en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal The Last.fm journal for lemursgomoogle. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/04/11/2n2fqm_top_five_tracks_v.21_(%252B_4709_death_cab_for_cutie_and_41009_beirut_set_lists) Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:14:07 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/04/11/2n2fqm_top_five_tracks_v.21_(%252B_4709_death_cab_for_cutie_and_41009_beirut_set_lists) This has been a concert-filled week, let me tell you. Tuesday was the Death Cab for Cutie, Ra Ra Riot, Cold War Kids concert at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA, and last night was the Beirut with Sharon van Etten concert at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA. Click here for the DCFC review and here for the Beirut review on Audiobreakfast.

Aaaand, without further ado, here are this week's Top Five:

1)Mr. Johnson - Schuyler Fisk
2)Little Bribes - Death Cab for Cutie
3)Nantes - Beirut
4)Hospital Beds - Cold War Kids
5)Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

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Death Cab for Cutie set list:

I Will Follow You into the Dark
A Movie Script Ending
The New Year
Crooked Teeth
President of What?
My Mirror Speaks
Company Calls
Title Track
Grapevine Fires
I Will Possess Your Heart
Casino Blues/Little Bribes
Cath...
Long Division
Soul Meets Body
No Sunlight
The Sound of Settling
Marching Bands of Manhattan

Encore:
Diamond and a Tether
Title and Registration
Transatlanticism

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Beirut set list:

Nantes
Mimizan
Elephant Gun
The Shrew
Postcards from Italy
The Concubine
La Javanaise (Serge Gainsbourg cover)
A Sunday Smile 09. Scenic World
The Akara
East Harlem
Cherbourg
Serbian Cǒcek (A Hawk and a Hacksaw)

Encore:
My Night with the Prostitute from Marseilles
Mount Wroclai
After the Curtain

Second Encore
The Gulag Orkestar
Brazil (Ary Barroso cover)
The Penalty]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/04/04/2mf8yh_top_five_tracks_v.20 Sat, 4 Apr 2009 23:52:10 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/04/04/2mf8yh_top_five_tracks_v.20 This morning I watched "The Royal Tenenbaums" and (with the exception of "High Fidelity") it was the first time I immediately took note of the soundtrack. Sadly enough, I typically don't notice the music in movies until I've seen the film so many times that I can start focusing on other aspects without skipping a beat. Of course, Mark Mothersbaugh litters the listing, but they were so genial as to include the Velvet Underground, Nico, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake. Totally great.

1)Help Me Rhonda - the Beach Boys
2)Take On Me - A-ha
3)Me and Julio Down by the School Yard - Paul Simon
4)Stephanie Says - the Velvet Underground
5)Miss You Like Crazy - Briskeby

In future news, this Tuesday a friend of mine and I are heading to Upper Darby's Tower Theatre to see Death Cab for Cutie, Ra Ra Riot, and the Cold War Kids! And then Friday is the Beirut show at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia. Booyah.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/28/2lreoc_top_five_tracks_v.19 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:01:45 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/28/2lreoc_top_five_tracks_v.19 This is the first Saturday in a couple of weeks that I don't have a proper concert to comment on, but last night I went with a couple of friends to the Digital Ferret record shop and randomly saw The Young Werewolves play a free show there. So that was fun.

(Just to refresh and clarify, the asterisk means that it's a new track I've acquired. However, that doesn't mean that it's necessarily a recently released track.)

1)Venus in Furs - the Velvet Underground
2)The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid - the Decemberists*
3)Grapevine Fires - Death Cab for Cutie
4)Elephant Gun - Beirut
5)Njósnavélin - Sigur Rós

I picked "Venus in Furs" only for the reason that the actual book it refers to has actually come up several times in the past week, and I feel the need to commemorate that fact. Also, I suggest listening to Sigur Rós before bed. It gives me one of my favorite feelings in the world.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/21/2l2hhq_top_five_tracks_v.18_(%252B_31409_modest_mouse_set_list) Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:46:13 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/21/2l2hhq_top_five_tracks_v.18_(%252B_31409_modest_mouse_set_list) To be honest, I'm really pulling this week's Top Five straight out of my ass. I've spent my entire week either moving or getting physically and mentally ready to move after my roommate and I decided to go our separate ways. However, I have just the number of tracks in my head to whip together this little post... lucky me.

