Thursday Random Eight (07/16/2009)

Yoshinori Sunahara - 崖～G-Surf (Great3, Yoshinori Sunahara Mix): I blindly bought Sunahara's Works, '95-'05 a few months ago, not knowing anything about the artist or artist he remixed for this release (yes, it just looked interesting). The songs vary wildly, and this track itself has a number of progressions that are very enjoyable.

Billie Holiday - Moonlight in Vermont: One of my better attempts at gaining culture outside my typical range of musical tastes.

Rush - Digital Man: As a kid, Signals always seemed to be a very strange Rush album to me, transitioning from the wildly popular Moving Pictures and moving towards a more experimental Grace Under Pressure that seemed to be taking advantage of new trends in music at the time. Of course, now I guess it is all just old fart music.

Billie Holiday - All of Mine: I guess the iPod liked the flattery.

The Books - Vogt Dig for Kloppervok: Standard Books, odd sounds, spoken samples, and compelling music.

Radio Thailand - Mak Mak Darkie: From the Radio Thailand: Transmissions from the Tropical Kingdom CD, this is (I think) literally radio recordings of songs, chatter, and sponsors from Thai radio. It is pretty interesting, and certainly all over the place in terms of variety and trying to follow what is happening in the audio.

Lou Barlow - Cranky: 80 second acoustic-driven lo-fi...yep, Lou Barlow.

The Afghan Whigs - Beware: It's been a while for the Whigs despite having almost every album ripped on the iPod. Actually, the Uptown Avondale EP that this song is from isn't one on my typical rotation, but it is good to hearthey maintain the same misery-driven soul-rock on tunes I don't hear often.