Long Pauses

Category: Music

  • February Mix

    February Mix

    Yes, this is actually a mix of music that includes a song by Crash Test Dummies.

  • The Way We Get By

    The Way We Get By

    “The Way We Get By” is just ridiculously catchy. I’ve been listening to a mix of about 40 songs at work this week, and this one never fails to shake me free of that awful day job trance.

  • Cosmik Debris

    Cosmik Debris

    Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe is required listening for me on road trips. It’s like a short vacation inside Robert Crumb’s head. You’ve got huskies whizzing in the snow, fur trappers beating up baby seals, St. Alphonzo serving up pancakes, and, well, Nanook.

  • January Mix

    January Mix

    A mellow, folk mix involving Bjork, Sam Phillips, Beck, and The Story.

  • Death or Glory

    Death or Glory

    Part of my excitement came from my having misheard the lyrics. I could have sworn that the gravel voice was screaming, “Fuck the casbar! Fuck the casbar!”

  • Already Dead

    Already Dead

    Further (anecdotal) evidence that the record companies are pointing their fingers in the wrong direction: Sea Change is the first Beck album I have purchased, and I never would have done so had I not first listened to it via a file-sharing service. (By the way, Tom Petty also has a beef or two with […]

  • It’s Alright, Baby

    It’s Alright, Baby

    I found this song of the moment, “It’s Alright, Baby” by Komeda, on the Gilmore Girls soundtrack. It’ is Euro-retro-pop at its most infectious. Just a fantastic song.

  • Bathsheeba Smiles

    Bathsheeba Smiles

    I’m on a quest for the perfect pop song. “Bathsheba Smiles” isn’t quite perfect, but it comes awfully darn close: an infectious melody, a sing-along chorus, a simple chord progression, and a sweet lyric. Heck, you could almost dance to it.

  • Chocolate City

    Chocolate City

    And when they come to march on ya / Tell ’em to make sure they got their James Brown pass / And don’t be surprised if Ali is in the White House

  • Grace, Too

    Grace, Too

    It’s something about that bass line and the way that Gord Downie unleashes the line, “Armed with will and determination / And grace, too,” that rips me up.

  • Up

    A lot has changed in ten years. Well, except for Peter Gabriel, who has apparently spent much of the decade holed up in Real World Studios, listening to his old albums, looping African percussion tracks, and twiddling with his Mac.

  • Thinking About Tomorrow

    Thinking About Tomorrow

    I just spent the last hour in nirvana, listening to Beth Orton’s new album, Daybreaker. Soooooo good. 51 minutes of music without a single weak spot.