EDIT: As I was posting this, Rammstein took the #16 spot ( Read more... )

Should probably count "Frontier Psychiatrist," even though there are multiple songs that employ this technique. I like to think of it as representative of a very specific crate-digging trend c. the turn of the century -- post-DJ Shadow, more a perfunctory backdrop for displaying weird-ass specialty spoken word records.

This one's for the songs I'm keeping, or at least have made some kinda shortlist, but aren't placed in the mix yet ( Read more... )

Wow, amazed that I'm actually rejecting songs for the novelty mix. I'll do something like a "suitcase," per the 1981 Box Set from a while back that the guy from ILM did (he just started a blog somewheres where they're all available for download, but I don't remember where it is at the moment ( Read more... )

The following is a synthesis of my recent teaching experiences and several key koganbot convos (check the Dep't of Dilettante Research tags especially ( Read more... )

D4L, “Laffy Taffy” (it’s about labia)

This was a rationale in a comments section for including "Laffy Taffy" in a "worst hits ever" list.

Is this true?????????????? (I don't think so -- nothing in the song suggests that's what it's about -- and I shouldn't underestimate how much people will project onto an ambiguous phrase in a song they don't

SRSLY stumped at this point. I must be missing a ton though, trying to make it to 100-track CD-R ( Read more... )

This was just brought to my attention. Apologies to Freelance Hellraiser for not actually liking anything else they did. FREELANCE HAIRDRESSERS. Brilliant.

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I'm kind of intimidated by the prospect! I suppose I need to start by transcribing contenders from previous lists of mine, mixtapes I've made, various decade polling, other people's lists...ugh. And of course all critic polls seem to be deleted from the face of the internet, and it's a bitch trying to find 'em in my emails. So I'll start with ( Read more... )

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