March 2011
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“Pry, To” by Pearl Jam from...
February 2011
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December 2010
3 posts
American Marketing
So here I am just watching a re-run of last night’s Daily Show while trying to motivate to finish grading my students’ final papers, and on comes an ad for the DVD/Blu-Ray release of “The Town.” As has become the custom now, the ad not only enjoins you to purchase said movie on the digital format of your choice, but also goes to great pains to point out that it’s not...
Top Three Kisses in Literature
Rereading Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man has me thinking about this. I love a good kiss.
3.
“He closed his eyes, surrendering himself to her, body and mind, conscious of nothing in the world but the dark pressure of her softly parting lips. They pressed upon his brain as upon his lips, as though they were the vehicle of vague speech; and between them he felt an...
Secret Weapons of Productivity
Talking to some students at Woodbury High School yesterday, I got asked what kind of music I listen to when I’m writing. Here are my top five albums/artists to listen to when I’m really trying to get something done:
5. Mogwai :: Come On Die Young and Young Team
4. Sigur Ros :: Agaetis Byrjun
3. Miles Davis :: Bitches Brew
2. Fennesz :: Endless Summer & Black...
July 2010
1 post
The Nifty Fifty
To celebrate the Fourth of July, Calley and I spent more time than was strictly necessary putting together this mix of 50 songs (well, 51 with Washington, D.C.) about the 50 states. Or rather, related to the 50 states. You get the point.
Alabama: “Stars Fell On Alabama” :: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Alaska: “Alaska” :: Dr. Dog
Arizona: “Hotel...
April 2010
1 post
The Last Playlist for Chuck & Sean's Trivia ::...
Justice :: “Genesis” Steely Dan :: “Black Cow” Big Sugar :: “Girl Watcher” Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes :: “40 Day Dream” Spoon :: “Written In Reverse” The Beatles :: “The Word” Erykah Badu :: “Window Seat” The National :: “The Geese Of Beverly Road” Goodie MoB feat. OutKast :: “Black...
March 2010
3 posts
Playlist for Chuck & Sean's Trivia :: 03.21.10
The Rolling Stones :: “Midnight Rambler” The Kinks :: “You Really Got Me” Norman Greenbaum :: “Spirit in the Sky” The Zombies :: “She’s Not There” Spirit :: “I Got A Line On You” Steely Dan :: “Your Gold Teeth II” Big Star :: “The Ballad of El Goodo” Big Star :: “Life is White” Big Star ::...
Playlist for Minnesota Mondays @ Grumpy's NE ::...
Friends Like These :: “7th St. Queen” City on the Make :: “Howling At A Sliver Of The Moon” Hockey Night :: “For Guys’ Eyes Only” Low :: “Hatchet (Optimimi Version)” Missing Numbers :: “Minor Cut” Story of the Sea :: “I’d Like To Meet You” The Plastic Constellations :: “Phantom Canyon” Haley Bonar ::...
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist 03.07.10
Oliver Nelson :: “Stolen Moments” John Coltrane :: “Mr. P.C.” Grant Green :: “Patches” Larry Young :: “Zoltan” Menomena :: “The Pelican” Sparklehorse :: “Sick of Goodbyes” - R.I.P. Mark Linkous. You will be missed. Elbow :: “Any Day Now” Jimmy Eat World :: “Lucky Denver Mint” The Get Up Kids ::...
February 2010
2 posts
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist 02.21.10
The Clash :: “Lost in the Supermarket” The Beatles :: “What You’re Doing” Wolf Parade :: “The Grey Estates” Weezer :: “Jamie” Ted Leo/Pharmacists :: “Me & Mia” Afghan Whigs :: “66” Minus the Bear :: “Knights” Muse :: “Muscle Museum” Queens of the Stone Age :: “No One Knows” Dungen...
