Minipost: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

I only have a few songs from this guy (these guys? I'm only aware of the main dude, but I know he at least occasionally had help), but there are two that I want to point out as awesome:


"Streets of Philadelphia" - A Bruce Springsteen cover, I got it off of that PIAPTK Sampler I wrote about a looong time ago. It's really good - if there's one thing the CFTPA nails it's the straining, heartbreaking vocals.


"Tom Justice, the Choir Boy Robber, Apprehended at Ace Hardware in Libertyville, IL" - Ho-lee crap I love this song. I got it off of the CFTPA Daytrotter session, and it describes the (apparently, though I'm not sure) fictional life and exploits of the title character. The line "All those times they thought you were praying/Some you should have been praying" is pretty fantastic, but it's just one among many.


Alright, just had to get that out there. No podcast this weekend, I have two parties and an exam. Yeah, I know, stop bragging. We'll see what we can do for you next weekend.

Summer Songs

I am not good at picking specific music for seasons or weather or whatever. All the same, it's Too Hot here and these are some new-ish songs that don't make me think of how much better life was in the winter:

• King of Spain - Tallest Man on Earth
• Home - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
• Thinkin' Bout Something - Hanson (yes. Hanson. Shutupshutupshutup.)
• Turn Off the Song and Go Outside - The Lonely Forest
• My Life With the Living Dead - The Secret History
• Romance is Boring - Los Campesinos!
• Come on Mona - Mona Reels
• All Y'all - Carcrashlander
• Little King - Casper & the Cookies

Yeah, I've talked about half of these before, but I don't really have any way to get new music.

Besides those, these older songs immediately pop into my head too:

• Float On - Modest Mouse
• Psychic City (Voodoo City) - YACHT
• The Ave - Blue Scholars (full disclosure, I am on or near the Ave 80% of the time that I'm listening to music)
• Nothing to Worry About - Peter, Bjorn & John
• Faster - Dept. of Energy
• This Year - The Mountain Goats

That's all that comes to mind right away. Go outside.