We're Not Who You Think We Are
by Lopy
RoboSanta & The Hypnotic Cleavage of Doom Edition
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by Jim Connelly
Yesterday, Rolling Stone online put together a list of what they called “The Fifty Best Songs Over Seven Minutes Long.” Not so much. Sure, there were some all-time great songs on that list, but other songs weren’t even the best long song by the particular artist, much less on a 50 best ever list.
So, I figured that I’d do my own. Thanks to the magic of an iTunes playlist sort, it didn’t take very long to put together. Here are my rules: because some artists (Neil Young, Velvet Underground) work better with long songs, I figured that it was OK to have multiple songs by individual artists. I did, however, discount anything that had never been commercially released, which wiped out a lot of Bruce Springsteen songs.
Like Rolling Stone’s list, this is alphabetical by artist.
[Read more…] about 50 Great Songs Over 7 Minutes Long That Didn’t Make Rolling Stone’s List
by Lopy
Runnin’ Down a Dream Edition
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I’m a sucker for serialized content. Since I was kid, I have sought out continuing story lines. Naturally, this lead to a youth wasted watching soap operas — though I never went there, it strikes me that at one point in my history, the ultimate girl youth rebellion was to choose All My Children over your mother’s Days Of Our Lives. Soap operas offered a glimpse into a glamorous, dangerous world that contrasted sharply with daily reality.
There is much to be said for the power of escapism and even the skeptics find themselves entrenched in the lives of the Rachel and Julie and Trish and David and Raven and Cash and all the other characters. The writers of soap operas are masters at creating new scenarios, introducing new drama, while making sure that the casual viewer is able to catch up with the story within moments. If you’re away for years, sure, there will be some disorientation, but not enough to make you throw up your hands and say, “That’s it! I’m never watching Young and the Restless again.”
[Read more…] about All My ‘Lopers
by Jim Connelly
While you were watching your favorite TV shows begin to disappear slowly into the greedy maw of the networks, here’s what we were looking at:
by Lopy
Not a Folksinger Edition
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