Tuesday, October 12, 2004
"Seven states away they're doin', doin' the strange fruit swing..."
Three notes on iTunes:
1. R.E.M.'s Around the Sun is the top downloaded album, and has been up near the top since it came out last week. So good for them. On the other side of the coin, I still haven't bought it yet. I had it in my hands at Newbury Comics in Boston (oh how i miss you Newbury Comics...) and it was on sale, but I just... I had no desire to own it. Maybe because I streamed it too much. Maybe I just don't like it all that much to buy that at the expense of something more exciting. Maybe it's something stupid like the CD pack is a cardboard digipak and it's the first time R.E.M. has packaged an album like that; and everytime they do something new, I get a little sadder. Who knows, but this is probably world record time for not buying a new R.E.M. CD.
2. Free download of the week? Flickerstick. From VH1's classic "Bands on the Run" reality show a few years back. They keep trying, God bless their little hearts. I haven't heard much from the Josh Dodes Band, which makes me cry on the inside, just a little bit. Why is it Flickerstick is still around, but they never made a second "Bands on the Run"? That show was tasty.
3. If you have the $0.99, and you like the Twilight Singers, I heard the original version of "Too Tough to Die" by Martina Topley-Bird this weekend, and it's well worth the cash. A lot different. Not as swinging, it feels like voodoo, raising ghosts. Fuzzy bass. Testifying backing vocals. Almost creepy. I love it. Dulli's got great taste.
1. R.E.M.'s Around the Sun is the top downloaded album, and has been up near the top since it came out last week. So good for them. On the other side of the coin, I still haven't bought it yet. I had it in my hands at Newbury Comics in Boston (oh how i miss you Newbury Comics...) and it was on sale, but I just... I had no desire to own it. Maybe because I streamed it too much. Maybe I just don't like it all that much to buy that at the expense of something more exciting. Maybe it's something stupid like the CD pack is a cardboard digipak and it's the first time R.E.M. has packaged an album like that; and everytime they do something new, I get a little sadder. Who knows, but this is probably world record time for not buying a new R.E.M. CD.
2. Free download of the week? Flickerstick. From VH1's classic "Bands on the Run" reality show a few years back. They keep trying, God bless their little hearts. I haven't heard much from the Josh Dodes Band, which makes me cry on the inside, just a little bit. Why is it Flickerstick is still around, but they never made a second "Bands on the Run"? That show was tasty.
3. If you have the $0.99, and you like the Twilight Singers, I heard the original version of "Too Tough to Die" by Martina Topley-Bird this weekend, and it's well worth the cash. A lot different. Not as swinging, it feels like voodoo, raising ghosts. Fuzzy bass. Testifying backing vocals. Almost creepy. I love it. Dulli's got great taste.
