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Lost MP3 of the Week: Animal Collective, “Fireworks”
[Taylor's note: The incredibly talented Vincent “Hey Is It Okay If I Get Called V-Sides” Rendoni did such a wonderful job with his write-up on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks that we decided we wanted
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Billy Joel, “Vienna”
Have you ever felt like a song has the answer you’re looking for? That if you could just figure out what the person is really, truly singing about and saying, then you’d know what
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Yeasayer, “Ah, Weir”
As we approach summer, I find myself somewhat unimpressed by 2008 as a new release year. Granted, the second half of the year is almost always stronger than the first, and 2007 was no
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Fleetwood Mac, “Silver Springs”
When I was in middle school, I had a lot of ideas for music videos. Generally, these ideas were boring and tame — mostly because at the time, I was listening to a lot
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Da Real One, “If U Like Pina Colada (Pina Colada Song)”
When you’re young, the desire to fit in can be a very, very dangerous thing. Sure, this applies to drugs, sex, alcohol, violence and all those things parents worry about — but it also
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Ben Gibbard, “Silver Lining”
Maybe it’s because I recently heard Narrow Stairs, Death Cab for Cutie’s upcoming album, for the first time, or maybe it’s because I’m going through Death Cab’s discography for a piece I’m working on,
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Helplessly Hoping”
This song is Spring. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Helplessly Hoping” (download) It’s easy enough to point to nearly any Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and say that — “Judy: Blue Eyes,” certainly. “Guinnevere,”
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: The Animals, “House of the Rising Sun”
The first music, in general, that I remember loving and growing up with was from The Music Man — as in the movie with Robert Preston, which I would watch repeatedly, to the point
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Peter Parker, “Barcelona (Das Ist Alles)”
Getting a car was a bit of a long process for me. In actuality, it probably wasn’t that long, but when you’re 17 and most of your friends have cars, anything short of buying
Read More »Lost MP3 of the Week: Bruce Springsteen, “Red Headed Woman”
The best thing about St. Patrick’s Day – aside from that whole drinking thing – is that it’s a day to be especially proud about redheadedness. A long time ago, the Seattle alternative weekly
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