Music: November 2008 Archives

Amazon is selling 50 MP3 albums for a mere $5 each. I'm downloading stuff from Portishead, TV on the Radio, Death Cab and Flight of the Conchords as I type this. They even have Metallica's latest album on there. Doesn't quite atone for their asshat attitude about filesharing before, but it helps.

Of course, you can also get High School Musical 3 for $5. But why would you want to do THAT?

I'm listening to a playlist I made a while ago, "Maybe 2008 won't be like 2004." The mix of songs matches the mix of my emotions: one minute optimistic, the next minute despairing, the next minute simply really pissed off.

1. Don't Make Me a Target - Spoon
2. Yes We Can Can - the Pointer Sisters
3. War Pigs - Cake
4. 16 Military Wives - the Decembrists
5. Free World - Kirsty MacColl
6. Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax (this one goes out to Sarah Palin!)
7. Mentira - Manu Chao (this one goes out to John McCain... and just about every Republican lying sack of s*** who has opened his or her mouth this election)
8. Peace Love & Understanding - Amy Rigby
9. Ride the Fence - the Coup (this one goes out to all you "undecided voters.")
   
10. The Revolution Starts Now - Steve Earle (a defiant anthem... and a reminder of the heartbreak last time)
11. It's a New Day - the Skull Snaps
12. There Won't Be Trumpets - Bernadette Peters (are we the ones we've been waiting for?)
13. Yes We Can (pass 3) - Tano Sokolow, ingenious mashup artist

If you hear a gentle crunching noise in the background... that's just me nibbling my nails down to the quick. Hoping for the best, trying to be braced for the worst...