I’ve never been a huge fan of Christmas music, some it’s ok, and there are a few songs I really like, but I usually have to be careful to avoid it until the few weeks right around Christmas or I risk getting burned out.
I’m borrowing (inspired by) something from a blog I read from time to time called Planet Dan. In fact he just came out with his 2010 christmas playlist.
Here’s the music video for Fiona Apple’s cover of The Beatles “Across The Universe”. The song is part of the sound track for for the movie Pleasantville, and there is an interesting tie-in with the movie, the music video is a scene that was from the story, but not in the movie (the soda shop [...]
Jonathan Coulton has a very interesting rise to “fame” (popular enough to make a living being a musician). He has done it with out the help of a record company. Probably his best promotional tool is making it as easy as possible to listen to his music (including giving it away). He has lots of [...]
“Hey Ya” by Outcast is one of the few hip hop songs I have actually enjoyed. It always reminds me of college. It got over played though. Anyway, there’s a great cover of “Hey Ya” by some guy called Mat Weddle, who’s in some band called “Obadiah Parker”, no idea of he’s cool, or if [...]
Jenny Owes Youngs is still in my music inbox, however I have managed to listen to her cover of Nelly’s Hot in Herre, several dozen times. Hopefully I’ll get to more of her music soon. Warning, this song is probably PG-13.