http://btrott.vox.com/library/posts/tags/music/page/1/ "No room for me, no fun for you." en Vox Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:35:33 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss music http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/listening-lately.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/listening-lately.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/listening-lately.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:35:33 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/audio/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398d429800003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398d429800003-50si" alt="Distortion" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In addition to Nicole Atkins... The Magnetic Fields' Distortion is, as advertised, full of lovely, noisy distortion. Aside from that, it's a nice set of pop songs, as usual; my favorites are "California Girls" and "The Nun's Litany." Now that ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/listening-lately.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398d4135e0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music magnetic fields wu tang clan maxi geil & playcolt http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/nicole-atkins-neptune-city.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/nicole-atkins-neptune-city.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/nicole-atkins-neptune-city.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:39:54 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/audio/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398d16eed0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398d16eed0001-50si" alt="Neptune City" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> My album of the week: Nicole Atkins's Neptune City, which has accompanied me all of this week on my various commutes to work. I love it all--it's like listening to ABBA and the Pretenders at the same time, or something. I have a lot of favorites... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/nicole-atkins-neptune-city.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398d17f6f0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music nicole atkins http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/bad-company-makes-bad-wine.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/bad-company-makes-bad-wine.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/bad-company-makes-bad-wine.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:53:25 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/audio/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398cd94370004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398cd94370004-50si" alt="Campfire" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> And, as a final something for 2007: Wu-Tang Clan's "Campfire" (listen), track one from 8 Diagrams. A very sobering and (dare-I-say) mature kung-fu sample; an incredibly spooky sample of the Persuasions' cover of Curtis Mayfield's "Gypsy Woman"; ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/bad-company-makes-bad-wine.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398cd9fcf0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music method man wu tang clan http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/favorites-of-2007.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/favorites-of-2007.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/favorites-of-2007.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:49:58 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/book/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000cd972e595a4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000cd972e595a4cd5-50si" alt="Special Topics in Calamity Physics" /></a> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000d09e64a8adbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000d09e64a8adbe2b-50si" alt="Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Favorite books: Some of these were published in 2006, but when reading I'm always behind by at least a year, I figure--so I think it's safe to say that these were my favorite books that I read in 2007 (hey, they all start with "M"!): Michael ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/favorites-of-2007.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398cd9d030003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music books reading 2007 http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/qotd-singing-a-holiday-tune.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/qotd-singing-a-holiday-tune.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/qotd-singing-a-holiday-tune.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:18:51 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/audio/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398c4ecdc0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398c4ecdc0003-50si" alt="Another Lonely Christmas" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Audio: What's your favorite carol or holiday song? Without a doubt: Price's "Another Lonely Christmas". I must admit that I'm still a little thrown by the pokeno & banana daiquiris, but that said, this is my #1 when it comes to Christmas son... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/qotd-singing-a-holiday-tune.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398c4e7260005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music qotd prince holiday song http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/lost-without-careless-whispers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/lost-without-careless-whispers.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/lost-without-careless-whispers.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:32:31 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/link/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398a9b69d0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398a9b69d0004-50si" alt="Robin Thicke vs George Michael - Lost Without Careless Whispers" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Robin Thicke + George Michael! "Lost Without U" + "Careless Whisper"! So good! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/lost-without-careless-whispers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398a9bd2c0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music george michael robin thicke http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/some-links.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/some-links.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/some-links.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:59:49 -0700 IFC is showing a new chapter from Trapped in the Closet every day until August 21, with R. Kelly providing bits of commentary. Today: chapter 13. From 2003, a fantastic Believer interview with ?uestlove of the Roots. This makes me smile: "I have ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/some-links.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e3989d4d3a0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music r kelly roots trapped in the closet http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/fiery-furnaces-widow-city.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/fiery-furnaces-widow-city.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/fiery-furnaces-widow-city.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:08:13 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/audio/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e3989c41f50002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e3989c41f50002-50si" alt="Restorative Beer" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The new Fiery Furnaces album, Widow City, reminds me again why I love them so much. What gets me most about my favorite FF songs are those moments, always unexpected, where they just hit me with something that sounds like the greatest thing in the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/fiery-furnaces-widow-city.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e3989c5e710005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music fiery furnaces http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/spatula.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/spatula.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/spatula.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:16:25 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/video/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e3989a3f890005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e3989a3f890005-50si" alt="R. Kelly - Trapped In The Closet" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Like Anil, I am so, so excited about the upcoming release of the new chapters of Trapped in the Closet. Back in November 2005, I posted about chapters 1-12 and called the collection the best album of 2005, which--despite the fact that it's not rea... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/spatula.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e3989a2f810004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music r kelly oh shit trapped in the closet http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/you-always-end-up-in-the-city.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(btrott) http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/you-always-end-up-in-the-city.html?_c=feed-rss http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/you-always-end-up-in-the-city.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:10:43 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/link/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000d4144bafd43c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000d4144bafd43c7f-50si" alt="New Pornographers: Myriad Harbour" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The New Pornographers' "Myriad Harbour" (a Dan Bejar-penned tune, naturally) is just so gorgeous. The breathiness of the harmonies; the way it just sort of explodes into the chorus, & all the time with that insistent guitar refrain; the "I said ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://btrott.vox.com/library/post/you-always-end-up-in-the-city.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0714f01bc000d4144baffd3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music new pornographers dan bejar