The Music Diary Project

Well over 70 blogs etc involved now.

i hate to be annoying (yeah right!) but just gonna post my stuff in this thread each day or two

Monday:

Panda Bear – Tomboy – full album (NPR stream)
Lull – Dreamt about Dreaming – first 20 min. or so
Craft Spells – Idle Labor – full album
Aaliyah – “Choosey Lover (Old School/New School)”

Tuesday (so far):

ESG – Dance to the Best of ESG – first 30 min. of disc 1
Bardo Pond – s/t album – first three songs
The Mountain Goats – four songs played live, SPIN.com video

How is Tomboy?

I really like it so far.

i like it! lots of looped vocals, big washes of processed guitar, rudimentary backing rhythms. as usual, the melodies he comes up with on a few tracks floor me; others are more ambient, or sound like a skipping disc, looping over and over.

have a listen yourself -

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/04/134987319/first-listen-panda-bear-tomboy

Yeah I found that link like 10 minutes ago. It's like an indie version of an old Scientist dub record or something - I think I like it?

not sounding too confident there

Here's my summary of Day Two: http://troubleddiva.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/music-diary-project-%e2%80%93-day-two/

Tuesday, nowt.

Right now, watching TOTP1976 on iplayer (doesn't count, right?)

day 2! http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/4375670491/music-diary-project-5-4-11

days 1-2 (for now): http://mookieproof.tumblr.com/tagged/musicdiaryproject/chrono

Day one and two:

http://closer-to-perfection.tumblr.com/

I hate Tumblr so excuse the formatting.

Here's my Day Three: http://troubleddiva.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/music-diary-project-%E2%80%93-day-three/

i'm doing this too - here's day 1:

http://casinosoul.tumblr.com/post/4366537634/music-diary-project-day-1-late-pass

(late pass bcz i started yesterday, not monday)

drunx day 3 http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/4400827817/music-diary-project-6-5-11

Tuesday 5th April MG entries:

ILX compilation "Tiny Music" - in anticipation of the next one...

Primal Scream Screamadelica Live - from the superdeluxe edition which is available on itunes.

Day 3

http://sickmouthy.com/2011/04/07/wednesdays-listening/

http://mookieproof.tumblr.com/post/4412809912/musicdiaryproject-wednesday

featuring inspiration from various ilx users

http://shaolin-directory.tumblr.com/post/4413157631/music-diary-project-days-2-and-3

Been posting my updates here: http://viachicago.blogspot.com/

Tuesday (continued):

The Raveonettes - Raven in the Grave - full album - way home from work

Wednesday:

Taylor Swift - "Long Live" / "Sparks Fly" - way to school w/ my daughter (we have Taylor Swift mornings all the time)
The Raveonettes - Raven in the Grave - first half of album - way to work
Melvins - The Bootlicker - first half of album - way home from work
American Primitive Vol. II - first half of disc 1 - way to Lady Gaga concert
Semi Precious Weapons - Lady Gaga's opening band - 5-6 songs, fucking awful
Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" / "Beat It" / "Smooth Criminal" / "Bad" / "Wanna Be Startin' Something" - over the PA waiting for Gaga to hit the stage
Lady Gaga - setlist here - Austin show, but setlist was the same as Tulsa
American Primitive Vol. II - second half of disc 1 - way back from Lady Gaga concert
LCD Soundsystem - "North American Scum" - checked ILX for 10 minutes before bed, listened to this song to confirm that it's better than pretty much everything on This Is Happening... confirmed yes, it is.

Thursday:

Taylor Swift - "Mine" / "Sparks Fly" - way to school
Crystal Stilts - In Love with Oblivion - first half of album - way to work
The Human League - "Never Let Me Go" / "Heart like a Wheel" / "Human" / "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" / "Don't You Want Me" / "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" / "Tell Me When" - opened Human League interview w/ these YouTubes, played them all
Low - C'mon - full album - playing now at work

My first three days, one by one

Day Four: http://troubleddiva.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/music-diary-project-%e2%80%93-day-four/

We just did Zaireeka at our record club!

today was a pretty interesting day for me, listening-wise! it included a song i'm NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT.

http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/4431928365/music-diary-project-7-4-11

it's almost emasculating reading how much music you guys listen to throughout the day. 3 albums a day for me is an accomplishment!

Yeah my head would explode if I ever listened to as much as lex.

Lex listens to way more than I do, although I probably trumped most people yesterday due to a rather epic session. I was listening pretty constantly from about 8am until 11pm. Or, rather, I had music on for pretty much all that time. Whether any actual active listening took place rather than just just passive absorption is a different matter; but that's the point of the project.

i pretty much listen to music whenever i'm not actually with people (unless i'm transcribing or watching tennis or doing something incompatible w/music) - and this week's been a pretty socialising-heavy one. i never watch tv, which might explain a lot of it. am pretty much incapable of sitting in silence.

also whenever i'm on the move i ALWAYS have my ipod on, which accounts for a large amount of time

i also end up listening to totally new-to-me songs every day - yesterday was atypical in that i only listened to five new songs, the live stuff excepted...funny given what some people round here seem to think of me

Right, yesterday I did listen to:

Finished up that Screamadelica live set
Voice of the Seven Thunders, st.

When's it finishing, today?

I'm going to go through the weekend, and send out a survey, but if people only want to do up to today, that's fine.

my Thursday

Ah right, through the wekend too. Righto.

Thing is, we're on a long journey, so I can furnish you with the playlist which is individual tracks, as well as particular albums too...

Go for it, dude. It's not (just) for me; it's for you; for anyone who reads it.

95 blogs etc involved now. http://sickmouthy.com/2011/04/04/musicdiaryproject-whos-taking-part/

Oh man, this is the first I've heard of this, and I totally would've done it.

Join in anyway! Diarise today and the weekend. I'm going to put a survey together and send it out on Monday.

http://sickmouthy.com/2011/04/08/thursdays-listening/

my Friday

Friday's listening - http://sickmouthy.com/2011/04/09/fridays-listening/

I made a survey for people who've been taking part - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NFWHLSQ

y'day! http://alexmacpherson.tumblr.com/post/4462861867/music-diary-project-8-4-11

Where are you when you do most of your listening, Lex? What's the room like?

my bedroom unless otherwise stated. untidy. i tend to work/listen here because my music's all on an external HD and lugging both that and the laptop around every time i want to go somewhere else is not the one.

the one to get played like a poop-butt