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist 02.07.10
Justice :: “Genesis” Fog :: “I Have Been Wronged” Fugazi :: “Arpeggiator” Neko Case :: “Lady Pilot” Bon Iver :: “Skinny Love” M. Ward :: “To Go Home” The Pernice Brothers :: “Our Time Has Passed” Dirty Projectors :: “Stillness Is The Move” Bob Dylan :: “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” Deerhoof...
January 2010
4 posts
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Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist 01.24.10
This is the pre-game here, while we’re waiting for the Vikes to get done.
Justice :: “Genesis” The XX :: “Crystalised” Nat “King” Cole :: “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas” Bob Dylan :: “Shelter from the Storm” Frank Sinatra :: “Bewitched” Talk Talk :: “Ascension Day” Chris Lee :: “Thom’s Bells”...
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McFierce Mash-up: Spoon vs. The Wu-Tang Clan -...
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 01.03.10
Radiohead :: “Reckoner” Phoenix :: “Lisztomania” Grizzly Bear :: “Two Weeks” Jay-Z vs. Grizzly Bear :: “Two Public Service Weeks” Papas Fritas :: “Hey Hey You Say” Babe Ruth :: “The Mexican” The Electric Prunes :: “General Confessional” Megafaun :: “The Fade” Chris Isaak :: “Wicked Game” The...
December 2009
5 posts
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Spoon vs. Jay-Z :: “The Hola We...
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New and improved version of The Who vs. Mobb Deep...
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 12.20.09
Whiskeytown :: “Under Your Breath” Unit 4 + 2 :: “Concrete and Clay” Sufjan Stevens :: “Chicago” Spoon :: “My Mathematical Mind” Dirty Projectors :: “Stillness Is The Move” Wilco :: “I’m The Man Who Loves You” Metric :: “Gold Gun Girls” Bat For Lashes :: “Daniel” Justice :: “Genesis”...
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist 12.06.09
Grant Green :: “It Ain’t Necessarily So” John Coltrane :: “Mr. P.C.” David Axelrod :: “Songs of Innocence” - Fully one of the most amazing songs ever made. Midlake :: “It Covers The Hillside” Can :: “Vitamin C” Pharoahe Monch :: “Free” Common :: “I Used to Love H.E.R.” Santana :: “Yours Is The...
The Who’s “Eminence Front” vs....
November 2009
1 post
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 11.08.09
Donny Hathaway :: “Jealous Guy” Bill Withers :: “Use Me” Macondo :: “Almendra” Babe Ruth :: “The Mexican” La May & Company :: “Free the Soul Man” Seu Jorge :: “Tive Razao” Queen :: “Killer Queen” Norman Greenbaum :: “Spirit in the Sky” Department of Eagles :: “No One Does It” Chris Lee...
October 2009
2 posts
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 10.25.09
DJ Shadow :: “Mongrel … Meets His Maker” Neko Case :: “This Tornado Loves You” Land of Talk :: “Sea Foam” R.E.M. :: “Finest Worksong” Deerhoof :: “Fresh Born” The White Stripes :: “My Doorbell” - Assuming this is Meg White, I can’t see how anyone can knock her drumming. But then again, if it isn’t, knock...
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 10.11.09
The Velvet Teen :: “Naked Girl” Caribou :: “Melody Day” Braid :: “Always Something There to Remind Me” Bruce Springsteen :: “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out” - For Alexa Fog :: “10th Ave. Freakout” The Beatles :: “What You’re Doing” Tennessee Ernie Ford :: “Sixteen Tons” The Ink Spots :: “I Don’t Want to...
September 2009
1 post
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 09.13.09
The Rolling Stones :: “Midnight Rambler” ZZ Top :: “La Grange” T. Rex :: “The Slider” The Kinks :: “You Really Got Me” The Beatles :: “Twist and Shout” Danny Overbea :: “40 Cups of Coffee” Magic Sam :: “That’s All I Need” Freddie King :: “I’m Tore Down” B.B. King :: “Hummingbird”...
