11 posts tagged “music”
I heart this album. A lot. And I really like their name, too.
And this song in particular...
Mexico vacation update: No Palenque. Only Mexico City, Cuernavaca, and Acapulco. Still plenty of ruins to visit, though. Possible hotels we'll be staying at: Camino Real and Casa Gonzalez both in Mexico City, Hacienda de Cortes in Cuernavaca, and the Boca Chica in Acapulco which is the hotel that my cousins own (for now at least, they're in the process of selling it... my parents stayed there and at Casa Gonzalez during their honeymoon). Also, I'll be leaving Florida early on the 26th.
I finished my papers. My Theory one ended up being 2 pages short of the requirement... we get a chance to rewrite it, though. There will be a vast improvement in the final draft, vast. I do feel like I got a lot out of it (for the very little effort I put into it). I found out that Ruth Benedict was a bipolar lesbian who hated racism. Her and Sapir (of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) used to write poems back and forth to each other. Margaret Mead was one big contridiction... she didn't consider herself a feminist (she, in fact, wanted nothing to do with it) but her writings were the inspiration for the feminist movement in anthropology. I read Sally Slocum's essay, "Woman the Gatherer: Male Bias in Anthropology," which was amazzzzing. Look it up on JSTOR, seriously. When I rewrite the paper I'm going to include some thoughts on Sherry Ortner's "Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture?" which I've only skimmed so far.
I turned in my Stonehenge paper today... a day late. It just didn't want to be written! Frankly, I'm happy it's done (finished, kaput!). I don't think I'll be getting an A but I can deal with a B or C just as l never have to hear, read, or see anything about Stonehenge again unless I'm standing right in front of it. I also never want to do anything related to astronomy again. It is officially my least favorite of the sciences.
Have you heard that Mother Mother song "Neighbor"? Best song ever. I hate that I have to wait until May 8th to get the album. Maybe I'll pretend it's 1996 and tape it off the radio.
My mom bought film for the camera I used to use in my high school photography class. I've been walking around the house (inside and out) taking pictures all afternoon. Turkeys are scared of the shutter noise.
I have big plans for this weekend. One) I'm going to go to Baker's Acres and buy some plants to start the garden. Two) Saturday is Holi at Cornell which I would love to attend if I can convince some other people to go with me. Three) I want to go to the movies on Sunday and see Hot Fuzz, Disturbia, and In the Land of Women. Four) There is no four... one through three should keep me busy enough.
I rarely get excited about new albums nowadays; Tuesdays are usually only exciting for the DVD releases. However, this morning I was downloading my Modest Mouse pre-order from iTunes and burning it for my ride to school. I am really, really loving this new album. The first song, "March into the Sea," is a little rough for my tastes but I'll get used to it eventually. "Dashboard" and "Florida" are my initial favorites. Give it a listen...
I love that song. I'm a fan of when punk bands cover songs... thus, why I love, love, love the Gimme Gimmes.
So, as the title states, I'm avoiding Theory right now. I've got a midterm tomorrow. We're to write an essay about Theory stuff using memorized quotes and citations. Since I won't find out the prompt 'til tomorrow I'm working on a really general essay that talks about the unilineal evolutionists (Darwin, Spencer, Morgan), Durkheim and functionalists who were influenced by him (Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown), and the founding of American Anthropology (Boas, Benedict, Mead). I've only got the introduction done. But I did memorize Tylor's definition of culture!!
Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society (1871, Primitive Cultures).
Pretty sweet, eh? Now, I should go memorize important quotes for each of the above mentioned people. Fun. Why didn't I start this at the beginning of spring break?
Gotta love Ithaca's a cappella groups. They rock.
Audio: Share a great love song.
I'm not very big on love songs... but Tony Lucca is one of my favorite artists of all time and he happens to sing a lot about love.
