Tim Emmerick

I just got an email -- a real one, not a form email -- from Tim Emmerick and am checking out his site / giving song samples a listen now. Off the top of my head I'd say they sounds like a mixture of Blue Rodeo, The Delevantes, and Crowded House.

It's pretty rare that someone actually takes the time to check out my profile and playlist on Live365 and address me by name before spamming me with their music, so I wanted to give him a plug here.

Kevin Smith's Celebrity Playlist

Worth checking out: Kevin Smith's celebrity playlist (as rejected by iTunes).

Magazine Recs

I'd love to subscribe to a good music review magazine. Every so often I pick up Paste or No Depression, but I'd like something representing an even more diverse spectrum of music. And no, I don't want great *websites* that do that, I want print. That you can read while sitting on the toilet taking a dump, know what I mean?

Any recommendations?

Flash Mysteries

It really annoys me when music(ian) websites loop pretty little bits and pieces of music on their sites BUT FAIL TO NOTE WHAT SONG IS BEING PLAYED/SAMPLED. It's like, THANKS! You sold me on your little ditty and I've no fucking clue what it is. NOT VERY INFORMATIVE. It's like Michael Stipe in the days when he refused to put song lyrics in the liner notes, only stupider.

Or maybe it's brilliant marketing. Maybe they figure surfers will like that little mystery piece so much they will buy every single album to FIND that little chunk of music that hooked them.

But probably it's just a thoughtless design oversight.

Crushing: Sean Lennon

I think I have a crush on Sean Lennon after seeing/watching/hearing him on one of those stupid entertainment shows. I've never been immersed in any aspect of Beatlemania so I'm almost entirely ignorant of what Sean and Julian have been up to, but Sean radiates an awkward confidence and bumblingly brilliant sense of humour that makes him seem defiantly human. Poorly groomed charisma -- it knocks me out, like a deflated, introverted Jack Black. SEXY.

New Playlist

I just uploaded some new songs to my station . . . some swingy stuff, old favorites, and perhaps sadly, very little newly released material except for Ray LaMontagne's "Three More Days" which is so cool it's bound to get overplayed all too soon, so I'm enjoying it while I can.

There's also a new T-Bone Burnett song, "Zombieland", which seems appropriate for the time and season, some sexy trip-hoppy Cat Power vocals, my favorite Talking Heads song, and a sappy 80's slow-dance song that I *love* (hint: I never realized Jeff Healey was blind the whole time that particular song was popular). Oh, and I had to throw in some Freddy Fender: RIP.

Tonight's Orgasm Soundtrack

I just had a big whopper of an orgasm listening to Ryan Adams' "Why Do They Leave" and before that, during a live camshow on my site, I caught one on the tail end of Hendrix doing "Red House Blues" and going into The Raconteurs' "Blue Veins".

So there.