Blabber 2 - Double Dribble

I promised to give you Part 2 of ACRN Days today.

It's chock full of great generic indie rock songs from my infancy into good music. Full disclosure: I went into college as a huge fan of Ted Leo, Ben Folds Five, Something Corporate, The Strokes, and Interpol. I didn't know much of anything. (I still like these groups.) Some of these songs are BABY songs. You'll be like: dude, that Postal Service song has been around for longer than you've had leg hair!

I know, I know! This list is easy. It isn't challenging. And none of these songs are NEW.

My blog is not new. I don't try to be hip. (Ok, maybe a little?) I just like music, and music is music, and if I want to put an old Phoenix song next to an old Neutral Milk Hotel song, I'm going to. And you can laugh. And then you can be like, oh, she included The Wrens. She doesn't even know the struggles they have faced in the 13 or something years since they released The Meadowlands. And you'll be right! I don't even know! I wasn't even conscious of anything other than Backstreet Boys when that record came out. But Nick Carter was hott with two T's.



Ahem. Download here.

ACRN Days Part 2

1. Kevin Devine - Buried by the Buzz
2. Ko & the Knockouts - Go-Getter
3. Langhorne Slim - Restless
4. M. Ward - To Go Home
5. M.I.A. - Boyz
6. Mates of State - Fraud in the '80s
7. matt pond PA - Halloween
8. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 (I once played this song after telling listeners I was gonna play a set of happy, upbeat songs. Then a kid came in and yelled at me - "THIS SONG IS ABOUT ANNE FRANK. It's not happy." He was right.)
9. Phoenix - Too Young (This one's pretty happy though.)
10. The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
11. The Rapture - Whoo! Alright Yeah...Uh Huh
12. Russenorsk - Buzz + Spit
13. The Secret Machines - Lightening Blue Eyes
14. Southeast Engine - Where Are You Now?
15. Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice on You
16. Tapes 'n Tapes - Insistor
17. The Thermals - Here's Your Future
18. Vampire Weekend - Walcott
19. Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
20. We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
21. Wheels on Fire - I'm Turning Into You
22. Wilco - Jesus, Etc.
23. Wolf Parade - Shine a Light
24. The Wrens - Faster Gun

I'm a Blabbermouth

I can't keep secrets.

I mean, I'll keep your secrets, sure. But I don't really keep my own secrets. I find it easier to tell everyone everything. Let's be honest here, there's no reason to hide. I confess how I feel every week, sometimes even every day, sometimes even on this blog. I try to keep it to music secrets here because otherwise you could read my blog about Spain, or my blog about life, or maybe you could read my mind. (Wait, what?)

The point is, I find myself opening up to you... my dear friends, my dearest strangers.

Here's a not-so-secret secret: I really miss being a DJ at a college radio station. I think about it from time to time, but sometimes it really gets to me. I feel it today. Talk about the best (non-paid) job of all time, kids. I could pretty much say what I wanted, play what I wanted, and interview exactly who I wanted (if they would have me... let's be honest... I never was able to book Bono on my radio show. I did talk to the creator of Pitchfork. And all my favorite Athens bands. And Jesty Beatz. He's FAMOUS. Just ask him. That's gotta count for something, right?).


It's a time and a place in my life that I think I'll always come back to, year after year. The friendships I made, the things I learned... you could say I found myself sitting in that DJ seat. I FOUND myself. Before I even realized I was lost. (Ok, that was a lie. I always knew I was lost.)

I've put together a collection of songs that I played over and over. I had to separate them into two groups because I had a lot of favorites. OK?! Do you have a problem with an overobsessed DJ? I didn't think so. I loved playing all 47 songs. Today you get artists A-J. Tomorrow you get the rest.

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ACRN Days

1. A.C. Newman - Miracle Drug
2. Adam Torres - Dusty Wing Spirit
3. Andrew Bird - Tables and Chairs
4. Animal Collective - Peacebone
5. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
6. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
7. Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost
8. Beck - Girl
9. Beirut - Nantes
10. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
11. The Blow - Parentheses
12. Bright Eyes - Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
13. Cat Power - Love & Communication
14. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
15. The Dandy Warhols - Not if You Were the Last Junkie
16. Eagles of Death Metal - Cherry Cola
17. Georgie James - Need Your Needs
18. Hot Chip - Shake a Fist
19. Interpol - C'mere
20. Joe Anderl and Imaginary Friendship Choir - Dayton, Ohio
21. John Vanderslice - White Dove
22. Jose Gonzalez - Slow Moves
23. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart