I'm going to play you some tunes, some tunified tunes

[vovat]

So, a few things I've been listening to (and watching) recently:

1. New XTC songs! Just click on "Apple Box Downloads," and sign up (I don't think it matters what your PIN is). One of them is a Colin Moulding song, which is pretty cool. The Andy Partridge song is better, but it's good to know Colin is still contributing stuff.

2. Thanks in part to 3x1minus1, I checked out some stuff by Amy Miles, the member of The Last Car I previously knew nothing about. I find myself liking the song "Kill To Know" quite a bit. It isn't much like the songs The Last Car did; I sort of get the impression that Chris Anderson did a lot of the songwriting for that group, since they did a fair amount of songs with amusing takes on mundane things, which Muckafurgason also did pretty often. That's not necessarily an accurate conclusion, though. But I digress. "Kill To Know" and "Heavy Packer" are available as free downloads on Amy's site, but for some reason, I can't play them in iTunes. They play fine on Winamp, though. Weird. For some reason, the opening to "Kill To Know" kind of reminds me of Doolittle-era Pixies. I think it's just because it opens with a bassline, which I'm sure millions of songs do, but that's what I thought of. Also, David Wain directed a video for the song.

3. Speaking of videos, I watched the ones for Frank Black's "Headache" and "Dog Gone" tonight. Some parts of the "Headache" video kind of remind of They Might Be Giants' "Ana Ng" video, which I guess isn't TOO surprising, since they were both directed by Adam Bernstein. I wish Frank (or whoever it is who owns the rights to the videos) would come out with a video compilation. I remember seeing the "Men In Black" video in streaming format a few years ago, and it had Frank making a peanut butter sandwich. I think that would have to be one of the greatest music video moments of all time.

Kindergartener --------------------

"Inner child?" you ask, "Is that like having a baby?" You are your inner child. And it grants you simple, honest emotions which can, ironically, make you feel more mature. On the other hand, you are decidedly isolated in an Adult's world. Being childlike has an unnecessarily bad reputation, but - remember from childhood - there are both good and bad children.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 69% on play You scored higher than 88% on heart

Link: The Inner Child Test written by donquixotic on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Too bad I didn't LIKE kindergarten much. I could never cut it at arts and crafts.


And hey, everyone (except those of you who aren't citizens of the United States) remember to vote tomorrow! I'm planning on doing it, even though I think the only positions on my ballot are local offices for which people usually run unopposed.

Comments

[obsessical.livejournal.com]

i totally thought of you yesterday! at my school, some kids made posters for this girl who is running in a cross-country marathon or something...i'm not entirely sure. All i know is the signs are all like "GO Sarah! Run for XC" and on one of them, someone wrote a big T in the middle of the X and C. I was like HAHAHAHAH YEAAHHHH and i thought of you.

p.s. i love how you always link things in your entries. that's so awesome.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

All i know is the signs are all like "GO Sarah! Run for XC" and on one of them, someone wrote a big T in the middle of the X and C.

That person might have had a DIFFERENT meaning of "XTC" in mind. It bugs me that drug culture stole "XTC." Much more so than how Australia and HBO stole "Oz." Anyway, it's cool that it reminded you of me, even though I'm hardly XTC Fan Number One.

i love how you always link things in your entries. that's so awesome.

Thanks. I guess the principle is that, if someone starts reading at a particular entry and thinks, "Hey, who are these Their Maybe Giants that he's going on about?", they can click the link and see. I have to wonder how many people actually use the links, though. Whether or not I follow a link in someone else's entry usually depends on how well they've sold it, combined with my mood at the time, and whether or not I'm in a hurry.

[revme.livejournal.com]

1. When I go, I get the email OK, but then when I follow the link, it says I need to get it from the Apple Box Downloads Site. And so basically I cannot get the mp3s. Which makes me sad.

2. I don't know if I have anything to add to this one.

3. THat would be awesome. I've seen the one Flans did (Los Angeles), which was awesome, and I'd like to see me up "headache". Well, pretty much alla'em, but still. Frank Black totally needs a DVD comp. Speaking of which, have you picked up "Sellout" yet? Been meaning to, but I haven't.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. Hmmm, when I followed the link, it took me right to the download. If you can't get them, I'm sure I could send them to you, but it might be a little while before I get around to it.

3. I'll probably get "Sellout" eventually, although I tend to be less excited by concert footage than by music video collections (or actually GOING to a concert, but that goes without saying).

[revme.livejournal.com]

1. THat'd be cool if/whenever you get around to it. For some reason the Applebox doesn't like me, so....

3. Yeah -- I know what you mean. Same way with Live Records, really, but it's still pretty interesting to see. But yeah -- always been a bigger fan of Music Video. There are instances where I've got video comps of bands I'm more lukewarm on. Just because, well, I love music video, at least as an idea (there are a lot of lousy videos, after all).

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. What e-mail address would you prefer I send it to?

[revme.livejournal.com]

1. Probably revme@comcast.net, but if that doesn't work/it bounces/etc, try todcra@gmail.com, and that should work! Thanks!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Having looked at the site again, I think the original intention was that the songs would only be available to people who bought the Apple Box, and their being accessible to anyone was a temporary glitch that they've since fixed.

[revme.livejournal.com]

That was kind of my impression, although I'm not sure -- I saw the link last weekend, but it still didn't work for me, so maybe XTC don't just like my browser.

[slfcllednowhere.livejournal.com]

I didn't get to vote because the voter registration forms I and presumably a bunch of other people filled out at check-in never got filed by the county clerk or whoever does these things. I was pretty pissed.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Why would you need to fill out a registration form? Couldn't you have just applied for an absentee ballot? (Unless this was your first time voting, but I'm pretty sure I remember you saying you voted last year.)

[slfcllednowhere.livejournal.com]

Well, I was trying to register to vote in MA. By the time I found out about the forms (which was...the day before election day, I believe) it was too late to get an absentee ballot.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Are you considered a resident of Massachusetts, then? I didn't think you could register to vote in a state where you're not a resident.