That time of week again.…
There’s a reason why, regardless of my general preferences for rock and metal over bubbly pop, I believe content is important. Poison can be slipped past with a dose of sugar. I’ll stick with low hanging fruit here: Lily Allen. A lot of her songs, the music itself is positive, upbeat, fun. Listen to the words though? Start with “LDN” The song proclaims that everything around her is shit. That any beauty she sees is at best self-delusion. Interestingly, the same applies to the song itself. O…
As much as I love the other stuff I mentioned, it has several weaknesses. The biggest is this: it demands to belistened to.I can maybe cook, mow the lawn, or fix/paint the stairs to it, and even draw, but writing, no way. For that, I turn to trance and deep house. The latter I can thank Cernovich, but I’ve been listening to Oakenfold and other trance DJ’s/mixes since at least 2000. Most of the Deep House mixes I’ve seen revolve around popular songs or club songs that have been remixed, often s…
Way back in the distant past – ok, not so distant past – I used to listen to a lot of crap. Let me back up, and define crap. Or perhaps, better yet, let’s look to Jon Del Arroz, [http://delarroz.com/?p=1950]and why he mostly listens to bubbly pop music like Taylor Swift: > Something I’ve wanted to post about for a bit in terms of general “successful mindset”, is about music. It’s no secret that I’m quite into bubbly pop music, especially that of the legendary Taylor Swift. I take a bit of flac…
It’s Friday again.…