Friday January 21 2005

Meme-o-philia continues:

This meme hijacked from Robert.

1. What’s the total size of music files on your computer?

4 gigabytes. I don’t know when that stopped sounding like heaps.

2. What is the last CD you bought?

Ok, there were two: The Scissor Sisters’ self-titled album (the deleted version) and the Ramones Anthology 2 CD set.

3. What is the last song you listened to before you read this post?

‘Psuedo-Lesbian Girl’ by Jess. The last non blog-related one, however, was ‘Lover I Don’t Have To Love’ by Bright Eyes, which is on download.com if you look for it. That has to be one of the best, if not most accurate, songs about being a musician.

4. Name four songs that you listen to a lot or that mean a lot to you.

Okay…

a) The Breeders - Iris. Everyone loves a bit of lesbian subtext and this song also has novel-writing in it, which is another big turn on.

b) REM - Let Me In. An ode to the departed Kurt, this song is stunning and strangely obscure. Its incredible haze of guitar noise makes traditional recording techniques (of the kind that brought us ‘Nevermind’) sound pathetic and sterile.

c) Nirvana - Sliver. This song taps a deep vein of childhood fear that I almost never think of otherwise. The sense of abandonment, hopelessness and salvation is overpowering. There are also Freudian and religious overtones, if you’re so inclined.

d) Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Kind of Life. This is one my old faves, and can only be mentioned in connection with Marilyn Manson, Jebediah’s first album and the Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack. Good olde times.

5. Which three people are you passing the baton on to and why?

Anyone’s free to carry it on, since I stole it myself. Just leave a note if you please.

aND bY THE wAY: Anyone seeing bugs in this site, please make a note of it in the comments. If you can’t comment, please email me - mark at (this site).net Thanks.

 

3 Comments »

  1. Semi-Charmed Kind of Life is awesome! Those really were Good Olde Times.

    Comment by Robert — Saturday January 22 2005 @ 10:29 am

  2. Meme stolen from you who stole it from Robert who surely stole it from someone else.

    Comment by Le Driver — Sunday January 23 2005 @ 7:35 am

  3. Yeah, that was a bit of a concession to nostalgia, but I think it was worthwhile. You wouldn’t believe how seriously I was taking the allocation of places in that list…

    And Le Driver’s, of course, is pretty sweet too. Sweet like a ninja.

    Comment by Mark — Sunday January 23 2005 @ 3:01 pm

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