For the online class I'm taking right now we're reading several books (The Artificial Silk Girl, Valley of the Dolls, and Less Than Zero). I've already turned in my papers on Artificial Silk Girl (didn't really understand it but my professor liked the essays anyway) and this whole week is dedicated to Valley of the Dolls (which I caught the movie on Oxygen the other day... total camp and absolutely nothing like the book). Next week is all Less Than Zero. I've seen parts of the movie before but I read reviews on Amazon that said it wasn't even close to the book. One of the cool things my professor did was load all of the songs mentioned in the book onto Blackboard. I was pleasantly surprised by the music... I wasn't sure what to expect with a song title like Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage but it was actually quite catchy. I also think X is my new favorite band.
So, I was inspired by Kevin Smith's failed attempt at a playlist and figured I'd avoid some homework by creating my own.
Track: One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21
Artist: The Flaming Lips
Album: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
I have a distinct memory of listening this track driving down Fletcher with Justin. He was leaving Tristan a voicemail and it was around the last minute of the track. He held the phone up to the speaker and let it play out. It's the prettiest ending to any song ever.
Track: Box of Rain
Artist: Grateful Dead
Album: American Beauty
I love every Dead song I've ever heard. Box of Rain will be my favorite forever and always. Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear... I don't know why that lyric speaks to me but it's the first thing I think of when I hear the opening chords.
Track: The Man I Killed
Artist: NOFX
Album: Wolves in Wolves' Clothing
It's only a minute and eighteen seconds long but it has a great storyline. Other NOFX favorites: Leaving Jesusland, Franco Un-American, and She's Nubs.
Track: Movie Pot
Artist: Mitch Hedberg
Album: Mitch All Together
There isn't a Mitch Hedberg joke that I don't like. "But I got to smoke fake pot with Peter Frampton. That's a cool story. It's as cool as smoking real pot with a guy who looks like Peter Frampton. I've done that way more... 'Hey, Peter Frampton, do you like toast, too? Yes, as do I. It is warm and crispy. And a perfect place for jelly to lay. Now stay away from me, Frampton. I ain't got shit to say to you!'"
Track: Closer to Fine
Artist: Indigo Girls
Album: Indigo Girls
Who doesn't love the Indigo Girls? Their harmonies are insane. Plus, there was nothing better than listening to Jim and Andy belt out a drunken redition on The Office.
Track: What I Got
Artist: Sublime
Album: Sublime
This is one of those songs that I'll put on when I'm hanging out with someone new--if they sing along, I know I'll probably be hanging out with them again.
Track: Amsterdam Epiphanies
Artist: Tom Rhodes
Album: How Sweet Ass
I love Tom Rhodes (he grew up in Florida, so he can't do math either!) This track is absolutely hilarious and I quote it often. "I could turn this headache into a magic carpet ride"--you've probably heard that sentence come out of my mouth.
Track: What a Mess
Artist: SR-71
Album: Now You See Inside
Tracy McMahon, my former orchestra-partner-in-crime, introduced me to this CD. I played the hell out of it my senior year. It was even better before my stereo got replaced and it had a volume dial--when the SSSSSHHHHHHHATTERED! part came up I always turned the dial and the volume went from pp to fff (that one was for all the music geeks).
Track: Going to California
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: How the West was Won (Disc 1)
Led Zeppelin's music is the perfect driving music. And this is one song I've always loved for reasons unknown to me.
Track: Me and Bobby McGee
Artist: Janis Joplin
Album: Pearl
It's almost impossible to pick just one Janis song as my favorite. I'll go with Bobby McGee 'cause I never tire of it.
So, there's this group on facebook titled the "10 albums that changed my life." I figured I'd post my list here on Vox instead 'cause... Vox > facebook (oh, I said it). Without further ado, my ten:
- NOFX -- War on Errorism
- Flaming Lips -- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- Modest Mouse -- Good News for People Who Love Bad News
- Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon
- Big Brother and the Holding Company -- Cheap Thrills
- Grateful Dead -- American Beauty
- Tony Lucca -- Simply Six
- Mozart -- Requiem
- *NSYNC -- *NSYNC
- 1996 Original Broadway Cast Recording -- RENT 2 disc set
