Another One of Those

The song "Knotty Pine," that Dirty Projectors did with David Byrne for "Dark Was the Night," is another one of those songs that I didn't really like, but then I actually listened to it in full, and realized it's pretty good!

2/5

At least, I think it's five. There's, fungi, single-cell organisms... something else... Plants and Animals. Five Kingdoms. Right? Yeah, I think so.
But that's neither here nor there. Nor there (I'm pointing to a different spot now). "The Mama Papa." It was a free iTunes download, then a single. And for good reason, too.

Out

You know what's pretty much impossible? Finding a picture of Casa di Mondo. Yeah. That's right.
But finding their song "Out with the Old" is less impossible.

And Now...

And now, today's song! It's by a band called A B & the Sea. Not ABC. Sea, not C, you see? So we're clear on this now? Grood. I mean good. And great. Great and good.
The song is a pretty lovely thing called "Shine in the Shade."

A Day After

I didn't post a song yesterday. Maybe I was "Spellbound" by eight hours of Buffy and Angel. BAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm so funny!
No, but seriously. My sister and I watched seasons seven and four for eight hours yesterday. It was fantastic.
Anyway, Doves is the band.

Dies

When someone important dies, like a royal or something, you're supposed to have your national flags at "Half Mast." I haven't listened to the words, but I wonder if that's what the Empire of the Sun song is about.

Read

Actually, when I say it was down, I mean it was read-only. People could see blogs; we just couldn't post anything new.
Oh no. I just used the word "we" to denote bloggers. This is what Meat Cat spoke of...

Anyway, "German Studies" by The Breeders. I don't remember how it goes, but I do remember it being pretty kind of awesome. I guess it kind of maybe might be slightly sort of almost nearly somewhat rather fairly relatively awesome? No, it rocks!


"I'm what's inside ya!"

Down

Blogspot was down yesterday, so I couldn't post. So, for yesterday:
Remember "Roll to Me" by Del Amitri? I forgot about it until that bathroom incident.

Only Half

Only "Half Crazy." That sounds like me.
Yes, this is from Jukebox the Ghost's exciting new album! It's a truly fantastic record, called "Everything Under the Sun." It was actually the cause for some frustration when I saw, at an HMV in Toronto, a label that said, "Jukebox the Sun." I should have said something...

Just

I just realized how awesome this song is yesterday, even though I've known it for quite a while. Several months, at least. It's called "Let Loose the Horses," and it's by this amazing band called The Rescues (not The Rescuers).

Like Me, Sometimes

Sometimes I'm a bit of a "Creeper." Alas, I don't think Islands have written any songs about me. Sad panda.

The Moms

Happy Mother's Day, moms!
Remember that episode of 30 Rock? "The Moms"? I told Eric he should get pajamaralls. Pajamaralways!
..... He didn't go for it.

Anyway, I'm finishing the Ketchum Weekend today, with an Ash Koley song (duh) called "Don't Let Your Feet Touch Ground."

Apologies

Apologies, dear reader(s) (I'm being realistic, and accepting that there likely should be no S on the end of that word). I've been gone. Exams. Moving. That kind of stuff.
Anyway!
So! I'm bringing us back with a weekend. Ketchum Weekend. I decided to call it that because I'm bored and it's a weekend of Ash Koley (apparently a band, not a singer, and also apparently Canadian; w00t!) and Ash like Ash Ketchum.
Anyway!
I don't know how I know "Brighter at Night." Was it a free iTunes download? I want to say it's one from Starbucks, but I might just be making up memories...
Anyway!
Good song! But tomorrow's, which in my research I discovered was on So You Think You Can Dance but that's not how I know it, I think, is better.

Newbies

Foster the People are kind of a brand new band, I think. Live 88.5 has started their song "Pumped Up Kicks," as I've learned from Caitlin. It's pretty phantasmagorical. If that word means what I think it means, that is.

Sunnydale

Imaginary Cities is the band. I tried to think up a good imaginary city -- I arrived at Buffy Summers' hometown of Sunnydale. Because I'm awesome like that.
And I suppose it's fitting. Well, in a very roundabout way, which I will now explain:
Buffy Summers, as the Slayer, spends lots of time in graveyards. Well, in the graveyard in Sunnydale.
Graveyard, also known as cemetery.
In a Hot Hot Heat song, they mention the flowers left in cemeteries for ghosts, but which only the hummingbirds enjoy.
The song I'm featuring is called "Hummingbirds."
There you go. Roundabout connections. Huzzah!

Know

In January, at one of our dress rehearsals, I learned that Drew (who played Jay) is in a band. He's the lead singer, I think.
Ernyway, they're called Patrons of Science (formerly, I think, The Fringe). They pretty awesome. In fact, they so awesome, I forgot to say "are."
Hanyway, the song I want you to track down online is called "Loosey Lucy."

English

In the English version of Digimon, specifically in series two, the song "Run Around" plays. When I looked it up to find out what it was called, I learned that it was by one Jasan Radford of the band Onesidezero. However, in my research I found no evidence otherwise of him having done anything independent from his band. So I don't know...

