Despair – Hans Zimmer
Cosmic Love – Florence and the Machine
Closer – Tegan and Sara
Picture of Success – Rilo Kiley
Party Girl – Nanci Griffith
Firefly [Main Title] – Sonny Rhodes
When You Come Back Down – Nickel Creek
One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie & His Orchestra
A Window Opens – First Aid Kit
Red Tide – Neko Case
and an extra for TEH DRONEZZZ… Waitress – BOY

Anyone else enjoy the heck out of Iron Man 3?

I Couldn’t Be Your Friend – Tegan and Sara
Rockin’ in Rhythm – Duke Ellington/The Harlem Footwarmers
Doppio movimento – Aaron Copland
Cold Shoulder – Adele
St. Louis Infirmary – Louis Armstrong
The Ship Comes In – David Holmes
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) – Diana Krall
Mosquito – Ingrid Michaelson
All the Roadrunning – Emmylou Harris/Mark Knopfler
Fairytale – Sara Bareilles
and another for Tony Stark: Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) – Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto

*jazz hands*

What is this “record store” of which you speak, Mr. Bogg? I have not seen the like, sir.

I Was Married – Tegan and Sara
The Execution of All Things – Rilo Kiley
Hit That Jive Jack – Diana Krall
Shine – Anna Nalick
Bright Sunny South – Alison Krauss and Union Station
Don’t Forget Me – Neko Case
Budo – Miles Davis
Reste (Stay) – Sophie Milman
Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Nickel Creek
Up Against the Rain – Nanci Griffith
and another for my little brother’s 18th… Vertigo – Erin McCarley

“The Calling” – Mary Chapin Carpenter
“Cantabile in D Major” – Sarah Chang
“The Chain” – Ingrid Michaelson
“The Rebel Fleet/End Title” – John Williams
“Duo Sonata in A major” – Julia Fischer
“So Nice” – Diana Krall
“Make You Feel My Love” – Adele
“July” – BOY
“Lord Won’t You Help Me” – Sara Watkins
“In Motion” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
AND FEATURING: “Shake It Out” – Florence + the Machine

“Skin” – BOY
“Kara’s Coordinates” – Bear McCreary
“Turning Tables” – Adele
“Hit That Jive Jack” – Diana Krall
“Simple Life” – Mary Chapin Carpenter
“Never Go Back” – Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
“Morning Song for Sally” – Nanci Griffith
“Remain Nameless” – Florence + the Machine
“Without You” – Sara Gazarek
“Be OK” – Ingrid Michaelson
(and…) “Love Song” – Sara Bareilles

Anyone else got some good reading material this weekend?

Let’s take this for a spin:

They Didn’t Touch Me – Cliff Martinez
The Fire Rises – Hans Zimmer
Twisted – Jane Monheit
Straighten Up and Fly Right – Diana Krall
Under the Wing – Bear McCreary
Chasing Pavements – Adele
Spectacular Views – Rilo Kiley
Boots of Spanish Leather – Nanci Griffith
Love Song – Sara Bareilles
Spit on a Stranger – Nickel Creek
…and another for variety, the spice of life:
Skin – BOY

If you’re looking for a fantastic piece of fantasy to read this fine weekend, might I recommend The Ladies of Mandrigyn, by Barbara Hambly? On the other hand, if you’re looking for some music:

“Broken Doll” – Anna Nalick
“Rhapsody in Blue” – George Gershwin
“On We March” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“Back to Base” – Alexandre Desplat
“Look For the Silver Lining” – Jane Monheit
“Lovesong” – Adele
“Love Conquers All” – Nanci Griffith
“Silver Lining” – Rilo Kiley
“When In Rome” – Nickel Creek
“The Signal” – Bear McCreary
and… (drumrolllllll….)
“Dog Days Are Over” – Florence and the Machine

Dog Days Are Over – Florence + the Machine
The Asteroid Field – John Williams
A Cold, Cold Christmas – Stephen Colbert
Mastermind – Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Gaeta’s Lament – Bear McCreary
King of Anything – Sara Bareilles
All the Roadrunning – Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler
Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Nickel Creek
Hush, Hush – Erin McCarley
Doppio movimento – Aaron Copland

I guess the old iTunes just reminded me too much of using iTunes on Windows, which blew great steaming goat balls.