1)Comfort Eagle - CAKE
2)Lua - Bright Eyes
3)Long Distance Drunk - Modest Mouse
4)You're Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators
5)The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie

Plus, after a long day of hauling all my belongings across campus yesterday, I treated myself to a little ticket to see Beirut on April 19th at the Electric Factory, which takes places a mere four days after we trek up to the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby to see Death Cab for Cutie! What a week that'll be. Also, along those same lines: the Modest Mouse show at the Electric Factory this past Saturday was phenomenal. The set they played was great, and Isaac Brock never fails to entertain in his fucked up way. I still have the bruises from the moshing next to us to bring back all the memories. :-]

Set List:

Dramamine
Life Like Weeds (Lyric Tease)
Dashboard
Black Cadillacs
Parting Of The Sensory
Interstate 8
Doin' The Cockroach
Bukowski
Float On
3rd Planet
The View
Fire It Up
Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset
Here It Comes
Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
Here Comes Trouble (Lyric Tease)
Custom Concern (Abandoned)
Baby Blue Sedan
Spitting Venom

Encore:

Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
Paper Thin Walls
Night On The Sun
The Good Times Are Killing Me]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/15/2kgpff_top_five_tracks_v.17 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:25:31 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/15/2kgpff_top_five_tracks_v.17 It's been weeks since I've posted a Top Five from the same location, and this week is no exception. I'm currently in Los Angeles, though more specifically, at the airport waiting for my flight back to Philadelphia. I'm not particularly thrilled at the prospect of being on a packed flight, but I'm surprisingly happy to be returning to the east coast.

As previously mentioned, there was the Yelle concert this past Thursday at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. It's hard to believe that it was my first concert here is California, but yes, it's true. I do have to note that the concert scene here is extraordinarily different than the one back in Philly. Here there are no laid-back, plaid-clad open strangers. LA consists of guys in tank-tops wearing sunglasses (at night! In the dark theatre!) and girls in high high heels wearing metallics - all exclusive and awkward. Plus, I think people in LA are taller. But that's just a sweeping generalization. Regardless, Yelle was fantastic. She was so energetic and adorable, and the music was great. It was so worth the three-hour wait and sketchy surroundings.

Tonight is the Modest Mouse concert, and I'm super stoked. I've tried to see them two other times, and this is the first times I've managed to snag a tangible chance to go. My flight lands just before, but I should be able to make it. So excited!

Anyways. With no further ado:

1)Killing Time - Babel Fish
2)The Distance - CAKE
3)A CAUSE DES GARCONS - Yelle
4)Cellophane Eyes - Briskeby
5)Los Angeles - the Rosewood Thieves]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/08/2jp6ls_top_five_tracks_v.16 Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:24:14 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/08/2jp6ls_top_five_tracks_v.16 I swear I did not forget about this week's Top Five! I completely crashed last night after an extremely long but wonderful day in New York. But I'm back. Phew. So:

1)I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) - Stevie Wonder*
2)Joe Dallesandro - Briskeby feat. Ken Springfellow
3)Most Of The Time - Bob Dylan
4)Homesick - Kings of Convenience
5)Non-Stop Party Now - Girl Talk

Frankly, pals, I'm exhausted. I walked miles upon miles yesterday through Soho, Greenwich Village, Midtown and everywhere around and between, which was great because I did it with my best friend, but admittedly exhausting. Plus, I have a flight to Los Angeles in a few hours that I should prepare for. However, on the music front, a friend of mine and I bought tickets to see Yelle at the El Rey Theatre in LA, so I'm pretty pumped, and then two days later, it's Modest Mouse at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia! Yes!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/02/2izpmc_top_five_tracks_v.15 Mon, 2 Mar 2009 03:03:18 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/03/02/2izpmc_top_five_tracks_v.15 I have to admit that I almost forgot to post this week's Top Five! I'm currently out of town, banging this out on my trusty Blackberry, but whatever works, right? Also, we stopped by a Barnes & Noble today, and I finally managed to get my hands on the High Fidelity soundtrack. It really shouldn't be that hard to find, but for some reason it has been. All that's important is that I have it now!

