Sunday, September 14, 2008
12:00-1:00am: At a party. Some kind of dance music is playing in a room upstairs.
1:21am: Back in dorm. First several tracks from Wire's Pink Flag.
1:27: Wu-Tang Clan - Shame On a Nigga.
1:36: First three tracks from Neil Young's Harvest.
1:46: First two tracks from the Wrens' Secaucus.
2:41am: First three tracks from Neil Young's After the Goldrush. "Needle" is typed into iTunes in an attempt to find the song "The Needle and the Damage Done," but first Elliot Smith's "Needle in the Hay" goes on.
3:15: Youtube video - Swedish band First Aid Kit covering Fleet Foxes' "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song."
3:18: Elliot Smith's XO.
3:56: Jared Arnold - song 10 (soltero college song whiny vocals).
3:59: Soltero's Defrocked and Kicking the Habit goes on. Sometime between 4 and 5 I fall asleep, but iTunes works through four other Soltero albums until 7am.
12:49pm: Still in dorm. Soltero - Lemon Car.
1:02pm: Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues.
1pm-6pm: Guitars and a harp are fiddled with frequently by myself and my suitemates. No playing together, just solitary noodling.
around 6pm: Cars pass me while I walk; muffled bass; only song I can pick is Lil Wayne's "A Milli."
7:30-8:30pm: I am offered a ticket to see the Kooks. Having never heard them before, a friend and I check out their music videos on Youtube. We get distracted and watch Len's "Steal My Sunshine," Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name Of," a-ha's "Take On Me," and a couple of search results for "crazy guitar" and "polka."
9:00-11:00: At Lupo's, in-between set music is being played over the sound system. Modern rock. Eventually the Kooks come on and play.
11:40pm-beyond: Back in my suite, people are watching Twin Peaks, a TV show with a memorable soundtrack. I go to watch an episode of the Sopranos in my room, which begins with Alabama 3's "Woke Up This Morning."
3 comments:
Your day covers such a variety mediums of music. Ranging from a party to personal computer, from youtube to guitars in hand, from cars to concert venues, to television shows. Its interesting how music has made its way so universal. Also, I like how you commented on the 4 albums you listened to as you were sleeping. I know that for me at least, music affects my sleeping pattern, dreams, etc, even in an unconscious state.
Jared-
It seems like you picked a good day to blog. Do you often hear this much music in a day, or was this unusual?
Good work,
Ben
Ben -
It was an unusual day - didn't expect to see a live show.
Aside from that though, I think my Sundays are often music-heavy. I'm inside all day so iTunes gets a workout.
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