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February 27, 2006
Insomniac Radio
I hate insomnia. Freaking hate it. I've been a difficult sleeper since I was a kid, although it's progressed from sleepwalking as a 13 year old to this maddening inability to fall asleep that catches up to me a few nights each week now. As much stuff as I need to be writing professionally heading into Monday, I don't trust myself at 2:25 in the morning to write anything that actually needs to be any good. So I'm trying to blog myself to sleep. Yeehaw!
Let's see... I haven't talked music much lately. What am I listening to these days? Here's the current playlist for the different channels on CM (Curmudgeon M) satellite radio (eat your heart out, XM and Sirius):
Rock channel: "Here We Go," by Big In Japan; "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor" and "Still Take You Home" by the Arctic Monkeys; "Gold Lion" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Pop Channel: "Sorry" by Madonna; "Upside Down" by Jack Johnson; "Because Of You" by Kelly Clarkson (I know, you're gonna give me hell... but what can I say, the woman has pipes!), "Another Sunny Day," by Belle and Sebastian.
Folkie/Acoustic Channel: "Secure Yourself," by the Indigo Girls; "Cold Hands (Warm Heart)" by Brendan Benson; "Drinkin' Days," by Slaid Cleaves; "Bartender's Blues," by James Taylor.
Blues Channel: "Fixin' To Die," by Rory Block; "Hold On This Time," by Sean Costello; "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters; "Voodoo Spell," by Michael Burks; "Company Graveyard," by BB Chung King and the Buddhaheads.
Country Channel: "Come A LIttle Closer," by Dierks Bentley; "Miss Me Baby" by Chris Cagle; "Watching The Wind Blow By," by Tim McGraw; "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On," by Neal McCoy; "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," by Joe Nichols.
There. Now it's 2:40. Maybe I'll fall asleep now. Nah, I didn't think so either.
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Comments
Check it out, I blog about the Arctic Monkeys and suddenly, they're on the radio. Damn I'm good.
Posted by: Sarah at February 27, 2006 11:37 AM
do you think maybe you need to chill out, take some valerian root, and count some sheep or something?
Posted by: Jill at February 27, 2006 07:46 PM
Try The All-American Rejects......good stuff there too
Posted by: Marquette Hoops at February 27, 2006 10:04 PM
I think the All-American rejects are overrated.
Posted by: Sarah at February 28, 2006 10:30 AM
BB Chung King and the BuddhaHeads? WTF?
The Arctic Monkeys suck. All the hype for nothing.
Posted by: Cuzin Jose at February 28, 2006 07:01 PM
Says the guy who likes Zeppelin? Sorry, I'm not taking music advice from anyone who thinks Robert Plant or Jimmy Page had talent.
;-)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 28, 2006 08:16 PM
"The" guy who likes Zeppelin? Apparently you can take no advice from 9/10 of the musical community.
The Arctic Monkeys are just a conglomerate of sounds. They are like a cross between Jet and The Strokes. I listened through the whole album and came up short on originality, and the tracks are poorly produced.
"A" for effort on the part of the marketeers, The Ass Monkeys interested me shortly having been given play on PRI. Unfortunateley they lack any real talent and remind me more of a band like Creed who is able to capture the sounds of its predecessors and run with it for a few albums.
Posted by: Cuzin Jose at February 28, 2006 11:22 PM
