Now playing: Yarbrough and Peoples, "Don't Stop the Music."
Reviving fond memories of college freshmanhood.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
Wash ,'Serenity'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Fred Pete - Mar 16, 2005 5:44:43 am PST #7650 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Jon B. - Mar 16, 2005 6:58:43 am PST #7651 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
A friend of mine just got the best job ever -- a "producer" at iTunes. Here's how she describes it:
the Essentials section of itunes is where they do custom playlists -- "bob marley 101", or "'60s psyche essentials", that sort of thing. they have only one person dedicated full time to this section, so i'm the second, and will have lots of say in how the section grows, etc. you know how much i love to organize music, and i spend so much time thinking about how to make the underground stuff accessible to all folks, so i think this position is just perfect for me.
t edit The other person in this section is Gary Stewart. He comes from rhino and is the guy who did the nuggets boxes.
Daisy Jane - Mar 16, 2005 7:01:01 am PST #7652 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
That's awesome Jon. I love that section of iTunes, and buy a lot of stuff from it. It's much easier when you know what kind of "mood" you're in, but not really what you're looking for.
Go her, and I look forward to seeing what she comes up with.
bon bon - Mar 16, 2005 7:22:52 am PST #7653 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I really like the "essentials" section of iTunes as well; if iTunes didn't already have a virtual monopoly it would be the killer app for me.
And of course there's always things that are inexplicably left out of a particular list, but to have 75 "essential" trip-hop songs without Massive Attack? WTF?!
DavidS - Mar 16, 2005 7:39:12 am PST #7654 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
the Essentials section of itunes is where they do custom playlists -- "bob marley 101", or "'60s psyche essentials", that sort of thing. they have only one person dedicated full time to this section, so i'm the second
::dies of jealousy::
And of course there's always things that are inexplicably left out of a particular list, but to have 75 "essential" trip-hop songs without Massive Attack? WTF?!
What's sad. Btw, bon, they've been playing a Massive Attack video regularly on VH-1's The Alternative ("Daydreaming" from Blue Lines) which makes me think of you every time.
Jon B. - Mar 16, 2005 9:00:32 am PST #7655 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
::dies of jealousy::
She's local to you, David. It's Windy, the former owner of Aquarius.
Lyra Jane - Mar 16, 2005 9:05:20 am PST #7656 of 10003
Up with the sun
of course there's always things that are inexplicably left out of a particular list, but to have 75 "essential" trip-hop songs without Massive Attack? WTF?!
I think a lot of that comes down to what they have the rights to. For example, you can't get any Dr. Dre right now, and I know there's other stuff I've looked for that they didn't have -- Radiohead, I think.
And I love the Essentials section, too. Though I'm not sure whether I find it offensive or just funny that the gay women's Essential is basically every song by any female artist who ever considered not shaving her armpits, and the gay men's Essential is all dancy club kitschy stuff.
So, Jon, I am very jealoous of Windy also.
bon bon - Mar 16, 2005 9:08:27 am PST #7657 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I considered that, LJ, but they have Massive. I do know that the (now largely defunct) group doesn't like to be grouped under trip-hop, so that may be why...but no one likes the name.
DavidS - Mar 16, 2005 9:10:00 am PST #7658 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
She's local to you, David. It's Windy, the former owner of Aquarius.
I was already jealous of her for owning the coolest record store in the city. (Which I know she's since sold.) Still, she's more than qualified.
Lyra Jane - Mar 16, 2005 9:12:22 am PST #7659 of 10003
Up with the sun
I considered that, LJ, but they have Massive
Really? In that case, I got nothin'.