365

I'm caught up now. yay me.

My mood today is extremely odd. I have the same song on eternal repeat in iTunes. It's probably gone around about 15 times so far, and I'm still not tired of it. I can usually wear out a song a whole lot sooner than that, so it's particularly strange that this one keeps on sounding good.

My musical tastes have been shifting violently lately. The bottom line remains the same: anything with a wicked or even prominent bassline I'm immediately attracted to, pretty much regardless of genre. I've always appreciated what I consider to be "hard rock" music, but mostly in small doses. I'm still pretty particular about the harder stuff, and I rarely, if ever, purchase entire albums from that genre. But I've been drawn to it more lately, and I've been downloading some stuff that I would have never listened to before. Here are some of my latest purchases, sorted by date added in iTunes:

• Queens of the Stone Age - Skin on Skin: I'm so into this song, I play it at least 5 times a day. It's fuzzy and distorted, and I can only understand part of the lyrics, but I love it. I've downloaded a few other QotSA songs too: Tangled Up In Plaid, Do It Again, No One Knows, Make It Wit Chu, and God is On the Radio.
• Tina Dico: She's from the Netherlands or someplace, and her voice is just... well, it just sucks me in every time. The first time I heard her was on a Zero 7 track called "Home", and I did a little research to find out who she was, because I knew for sure that she wasn't Sophie Barker or Sia. She has a new album out called 'In The Red' and I've been listening to parts of it off and on since I got it.
• Chris Botti - A Thousand Kisses Deep: after the show Tuesday night, I picked this one up because I didn't have it yet.
• Soundgarden: I downloaded 'Down on the Upside', 'Superunknown', and 'Badmotorfinger' all at once last week. I know they're broken up and I'm way behind the times, but there it is.
• Robin Thicke - The Evolution of Robin Thicke: This is more my usual speed, with the R&B kind of feeling. I've Limewire'd a number of the tracks from this album, and decided it was high time I made an honest woman out of myself - that and my favorite track was crappy quality and I wanted better.
• Sheryl Crow - Detours: This one was mainly for Kierstin, who loves her. I haven't even listened to it yet.
• Morcheeba: Ok, so I'd heard of them before, but didn't really have any knowledge of them. When I went in search of music for a specific purpose (ahem.), all of my search results turned up one or more recommendations for Morcheeba. I guess it's classified as Trip-Hop, but ok, whatever. I really like 'Slow Down', and I downloaded a bunch more. I'm not in love, but I'm getting there.
• Bob Marley - Legend: I've owned this album multiple times in my life. My first copy fell casualty to my little brother eons ago. The second one I purchased was in the glove box of my car when it got stolen. I finally got it again.
• Garbage - Absolute Garbage: I've always liked 'Stupid Girl' and 'Special', and now I'm running 'Push It' into the ground.

That's my list as of 1/24. I've bought a lot of music lately in my specific quest for the perfect song. I still haven't found said perfect song, and I don't think I'm ever going to because it's so moment-specific that it changes every time. Bummer.

Paul and Mad are downstairs listening to The Scorpions right now. Why is that funny to me?