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atlas sound – shelia

as we begin a new month, it seemed like it was time for another theme week. every day this week we will be bringing you a song with a chicks name in the title. not only will these songs feature a different chicks name every day, most of the names will be pretty uncommon names. kind of makes me wish i hadnt already posted two songs i love entitled sylvia and silvia already. do you think any of the names of the people in these songs have been changed to protect anyones identities? i dont either. first up is atlas sound, the solo/side project of deerhunter frontman bradford cox. while he may be too thin for anyones good, he definitely has a great ear for music. …read more and hear the song…

deerhunter – disappearing ink

its labor day. which means im taking the day off from writing a post. but theres still an awesome tune to listen to below …read more and hear the song…

saturday throwback. the velvet underground – sunday morning

this weeks saturday throwback is “sunday morning”, the opening track of the classic sort of self titled album “the velvet underground & nico”, the album where the velvet underground collaborated with, you guessed it, nico! nico is basically one of those artsy women that every guy wants to date. singer, model, actress, artist. shes probably the femme fatale she sings about on this album. [aside: am i the only one that wishes the lyrics, "shes going to play you for a fool, yes its true," was something like "shes so cruel"? i guess its just me.] i need to find me one of those. …read more and hear the song…

lollapalooza day 3 recap

after a fun night out in wicker park and sleeping in a nice and air conditioned apartment, i was a little weary about getting to the festival at 1230 pm, knowing i would be in the hot sun for 8 or 9 hours that day, but thanks to nick dropping me off downtown, i was able to get there and be in place 3 or 4 people from the stage at about 1215 to meet up with karen, louis and nikki. even those first 15 minutes were completely unbearable but we sort of forgot about it once friendly fires started. …read more and hear the song…