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From tangleofthorns: Five songs beginning with the letter P. Download, enjoy, comment if you'd like a letter.

New York Dolls - Private World

Loud and fun.

M.I.A - Paper Planes

I know this has been on every music blog known to man, but it's catchy and the gun shots in it are awesome.

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Because I'm on a total Radiohead/Thom Yorke kick at the moment.

Lupe Fiasco - Put You On Game

I've never been a big hip-hop fan, but through LJ I've been introduced to Lupe and his songs have been some of my highest played on iTunes. This one isn't my favourite of his, but still well worth a listen.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena

Gotta love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and this one is one of my favourites of theirs.


Very happy about the Obama victory (cutest picture ever) but now also so glad that Hilary has finally decided to concede on Saturday. About. Damn. Time. Now if only those VP rumours would just die. (The fact that she was still asking people to go to her site to give her money after South Dakota/Montana just left a really bad taste in my mouth).

I might make a goodbye 2006 post later today. I have no plans for tonight and to be honest, I'm really fine with that. A lot of the people I know in Wellington are away and just, eh, a quiet night will suit me fine.

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( Battlestar Galactica S3 reaction through "The Eye of Jupiter" )

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I've also seen the pilot of 'Dexter', the pilot of 'Studio 60' (finally) and the second ep of 'Heroes' (the first did not want to work for me) that I want to comment on in more detail at some point, but quickly, I liked Dexter the most, Studio 60 was good but not as good as I was hoping, and I think I need to give Heroes a couple more eps but Hiro is adorable and Mohinder is mmm.

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And becuse I feel like it, here are some songs I've really been enjoying recently.

I've never been a huge Radiohead fan. I like some of their songs, but I don't own one of their albums, and some of their later stuff got a little too techno for my tastes. However, I have sort of fallen in love with Thom Yorke's new solo album. I love the lyrics and the sound and I keep going back to listen to songs from it. I haven't felt like this about a non-Rolling Stones album for quite a while.

These are the twothree songs I just keep going back to on my iPod:

Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
Thom Yorke - Black Swan
Thom Yorke - Skip Divided

I remember the Regina Spektor squee way back when and never really giving her a chance. Anyway, due to a song of hers appearing in VMars and a friend with some of her songs, I'm really wondering why I didn't. She's adorable and has some great lyrics.

Regina Spektor - Consequence of Sound

I've done a Thea Gilmore pimp post before. She's wonderful. I picked this cover up on an MP3 blog and I really love it.

Thea Gilmore - Ever Fallen in Love? (Buzzcocks Cover)

And I include these because they're hilarous, cute (maybe just the first one) and just a litttle bit geeky.

Animaniacs - Countries of the World
Tom Lehrer - Oedipus Rex

Okay, so maybe a lot geeky. ;)



Look, no Stones! (Though Dear Doctor is hilarious and awesome. *cough*)

Six (Current) Favourite Songs Meme:

1. The Whitlams - Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)
So House/Wilson it's not funny.

2. Rufus Wainwright - Rebel Prince
Oh so pretty.

3. Rilo Kiley - A Better Son-Daughter
From the soft start to the more rocky end, this song is wonderful.

4. The Decemberists - The Legionnaire's Lament
*bops* I can't help it, this song is infectious.

5. The Beatles - In My Life
So much love.

6. The Cure - The Lovecats
It's a little cracktastic and highly addictive.

7. (oh, shush) Melissa Etheridge - Secret Agent
I adore her voice. Guh.

I know there is a tagging part to this meme, but really whoever wants to do it should do it. The uploading isn't required (and if you're on dial-uip like me, it's not pretty) but once I started listing them I felt I had to share them too.

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Also, while I'm sharing, here are a few songs I'd already uploaded to my webspace and meant to share but never quite got around to making the LJ post for:

Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful
I don't know quite what to write for this one but this is a gorgeous sad song about pining. Mellow, kind-of Indie.

Poe - 5 and 1/2 Minute Hallway
Pretty, pretty song and the little audio clip at the end just makes it that much better. Such a great atmospheric feel.

Rachael Yamagata - Collide
There's a J/S vid in here somewhere, there really is. The piano just kills me.

The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
Their lyrics and their style are just wonderful. I have to own their album(s).

Sarah Harmer - Dandelions and Bulletholes
She just has a gorgeous voice.

Ryan Adams - Wonderwall (Oasis Cover) (Live)
I've heard the album version of this and it kind of disappointed me but this live version is wonderful. His voice is fantastic and there are all sorts of amusing asides as he sings.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Performed by Dame Moura Lympany)
I've always been more of strings girl but this piano piece is easily one of my favourites when it comes to classical music. So sad. So pretty.

I doubt I would have found any of these wonderful artists without other people on my flist's music posts (some of the shared songs might look familiar to some people as songs they've shared) and other LJ music communities. I am very grateful. <3

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Nesting Dolls played here tonight. I was sucked in. *headdesk* It wasn't that bad and now I'm wondering if I should start watching CSI again on a regular basis. Damn curiosity. *mumbles* My G/S shipper was (and still sort-of is) on life-support but has not died.

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I finally got around to updating my recs page. It now has over 30 fandoms (38, I just counted) on it and my 'Pending Recs' Bookmark folder is still ridiculously long. Ridiculously. That's not me using an hyperbole either, there is over 100 fics in that folder. (OMG 191!) *facepalm* I read far too much fic, or like too much of what I read. Something like that anyway. I've pondered getting another LJ and putting some of them in there, but really, it would be just another thing for me to angst over and moan to myself that no-one is reading. This suits me better and really, the list is mostly for me. Sure, if someone reads some good fic because of it, then that's great and I certainly write it so it's accessible to other people, but it's more just a list of fics I've loved in a handy place so I can come back to them and so I can feel a little happy about sharing them, even when I don't make the effort of really pointing people over there.

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Finally, I love the Internet because it brings me pretty House episodes that haven't aired in this country. Three Stories was just, yeah. *sniffs* *loves them all, yes, even Cameron, as long as she keeps her romantic intentions as far away from House as humanly possible*