I have off next week to study for my quals but have, of course, already been called into work on Monday to chat with a visiting state official, so I'm going to jump ahead in my blogging. My chicken soup is simmering (new recipe!), the children are watching Stuart Little 3 (which really looks bad), my husband is hooking up our new DVD burner (so we can have a copy of Barbie: Mermaida for all eternity)--all meaning I've got a good 15 minutes to knock this puppy out.
Song Fifty-Eight: Graham Coxon, "No Good Time." Right off the bat, this song made me think "why did I download this?" Which is not a particularly good sign. I wonder if I hit the wrong "buy now" button. I wonder what I meant to buy. Hopefully something better than this. Ick. Pseudo singer/songwriter rock that sounds fairly sloppy. The guitar solo in this song actually made me do a half-laugh, as in "is he serious." When I found his website, it turns out he was in Blur, which completely explains my antipathy. I was totally on the Oasis side in the big Blur/Oasis slugfest that was mid90s britpop. Sorry, Graham. (Though, I do like Gorillaz.)
Song Fifty-Nine: Snowpatrol, "Spitting Games." Okay, this one I meant to buy. It jumps right in with both feet rocking. I like the driving beat, the obsessive teen-love lyrics, and electronica-chorus. There's just enough distortion to balance the pop. The song ends in a really nice, recorded-through-a-tin-can effect. Well, done, lads!
306 to go.
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