Jalpuna tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1 2013-05-21T17:51:52Z These words are mine, but only when they're in this particular order. Movable Type 3.34 Kickflips tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2267 2013-05-21T03:40:06Z 2013-05-21T17:51:52Z For weeks now, I've been posting playlists made up of music from this year's South By Southwest festival in Austin. This week's playlist is more on the rock side of the spectrum. Rob jalpuna.com made available for download here via torrents (free and legal, I should add). Each year, I download the music, weed out the garbage and make playlists from the stuff that catches my ear. This week's playlist is more on the rock side of the spectrum.]]> I have one more playlist from South By Southwest left for next week, and then I'm done with SXSW for another year.]]> Argonauts tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2266 2013-05-13T23:28:25Z 2013-05-13T23:39:33Z It's a pop playlist with an 80's vibe. Kinda, sorta, and so on and so forth. Rob jalpuna.com South By Southwest 2013 torrents. This time around, it's a pop playlist with a bit of an 80's vibe... kinda, sorta.]]> ]]> Sting's Teacher Years tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2265 2013-05-06T04:14:27Z 2013-05-06T05:22:33Z I love the fact that somebody named a song Sting's Teacher Years, even though the song has nothing to do with Sting. Or does it? I tried googling the lyrics, but I ended up with pages of links to pages about Sting. Obviously. Rob jalpuna.com I love the fact that somebody named a song Sting's Teacher Years, even though the song has nothing to do with Sting. Or does it? I tried googling the lyrics, but I ended up with pages of links to pages about Sting. Obviously. This is another playlist of songs from this year's South By Southwest festival. I realize the festival ended in March, but I've been posting these playlists for the past five weeks, and I still have a few more of them before I'm done. All of these SXSW playlists are made up of songs available in the free ("and legal!" he says with a grin) SXSW 2013 torrents. The torrents (a pair of them) consisted of around 1200 songs, of which I've posted 98 (and counting!) I look forward to going through the SXSW torrents each year. There are always a few gems that I'd have never found otherwise.]]> Everyday Is Listening tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2264 2013-04-29T01:34:09Z 2013-05-06T05:12:39Z I look forward to SXSW each year. We have an annual Music Fest Northwest festival in Portland, but unlike our MFNW, SXSW also features a monstrous collection of free music. And that's where the music in my SXSW playlists comes from. Rob jalpuna.com Here's another batch of songs from this year's South By Southwest festival. Basically, it's a collection of songs that more or less seem to fit together. There's really no rhyme or reason beyond that. I look forward to SXSW each year. We have an annual Music Fest Northwest festival in Portland, but unlike our MFNW, SXSW also features a monstrous collection of free music that can be downloaded in torrents - torrents that are free and legal, not to mention that they're housed on google servers these days. And that's where the music in my SXSW playlists comes from.]]> Silver And Gold tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2263 2013-04-20T17:47:56Z 2013-05-06T05:12:48Z I've been posting compilations made from the free music available from this year's South By Southwest festival. This will be the 4th playlist so far from this year's SXSW. This time, the playlist has an indie/folk sort of sound. Give it a listen and you'll see what I mean. Rob jalpuna.com Another week. Another playlist. I've been posting compilations made from the free music available from this year's South By Southwest festival. This will be the 4th playlist so far from this year's SXSW. The festival ended well over a month ago, but there's a lot of music to go through, so I've been breaking it down into manageable chunks. This time, the playlist has an indie/folk sort of sound. Give it a listen and you'll see what I mean. If you'd like to sift through the music from this year's SXSW to gather songs I've posted along with any goodies I may have missed, it's all free and legit and available here. Previous years are available too, going back to 2005.]]