birthday music

garbage trucks make their rounds early. at least on Mondays. at least in Seaside Park, New Jersey. which allowed me to experience my birthday to the max.

in the early morning, wee wee, sleepy (for most) hours yesterday I groggily contemplated taking a picture of everything (and I mean, everything) I ran across. you know, once a year overdocumentation.
but thankfully for those nearest and dearest I purposely left "the good camera" back in New York (you can only carry so much through a rainy city when trying to catch a Friday evening train out of Penn Station and, trust me, the oversized suitcase was more than enough to wrestle with). plus I very much believed this would be a week of more literary leanings.

but I did listen to a goodly amount of music on the 18th. more or less in order:

"A Day in the Life" - The Beatles
"In My Life" - The Beatles
"I've Just Seen A Face" - The Beatles
"Two of Us" - The Beatles
"Dig A Pony" - The Beatles
most of Randy Newman's Harps and Angels (while walking to and from the local bakery)
most of Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction (explanation later)
most of Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I (explanation later)
"Give Me Back My Man" - The B-52's
"Private Idaho" - The B-52's
"Clean Up For Christmas" - Aimee Mann
"You Could Make A Killing" - Aimee Mann
"Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
"Tired of Being Alone" - Al Green
"You Can Have It All" - Yo La Tengo
"Stockholm Syndrome" - Yo La Tengo
"The Boy is Exhausted" - The Wrens
"Everyone Chooses Sides" - The Wrens
"Hash Pipe" - Weezer
"Say It Ain't So" - Weezer
"Louisiana" - The Walkmen
"The Rat" - The Walkmen
"I Hear The Rain" - Violent Femmes
"It's Gonna Rain" - Violent Femmes
"And The Healing Has Begun" - Van Morrison
"'Til I Gain Control Again" - Van Morrison
"Venus" - Television
"Marquee Moon" - Television
"Were You There?" - Tarbox Ramblers
"Last Month of the Year" - Tarbox Ramblers
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" - They Might Be Giants
"Birdhouse in Your Soul" - They Might Be Giants
"Teenage Riot" - Sonic Youth
"Beauty Lies in the Eye" - Sonic Youth
"1979" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Tonight, Tonight" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Kissing the Lipless" - The Shins
"So Says I" - The Shins
"Come Pick Me Up" - Ryan Adams
"New York, New York" - Ryan Adams
"Rocks Off" - Rolling Stones
"Happy" - Rolling Stones
"Falling Up" - Rickie Lee Jones
"Pirates (So Long, Lonely Avenue)" - Rickie Lee Jones
"Busted" - Ray Charles
"Crying Time" - Ray Charles
"Can't Hardly Wait" - The Replacements
"Cruella Deville" - The Replacements
"Feast on My Heart" - Pylon
"Volume" - Pylon
"Rise" - Public Image Ltd.
"Seattle" - Public Image Ltd.
"U-Mass" - Pixies
"Ed Is Dead" - Pixies
"Brainy" - The National
"Start A War" - The National
"Wild Sage" - The Mountain Goats
"San Bernadino" - The Mountain Goats
"Every Word Means No" - Let's Active
"Make Up With Me" - Let's Active
"On Call" - Kings of Leon
"My Party" - Kings of Leon
"Stomping All Over The World" - Kimberley Rew
"Hey, War Pig!" - Kimberley Rew
"I Can't Stand Up (For Falling Down)" - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
"Secondary Modern" - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" - Elton John
"(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket" - Elton John
"72 (This Highway's Mean)" - Drive-By Truckers
"Zip City" - Drive-By Truckers


last movie I ever saw: Dog Day Afternoon

last book I ever read: Eric Weisbard's 33 1/3 treatise on GNR's Use Your Illusion (see? I told you there would be an explanation)

and today Part Two of my interview with Steinski posted on villagevoice.com, complete with the world premiere (and FREE) download of the very recent track "What Was Raymond Doing With His Hands? (A Soundtrack for a Real Swinger of a Nightmare). so grab it grab it grab it.