Noteworthy

I’ve done it before, and I’m doing it again. Here is all the music I tagged in Shazam between March 24, 2010 and yesterday .

1. Wouldn’t It Be Good, by Nik Kershaw
2. Funkytown, by Lipps, Inc.
3. Crazy, by Seal
4. The Rhumba Jumps, by Billy May / Mel Tormé
5. Misery Business, by Paramore
6. In My Head, by Jason Derulo Feat. Nicki Minaj
7. Gimme Sympathy, by Metric
8. Clone, by Leo Kottke / Mike Gordon (just silly)
9. Layla, by Eric Clapton
10. All I Have, by Mat Kearney
11. The Rake’s Song, by The Decemberists (this song is messed up)
12. Vertigo, by U2
13. I Will Follow You Into The Dark, by Death Cab For Cutie
14. King Of Anything, by Sarah Bareilles
15. Wonderwall, by Oasis  (I’m so ashamed that I had to tag it to remember the name)
16. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, End Movement “a Clockwork Orange”, by OST / Keine Künstlerinformation (that means Original Sound Track / no artist information)
17. Doubt, by Delphic
18. Maybe I’m Amazed, by Wings
19. Kodachrome, by Paul Simon (even more sad since it was discontinued)
20. Free Life, by Dan Wilson
21. Major Tom, by Peter Schilling
22. Let There Be Love, by Oasis
23. One Night In Bangkok, by Tim Rice (while my roommate was in Thailand)
24. The Man Who Can’t Be Moved, by The Script
25. The Fear, by Lily Allen
26. Barracuda, by Heart
27. Bad Day, by Daniel Powter
28. Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of, by U2
29. In My Head, by Jason Derülo
30. Sweet Disposition, by The Temper Trap
31. Polite Dance Song, by The Bird And The Bee (this one is awesome)
32. The Only Exception, by Paramore
33. Neckbrace, by Ratatat
34. Black Balloon, by The Goo Goo Dolls (by far their best song)
35. One, by Three Dog Night
36. Sunshine, by Johnathan Edwards (not the theologian)
37. How You Like Me Now?, by The Heavy
38. Before The Morning, by Josh Wilson
39. Be Mine, by David Gray
40. Tempted, by Paul Carrack
41. Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong, by Spin Doctors
42. Neckbrace, by Ratatat (it was just as good the second time)
43. The Story, by Brandi Carlile (she’s really cute)
44. Forget You, by Cee Lo Green
45. Neckbrace, by Ratatat (it was just as good the third time)
46. I Belong To You, by Muse
47. White Blank Page, by Mumford & Sons
48. Cooler Than Me, by Mike Posner
49. Trouble, by Coldplay
50. Fugitive, by David Gray
51. Amie, by Pure Prairie League
52. Airplanes, by Local Natives
53. Forever, by Chris Brown
54. Fresh Air, by Brother Ali
55. Gimme Some Lovin’, by The Spencer Davis Group
56. Black Horse & The Cherry Tree, by KT Tunstall
57. Do You Realize??, by The Flaming Lips
58. Whataya Want From Me, by Adam Lambert
59. Ready For The Floor, by Hot Chip (these guys have the best creepy music video ever)
60. Everything Is Everything~, by Lauryn Hill
61. Where It’s At, by Beck
62. Just Dance, by Lady Gaga Feat. Colby O’Donis
63. The Only Exception, by Paramore (not as good as the first time)
64. Go Do, by Jónsi
65. Secrets, by OneRepublic
66. Dare You To Move, by Switchfoot
67. Run, by Vampire Weekend
68. My Love, The Bird And The Bee
69. Conversation 16, by The National
70. Close, by Art Of Noise
71. Dynamite, by Taio Cruz
72. Rolling In The Deep, by Adele
73. Please Forgive Me, by David Gray

I forgot how much I liked some of these songs. And how little I cared for others.

An Update

Here’s what’s happened recently:

• My laptop broke (the biggest reason I’ve been writing here less). I had a bad stick of RAM which, I think, corrupted a system file. I replaced the RAM, but it still won’t boot without a BSOD, so I need to grab my files and reformat. Maybe I’ll try Ubuntu again.
• I have been keeping up with my reading resolution, just haven’t been posting the reviews. Cut me some slack, I haven’t had a working laptop!
• A friend just told me “I love your women stories”. I’m not sure what she meant, or if that’s a good thing, but I do have a lot of them. And I got a few more this weekend.
• Sid (a roommate) and Lacy got married on Saturday! Congrats you two! I’ll certainly miss Sid’s constant antics and Lacy’s frequent visits (she just lived a few houses down). Hopefully we still see each other often!
• Tristan (another roommate) and I walked down I-35 on Sunday while traffic was stopped because of an accident ahead. It was quite the experience.
• Slowly but surely, I’m starting to teach more in small group. Dieudonne is leaving in August, and our small group will continue. I’m learning how to lead better, with a lot of grace from the folks in our group.
• I’ve started a healthy questioning of  my engineering career. In a bid to avoid being limited by my expectations, I’m starting to explore what music production would entail.
• My (final) roommate Brian buzzed my head a few weeks ago. Don’t worry, I asked him to
• The Trinona is coming in less than two weeks! Let’s just say that my training regime hasn’t looked too different from last year.
• After asking how to cancel my Comcast account, they gave me faster service for $4/month less than what I was paying with my old promotion. But it’s $30/month less than what they wanted to charge me. Internet pricing is such a scam.
• I’m trying to convince Travis to move in with us. Sid being moved out, Tristan out traveling for work, and Brian having an opposite schedule really makes for a lonely house sometimes.
• Yardwork is ever looming…

So there you have it, the happening world of Scott.