> Oh Honey tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2262 2013-04-13T05:46:32Z 2013-05-06T05:12:56Z Here's another playlist from this year's South By Southwest festival. This time, the playlist is kind-of sort-of twangy, and it gets twangier as it goes along. Rob jalpuna.com Here's another playlist from this year's South By Southwest festival. This time, the playlist is kind-of sort-of twangy, and it gets twangier as it goes along. ]]> You Want Me To Change tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2261 2013-04-05T02:39:32Z 2013-05-06T05:13:05Z More music from SXSW 2013. This time, it's more of an indie rock playlist. Rob jalpuna.com More music from this year's South By Southwest festival. This time, it's more of an indie rock playlist. All of the music in this playlist (and any of my SXSW playlists) is available for free online. Each year, a gigantic collection of songs from artists involved with the festival is released as torrent files online. This year's collection is available here.]]> Your New Beloved (SXSW 2013) tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2260 2013-03-26T02:33:11Z 2013-03-26T02:34:13Z This year's South By Southwest festival ended a week ago. Now that I've had time to start going through the music, I'll be posting playlists. Here's the first: Pop, from SXSW 2013. Rob jalpuna.com released for free via torrents. It ends up being around 1200 songs, most of which suck. But... but but but... 1 in 10 tend to be pretty good, and a few will be amazing. If you have the patience to go through the massive amount of music, you can discover some marvelous artists. Each year, I dump all of the songs from SXSW into iTunes, and you'd be shocked if you knew how quickly I can tear through them all to find the gems, though the vast majority end up being deleted. This year's South By Southwest festival ended a week ago. Now that I've had time to start going through the music, I'll be posting playlists. Here's the first: Pop, from SXSW 2013.]]> I really enjoy Your New Beloved, by Lovelife, but I have a feeling it's not a good example of what the rest of their music sounds like. That's a shame. Sleepless, by Flume, sounds like summer! It also sounds like it was heavily influenced by Passion Pit, but then again, Passion Pit's high pitched vocal synth samples sound like they were heavily influenced by older work by Kanye West. So, the sound isn't new, but it's an infectious piece of music regardless. If Paul Couture doesn't have a huge hit with Jackie B Good, he needs to fire his record company. Period. Whew... that's a pretty big playlist... but there's a lot of music from SXSW to go through. It's safe to assume I'll have another SXSW playlist next week, but in a different format. Folk, perhaps? We'll see.]]> Gun! tag:jalpuna.com,2012://1.2200 2013-03-19T01:48:15Z 2013-03-26T01:19:20Z One day, I discovered that Neil Cross had been writing a British TV cop show called Luther. And, what's this? Luther is available on Netflix. While watching the show, I found a piece of music called "Gun" by Emiliana Torrini. Rob jalpuna.com for the blog of a writer named Neil Cross. He writes horror novels, and though that's a genre I have absolutely no interest in, I enjoyed the blog he writes about his writing. Odd? Yes. One day, I discovered that Neil Cross had been writing a British TV cop show called Luther. And, what's this? Luther is streaming on Netflix. While watching the show, I found a piece of music called "Gun" by Emiliana Torrini. Wow. What a sexy voice. What a neat piece of music. It's the first track in the following playlist.]]> I'm not sure how I feel about Luther. The show has some great characters, but it's ridded with over the top cliches. That being said... if you find yourself hopelessly laid on the couch with a bad cold, a Netflix subscription and nothing but time to kill... Luther could be just what the doctor ordered.]]> I Know Very Well tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2259 2013-03-12T03:11:49Z 2013-03-12T04:06:03Z Morrissey didn't perform 'I Know Very Well How I Got My Name,' which is probably for the best since I'm not sure how many people have ever heard it. It was a b-side for Suedehead, from Viva Hate... and it seemed to fit this playlist nicely, so here it is. Rob jalpuna.com I went to see Morrissey at The Schnitz on Friday night. The show was mostly fun, though it felt brief. I say 'mostly' fun because, really, I didn't need the giant display overhead as he performed Meat Is Murder. Yes, he did play some songs from The Smiths - five if memory serves correctly. Some of his choices from his solo career seemed odd. He opened with Alma Matters. Really? Why? I guess the answer to that is, because he can. Morrissey didn't perform 'I Know Very Well How I Got My Name,' which is probably for the best since I'm not sure how many people have ever heard it.
