tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613685533739865742024-09-09T19:35:42.946-07:0052 Weeks Of Good TasteUpdates Wednesdays and SundaysIsaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-59392031055595491242013-07-17T10:51:00.001-07:002013-07-17T11:11:10.555-07:00Week 37 - The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
"I know there's a big world out there/Like the one that I saw on the screen/In my living room late last night/It was almost too bright to seee."
- The Postal Service, " is Place Is A Prison", Give Up
"Keeping an eye on the world going by my window/Taking my time"
- The Beatles, "I'm Only Sleeping", Revolver
By mid-2002, two-thirds of the world had placed a call. In 2013, the UN Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-43033252243618681512013-03-06T11:57:00.000-08:002013-03-06T12:01:09.549-08:00Week 36: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2012)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-18668141907733104022013-01-27T21:11:00.000-08:002013-01-27T21:11:07.836-08:00Songs Of The Days: Week 38Jan 21: Arts The Beatdoctor - Laughs, Drinks, Jokes, Tricks (Transition, 2007)
Jan 22: The Sinister Ducks - The March Of The Sinister Ducks (single, 1983) (not available on Spotify)
Jan 23: David J - This Vicious Cabaret (single, 1984)
Jan 24: David Holmes - Hey Lisa (Bow Down To The Exit Sign, 2000)
Jan 25: Robbie Basho - Wine Song (Sweet Wine Of Love) (Venus In Cancer, 2006) (not Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-58018516597883785342013-01-20T20:19:00.003-08:002013-01-20T20:19:52.426-08:00Songs Of The Days: Week 37Jan 14: Beastie Boys - 3-Minute Rule (Paul's Boutique, 1989)
Jan 15: Dessa - Poor Atlas (A Badly Broken Code, 2010)
Jan 16: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Third Stone From The Sun (Are You Experienced?, 1967)
Jan 17: MC5 - Borderline (Kick Out The Jams, 1969)
Jan 18: Theivery Corporation - Indra (The Mirror Conspiracy, 2000)
Jan 19: Jacques Brel - Jef (Ces Gens-La, 1966)
Jan 20: Minutemen -Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-84780599279463457642013-01-13T18:53:00.001-08:002013-01-13T18:53:49.737-08:00Songs Of The Days: Week 36Jan 8: The New Pornographers - All The Old Showstoppers (Challengers, 2007)
Jan 9: The Desert Sessions - Subcutaneous Phat (Volumes 9/10, 2003)
Jan 10: DJ Shadow - The Number Song (Endtroducing..., 1996)
Jan 11: Pat Benetar - Heartbreaker (In The Heat Of The Night, 1979)
Jan 12: Paul Marshall - Alcatraz (Vultures, 2007) (not available on YouTube)
Jan 13: Revels - Comanche (single, 1961)Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-77577255194024950702012-10-11T14:27:00.001-07:002012-10-11T14:27:45.722-07:00Hiatus Announcement (In Case You Hadn't Noticed)As may now be painfully obvious, I've been unable to find the time to regularly update this blog for a few months now. Between work, family commitments, and the struggle to complete several graduate school applications within the space of a few months, I simply haven't had the free time to commit to this blog.
I'm committed to eventually finishing this series, both due to my own Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-26185742343034437162012-09-23T13:28:00.003-07:002013-01-28T14:31:24.795-08:00Week 35: Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-44450374074217276332012-09-17T20:10:00.000-07:002012-09-17T20:10:22.648-07:00Songs Of The Days: Weeks 33 to 35<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-63134988483278097132012-09-17T19:48:00.002-07:002012-09-17T19:48:24.628-07:00Songs Of The Days: Week 32 (Neil Diamond Week)August 6: Neil Diamond - The Boat That I Row (Just For You, 1967)August 7: Neil Diamond - Shilo (Just For You, 1967)August 8: Neil Diamond - Thank The Lord For The Nighttime (Just For You, 1967)August 9: Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (single, 1969)August 10: Neil Diamond - I'm A Believer (Just For You, 1967)August 11: Neil Diamond - Cherry Cherry (single, 1966)August 12: Neil Diamond - Girl, Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-81340450217321072292012-09-12T21:42:00.001-07:002013-01-28T14:26:43.500-08:00Week 34: Coldplay - Parachutes (2000)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-79555306002241689962012-09-01T20:19:00.002-07:002013-01-28T14:26:29.551-08:00Week 33: The Strokes - Is This It (2001)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-80264380692305162902012-08-22T21:52:00.001-07:002013-01-28T14:26:09.982-08:00Week 32: JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers (2010)<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-84572322040950844172012-08-08T20:50:00.000-07:002013-01-28T14:25:39.911-08:00Week 31: Screaming Females - Ugly (2012)
“Have you ever seen a human heart?! It looks like a fist,
wrapped in blood.”
