3 posts tagged “music”
What's your musical horoscope? (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)
Looks like I'm playing catch-up with this vox thing yet again. And I'm choosing to do this QotD from several days ago, because I just can't resist these damn music-related memes:
"This Fire" Franz Ferdinand
"Kalamazoo" Ben Folds
"Caring is Creepy" The Shins
"Crush" Jennifer Paige
"Wide Open Spaces" Dixie Chicks
"Bel Air" Old 97's
"Come Fly With Me" Frank Sinatra
"If It Feels Good Do It" Sloan
"La Redécouverte" Yann Tiersen (Amélie soundtrack)
"House That Used To Be" Old 97's
I did leave off on my post-Montréal trip French lessons quite a while ago, so maybe it's a sign that I'll be learning what "la redécouverte" means. (Thanks to my hard core AP test-passing Spanish skillz, I think it means "the rediscovery.")
What are your three favorite album covers of all-time? Any honorable mentions?
Question submitted by Tamara.
Ooh, this is my inaugural QotD entry. Nothing like a good old-fashioned meme to help me come up with content here. To tell the truth, I usually don't pay that much attention to album covers, particularly because I buy much of my music online now. However, once I sat down and thought about this question, I realized that most of the album covers I can recall off the top of my head are from albums I've purchased online, and I think that's due to the iTunes cover art feature. Cool! Without further ado, here are my three favorite album covers of off-the-top-of-my-head:
I think they're pretty representative of my particular interests in visual arts: signs, typography, and weird art.
You know, one of these days, I should really sit down and analyze exactly why it is I love signs so much, but I'll save that for another entry. Onto the honorable mentions:
I'm not sure if I cheated by listing the last one, since I actually don't own that album (though I do adore my Kinky shirt), but since the question was about the art itself, I think it's kosher. Hey, I think that was an unintended double entendre!
I'm giving this a try to see if I have blawggin' capabilities. I didn't think I did, but maybe I do now? What is something I can say here? Brandon is currently listening to Faith No More, in honor of Barry's LJ entry about meeting the band's drummer. Cy and Jess will be visiting us this weekend, and since this is Jess's first visit to the windy city, we'll need to entertain and impress her with the coolest things Chicago has to offer. Midwest represent! *flashes MW gang sign* Anyway, I should try to clean up the apartment, since they'll be here tomorrow morning, and we don't want them to be welcomed with the scent of cat poop (the litter box is actually right by the front door). Adios, amigas! (You'll notice I used la palabra feminina, since the only friends I have on Vox are female.)