You think you were my first love
You think you were my first love, but you're wrong
You were the only one
Who's come and gone
--Morrissey
"I Know Very Well How I Got My Name"
'I Know Very Well How I Got My Name' was a b-side for Suedehead, from Viva Hate... and it seemed to fit this playlist nicely, so here it is. I've always admired Morrissey's ability to take a two minute idea and turn it into a two minute song, and this is a perfect example of that. So many artists feel the need to stretch everything to four minutes if not longer regardless of whether they have enough of a song to fill the time. 'I Know Very Well' is short and to the point. I respect that. It's also rather vague, but hey, it's his song and it's surely about a specific event in his life, so I can respect that too.]]> Wheee Whooo, Wheee Whooo Whooooooo tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2258 2013-03-05T02:28:03Z 2013-03-12T03:57:42Z How many songs feature whistling? Quite a few, as it turns out. In fact, this is my third playlist of songs that feature whistling. How do you spell the sound of whistling? I don't know. Rob jalpuna.com How do you spell the sound of whistling? I don't know. I can't help wondering how musicians write the whistling parts into songs. Take "Late March, Death March" by Frightened Rabbit, for example. On paper, does it look like this? "March, death march, I went too far. Wheeee whooo, wheeee whooo whoooooo." The beginning of spring feels like the perfect time for a whistling playlist... so... that's what this is. How many songs feature whistling? Quite a few, as it turns out. In fact, this is my third playlist of songs that feature whistling. Here's another. And here's another.]]> Sailboats Wish That They Were Stars tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2257 2013-02-25T20:12:48Z 2013-02-26T22:29:14Z Once in 1964, an actress ran on the shore. And though you'll never return, I love you Audrey Hepburn. Sometimes I can see your face in the crowd. Rob jalpuna.com A pop playlist for a harmless sort of day. Sky Sailing is a pseudonym for Adam Young, who is also known as Owl City. When he recorded as Sky Sailing, as well as his early Owl City work, he was creating music in his parent's basement. In my opinion, Adam Young is a perfect example of everything that's wrong with the music industry these days. His early work was brilliant. Ever since being signed to a major label, his albums have been terrible because those managing his career want top 40 hits from the guy who made a name for himself through earnest pop. It's a shame. If you enjoy Sailboats in the playlist above, you'd probably really enjoy the entire Sky Sailing CD.]]> Baby Shoes, Never Used tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2256 2013-02-18T18:24:53Z 2013-02-19T19:28:47Z Baby Shoes by Bad Books opens with a line that reminds of the six word story supposedly written by Hemingway: "For sale, baby shoes. Never worn." Did Hemingway really write those six words? Rob jalpuna.com If you're curious, you're not alone.]]> ]]> Hello Darkness tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2255 2013-02-12T04:56:55Z 2013-02-12T06:26:14Z I'm ready for spring, but spring isn't ready for me. I'm looking forward to warmer temperatures and sunshine into the evening. Instead, it's gray. Cold and gray. I realize the calendar says February, so winter weather is to be expected, but the heart wants what the heart wants, and mine wants spring. Rob jalpuna.com I'm ready for spring, but spring isn't ready for me. I'm looking forward to warmer temperatures and sunshine into the evening. Instead, it's gray. Cold and gray. I realize the calendar says February, so winter weather is to be expected, but the heart wants what the heart wants, and mine wants spring. The heart will have to wait. ]]> Cats And Dogs And Rooster Calls tag:jalpuna.com,2013://1.2254 2013-02-05T03:46:32Z 2013-02-12T06:26:02Z Telephones and pay phone stalls, they take away the lonely days, for now Rob jalpuna.com "Cats and dogs and rooster calls Telephones and pay phone stalls They take away The lonely days For now" - The Head And The Heart, 'Cats And Dogs' Donovan Woods has a new album on the way sometime this year, called 'Don't Get Too Grand.' No Time Has Passed is from his 2010 CD 'The Widowmaker,' which is fantastic. At last check, he was streaming the entire album on his website, here, and it's available on iTunes. Another new CD I'm really looking forward to this year is 'Ghost on Ghost' by Iron And Wine, due in mid April. My Lady's House is from his 2005 EP 'Woman King.']]>