Exams

I hate exams. I really do. And I'm preoccupied with studying for the one I have tomorrow, so I'm not really focused on this. But I'll tell you, "Walk Around the Lake" by Lost in the Trees. And that it's an awesome song. Je l'aime tellement!

Et

...Et pour aujourd'hui, "Ne perds pas la tête (Marie-Antoinette)" par Les Breastfeeders. Aw, yeah!

Hière

J'ai oublié la poste hière (lundi), alors je vais faire deux aujourd'hui (mardi). Hourrah!
Pour hière, "De toute façon" par Monogrenade.

Remember the song "Lovefool"? I sure do! I don't know anything else by The Cardigans, though.

But Then

I got this song one time. I figured, "It's alright." I kept it, but I didn't really listen to it. But then I did listen to it. And I realized I'd been missing out, because the Land of Talk song "Quarry Hymns" is actually pretty dandy!

Reminder

Okay, so all the other songs this week have been in chronological order. Today's, however, is not. Today, I am featuring a song from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Not the theme song again, though. No, this song is from Once More, With Feeling. The musical episode.
Yes, the musical episode.
That's right.
My sources tell me that Joss Whedon spent six months writing it, as he had never before written music.
It's pretty awesome.


And it kind of reminds me of the reprise of "Tonight" from West Side Story. I think it's all the walking.

At First

Over 2009-2010, Dollhouse aired. At first, when a friend of mine explained the premise to me, I didn't think it sounded that great. Then I watched it and discovered that it actually is. I also didn't really like the theme song at first. But it grew on me. It's, in the words of Liz Lemon, "[n]ot too shabs."


Plus, we see the return of Amy Acker, as foretold in Tuesday's post.

During, not Following

During season seven (?) of Buffy (season four of Angel), and not following it, as I previously thought, another show of Joss Whedon's aired. Sadly, Firefly was canceled after only 14 episodes. The reasons for this cancellation make me too indignant to get into right now, so I won't.


However, a few years later, Whedon made the film Serenity to tie up the show for which he himself had written the theme song. Hence the above boldface.


Psychic assassin FTW.

....... I can't believe I just said "FTW." Oh well. Totally worth it.

Spin-off

Yes. Next, after -- well, during -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer came the spin-off, Angel. I know someone who started watching it, but stopped early on because he claimed it was too much like Scooby Doo. I have to say, I quite disagree.


Anyway, Darling Violetta wrote the theme song. My sister told me something about there was a theme song contest or something... I don't know.


Anyway, season 3 Amy Acker joins the main cast. It's been weird for me to watch, because her character, Fred, is so freaking adorable, and she's so drastically different from Dr. Saunders/Whiskey/Crystal/Clyde 2.0, all of whom she played in Thursday's show.

Oh, and before I forget! Though not featured in this Week, since I already featured both in the Month of Musicals (or was it the Musical Month?), I feel I should mention two other Joss Whedon products.

All Things

I love all things Joss Whedon. Therefore, I am having a week. One of the five-day ones, obviously. It's called the Joss Whedon Week. I've been looking forward to doing it for some time; and now it's finally here!!!!
I'm starting us off with the theme song from his earliest show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Such an amazing show! I'm currently on season six, and once I get home (in less than a month), I can resume watching. I can't wait!
I've even begun compiling a list of my favourite episodes -- a list which I intend to share over on Scoop Out My Brain once I finish the series.


The theme song is by Nerf Herder.

Sense

It makes sense for there to be "Swedes in Stockholm," eh? I mean, I'll bet most of the people in the capital of Sweden are natives of Sweden. Also, for some reason, this Tokyo Police Club reminds me of Monkey Island. I'm really not sure why.

Really Is

My roommate showed me this song by Lenka, someone of whom I'd never previously heard. It's called "Everything at Once." It really is everything at once. She uses similes all over the place! Like a... Okay, I don't have a simile for someone or something that uses similes a lot.

Contest

Rolling Stone Magazine is having this contest. A bunch of unsigned artists are competing, and whoever wins will get on the cover. That's a big deal! Now, I've been voting for Lelia Broussard, and so I didn't really want to feature this song by another good band who was competing. Unfortunately, PK didn't make it past round one. There were 16 bands and artists. Now, in round two, there are only eight. And yes, Lelia Broussard is one of them.
There is an upside to PK being out, though, and that is that I can feature them without any conflict of interest. Sorry, guys. You were great -- I particularly liked "London." And yes, I'm aware they'll probably never actually see this. But it's comforting to me, at least.

The Most

I'm trying to think of the most "Bizarre Love Triangle" I can. It's tough, though. Maybe the one from Twelfth Night? Or, if you don't know what I'm talking about, the one from She's the Man. It's the same love triangle. Dammit, New Order! Now you've made me think when I don't want to think!

