MOVING!!!

Here's the new address:

www.thefatedge.com

Enjoy the new site.

Audio Biography Playlist

things to do before the new year on this blog.

- get the new site up and running
- best of my audio-biography for 2009

stay tuned.

1. brown eyed handsome man - buddy holly
2. come on and move me - monarchs
3. get it right - breakestra
4. fake gold - tigercity (don't know why, but this song reminds me of this)
5. save your love for me - suckers
6. all but one saint - jeremy larson
7. all to god - harper simon (this guys son)
8. headed for the future - neil diamond
9. alligator - tegan & sara
10. the dismemberment plan gets rich - the dismemberment plan
11. mountain song - jane's addiction
12. fly farm blues - jack white
13. excelsior lady - the donkeys
14. mystery zone - spoon (new spoon is a good thing)
15. robot rock - daft punk
16. nine in the afternoon - panic! at the disco
17. big light - roman candle (i get the feeling this song will end up in a romantic comedy...better enjoy it now)

Audio Biography Playlist

there are some changes coming. i know change makes some of you nervous, but we are going to get through this.

1. heartbroken - meaghan smith
2. forever blessed be the lord - park slope church
3. crossroads - bone thugs-n-harmony
4. magic man - the aliens
5. burn it down - the dynamites
6. whyyawannabringmedown - aranda
7. sixteen - the heavy
8. rum and coca-cola - the andrews sisters
9. last goodbye - jeff buckley
10. exposition - jeremy larson
11. rise up - dirt poor robins
12. you never know - wilco
13. easy street - josh rouse
14. can you feel it - the jacksons
15. wheels - foo fighters (not their best effort)
16. open your ears - interstates
17. blue moon of kentucky - bill monroe

Audio Biography Playlist

this particular entry into the audio-biography got me thinking about the sum and it's parts. in certain instances the sum is greater than the parts. take 'the hazards of love' by the decemberists as an example. i have to set aside an hour to listen to that album. it's one where i can't pick just a few of my favorites songs because they lose something solo. there are also instances where the parts are so independently great the sum is muddied up. take a listen to the 'day & age' album by the killers. great songs, but it lacks that unifying quality (and the song 'human' sucks big time).

i think this is why i'm so enamored by the church. when christ is exalted in his bride there is nothing that rivals the sum or parts of her beauty. as for my wife...a beautiful woman, and because of what christ has done in both of our lives i can say that "[she] is altogether beautiful...there is no spot or blemish in [her]."

the following list came together nicely.

1. duke of earl - gene chandler
2. the right - lou barlow
3. pink - boris
4. boogie - black joe lewis & the honeybears
5. why i am - dave matthews band (how about that tim reynolds)
6. feelingpulledapartbyhorses - thom yorke
7. a postcard to nina - jens lekman
8. inni mer syngur vitleysingur - sigur ros
9. sweet disposition - the temper trap
10. fresh blood - eels
11. don't take me to space (man) - brakesbrakesbrakes
12. sister kate - the ditty bops
13. place your hands - reef
14. eagle rock - daddy cool
15. warm heart of africa - the very best
16. spaceman - the killers
17. crown him - red mountain church

Audio Biography Playlist

i have a new theory for pain management that i think will work. i eat as much as i can and sleep for 20 to 22 hours a day. i become so massive that my gravitational pull begins attracting the earth, thus relieving the effects of earth's gravity on my joints.

time to start investing in elastic.

1. gypsy biker - bruce springsteen
2. midnight rider - the allman brothers band
3. too fake - hockey
4. dear god (sincerely m.o.f.) - monsters of folk
5. self-esteem - jeremy larson
6. daylight - matt & kim
7. i am trying to break your heart - wilco
8. trilogy suite op: 5 - mngwie malmsteen
9. black sheep - martin sexton
10. runaway - yeah yeah yeahs
11. west coast - junk culture
12. these are my twisted words - radiohead
13. i cut like a buffalo - the dead weather
14. 24 heures a paris p master - nina storey/ryan franks
15. jena & jimmy - derek webb
16. your ways are higher - hello madison
17. anthem for keyboard solo - london philharmonic orchestra

Tuppence a Bag

we need a definitive on the following.

movie ranking

1. high school musical 3
2. high school musical
3. high school musical 2

soundtrack ranking

1. high school musical 2
2. high school musical 3
3. high school musical

this is why i am here. to settle issues like this. and with that i give you the first 17 songs i heard today as determined by the shuffle feature on my ipod.

1. dragon fly - the thorns
2. love aou all - cloud cult
3. just - radiohead
4. in limbo - radiohead
5. how to be dead - snow patrol
6. que'onda guero - beck (looking at my ipod apparently i'm a big beck fan...who knew?)
7. on a turquoise cloud - kristin chenowith (hope the headache is gone, wish you were still "pushing daisies")
8. trying to pull myself away - glen hansard
9. heaven - los lonely boys
10. ch-check it out - beastie boys (hope the chemo's working i'm excited to hear the new stuff)
11. fair - ben fold's five
12. the lounge fly mix - u2
13. you're the first, the last, my everything - barry white (thinking about my new wife)
14. los angeles - sugarcult
15. rollercoaster - m. ward
16. ice cream man - van halen
17. feed the birds - julie andrews

oooo...#18. needs to be here.