Chris Thile Playing Bach

An incredible view of an incredible musician playing an incredible composers piece.

I had no idea how to embed youtube clips into wordpress posts. Thanks Abraham!

And here’s a more familiar piece:

Things I’d Like To Take More Seriously

• Writing, playing and recording music (check out Melanie Penn, she’s fantastic!)
• Devouring good books
• Writing about anything and everything that grabs me (Tristan, Noel Piper and Andrew Peterson inspire me)
• Exercising, be it triathlons or yoga (avoiding the weirdness often associated with it)
• Digging into the Bible and developing those sharpening relationships that we need to spur one another on
• Living life to the fullest

How about you?

Music I’ve Noticed

Here’s what I’ve tagged since the end of August. I tagged these songs because I liked them, wondered what they were, or just wanted to remember them. Some are duplicates, some I can’t remember any more, some I don’t like, but apparently I thought they were noteworthy at the time. Enjoy!

1. Buster Voodoo by Rodrigo Y Gabriela (8/31/2009)
2. Her Diamonds by Rob Thomas
3. Free To Be Me by Francesca Battistelli
4. Buster Voodoo by Rodrigo Y Gabriela (I loved hearing an instrumental song on Cities 97)
5. Rock & Roll by Eric Hutchinson
6. Nothing Ever Hurt Like You by James Morrison
7. Hard To Handle by The Black Crowes
8. You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift
9. Tempted by Paul Carrack
10. Oxygen by Colbie Caillat
11. On Broadway by George Benson
12. Does Anybody…Time It Is? by Chicago
13. Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon
14. Lady Madonna by The Beatles
15. The Letter by Box Tops
16. Go Or Go Ahead by Rufus Wainwright
17. Closer To Love by Mat Kearney
18. In Love With A Girl by Gavin DeGraw
19. Fallin’ For You by Colbie Caillat
20. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John/Kiki Dee
21. Lucky by Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
22. Leave The Pieces by The Wreckers
23. If You Could Only See by Tonic
24. Cold As Ice by Foreigner
25. Into The Night by Santana Feat. Chad Kroeger
26. I Want You To by Weazer
27. Where I Stood by Missy Higgins
28. All We Are by Matt Nathanson
29. Save Tonight by Eagle-Eye Cherry
30. Fireflies by Owl City
31. Gimme Sympathy by Metric
32. The Ballroom Blitz by Sweet
33. Black Water by The Doobie Brothers
34. Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
35. Black Balloon by The Goo Goo Dolls
36. Renegade by Styx
37. Jumper by Third Eye Blind
38. Wouldn’t It Be Good by Nik Kershaw
39. I Like The Way by Bodyrockers (my favorite driving song ever)
40. Leave The Pieces by The Wreckers
41. On Broadway by George Benson
42. Superstition by Stevie Wonder
43. First Train Home by Imogen Heap
44. Bad Case Of Loving You by Robert Palmer
45. Bordonco Y 900 by Orquesta Color Tango
46. Born Again by Cory Chisel And The Wondering
47. Dance To The Music by Sly & The Family Stone
48. Kids by MGMT
49. Got To Get You Into My Life by The Beatles
50. Don’t Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra
51. Boad Behind by Kinds Of Convenience (I thought this was the Avett Brothers)
52. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Harry Connick, Jr.
53. Believe by Josh Groban
54. Man About Town by Brian Hughes
55. Down by Jay Sean Feat. Lil Wayne
56. Sour Girl by Stone Temple Pilots
57. Let’s Get It Started by The Black Eyed Peas
58. Just Say Yes by Snow Patrol
59. Wouldn’t It Be Good by Nik Kershaw
60. You Get What You Give by New Radicals
61. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John / Kiki Dee
62. Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel
63. Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon
64. I Like The Way by Bodyrockers
65. Human by The Killers
66. I Never Told You by Colbie Caillat
67. Tempted by Squeeze
68. The Way by Fastball
69. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga (as much as I hate to admit it, this one will be remembered)
70. All The Right Moves by OneRepublic
71. Love Story by Taylor Swift
72. I Never Told You by Colbie Caillat
73. Still The One by Orleans
74. Celebration by Kool & The Gang
75. South Side by Moby
76. Realize by Colbie Caillat
77. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes by Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Paul Simon (3/10/2010)

I don’t know why you would want to, but feel free to check out what else I listen to at last.fm.