Anyways, all that excitement aside:

1)Too Real - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
2)Not The Same - Ben Folds
3)Made of Stone - the Stone Roses*
4)Sound and Vision - David Bowie
5)Femme Fatale - the Velvet Underground.

This week I downloaded so much music that my laptop's desktop is completely unable to be navigated and I can barely keep track of anything. It's a delightful whirlwood, I have to say.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/02/21/2i75bp_top_five_tracks_v.14_(%252B_22009_m._ward_set_list) Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:25:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/02/21/2i75bp_top_five_tracks_v.14_(%252B_22009_m._ward_set_list) This week, it is extraordinarily difficult to compile a Top Five that isn't completely comprised of M. Ward. I went to the concert at the Trocadero last night (sold-out!) and was awestruck. Really, it's probably the best concert I've personally been to, and for that reason, I'm having a hard time keeping that experience aside when listing this week's Top Five:

1)I Can't Stand It - the Velvet Underground
2)Magic Trick - M. Ward
3)Lion in a Coma - Animal Collective
4)You Love to Fail - the Magnetic Fields*
5)Genius - Inara George

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For those interested, here is the set list for the M. Ward show:

1. Fuel For Fire
2. Hold Time
3. Lullaby + Exile
4. Epistemology
5. Chinese Translation
6. To Save Me
7. Post-War
8. Fisher of Men
9. Change Is Hard (She & Him)
10. Poison Cup
11. Stars of Leo
12. Oh Lonesome Me (Don Gibson)
13. Duet For Guitars #3
14. Bean Vine Blues #2
15. Vincent O'Brien
16. To Go Home (Daniel Johnston)
17. Never Had Nobody Like You
18. Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)
19. Big Boat
20. Rave On (Buddy Holly)
21. Magic Trick]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/02/14/2hggnp_top_five_tracks_v.13 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:16:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/02/14/2hggnp_top_five_tracks_v.13 To those who survived Friday the Thirteenth, Happy Valentine's Day! Doesn't seem a bit ominous that two such dates are so close together? It's like Saint Valentine's ultimate head's up. Regardless, I'm not writing about holidays and superstitions, especially since I'm not partaking much in either this year, so let's focus on this week's Top Five, shall we?:

1)you're the reason our kids are ugly - Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
2)Lump Sum - Bon Iver*
3)Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.
4)Poison Cup - M. Ward
5)You Are What You Love - Jenny Watson with the Watson Twins

And there we have it. I should probably mention that Madeleine and I are thinking of joining forces at Bryn Mawr to work on a music site and whatnot in some sort of attempt to make up for the Bi-Co's lack of a radio station. It's still in the idea-stage, so keep your legs together.

Until next week!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/02/08/2guby6_top_five_tracks_v.12 Sun, 8 Feb 2009 05:55:19 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/lemursgomoogle/journal/2009/02/08/2guby6_top_five_tracks_v.12 Another week, another set of five tracks to absorb. I just got back from seeing Notorious and hanging out at UPenn. I also officially bought Modest Mouse tickets for the show on March 14th! SO EXCITED. They're one of my favorite bands, and the last time I was supposed to see them in concert (back in the Stone Age of 2006), they cancelled the show in order to work more on We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. C'est la vie.

1)Nine Million Bicycles - Katie Melua*
2)Pink Moon - Nick Drake
3)Play Tough - Apples in Stereo
4)Brother Sport - Animal Collective
5)Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - Talking Heads

I need new stuff.]]>