The Reddish One

I like translating things. Things like La Roux. By the way, the video for "Bulletproof" was really weird and awesome. I was all, "Weirded out!" Like What's-Her-Face was when So-and-So was talking to her boyfriend Brett Bretterson. Then she fell down a bottomless pit.


"Why thank you, Brett! You filled out nicely too!"

2010

Remember 2010? Those were good times.
I went home for Christmas after my last exam, which was on the 22nd. I got on the bus at 8:30 the next morning, and I was home by 6pm on the 23rd of December. Then I was home for about 20 minutes before I left for Russell, to see my high school friends. On the way, I listened to 88.5 (naturally), which I hadn't since being home. One disadvantage of schooling in Waterloo is that you can't listen to awesome Ottawa stations.
Anyway, I was almost in Russell when this amazing song came on! Whoa man, it was hawesome! Yes, with an H.
When they told me what it was, I proceeded to pull out my phone and write Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - "Home" into a note (the same note that I would later use for lyrics from the past two days' songs, and that I had already used to write down tomorrow's song).

Yesterday the Same Day

Okay, go back to yesterday's post. Read the first paragraph, except replace The Gap with H&M, because I convinced my mom to go there. Then skip the second paragraph and read the third one, replacing the song with "Famous" and throwing in the extra information that the band is Scouting for Girls. Win!


Also, this song does not in any way remind me of Kill Bill. But it does remind me of Audrey Hepburn. Though I think it's safe to assume that that's because she is mentioned in the song.

'Twas

'Twas the day that I came back to school after Christmas. My mom was insisting that I get new black dress pants, because the ones I had already are too big for me now. Which is a good thing, I guess, but it meant I had to go clothes shopping. With my mom. Not my favourite thing. Anyway, whilst in The Gap, I heard a song that was pretty good.
(Un?)fortunately, I didn't know the song. All I could tell was some of the lyrics and that it was definitely the voice of Brandon Flowers of The Killers. Whether it was him or them I didn't know, but you know because of which one I put in boldface.
Anyway, I typed as many of the lyrics as I could hear/remember into a note on my phone (not really relevant to the story, but flip phones are the best phones), and when I got a chance (actually, that's a lie; it was when I finally remembered to), I typed the lyrics with the aforementioned singer's name into Google, and found out that it was a song called "Was it Something I Said?"


The wedding-ness of the beginning of the song has actually cause me to associate the song in my head with Kill Bill. Ruh roh.

Started

The episode with Rooney. Yes, that was when we started liking Luke. All that time of hating him because he was a dick, and then Rooney happened. Then we finally liked him.
And that's how, for "Sorry, Sorry," I was able to make another reference to The O.C.

Choo

My next year roommate likes nicknames. At a kegger last weekend she decided to think of one for me. She ended up settling on Choo, because my name's Thomas, and she compared that (naturally) to Thomas the Choo Choo Train, whose (by the way) name is actually Thomas the Tank Engine. Anyway, he's a train like The Narrative's song "Trains."

Probably Shouldn't

We probably shouldn't talk, 'cause talking leads to thinking... Fortunately, I don't agree with this idea presented by The Narrative in their song "Fade." I like thinking. And talking. Even to myself. It accentuates and reinforces my thinking.
Awesome song, though!

Oh, it's a weekend, bee tee double-you. A Narrative Weekend.

Cream Cheese?

You spread cream cheese. You also "Spread a Little Joy." Well, I hope you do. And I think I know this song from a cream cheese commercial.
By the way, it was actually impossible to find a picture of Life Size Humans.


Hey look, an actual sad panda.

I Was Right!

When I was first listening to "City Lights Cry" by Armistice, I was thinking, "Hey. This guy sounds like the guy from Bedouin Soundclash. Then I looked them up, and sure enough, half the band is Jay Malinowski. And that's how I remembered the lead singer from Bedouin Soundclash (which is also a good band) is name Jay Malinowski.


And let me tell you, it was f-ing hard to find a picture of these two!

Different Spellings

Jesse Thomas spells her name the dude way. But she's not. She's female. But her name isn't Jessie. Remember that.
Her song is "You I Want." Kind of the opposite of some other songs I may have featured.

Dag, Yo!

I was going to call this post "Curiouser and Curiouser," except that apparently I've already called one that. I wonder how many posts I've given the same name...? Whatever. Anyway, Alice says that a lot in... Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I think. Maybe in Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, but I think it was the former. Anyway, in that one there's a rabbit. Just one, though. There seem to be numerous ones in the band White Rabbits. See? Plural. Anyway, I heard about them somewhere on TV or something. I like "Percussion Gun."

Work

I really want to say more than I'm going to. Truly, I do. But I'm working. I have to finish my 2000-word artefact analysis on the column base of Antoninus Pius.


So, "Cannibal Queen" by Miniature Tigers. Listen and find out for yourself.

Not Your Average Aquatic Mammals

They're not your average whales, swimming around in their pods. No, they're Freelance Whales. They be pretty good, you knows? Their song "Generator Second Floor" is my favourite. Of theirs, that is. However, I feel it necessary to, at the same time, feature their other song, "Generator First Floor."