Why exactly does the new iTunes suck? Because I’ve been using it and actually rather liking it. Maybe it’s just that I’m using it on a Mac as God Steve Jobs intended, but it’s pretty nice for me.

*mournful sigh* I’d just like to note, for the record, that we aren’t all insane here in Georgia.

Not to stir up trouble or anything, but I’m annoyed by the way some people here have been talking, as though the Only True Progressives are the ones who constantly advocate for the One True Progressive Policy. Or that people like me who defend Obamacare are somehow callous monsters who don’t care about helping others. I would love to have single payer, or even just a public option. But with the politics we have right now, that’s just not possible. And I’ll be damned if I let perfectionists do away with what we’ve managed to get for the sake of a dream.

I also resent the implication that just because I’m not constantly shouting OMG DRONES IZ EVUL at the top of my lungs, means I don’t care about anyone outside of my small circle. The way we are using drones troubles me, but I don’t see it as the most evil thing in the world. I think there are much bigger issues, but that does not mean I approve of the way President Obama is using drones. Just because I do not have the exact same priorities and positions as you does not make me evil.

How lovely of you. I’m sure your parents are proud of how you troll the Internet and pick on other people for no damn reason. I don’t need career advice from dickheads who only care about “teh lulz”. Besides, for all I know, you’re a 15-year-old trolling from your parents’ basement. So, again, I would like for you to go fuck yourself with a napalm-soaked piece of wood.

You’re making an argument for something that, in reality, will never help me, because there’s no fucking way single payer will pass. Also, I prefer not to be referred to as “this kid”, because it’s really fucking condescending.

Troll.

Because it’s just so easy to find a job these days. And not just any job, but a job that pays enough to find a separate place to live.

Also, I live with my parent, thank you very much, because my mother died from breast cancer about two years ago. So allow me to be a bit more explicit: go fuck yourself, you brain-rotted asshole. You’re being a snarky Internet dude about this, and we’re talking about real people, with real consequences. Fuck you and the fucking horse you fucking rode in on.

Speaking as someone who can’t find any sort of work and who only has his medicine covered by my dad’s insurance *because* of the ACA, I would like to invite you, in the words of our inimitable bloghost, to eat a bag of salted dicks.

To paraphrase Clark Gable, frankly, my dear, I don’t give a shit. If you care so much about it, fine, but given the amount that Dubya lied during his time, this is small potatoes.

Perhaps you’ve heard of something called “the fog of war”? If you were remotely determined to be fair to President Obama, you might concede that he could have made a mistake, rather than deliberately lying. But I doubt conservative trolls like you are interested in being fair.

I’ve recently read a fun piece of “dragon fantasy”, which I enjoyed very much. It’s called Seraphina, and it’s a debut novel by an author named Rachel Hartman. In a world where dragons can take on human forms, a young musician whose mother was a dragon has to reconcile her different heritages. I really can’t wait for the next book in the series. I also enjoyed John Scalzi’s Redshirts, which has a nice healthy dose of meta, but it’s not just an exercise in satirizing Star Trek. As for nonfiction, I haven’t read as much of that, recently, but I recommend Quiet by Susan Cain, which is a book about introversion, and how introverts (like yours truly) can manage a world that doesn’t always favor them.

Oh, and I’d like to put in a good word for Tamora Pierce’s books. She’s a great author, even for someone outside of her target audience (like yours truly).

I’m pretty sure they meant that they want someone who will approach tasks with velociraptors. And if I mention velociraptors, I’m pretty sure that Intertubes law requires me to link to this.