POP Goes The Sun

So it's been cold, and frosty, and overcast, and raining all day long, and it looks like it'll be this way for a few days, so I'm going to take it upon myself to supply the sunshine!

You're welcome.

click "LISTEN NOW" then grab your sunglasses and bask in the warmth!

Song	Artist	Album		Year
Sun Is Out	The Apples In Stereo	New Magnetic Wonder		2007
When The Sun Comes	Skidmore Fountain	Cloudless Blue		2009
Until We Burn In The Sun (the kids just want a love song)	Bedouin Soundclash	Street Gospels		2007
Another Sunny Day	Belle & Sebastion	The Life Pursuit		2006
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Everyday Sunshine	Fishbone	Reality Of My Surroundings		1991
Here Comes The Sun (Beatles cover)	Voodoo Glow Skulls	Who Is, This is?		1994
California Sun (The Rivieras cover)	The Ramones	Leave Home		1977
Sun Bridge	Royal Bangs	Brass		2013
Everything Looks Better In The Sun	Obits	Moody, Standard, and Poor		2011
Setting Sun	Drop City	Magic Transistor Radio		1995
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Tame The Sun	Male Bonding	Endless Now		2011
Close To The Sun	The Grip Weeds	Strange Change Machine		2010
Setting Sun	The Aliens	Astronomy For Dogs		2007
Sun Kissed Bliss	Splashh	Comfort		2013
Higher Than The Sun	Peace	In Love		2013
Sunday Sun	The Cinematics	A Strange Education		2007
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Don't Look Back Into The Sun	The Libertines	Don't Look Back Into The Sun		2003
Sunshine Girl	The Dirtbombs	Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey!		2013
Staring At The Sun	Ultra Vivid Scene	Joy 1967-1990		1990
Always The Sun	The Stranglers	Dreamtime		1986
Sometimes The Sun	Lashes	Get It		2006
Watching The Sun Come Up	Ed Harcourt	From Every Sphere		2003
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Sun Goes Down	The Futureheads	The Chaos		2010
Sunshine On Me	Vampire Beach Babes	Beach Blanket Bedlam!		2004
Setting Sun	The Chemical Brothers	Dig Your Own Hole		1997
Sun	Caribou	Swim		2010
Sunny (Bobby Hebb cover)	Montefiori Cocktail	A Taste Of...Part II		2006
You're Always The Sun	Supreme Beings Of Leisure	Supreme Beings Of Leisure		2000
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Sun Will Shine (Warmth Of The Sunship Version)	Akron/Family	Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free		2009
Staring At The Sun	TV On The Radio	Young Liers		2003
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Touch The Sun	Original Soulboy			2001

The Power Pop Commander is Here!

Good evening boys and girls, I'm The Power Pop Commander and I'm here to vanquish your angst and irony!

That's right, I've got minor chords and I'm not afraid to use them!

Song	Artist	Album		Year
Gonna Let You Down	Queen Electric	Queen Electric
Rock & Roll Submarine	Urge Overkill	Rock & Roll Submarine		2011
Rebel In You	Supergrass	Diamond Hoo Ha		2008
Unstoppable	Foxy Shazam	Foxy Shazam		2010
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Change Her Mind	Peachfuzz	Catch Your Snap		2007
Wesley Station	The Webstirs	So Long		2008
Big Black Mouth	The June	Magic Circles		2009
Dropping The Bombs	Class Three Overbite	Horses For Courses		2008
Who's Running My Ranch	Robert Pollard	Jack Sells The Cow		2012
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Streetlight	Derby	Posters Fade		2008
The Descent	Bob Mould	Silver Age		2012
Vicious Circle	The Evil Eye			2011
Like A Vibration	The Whigs	Mission Control		2008
The Trouble In Keeping Up With The Joneses	The Telepathic Butterflies	Breakfast In Suburbia		2008
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The Swan	Cheatahs	Extended Plays		2013
Goes Around	Rockfour	Memories Of The Never Happened		2007
Do You Want It All?	Two Door Cinama Club	Tourist History		2010
Special Shades	French Films	White Orchid		2013
Tokyo	Telekinesis	Telekinesis		2009
My Body (is a strange place to live)	Friendly Foes	Born Radical		2008
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Her Camera	Oranjuly	Oranjuly		2010
React	Rob Bonfiglio	Bring On The Happy		2008
Swings & Roundabouts	Farrah	Farrah		2010
Isn't There	The Grapes Of Wrath	High Road		2013
Two Ways Out	Darker My Love	2		2008
Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart	Fountains Of Wayne	Sky Full Of Holes		2011
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The Whale	The Dress Whites	My God, The Shame!		2007
Breaking In Two	Doug Gillard			2011
Sorry	The Smithereens	2011		2011
Take Back The City	Snow Patrol	A Hundred Million Suns		2008
Teardrop Guitar	Crocodiles	Crimes Of Passion		2013
Crushed Like A Car	Army Navy	Crushed EP		2013
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Violet!	Jerry Messersmith	The Reluctant Graveyard		2010

