Midlake - "Some Of Them Are Superstitious"
The American Analog Set - "The Postman"
Versus - "I'll Be You"
Rhett Miller - "The El"
The Fiery Furnaces - "Though Let's Be Fair"
Neko Case - "I Missed The Point"
Giant Sand - "Mope-A-Long"
Miles Davis - "Pinocchio" (alternate take)
Nice to hear some jazz pop up in the morning again. Although there's a fair amount on the iPod, it feels like it's been hiding. This laid-back tune is from Miles' 1968 album Nefertiti. It's actually one of his last acoustic records before the influence of rock acts like Jimi Hendrix and Sly and the Family led him to add guitars and keyboards to the mix - - a period I appreciate less than his early bop. But the real thing I want to talk about here is Pinocchio, as in the children's story. Anybody read this recently? Holy shit, it's nuts! Forget the Disney version with the puppet whose nose grows if he tells a lie, that's barely the half of it. Carlo Collodi's original story reads like a bad acid trip. I can't even remember all the details, because its been a few months since my daughter was into reading it at bedtime. But this is really no children's story. There are feuding woodworkers, death, rogue thieves, charlatans, fighting, mutant donkeys, a flesh-eating fisherman, killer sharks and more. It's dark!
Forget this:
Think this:
Ween - Candi
Silkworm - "Drunk"
Prince - "Head"
And then I got to work.
Today's Stats
Total songs listened to: 12
Total minutes of music (approx.): 51
Song with the most previous plays: "The El" - 14
Miscellaneous factoid about my trip to work today: Nothing like taking the subway to work in NYC the day after 9/11 and seeing about 8 cops with assault rifles and bomb sniffing dogs get on the same train as you. I tried to get a photo, but it didn't work out. You can almost make out some fuzzy cops in the middle. In any case, it's still kind of a cool shot - - in an abstract way. (Oh, and attention Karl Rove: If these cops are just part of your plan to scare Americans into voting with their frayed nerves instead of their brain, it ain't gonna work! I hope.)
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