Jaffa Cakes and Sodomy

 Decided to get rid of iTunes in favour of a music player that isn't huge, bloated, slow and ugly. Finally settled on the Zune software (seriously, when did Microsoft start making nice software? First Windows 7, then IE9 which I would consider using if it had extensions, now this... I'm shocked) as it's both snappy and OMG pretty (see?). HOWEVER, when I moved my music out of the nest of iTunes folders all hell broke loose... half my tags seemed to vanish into the ether, along with a tonne of album art (I thought iTunes embedded that in the file?) and now my music collection is, to put it lightly, a great big fucking mess. So I'm taking this opportunity to clear out some of the stuff I never listen to and tag the stuff I actually do properly (yes, even genres).

...this is going to take a while.

*stares despondently at the "Fucked up music" folder on his desktop*

For a limited time only, there's a downloadable MP3 of Tim Minchin's The Pope Song. Get it while you can here. 

From fruhlings : 

Comment on this entry and I will give you a letter. Name 5 songs you love starting with that letter.

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Yeah, this should have been 3 posts... I suck like that.

Day 28. A song that makes you feel guilty - Whistle for the Choir by The Fratellis


Not quite sure why, but then "inexplicably guilty" is probably my most common emotion. ^^;

Day 29. A song from your childhood - The Only Way Is Up by Yazz and the Plastic Population


Woo late 80s!

Day 30. Your favourite song at this time last year - In Cairo by Hot Hot Heat


(according to last.fm)

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Day 25. A song that makes you laugh - Oh Bondage Up Yours by X-Ray Spex


A nice bit of classic punk today. Poly Styrene always manages to get a smile on my face.

Day 26. A song that you can play on an instrument - Superman by Goldfinger


Kind of spoiled for choice for stuff I can play on piano, so I thought I'd choose something i can manage on bass instead. I love ska-punk for its basslines - really energetic and fun to play.
 
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Day 23. A song that you want to play at your wedding - Comrade Z by DeVotchKa


I'm not really the marrying type, so have this lovely bouncy tune instead. Which would probably work well in a wedding reception come to think of it, so yay. :D
 
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Day 20. A song that you listen to when you're angry - Pigs Will Pay by Propagandhi


Very good at turning unfocused anger into the good, constructive type, this band's music.

Day 21. A song that you listen to when you're happy - In the Middle of Nowhere by Dusty Springfield


One from my "Songs to clean the flat to" playlist. :D

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 Too tired to do the music meme right now (and also still got Dragostea Din Tei in my head distracting me from all rational thought - tyvm, daveisdead >:[ ) - I'll catch up tomorrow.

Day 18. A song that you wish you heard on the radio - Resurgence by Cyanotic


We're seriously lacking in radio stations that play good industrial and metal here. There's Kerrang!, but they only play old stuff everyone's heard a million times before and crappy rock-pop, and there's Bruce Dickinson's show on 6Music which is pretty decent but is only one three hour slot per week - apart from that, nada. :(

At least there's always Internet radio and podcasts...

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Day 15. A song that describes you - I'm Mr. White Christmas by Snow Miser


Yes, yes, I'm a day late... I would have posted last night but what was supposed to be a quick nap ended up as me sleeping all the way through til 5 this morning. D:

Anyway, this is the point of the meme where I'm supposed to get all introspective and navel-gazey, but fuck it... it's too early in the morning for that shit. So have instead an ode to my hatred of the heat - lol at my delicate Irish skin that can't handle any weather that isn't cold and damp. Me and Snow Miser are kindred spirits, srs.

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