Vivo Sonhando (Dreamer) [Day 99]

Nirvana - "Return Of The Rat"
Andrew Bird - "Simple X"
Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz - "Vivo Sonhando (Dreamer)"
Les Savy Fav - "Who Rocks The Party"
Yo La Tengo - "Nuclear War (Version 1)"
Radiohead - "Bodysnatchers" (live)
Animal Collective - "The Purple Bottle"
Joe Henry - "God Only Knows"
I'm at a loss. Today's set was weird, short and uninspiring. There are a couple of covers: Nirvana playing a song by a Portland, OR punk band called The Wipers, and Yo La Tengo's cool version of Sun Ra's "Nuclear War." (Which, not surprisingly, they learned to play shortly after 9/11. Click here if you want to hear them talk about that time in the band's history, it's pretty interesting.) One live song (Radiohead, from a BBC concert in April), and one inscrutable song by an inscrutable band (Animal Collective). Today's SWTMPP is from a classic album (Gilberto/Getz), but it's not the classic song ("Girl From Impanema"). Too bad, because she's a real person, supposedly. (FYI, if you're going to Google it, like I did, some results are NSFW.) One annoying song by a band that I find hit-or-miss (Les Savy Fav). A song from one of the more underrated albums of 2007 (Andrew Bird's Armchair Apocrypha). And, finally, a Joe Henry song from an album I love (Civilians), which I only got to hear a minute of before getting to work. Maybe I'm just saving myself for tomorrow. Not just any Thursday, my friends - - Day 100.

[Oh shit, now I raised the bar too high. You might as well go back to your other favorite blogs.]

And then I got to work.

Today's Stats
Total songs listened to: 8
Total minutes of music (approx.): 34
Song with the most previous plays: "Vivo Sonhando (Dreamers)" - 5
How I Rate Today's Playlist (1-10): 4
Miscellaneous factoid about my trip to work today: Took the 4 1/2 month old to the pediatrician before work. And I'm happy to report all systems are go!