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Got 4 hours? Here’s some music

2014/05/09 by Jim Leave a Comment

A while back I asked my Facebook and Twitter friends to suggest songs over 8 minutes in length for a mix. And I got a ton of great suggestions in by far the longest Facebook comment thread that has ever appeared on my timeline. Then I largely ignored them all and put together this mix … [Read more…]

Posted in: Jim's Useless Ramblings, Music Tagged: 8tracks, church of misery, dan deacon, david bowie, disillusion, electric wizard, explosions in the sky, gil scott-heron and brian jackson, godspeed you! black emperor, headhunters, iron maiden, isis, janes addiction, local h, mastodon, neutral milk hotel, phish, polvo, prince, spiritualized, ulver, yo la tengo

My favorite albums of 2012

2013/01/14 by Jim 2 Comments

So here we are, a year later, 2 weeks into 2013 and well past time for me to post my Top 20 albums of 2012. A note on process: I choose these albums using a highly unscientific semi-random pseudo-bubblesort method, taking into account my initial impressions, whether they grow or fade on me, how I’m … [Read more…]

Posted in: Music, Podcasts Tagged: …and you will know us by the trail of dead, baroness, best albums of 2012, best of 2012, bob mould, cloudkicker, converge, dinosaur jr., godspeed you! black emperor, high on fire, japandroids, jimmy cliff, local h, panopticon, pig destroyer, propagandhi, spiritualized, swans, the maldives, the men, the protomen, titus andronicus

Jim’s favorite albums of 2008 (MMVIII CE MF)

2008/12/31 by Jim Leave a Comment

My Best Albums of 2008 Show! These are the albums I have decided are the best albums that a) I’ve listened to, b) have an official 2008 release date, and c) are full-length LPs, not EPs or compilations. Since I listen to a broad variety of music, some of the segues are a little jarring. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcasts Tagged: akimbo, amon amarth, best of 2008, blitzen trapper, bonnie prince billy, clutchy hopkins, cynic, darkestrah, drive-by truckers, elliott brood, girl talk, guillotine, harvey milk, justin townes earle, kiuas, murder by death, neuraxis, spiritualized, the gaslight anthem, the rural alberta advantage, tyr

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