably slot in after them. And I have no idea what to choose.
To make things a bit worse, I also started listening through some other blogger's 50 favorite albums. I'm on the last 14. God has that been an undertaking. Its been fun though. I'm enjoying it. It's kind of crazy but I've sort of fallen out of a pretty bad musical rut. I haven't been listening to this much new music since I posted on here about my 10 Life Soundtrack songs. That was almost exactly five years ago. On March 31st 2011. So then I was going to do another one of those.
Just to see how much its changed you know? And I have the list. It just feels like missing an opportunity to post it before March 31st. Its too close. And its too cool to have accidentally made a five-year update.
Especially because I thought it would be fun to redo my 50 favorite album list in five years. I can even do the ten song one too.
I've been watching some reviews of albums too lately. And reading some stuff. And I feel totally out of my depth. My opinions on movies are backed up by a pretty hardcore obsession over the last 2-3 years. My music has been kind of haphazard and stagnant for my whole life. And yes, there have been major shifts in that time period, like branching outside of Christian music, and almost exclusively listening to Pop Punk, only to go away from most music completely and now settling on a mixture of indie/alt/punk/rap.
I still know nothing. I like certain albums. I dislike other ones. I don't know why. So when I see people arguing over music and having very strong opinions, I get a little antsy.
Still I'm enjoying this discovery phase. Its weird but I think this is the first time in my life I've returned to an obsession before. Actually that's not true. I did go back to comic books for a bit.
I don't know why I do this to myself. I'm still pretty caught up in the movie thing. Even if I have backed down from the 50-60 movies I month I was doing last year at this time. Thats 100% work schedule though. I'm still watching 15-20 movies a month. I'll take what I can get.
Tonight for instance, I am going to see VVITCH. I'm super excited. This has been on my radar for a good sixish months. I hope it scares the shit out of me. And then I have to write about it on my other blog which is actually my very own website. Which I would link to but I realized I stopped paying Squarespace to host it. Which I'm going to have to do. FUCK.
Ok so now what I meant to explain. The 50 favorite albums post will happen as soon as I can figure it the fuck out. Could be three days or three weeks. The 10 Songs post will probably happen on March 31st. Unless I forget which is a super real possibility.
I still don't know why I'm doing this again. Or if I'm going to keep doing it, but who the fuck cares. No one's reading it anyway amiright?
Last time I posted I had somewhat ambitiously decided to post my 50 favorite albums. It turns out that that's a bit harder than I first imagined. I have the first ten or so pretty solidly set. After that it gets kind of mushy. I have anywhere from 60-80 albums that could probably slot in after them. And I have no idea what to choose.
To make things a bit worse, I also started listening through some other blogger's 50 favorite albums. I'm on the last 14. God has that been an undertaking. Its been fun though. I'm enjoying it. It's kind of crazy but I've sort of fallen out of a pretty bad musical rut. I haven't been listening to this much new music since I posted on here about my 10 Life Soundtrack songs. That was almost exactly five years ago. On March 31st 2011. So then I was going to do another one of those.
Just to see how much its changed you know? And I have the list. It just feels like missing an opportunity to post it before March 31st. Its too close. And its too cool to have accidentally made a five-year update.
Especially because I thought it would be fun to redo my 50 favorite album list in five years. I can even do the ten song one too.
I've been watching some reviews of albums too lately. And reading some stuff. And I feel totally out of my depth. My opinions on movies are backed up by a pretty hardcore obsession over the last 2-3 years. My music has been kind of haphazard and stagnant for my whole life. And yes, there have been major shifts in that time period, like branching outside of Christian music, and almost exclusively listening to Pop Punk, only to go away from most music completely and now settling on a mixture of indie/alt/punk/rap.
I still know nothing. I like certain albums. I dislike other ones. I don't know why. So when I see people arguing over music and having very strong opinions, I get a little antsy.
Still I'm enjoying this discovery phase. Its weird but I think this is the first time in my life I've returned to an obsession before. Actually that's not true. I did go back to comic books for a bit.
I don't know why I do this to myself. I'm still pretty caught up in the movie thing. Even if I have backed down from the 50-60 movies I month I was doing last year at this time. Thats 100% work schedule though. I'm still watching 15-20 movies a month. I'll take what I can get.
Tonight for instance, I am going to see VVITCH. I'm super excited. This has been on my radar for a good sixish months. I hope it scares the shit out of me. And then I have to write about it on my other blog which is actually my very own website. Which I would link to but I realized I stopped paying Squarespace to host it. Which I'm going to have to do. FUCK.
Ok so now what I meant to explain. The 50 favorite albums post will happen as soon as I can figure it the fuck out. Could be three days or three weeks. The 10 Songs post will probably happen on March 31st. Unless I forget which is a super real possibility.
I still don't know why I'm doing this again. Or if I'm going to keep doing it, but who the fuck cares. No one's reading it anyway amiright?
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
I can't believe I'm doing this.
Well, shit.
This is one big cringe-fest for me. I only made it a couple posts down.
I honestly can't believe I wrote half this shit. Its honestly making me reconsider posting anything here because I'm scared that if I read it in 2019 I'll have the same gag reflex I'm having now.
I have a couple things I'd like to post here, but before I do I think a small recap is in order.
2013-2016: I got married. I live in Mass now. I work for the state and a company that makes pizza dough. My music tastes are better now (I think). I'm a registered Democrat. I'm an atheist. I watch R rated movies. I drink often and smoke occasionally. I'm happier. I have no idea what's going to happen anymore.
Except that I'll be posting again in a few days.
That's all.
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