Messiah – “Temple of Dreams”
Lady Bouncer – “Dirty Mary”
KREVA – “Practice Session feat.SONOMI”
DJ Shadow Feat. Mos Def – “Six Days The Remix”
Pendulum – “Slam”
Whale – “Hobo Humping Slobo Babe”
MIA – “Paper Planes”
MGMT – “Time to Pretend”
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – “Dance The Way I Feel”
Christina Aguilera – “Not Myself Tonight”
Justin Timberlake feat. Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes “Sexy Back Pt. II”
Placebo – “Pure Morning”
Robyn – “Konichiwa Bitches”
KARA – “Mister”
Cee Lo Green – “Fuck You”
Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”
Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
LMFAO Feat. Lil Jon – “Shots (Dirty)”
Flo Rida – “Club Can’t Handle Me (feat. David Guetta)”
O-Zone – “Dragostea din tei”
THE BLUE HEARTS – “リンダ・リンダ”
Chumbawamba – “Tubthumping”
Naughty By Nature – “OPP”
Far East Movement – “Like A G6”
LMFAO – “Girl Can’t Help It”
DJ Mugen – “gaga medley” (Just Dance, Bad Romance, Love Game)
So, once again the realities of radio broadcasting in the 21st century are catching up with WOXY, 97X. If they can’t find new investment/management (?) by March 23, they’re gonna shut down.
This means a lot to me because WOXY was THE college radio station in southwestern Ohio when I was a teenager. I could rarely get it on the stereo at my house, but my friends with cars usually had it tuned in when they weren’t listening to tapes, and every time we went to Cincinnati we tuned in.
But why should YOU care? Well… maybe you’ve seen a film called Rain Man. There’s a great scene in which Dustin Hoffman’s character repeats the slogan above “97X – BANG!- The Future of Rock n’ Roll” over and over and over… it was awesome to see that in a movie when I was a teenager. The film’s set in the Cincinnati area (at least part of it is) so it’s appropriate, and it sparks nostalgia.
When I was a kid, the first time I ever heard Dream Warriors (“Wash Your Face in My Sink” and “My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style”) was on 97X. When I was in grad school, the first time I ever heard Smoosh or Vendetta Red was on 97X online. This station matters. To me, and to lots of other freaks and dorks from SW Ohio.
Back in 2002, 97X went offline for a bit, but it made it back. 9 years later, and reality may finally catch up with the station. I hope not… I hope someone out there helps them out. And if you’re in the Cinci area or know someone with a truckload of money just waiting to be spent – buy in and keep the music alive.
D.J. Shadow & Mos Def – Six Days
Miyavi – Girls, Be Ambitious
The Prodigy – No Good (Start the Dance)
IAMX – Think of England
Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch
Ayaka Ikio – Spin Me Round
Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal
Shiny Toy Guns – Le Disco
Muse – Uprising
Plumtree – Go!
Reel Big Fish – Beer
Save Ferris – Come On Eileen
The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go
Weezer – Beverly Hills
Puffy – No. 5 (Boogie Woogie No. 5)
Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way?
The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama Out Tonight
Steve Winwood – Valerie
MIA – Paper Planes
Jay-Z & Alicia Keyes – Empire State of Mind
Keri Hilson – Knocks You Down
Aoyama Thelma (with Soujah Boy) – Soba Ni Iru Ne
Sean Kingston – Me Love
Eminem & Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – Dance the Way I Feel
MGMT – Kids (Soulwax Nite Remix)
David Guetta ft. Akon – Sexy Bitch (Original Club Mix)
Kylie Minogue vs. Ludakris – Can’t Lick You Out of My Bed
Lady Gaga (ft. Colby O’Donis) – Just Dance
Nina Sky ft. Vybz Kartel – Move Ya Body (remix)
Dee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart
MIA – 10 Dollar
Mr. Hudson & The Library – Everything is Broken (ft. Kid Cudi)
All Time Low – Umbrella
Weezer – Pork & Beans
Sean Kingston – My Girlfriend
Justin Timberlake – Sexy Back Pt. II
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Little Boots – Remedy (A1 Bassline)
Andre 3000/Outkast – Hey Ya!
