The Beatles confess, “I’m happy just to dance with you.” And Animal Collective immediately reply, “I’m not.” What’s interesting about this, to me, is that the Beatles became less danceable over the course of their career, while Animal Collective have become more so. For more on Alphabetical Shuffle, click the linked tag. Or find out [...]
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Alphabetical Shuffle: How?
2009.04.08
The stretch of songs beginning with “How” are an aching, beautiful set, and has me wondering another very human question: Why is “How” so difficult sometimes? It can be even more difficult than “Why”. How (The Cranberries) How Can I Tell You (Cat Stevens) How Deep is Your Love (The Bee Gees) How Do I [...]
Alphabetical Shuffle: Car, car chase terror
2009.02.05
I’ve been listening to all of my songs in alphabetical order by title for a few weeks now (only while at work). Occasionally, a true bit of poetry emerges from what is ultimately a sort of shuffle, and while I mostly comment on this via Twitter, I’m going to start documenting such moments here when [...]