A review of "Wait For Me"

Wait For Me

by Moby

I started listening to Moby’s Wait For Me way back in Sept ‘09, and it didn’t really resonate. That wasn’t a fair treatment, though, because I had been playing Radiohead’s Amnesiac constantly, and nothing was going to get through that cloak of darkness.

I’ve been off Radiohead, and music in general, for a little while. The other day, I decided to give “Wait For Me” another try, on a long drive home. Well, damn, Moby has done it again. I listened to the CD four times over, and it felt like my heart had been ripped out and stomped on (which was how I felt when I was introduced to Moby via Porcelain). It may not sound like it, but it was a good feeling. Now I’ve got “Wait For Me” playing over and over and over again in my car. Thank you, Moby!

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A story about "The Turn of a Friendly Card"

The Turn of a Friendly Card

by Alan Parsons Project

This album from Alan Parsons Project grew on me quickly. I bought it entirely because I couldn’t get enough of the song “Time”.

Goodbye my friends
Maybe for forever
Goodbye my friends
The stars wait for me

The song transmits such a terrible feeling of loss and sadness! I definitely want this played at my funeral.

Once I bought the album, I realized that it contains several oldies but goodies. The song “Nothing Left To Lose” was new to me, but it immediately grabbed me:

You gave the best you had to give
You only have one life to live
You fought so hard you were a slave
After all you gave there was nothing left to save
You’ve got nothing left to lose…

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white noise

My work environment is far too noisy for my liking. iSerenity has a potential solution - online white noise. Only problem is, it seems like a pointless waste of bandwidth. Another minor problem is that my pc at work doesn't have a working audio system (always seems to be a problem with me and Linux). I think for now, I'll stick to headphones and my ambient noise mp3s. But I kind of like it!

A story about "Eye in the Sky"

Eye in the Sky

I’m revisiting the classic Eye in the Sky, by The Alan Parsons Project. My favorite track is Old & Wise, by far. The rest are pretty good too.

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people... put your rss out there

It's been a major while since I checked out Moby's blog. In the usual internet manner (i.e. surfing from one link to the next), I found myself visiting over there today. It is mildly entertaining and his posts made me unrealistically nostalgic for my tenure in NYC. I thought it might be fun to obsessively track his postings, at least for a while, so I decided to add his rss to my feed.

Except, I couldn't find his rss link. I did a text search on his blog page, and the word rss does not appear there. Oddly, that was the second time today that I found an ostensibly commercial blog that I wanted to keep tabs on which did not supply me with an obvious rss link! I'm finding it hard to believe Moby doesn't want people obsessively tracking his postings. So Moby, please make it easy on everyone, and add an rss link to your list of bookmarks. I did eventually find it by looking for it in the html source, but I don't think most people are going to bother doing that.

more Joss Whedon

Part II of Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is now out - get it while it's hot!

Joss Whedon alert

[Via my friend Maria]: Joss Whedon graces us with his godlike genius yet again!

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Starring Nathan Fillion, Neil Patrick Harris, and Felicia Day.

You do not want to miss this, scoot on over there now!

A story about "Lost (Music from the ABC Television Series)"

Lost (Music from the ABC Television Series)

by Michael Giacchino

The music to Lost is great! As I listened to it on the drive to the trailhead today, I realized that track 10, “Win One for the Reaper,” is the music I want played at my funeral. It will have everyone crying mercilessly.

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Driving music

I've been listening to Chateauvallon in my car. It's good music for long drives, almost entirely instrumental. It's the kind of music that puts you in a pensive mood, almost a dark mood - it's not cheery, high energy stuff. But it certainly doesn't put you to sleep. It's just the kind of thing I want to hear, lately. I'll definitely keep an eye out for more albums by Chevreuil.