Something Shiny

Here we are, and it’s Thursday again. I sat in line for 90 minutes this morning to get the Cities 97 Sampler at the downtown Target this morning. With any luck I’ll never have to listen to it. If it hadn’t become an expected gift, it might be a good year to sell them given the length of the line.

Fortunately I had my trusty Zune and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist kept my entertained. Actually not a bad movie, for being PG-13, the most conflicted of all ratings.

Here are the tracks this week:

Superblast! by Lush
Wild Boys by Duran Duran
Where Do They Make Balloons? by They Might Be Giants
You Don’t Send Me by Belle and Sebastian
Black Math by The White Stripes

And those Grooveshark didn’t have:

She Said, She Said by The Black Keys
Love Is Blue by Future Bible Heroes

	Jonathan Coulton – Skullcrusher Mountain
	Found at skreemr.com

Now that They Might Be Giants seem to be focused on kids albums (not that their non-kids stuff was much different), Jonathan Coulton seems to be the heir apparent to the goofy/geeky alt-rock crown. Given the size of the audience that encompasses, it’s probably more like a Burger King crown than actually anything involving gold and gemstones, but I still respect the crown.

I haven’t made it all the way through his catalog yet, but what I’ve heard so far, I’ve enjoyed. I chose to include the song above due to it’s high use of the word “monkey,” as well as the suggestion “ruining a pony” is a positive component of a failed plan. I don’t have anything against ponies and don’t advocate ruining them per se, I just think they’re over rated, smug, and need to be taken down a rung or two.

I guess it also fits well with Catherine Jinks‘ Evil Genius, which I’m still reading.

Stupid smug ponies…

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