Meme Myself And Eye
Mike tagged me with this, probably in order to draw out in more embarrassing detail what a weird musical sense I have:
- Total volume of music on my hard drive: (I’m counting my 40gb Creative Nomad Zen Xtra, since I only have music on my computer long enough to download it and rip it) 13.54 gigabytes - that’s 257 albums, 2,573 tracks.
- Last CD bought (download): Within Me by Camille Bloom. She’s a relatively new local act that owes a lot to Ani DiFranco.
- Last CD bought (store): Say What You Mean by Maktub Another local act that we’ve heard live quite a few times. Reggie’s voice is so versatile, he can sound like Otis Redding on one cut and Soundgarden on the next.
- Song playing right now: Elephant from Who Is This America? by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra. This New York-based band is a lot of fun to see. They travel with 15 or so musicians and have a terrific horn section. We’re hoping to see them June 10th at Chop Suey.
- Five Songs I listen to a lot: I tend to select albums instead of individual songs. One reason, I suppose, is that I’m too lazy to create playlists on my mp3. Here are 5 albums I’ve been dialing up frequently recently
- Street Signs by Ozomatli
- Brazilian Girls by Brazilian Girls
- President Alien by Yerba Buena
- When It Falls by Zero7
- Blue Scholars by Blue Scholars
It strikes me that I haven’t been playing singer/songwriters very much. I own and like people like Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Neko Case, Ani DiFranco, Tom Waits. I shy away, I think, from an entire album at one time.