-
Larry, Closer
When art had its first golden age, ugliness would have been
unthinkable. Classical artists sought to replicate the perfect nature that they
believed in; their goal was to inspire a sense of grace and glory in their
audience, to evoke God by Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-1522350765393211712012-08-05T17:59:00.003-07:002012-08-05T17:59:48.057-07:00Songs Of The Days: Week 31July 30: Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine (Grace, 1994)
July 31: Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor (Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, 1979)
August 2: Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours (Some Great Reward, 1984)
August 3: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
August 4: The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City (Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful,Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-77855828821702231442012-08-01T23:50:00.003-07:002012-08-23T16:21:48.054-07:00Week 30: Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (2012)
“My TV ain’t HD, that’s too real"
- Frank Ocean, “Sweet Life”
Unlike his fellows in Odd Future, Frank Ocean seems to have
no interest in sounding young. Like Prince, Laura Marling, or Jack White (all
artists who started in their early-20s or younger), Ocean falls into the middle
period of adolescence better than he does the categories of vapid youth or
Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-60663366638550633492012-07-29T21:36:00.000-07:002012-07-29T21:41:40.559-07:00Songs Of The Days: Week 30July 23: Noonday Underground - Go It Alone (Surface Noise, 2002)(Not available on Spotify)
July 24: Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You (Gorgeous George, 1994)
July 25: 16 Horsepower - Alone And Forsaken (Folklore, 2002)(Not available on Spotify)
July 26: Joan Osborne - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted? (Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, 2002)(Not available on Spotify)
July 27: The Raconteurs Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-9048775683749557762012-07-25T23:13:00.002-07:002012-08-23T16:22:05.553-07:00Week 29: Beck - Sea Change (2002)
"Full fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made,
Those are pearls that were his eyes,
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change,
into something rich and strange”
-
William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”
There are few things in music more difficult than making
quiet music sound interesting. Unlike rock or pop,Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-18092587834312529152012-07-22T21:31:00.000-07:002012-07-22T21:31:04.204-07:00Songs Of The Days: Week 29July 16: The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000)
July 18: Moby - Everloving (Play, 1999)
July 19: The Throne - Otis (Watch The Throne, 2011)
July 20: Tricky - Hell Is Around The Corner (Maxinquaye, 1995)
July 21: The Hollies - Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress (Distant Light, 1971)
July 22: Saul Williams - Skin Of A Drum (The Inevitable Rise Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-4526925847020541112012-07-19T16:42:00.000-07:002012-07-26T12:47:07.794-07:00Week 28: Giant Panda - Fly School Reunion (2005)
Rap is a singles genre. The teams of crack producers aside,
rap tends to thrive on the image of a single man (or, very, very rarely, woman)
presenting themselves and their opinions in an unfiltered way, an extreme form
of the frontman in traditional rock bands. The ideal rapper, in this
school of thought, is raw id, able to say the things we would never dream
of giving voice to and get rich Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-74151196443253862892012-07-16T19:26:00.000-07:002012-07-16T19:26:03.452-07:00Songs Of The Days: Old School Flashback (Week 28)July 9: Fastball - The Way (All The Pain Money Can Buy, 1998)
July 10: Jimmy Eat World - The Middle (Bleed American, 2001)
July 11: The Wallflowers - One Headlight (Bringing Down The Horse, 1996)
July 12: Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind, 1997)
July 13: Coldplay - The Scientist (A Rush Of Blood To The Head, 2002)
July 14: Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (Miss E… So Addictive,Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-20272010729968356012012-07-11T22:41:00.000-07:002012-07-16T16:44:22.346-07:00Week 27: Dr. Dog - Be The Void (2012)
“I was never that young/I was born old and grey/Alone and in
shambles/It’s alright, it's ok”
-
Dr. Dog, “Get Away”
What place does the topic of age deserve in discussions
about music? One of the most basic ways to dismiss something, from a critical
perspective, is to label it as ‘immature’ or ‘childish’, a criticism that I’ve
used on Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-6019006040452003112012-07-09T15:50:00.000-07:002012-07-09T15:55:00.255-07:00Songs Of The Days: Week 27July 2: Booker T. Jones - Everything Is Everything (The Road From Memphis, 2011)
July 5: The Cannonball Adderly Quintet - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Live At "The Club", 1966)
July 6: Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince, 1979) (not available on YouTube)
July 7: TheTheThe day:
The Protomen - The Hounds (The Father Of Death, 2009)
The Budos Band - The Volcano Song (The Budos Band, 2005)
Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-25962096613655467692012-07-05T19:15:00.001-07:002012-07-16T16:43:20.662-07:00Week 26: Contemporary Noise Quintet - Pig Inside The Gentleman (2006)
As the title suggests, Pig Inside The Gentleman is an
album fundamentally based in stark contrasts. Much like the baroque and grunge
technique of quickly shifting from loud to soft, soft to loud (which is called
either terraced dynamics or sforzando (sƒz) depending on how pretentious you’d
like to be), the album uses surprising shifts in tone, mood, and complexity to
keep the listener’s focus Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-74612305723413840812012-07-01T20:02:00.000-07:002012-07-01T20:03:00.367-07:00Songs Of The Days: Week 26June 25: Kings Go Forth - I Don't Love You No More (The Outsiders Are Back, 2010)
June 26: Fatboy Slim - Praise You (You've Come A Long Way, Baby, 1999)
June 27: Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio (Call Of The West, 1983)
June 28: Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), 1993)
June 29: The Who - The Punk & The Godfather (Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561368553373986574.post-56524848287408608602012-06-28T13:57:00.002-07:002012-07-16T16:42:59.261-07:00Week 25: Lucero - 1372 Overton Park (2009)Country music, as evidenced by the classic cliché, “I listen
to everything, except country and rap,” is one of the most regularly dismissed
genres of popular music. Like rap, country music is also one of the most
stereotyped, calling up images of White cowboys with shit-kicker heels and an
NRA membership just as reliably as hip-hop brings to mind Black men with
knee-height pants, big sunglasses, Isaac P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02271318886987660847noreply@blogger.com0