http://jalpuna.com/ These words are mine, but only when they're in this particular order. en Copyright 2013 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:40:06 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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.]]> http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/05/kickflips.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/05/kickflips.shtml playlists Mon, 20 May 2013 19:40:06 -0800 South By Southwest 2013 torrents. This time around, it's a pop playlist with a bit of an 80's vibe... kinda, sorta.]]> http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/05/argonauts.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/05/argonauts.shtml playlists Mon, 13 May 2013 15:28:25 -0800 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. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/05/stings_teacher.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/05/stings_teacher.shtml playlists Sun, 05 May 2013 20:14:27 -0800 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. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/04/everyday_is_lis.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/04/everyday_is_lis.shtml playlists Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:34:09 -0800 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. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/04/silver_and_gold.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/04/silver_and_gold.shtml playlists Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:47:56 -0800 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. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/04/oh_honey_sxsw_2.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/04/oh_honey_sxsw_2.shtml playlists Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:46:32 -0800 More music from this year's South By Southwest festival. This time, it's more of an indie rock playlist. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/04/you_want_me_to.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/04/you_want_me_to.shtml playlists Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:39:32 -0800 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.]]> http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/03/your_new_belove.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/03/your_new_belove.shtml playlists Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:33:11 -0800 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.]]> http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/03/gun.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/03/gun.shtml playlists Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:48:15 -0800 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. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/03/i_know_very_wel.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/03/i_know_very_wel.shtml playlists Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:11:49 -0800 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. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/03/wheee_whooo_whe.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/03/wheee_whooo_whe.shtml playlists Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:28:03 -0800 A pop playlist for a harmless sort of day. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/02/sailboats_wish.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/02/sailboats_wish.shtml playlists Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:12:48 -0800 If you're curious, you're not alone.]]> http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/02/baby_shoes_neve.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/02/baby_shoes_neve.shtml playlists Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:24:53 -0800 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. http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/02/hello_darkness.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/02/hello_darkness.shtml playlists Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:56:55 -0800 "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' http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/02/cats_and_dogs_a.shtml http://jalpuna.com/archives/2013/02/cats_and_dogs_a.shtml playlists Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:46:32 -0800