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (David Guetta mix)
Pitbull – Hotel Room Service
Pink – So What
Blue Hearts – Linda Linda
House of Pain – Jump Around
Chumbawumba – Tubthumping
Black Eyed Peas – Let’s Get Retarded
Cee Lo Green – Fuck You
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
Lady Gaga – Pokerface
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On a Prayer
O-Zone – Dragostea Din Tei
Gunther – Ding Dong Song (You Touch My Tra La La)
Simple Minds – Don’t You Forget About Me
Another meme thing… (name the first 15 albums you can think of in 15 minutes)
Nothing’s Shocking – Jane’s Addiction
Energy – Operation Ivy
Allroy’s Revenge – ALL
Appetite for Destruction – Guns N’Roses
Crimson – Alkaline Trio
Too Dark Park – Skinny Puppy
The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste – Ministry
Infliction – Scheer
Rage Against the Machine
Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution
Ride the Lightning – Metallica
Antichrist Superstar – Marilyn Manson
Exile in Guyville – Liz Phair
The Lion and the Cobra – Sinead O’Connor
Karma – Delirium
So I was getting pissed that whenever I listened to Hüsker Dü or Björk lately, the characters with umlauts would get all f’d up and it would change the name to Bj^rk or H^sker D^. Same was true of any characters with diacritics, etc. So I turned to Google for some answers and found a solution.
Appears to be the case that iTunes 7.7 on the Mac (maybe Windows, who knows?) hates outdated versions of ID3 tags (the things that fill in all the info on iTunes when you download… er… import… yeah… mp3s and such) and BREAKS them into tiny bits of goofy-ass characters if they have special (read: non-English) characters.
Solution: “select all” in your music list. Then go to the “Advanced” pull-down menu. Select “Convert ID3 Tags” from the menu choices, then choose “2.4” for the version you’d like to use. Once you do that (and basically upgrade the ID3 tag version for all your mp3s (or AACs or whatever), you will no longer have the “disappearing umlaut” problem.
Cheers.
Reference: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080712064910551
Yes. God, what a song.
Lyrics assembled from various sources and some slight translation work on my own.
Thanks to the following:
Anime Lyrics dot Com
Lyric Wiki
Megchan
天体観測 (Star Gazing)
2 o’clock in the morning at the railroad crossing, telescope on my shoulders
The radio tied to my waist said it wouldn’t rain
After two minutes, you came with way too many things
Shall we begin watching the night sky and searching for falling stars?
To avoid being swallowed by the darkness,
I earnestly considered holding your trembling hand that night.
Searching for things we can’t see, we looked into the telescope
A number of new voices were born which sliced through the darkness
Tomorrow was calling for us, but we never gave it a proper response
We chased the comet named “the present” together
Before I realized it, I began searching for something
Something like the meaning of happiness, or a place to store sadness
From the day I’m born until the moment I die I’ll be searching for it
But for now, lets go watch the night sky and search for falling stars
I still remember all the things we found that day,
and I still remember the pain of not holding your trembling hand
Hoping to know the things we didn’t know, we peered into the telescope
Hoping to illuminate the darkness with the faint, twinkling lights
And I still remember the pain we discovered through this
Alone, I still chase the comet named “the present” even now
And as we grow up, the number of things I want to tell you also increase
My unaddressed letters have built up into a pile that’s so large it looks like it would crumble
I’m doing well. And my worries are few.
But there’s one that I still remember even now.
