December is rapidly approaching, and I am narrowing down my picks for my year end “best of music 2007″ December blog-a-thon. I don’t even know if anyone will care or not, but I am excited. I also need to get back into my old podcast, which I haven’t done in ages… I guess I’ll have to put that on my list.
Either way, I have been listening to music non-stop, because there have been some great CDs come out in the past few weeks, many of which will make my year end list. There is just so much to absorb! I think that I like music, and sharing it, because it really is one of the only things that can truly make me feel good. I also really love being surprised by something, and it being really good. There really is nothing like hearing a really amazing song; it gets me energized, and totally takes me to a good place. I love that, and that very thing has been happening a lot lately. 2007 has proven to be a good year for me, musically, and I look forward to blogging about that next month.
One thing, however that is a cause of much strife and grief for me, is my last.fm profile. I don’t know why, but I find myself kind of obsessing about it, and lately, even more so. After iTunes decided it wanted to delete my playlists, the last.fm client decided it no longer wanted to scrobble my ipod tracks. This SUCKS, because I listen to music all day at work, and I really want those tracks on my profile. I have tried reinstalling iTunes, and the last.fm client; both with no luck. If there is any advice or help that anyone can give me, I am all ears; I like last.fm, and I like the whole idea of it, and want to actually use it!!! Help!
Other than enjoying the hell out of some great pop records (Shayne Ward, Kylie Minogue, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, etc.) in the recent weeks, I have been slowly counting down to the end of this semester. I am so ready to have these two classes under my belt, and I hope that once I am finished with them, I will regain some of my momentum. They have just both been demanding, and frustrating. I can’t wait until the next two weeks are over! Let’s hope that next semester (and all subsequent following ones) is much better!
I also made some color/border changes to the blog template… thoughts?
hey duane,
Saw your comment on Towleroad about Robyn — her album is coming out sometime in the spring (likely around April or May) in ‘08.
Thanks for commenting, and I look forward to reading your site!
xo
JD
Thanks for the info update, J’ason. That is frustrating, though, because that is such a fantastic album, and I don’t know why we Americans can’t have a go at it (without the import price). Sigh… at least I have the music to enjoy until then! Thanks again!
You ever listen to Tegan and Sara? They are a couple lesbian* sisters from Canadia who have put out several pop CDs. I have 3 or 4 of them and enjoy all of them immensely.
* the fact they are lesbians is irrelevant, it just turns me on.
dave, thanks for the recommendation! You are actually the second to recommend them to me THIS WEEK! I actually downloaded the CD the other night, but haven’t been able to pay proper attention to it because of the aforementioned titles. I do, however, quite love that song “the Con”.
The Con is good but I would recommend the So Jealous album. Much better.
Yeah, that’s a much, m uch better album, dpb. “Walking With A Ghost” is a jam!