Champion commenter Ethan is writing an intriguing weblog called Like To Listen To, where he's writing a thoughtful paragraph or two about everything he's listening to. For someone like me -- long on enthusiasm, short on attention span -- it's a great approach, and I'm thinking of adopting it in some form.*
He also has excellent, wide-ranging taste. Just in the last couple days, he's written about:
Brian Eno, Another Green World (1975)
Kylie Minogue, Fever (2001)
Jr. and His Soulettes, Psychodelic Sounds (1971)
Donna Summer, Once Upon a Time (1977)
Boards of Canada, Twoism (1995)
Roxy Music, Roxy Music (1972)
Angelo Badalamenti, Soundtrack from Twin Peaks (1990)
Animal Collective, Sung Tongs (2004)
Fairport Convention, Unhalfbricking (1969)
kd lang, Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004)
Portishead, Dummy (1994)
Lee Hazlewood, A House Safe for Tigers (1975)
Solid Eye, Electromagnetic Field and Stream of Consciousness (1994)
The Knife, The Knife (2001)
Check it out.
eth
Gawrsh, thanks. I appreciate the plug!
I'm hoping I can actually keep this one up, unlike the other blogs I've started and rapidly abandoned. The "long on enthusiasm, short on attention span" thing is exactly why I decided on this format, and why I think I might have a better chance at keeping it up this time.
Hah, I like how you called me thoughtful and then I submitted a comment as "eth".