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i am the total black, thanks to the ever-present influence of an erudite minority. and audre lorde.

song of the day: end of the week edition.

ra ra riot, “kansai

Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard (2010)
Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard (2010)

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song of the day, saturday afternoon

ra ra riot, “too dramatic

Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard (2010)
Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard (2010)

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song of the day, bizarre art period edition

arcade fire, “rococo

Arcade Fire | The Suburbs (2010)
Arcade Fire | The Suburbs (2010)
the suburbs is the best album of the year. i’m going to go ahead and say that now, because whoever isn’t also saying it now will certainly be saying it soon enough.


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song of the day: shameful edition

adam lambert, “aftermath

Adam Lambert | For Your Entertainment (2009)
Adam Lambert | For Your Entertainment (2009)

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song of the day: newbies

ra ra riot, “you and i know

Ra Ra Riot | The Orchard (2010)
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song of the day: first one in months

mumford & sons, “i gave you all

Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More (2009)
Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More (2009)

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song of tuesday

grizzly bear, “little brother (electric version)

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songs of the weekend, and now monday.

kings of convenience, “peacetime resistance

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song for a (questionably) productive saturday

great lake swimmers, “moving pictures silent films

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song of a (LONG) thursday night

(i’m in fact surprised at myself, since lately i haven’t been able to deal with kanye at all. but then, this “old” gem crept up on the five-star playlist shuffle…and i thought, hey, why not? i do love this track, after all. who doesn’t love a song about working at the gap?)


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songs of friday (after a helluva thursday)

ryan adams, “two hearts

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neko case, “i’m an animal

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josh ritter, “open doors

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song of tuesday night

speech debelle, “the key

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song of friday evening

gomez, “sweet virginia

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song of an unusually productive thursday

the decemberists, “the rake’s song
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it’s really important to know why this song is so weird. so listen to it, but here are the lyrics:
I had entered into a marriage
In the summer of my twenty-first year
And the bells rang for our wedding
Only now do I remember it clear
Alright, alright, alright

No more a rake and no more a bachelor
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies
Only then did I reckon my curse
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

First came Isaiah with his crinkled little fingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along
Alright, alright, alright

What can one do when one is a widower
Shamefully saddled with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Isaiah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
Alright, alright, alright

And thats how I came your humble narrator
To be living so easy and free
I expect that you think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

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songs of the day: new in blackness™ edition

kid cudi & crookers, “embrace the martian

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the cool kids, “gold and a pager

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