August 2009
5 posts
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 08.30.09
Grant Green :: “My Favorite Things” D’Angelo :: “Devil’s Pie” Stevie Wonder :: “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” The Bee Gees :: “Night Fever” Kenna :: “Freetime” Ghostface Killah :: “Be Easy” El Michel’s Affair :: “C.R.E.A.M.” Kill the Vultures :: “Moonshine” k-os ::...
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Mashup of the week: Helmet vs. Outkast -...
As requested by your hosts Chuck & Sean, a...
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 08.16.09
Dinosaur Jr :: “Start Choppin” Jane’s Addiction :: “Ain’t No Right” Loney, Dear :: “I Am John” Matthew Sweet :: “Sick of Myself” Neko Case :: “This Tornado Loves You” Thom Yorke :: “Black Swan” Sunset Rubdown :: “They Took A Vote And Said No” Clap Your Hands Say Yeah :: “Over And Over Again (Lost...
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 08.02.09
M.I.A. :: “Pull Up The People” The Sahara All Stars of Jos :: “Feso Jaiye” Johnny Osbourne :: “Ready or Not” The Commodores :: “Keep On Dancing” Grant Green :: “Patches” Medeski, Martin & Wood :: “The Lover” Slum Village :: “Conant Gardens” - R.I.P. Baatin David Fiuczynski :: “Vog” Why? ::...
July 2009
6 posts
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 07.19.09
HAPPY LABORIAL DAY!
Little Walter :: “Mean Old World” T-Bone Walker :: “Stormy Monday Blues” Albert King :: “She Caught the Katy and Left Me A Mule to Ride” Hound Dog Taylor :: “Give Me Back My Wig” Freddie King :: “Going Down” - Conflicted. An amazing song, but also, in its way, the death knell for blues proper and the beginning of...
The Laborial Day Anthem by Greg Reese of Yer...
This guy makes me look wicked amateur →
Max Tannone (formerly Minty Fresh Beats) already made a whole album of Radiohead vs. Jay-Z stuff (which you can find on this site as well), but this five-song EP is even better than the first thing. Highly recommended.
http://jaydiohead.com/?jh=ENCORE
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 07.05.09
Clem Snide :: “Joan Jett of Arc” Buddy Holly :: “Everyday” 13th Floor Elevators :: “You’re Gonna Miss Me” Cream :: “Tales of Brave Ulysses” Jimi Hendrix :: “Hear My Train A Comin’” — from Jimi Hendrix Concerts, which may be out of print but is well worth tracking down. Best version ever. The Red Devils :: “Tail...
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Mashup of the Week: Mos Def, Kanye West, &...
June 2009
5 posts
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 06.21.09
T-Bone Walker :: “Call It Stormy Monday” Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats :: “Rocket 88” - First song with distorted guitar Little Walter :: “Mean Old World” Son House :: “Death Letter” Professor Longhair :: “Big Chief” Oliver Nelson :: “Stolen Moments” The Ink Spots :: “I Don’t Want to Set the World on...
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Mashup of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie vs. Jay-Z
A hilarious Twitter exchange
commongoodbooks: I was just telling my co-workers about seeing Living Color and Stereo MCs in Berlin in 1990. Feel old. Really old. And lame as well.
steventurous (that’s me): @commongoodbooks I saw Living Colour at UMass in 1991. My now-wife was 9 at the time. THAT makes me feel old.
commongoodbooks: @steventurous Even though I’m pretty sure I’m older than you, I think you win...
Mash-up of the week: Nas vs. INXS
Chuck & Sean's Trivia Playlist for 06.07.09
Fela Kuti :: “Shuffering and Smiling, Pts. 1 + 2” Young-Holt Unlimited :: “Wah-Wah Man” Johnny “Guitar” Watson :: “Lovin’ You” Marion Black :: “Who Knows” Macondo :: “Almendra” King Curtis w/ Duane Allman :: “The Weight” The Rodway Leyland Duo :: “Caravan” Kashmere Stage Band :: “Thank You...
May 2009
2 posts
Mashup of Grizzly Bear’s “Two...