January 2010
84 posts
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.”
– Orson Welles (via artpixie)
Wilco – You and I (featuring Feist) →
“I think we can take it. All the good with the bad.” Thanks, @girltulala.
“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until your...”
– Douglas Adams (via artpixie)
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Juliana Hatfield – My Sister →
I swear, I really once thought that my sister saw this as her song for me. “I hate my sister…” But now she loves me. TRUTH.
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 →
One of the first songs I learned on guitar. “Shakedown, 1979…”
PJ Harvey – Down By The Water →
Or like this? And okay, so not that angry… but the angst… THE ANGST!
Hole – Violet →
Why can’t they make angry girl music like this anymore?
The Breeders – Cannonball →
“Crash… I’m the last splash.”
Dear Lover, →
Don’t start what you won’t finish. Don’t say words that would never translate into action.
I am neither blind nor stupid. I see your heart shining brightly behind all the walls you’ve so…
Dem blues got me. →
The blues, for me, has always been about the night. That half and half time when I try to make sense of the world and its stories.
Much like when the Brothers Grimm start their stories with…
Mute Math – Noticed →
“You start a chain reaction when you look my way.” This is SO my song right now.
“When in need of a silence and calmness, we won’t put ear plugs, but the...”
– Nikolay, from Nu Fabric
“Is it possible to put this night to tune, and... →
“This is a city for not sleeping,
where the clocks are set by feel.
At this moment,
From where I sit,
None of it seems real.”
This song kind of gets what I…
Hipsters, scenesters, schmeensters. →
I recently read somebody saying how he hates how Saguijo is the “scenester place to be. Even Cubao X.”
That set off an entire monologue from me. About how glad I am that I’m too old to be…
My thinking music →
Most of the music I’m listening to right now don’t really have lyrics. It’s all crescendo, decrescendo, heavy on the delay, or are just plain ambient. This was inevitable. I’m one of the annoying…
The pursuit of wisdom →
The first lesson of the year is upon me. And it isn’t one I’m excited to learn.
Who wants wisdom in this Golden Age of Google? Wisdom is about restraint and prudence and good judgment… and…
Quiet is the new loud: A prologue →
Still here. →
This is still Ailene.
Only she’s renovating.
Come back in a week.
The Beatles Anthology 1 You really Got A Hold On... →
Good night, world. Here’s one last lazy thought before I sign out.
Love Where Is Your Fire- Brooke Fraser →
“So I’m holding my heart out to you.” And to you, too.
The Strokes – Reptila →
“You’re in a strange part of town…”
Broken Social Scene – 7/4 (Shoreline) →
Here’s one that reminds me of driving across the Verrazano, a wee bit after sunset. (On blip.fm today for my choons ‘cause I forgot my music drive.)
Encounters With A Yeti – All Your Children want... →
And here’s one that doesn’t remind me at all of children. Or dinner. Not even of you.
Encounters With A Yeti – Alloys Bring The Future... →
As much as I hate to say this, I love listening to this song while I’m working. Calms me down. Dammit.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Soft Shock →
This song was my auditory IV last night. The ache in my muscles throbbed in time to the bass.
Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass →
“And I know that you’re busy too…”
Metric - Dead Disco →
“Skip town, slow down, push it to the east coast…”
The Cardigans – For what it's worth ... →
I stood outside the door and sang along to the chorus while I waited.