While the rain the reports didn’t predict showered on us, you looked like you were about to cry
That day when I didn’t take your quivering hand
Searching for things I can see, a telescope on my shoulders again
I run back through the silence and darkness
And I still hold the pain at bay
Alone, I still chase the comet named “the present” even now
Let’s meet again one more time, a telescope on my shoulders
At 2 am at the railroad crossing like before
Shall we start watching the stars? Even if you don’t arrive 2 minutes later
We’ll chase the comet called “The Present” together
by Alien Ant Farm
At slow speed we all seem focused
In motion we seem wrong
In summer we can taste the rain
I want you to be free
Don’t worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene
Two can play this game
We both want power
In winter we can taste the pain
In our short years, we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away
I want you to be free
Don’t worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene
You won’t cry, I won’t scream
In our short years we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away
And if we make a little space
A science fiction showcase
In our short film, a love disgrace
Dream a scene to brighten face
In our short years we come long way
To treat it bad, just to throw it away
I want you to be free
Don’t worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene
You won’t cry, I won’t scream
(one fascinating thing about this song is the way that my mind fills in the gaps in the pidgin-like grammar)
I read this article Our Entitlement Mentality and found it just as dated as the commenters point out – it’s worth reading the rebuttals in the comments to get a better view of things, definitely. Some other things that are overlooked in these arguments include the fact that I WOULDN’T buy half the things I download, partly because singles are so overpriced (here I refer to hard-copy CD’s and the like) and because whole albums often aren’t worth buying for just one song.
But the real issue I take with the article itself is that it never pauses to ask WHY we (Americans in particular, but western cultures) have this sense of “entitlement.” And I think this is a very complex question that I can’t really analyze in a post on a blog. But one component of that, regarding “free” music, is the very model that is used to promote musicians and bands. We’re constantly surrounded by “free” music – TV commercials (and even shows now), radio, sound systems in stores and shops, in the mall, sometimes even on the street. We hear music constantly and we have no notion that we’re actually paying for it via advertising. Or even, perhaps, that the music itself is its own advertisement. Or the store/shop/restaurant has paid for a music subscription service in order to have tunes in their business. So the notion is “if I can get this for free on the radio, if I could have taped it on my cassette deck 10 years ago (or 20 or whatever), then why can’t I use this better technology to get it free now? So obviously, the system is broken, but to slap people for taking advantage of your broken system and scold them (or sue them) is at the very least arrogant, if not ultimately futile.
I don’t listen to the Dixie Chicks much, but I really dig where this is coming from… because it’s a letter to all the people who can’t stand their politics. Keep it up Natalie, Emily, and Martie.
“Not Ready To Make Nice” from the album Taking The Long Way
by Dixie Chicks
Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I’m not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I’m still waiting
I’m through with doubt,
There’s nothing left for me to figure out,
I’ve paid a price, and i’ll keep paying
I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
I know you said
Why can’t you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it
I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don’t mind saying,
It’s a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over
I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should
Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I’m not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I’m still waiting
“I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.”
–Aleister Crowley
“Attain”
by Charlotte’s Webb
lyrics by Matt Duncan
What I see and what you see
Are two extremes — an unspanned gulf
You give me grief with your belief
That you are right and I am wrong
My own misdeeds create my creed
I am my judge, I make my rules
You bait me with your weak disease
And sow the seeds that bloom in fools
You scorn me with your practiced lie:
“Without wings you cannot fly.”
You nail me down, I ask you “Why?”
With my own will I’ll touch the sky.
My ears will bleed
My eyes will burst
My bones will break
My fear will fade
The substitute for wings refused,
I forge my path with my bare hands.
Escape this shell in which I dwell,
Escape the world and its demands.
You cannot follow. I won’t lead.
You will succeed like me — Alone.
The path you seek to strong from weak
Is inborn, find it on your own.
The seasons change, the leaves will die
Blown by the wind, and with them, I’m
Caught in the Spiral, curl and fly,
I need no wings to touch the sky.
My ears will bleed
My eyes will burst
My bones will break
My fear will fade
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