18. cool - tucker smith

Audio Biography Playlist

just passed a milestone. two became one and both mister and missus are doing great.

1. Fist Full of Dollars - Bang Bang Eche
2. Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
3. Hands - The Dutchess and the Duke
4. Though I Have Wronged You - J. Tillman
5. Off That - Jay-Z
6. Uprising - Muse
7. Desert of Our Love - U2
8. Pyscho Killer - Talking Heads
9. Hanuman - Rodrigo y Gabriela
10. Ain't No Friend of Mine - Mason Jennings
11. The Key - Speech Debelle
12. Rusty Gold - Or, The Whale
13. Periodically Double or Triple - Yo La Tengo
14. Davey - the Senors of Marseille
15. While You Wait for the Others - Grizzly Bear w/ Michael McDonald
16. Carried Home - Iron & Wine
17. The Climb - Miley Cyrus

BONUS: She's Like the Wind DOUBLE BONUS: Frank Stallone

Hey Besty

Awesome review!

Cup-O-Tunes For Your Morning

questions for today: does the infinite matter? what do you do at the end of you and your understanding? why does rock band call a 58 song set the "never ending set list"?

just woke up one morning and these were the first songs i heard. what were the first songs you heard this morning? if you didn't keep track today, make a note to remind yourself, and come back tomorrow to let me know.

1. Meadowlarks - Fleet Foxes
2. She Loves You - The Beatles
3. Lyrical Assassin - T-Bone
4. Landed - Ben Folds
5. No Woman No Cry (Live) - Bob Marley
6. Riders on the Storm - The Doors
7. Gospel Song - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
8. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love) - U2
9. Sister Jack - Spoon
10. Let It Die - Foo Fighters
11. Islands - Cat Power
12. Gospelalphamegafunkyboogiediscomusic - T-Bone and KRS-One
13. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
14. Witness - Sarah McLachlan
15. Forget Her - Jeff Buckley
16. Different - Acceptance
17. So Sorry (Live from New York) - Howie Day

Audio Biography Playlist+

last night i dreamt that i was a contestant on american idol. the judges would bring up 5 people at a time and let them know who was moving on to the next round. when my group was up they went to a commercial, and a voice came over the loud speaker saying, "your group has been disqualified because one of you works for disney." it was explained to me that american idol does not like disney. this frustrated me and i went home and blogged about how unfair it was because i didn't work at disney.

three things to note. one) i don't watch american idol. two) it's funny that in my dream there was a huge rivalry between american idol and disney. three) it is so unfair that i can be guilty by associating with a disney employee.

1. You Turn Me Cold - The Slew
2. Bigcitydreams - Nevershoutnever!
3. Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon
4. Oh My My - Jill Barber
5. Purgatory - Jeremy Larson
6. Early Warnings - Foreign Born
7. The Dark End of the Street - James Carr
8. Por Ti Volare - Andrea Bocelli
9. Treat Me Like Your Mother - The Dead Weather
10. Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
11. Waitin' for a Superman - The Flaming Lips
12. Ashes to Fire - Ghost Hounds
13. Sad Song - Smile Smile
14. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
15. Lift My Burdens - Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
16. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
17. It's All Over - The Slew

it should be noted i've been playing rock band.

Audio Biography Playlist

1. Rambo Theme - Brian Tyler
2. Make War - Tedashii
3. Sun Children - Nickodemus
4. Devil's Advocate - Toki Wright
5. Stilltime - Mekons
6. Get Involved - Ginuwine
7. Cool for Cats - Squeeze
8. Hurt Feelings - Flight ot the Conchords
9. That Kind of Man - The Heavy
10. Rivers and Rainbows - Detroit Social Club
11. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas
12. 5 Years Time - Noah and the Whale
13. Living On a Thin Line - The Kinks
14. Fever - Peggy Lee
15. Think a Man Would Know - Ben Taylor
16. Forever - Chris Brown
17. A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins

Audio Biography Playlist

1. At Last - Etta James
2. Kingdom of Rust - Doves
3. Freakin Out - Death
4. First Love - The Maccabees
5. Bangers + Mash - Radiohead
6. Houston - Snob Scrilla
7. Stop - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
8. Cut My Wings - Seasick Steve
9. No Time For Tears - The Enemy
10. Indiana - Cymbals Eat Guitars
11. Anenome - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
12. On My Knees - Aqualung
13. That Look You Give That Guy - Eels
14. The Steve McQueens - The Evening Rig
15. Houses - Great Northern
16. Red Lights - Vib Gyor
17. Jesus' Blood Has Never Failed Me Yet - Gavin Bryars

Don't Know Why...

but I'm obsessed with Tom Waits right now.