11/12/13

 

 

Hmmm, so today is 11/12/13.

POP Goes The Heart

I'm sorry to report that October and I are no longer seeing each other.

http://wrir.org/index.php?/blog/entry/11548/

http://wrir.org/index.php?/blog/entry/11598/

Sadly, we broke up this past Thursday, and she moved out on Friday.

I knew it wouldn't last. These fall romances rarely do.

There's something significantly poignant, and bittersweet about nursing a broken heart amidst the colorful, dying fall foliage (even if it is over a "girlfriend" that's actually a conceptual ideal).

Still, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get all Lloyd Dobler and hoist the metaphorical boom box outside of October's window!

Song	Artist	Album		Year
If You Don't Love Me	Prefab Sprout	A Life Of Surprises: The Best Of Prefab Sprout		1992
Could Have Been Friends	This Perfect Day	C-60		1997
Goodbye Girl	Squeeze	Cool for Cats		1978
Can't Get Used To Losing You (Andy Williams cover)	The English Beat	I Just Can't Stop It		1980
The Bed's Too Big Without You	The Police	Reggatta de Blanc		1979
Ever Fallen In Love (Buzzcocks cover)	Nouvelle Vague	Bande A Part		2006
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13 Valleys (live acoustic)	Big Country	Without The Aid Of A Safety Net		1995
Concrete Bed	Nada Surf	The Weight Is A Gift		2005
Cut Flowers	The Smithereens	11		1989
This House Is Not For Sale	Ryan Adams	Love Is Hell		2004
If I Can't Change Your Mind	Sugar	Copper Blue		1992
Winter	The Dodos	Visiter		2008
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Over and Done With	The Proclaimers	This Is The Story		1987
Gone To Stay	Ursula Points	Light Up A Galaxy		2007
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division cover)	The Swans	Love Will Tear Us Apart		1988
Feeling Oblivion	Turin Brakes	The Optimist LP		2001
Pitseleh	Elliott Smith	XO		1998
You Don't Make It Easy Babe	Josh Ritter	Hello Starling		2003
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(When You) Call Me	The Style Council	Live! The Style Council Home & Abroad		1986
Fools In Love/For Your Love (live)	Joe Jackson	2000-Summer In The City (Live In New York)		2000
I Scare Myself	Thomas Dolby	The Flat Earth		1984
Slimcea Girl	Mono	Formica Blues		1998
And I Remember Every Kiss	Jens Lekman	Night Falls Over Kortedala		2007
Your Face	The Frames	Fitzcarraldo		1996
All My Love	Mark Eitzel	Don't Be A Stranger		2012
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Sorry Waltz	Hezekiah Jones	Bread Of Teeth		2009
The Last	The Replacements	All Shook Down		1990
Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime (The Korgis cover)	Beck	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (soundtrack)		2004
I Can Tell	Michael Penn	Resigned		1997
Days That Are Gone	Sondre Lerche	Two Way Monologue		2004
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Not The One	François Virot	Yes or No		2008