Audio Biography Playlist

1. Given Up - One Eskimo
2. Blues Run the Game - Headless Heroes
3. Even Now - William Fitzsimmons
4. I Must Be Saved - Madeleine Peyroux
5. Cursed Sleep - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
6. Rudo y Cursi - Juana Molina
7. Some Sweet Relief - Speck Mountain
8. Tempted - Squeeze
9. Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots
10. You Push, I'll Go - Baby Dayliner
11. You Can't Hide - Maktub
12. You Sucked the Life Out of Me - Chooglin'
13. The Walls Are Coming Down - Fanfarlo
14. Lay There & Hate Me - Ben Harper and Relentless7
15. Stand - Da Truth
16. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
17. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden

Good Stuff

Audio Biography Playlist

1. Lump Sum - Bon Iver
2. Before There Was Time - Caedmon's Call
3. Lady Luck - Richard Swift
4. Filipino Box Spring Hog - Tom Waits
5. Voodoo Rhythm - The Meteors
6. Ain't No Rest for the Wicked - Cage the Elephant
7. Waiting on the Stairs - Pela
8. Tired of Being Alone - Al Green
9. Post Trauma - Chinese Man
10. Land of the Freak - King Khan and the Shrines
11. Infinity Milk - Dananananaykroyd
12. Golden Phone - Micachu
13. Prime - Marnie Stern
14. Too Young - Phoenix
15. Courage - The Whitest Boy Alive
16. Don't Forget - Demi Lovato
17. Io che amo solo te - Joe Barbieri

Audio Biography Playlist

1. Hit the Road, Jack - Ray Charles
2. Arc of Time (Time Code) - Bright Eyes
3. Weapon of Choice - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
4. Let Me Go On - Seabird
5. Funny How It Is - Dave Matthews Band
6. Unless It Kicks - Okkervil River
7. Saddle Up - The Boy Least Likely To
8. The Jungle V.I.P. - Benji Boko
9. God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
10. Sour Times - Portishead
11. Camaro - Kings of Leon
12. Space Lord - Monster Magnet
13. Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck - Prong
14. Aspartame - Superdrag
15. Highly Suspicious - My Morning Jacket
16. Fix It - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
17. Oh What A Feeling - Gregory Isaacs

Rad

I like these types of films, but wonder why the fishbowl effect is so popular in them.

Science Lesson

Theme Music

I have to give a shout out to Spin for the assist on this one.

I want "Just To Be Close To You" by The Commodores played in the stands as I walk up to bat at my softball games.

If I were a wrestler, I would want "A Little Respect" by Erasure as my theme music.

If I were to film a road trip scene with me staring out the window I would pick the song "You Wish" by Nightmares On Wax.

I want to do a commercial for Joe Malesky and use the song "Devil's Dance" by Metallica.

I like Hanson.

I also like just about everything else that isn't country.

I Shop Here

Luckily I didn't need guitar strings that day. Knowing that nobody was seriously injured, I'm hoping this gives Springfield Music an excuse to have a sweet sale.

Audio Biography Playlist

1. Broken, Beat & Scarred - Metallica
2. Get Out - The Vines
3. Picture Me Rollin' - Tupac
4. The Bright Mississippi - Allen Toussaint
5. Drift Away - Dobie Gray
6. Everyday - Vetiver
7. Play in Reverse - Lex Land
8. Promise Land - Vesuvius
9. Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
10. China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
11. Along Comes Mary - The Association
12. Furr - Blitzen Trapper
13. Love Comes to Me - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
14. Take It To The Church Floor - S.O.C.O.M. featuring Freestylez
15. Berlin - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
16. Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event
17. White Wedding - Whip

Ground Control to Major Tom

I'm on a mission.

I'm going to write something on the wall of ALL my Facebook friends. That's right, all 224 of you.

You're welcome.

Let me know if you have any requests for personalized wall messages.

Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you.

Audio Biography Playlist

1. Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
2. Burial - Mike Snow
3. Flores - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
4. People C'mon - Delta Spirit
5. Bad Boy Lick A New Shot (Jungle Bullet) - Beenie Man & Ninja Ford, Bounty Killer and Ninjaman
6. Two Ways - 1900s
7. Det tar tid - Dungen
8. Boogie Nights - Heat Wave
9. The Devil's Crayon - Wild Beasts
10. Wishing Well - Love Is All
11. Turn Me Loose, I'm Dr. Feel Good - James Brown
12. Salute Your Solution - The Raconteurs
13. Rob the Prez-O-Dent - That Handsome Devil
14. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
15. Apple - My Brightest Diamond
16. Ghost Town - The Specials
17. I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday

Homer

Audio Biography Playlist from March 12, 2009

1. I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
2. Milligram of Happiness - The Aluminum Group
3. Them Kids - Sam Roberts
4. Black Gold - Southeast Engine
5. Blood Red Sentimental Blues - Cotton Jones
6. What Never Comes - Crooked Fingers
7. Hesitation Blues - Asleep at the Wheel (featuring Willie Nelson)
8. Boogie Nights - John Michael Higgins & His Symphony of Guys
9. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
10. Wheelpusher - Anni Rossi
11. Fear - Benjy Feree
12. More and More of Your Amour - Nat King Cole
13. We Intertwined - The Hush Sound
14. Jai Ho - A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer
15. Diesel Power - The Prodigy
16. On Board - Friendly Fires
17. Lonesome Tears - Beck

I've Expanded

And so has my blog.

Enjoy.