The Sad Bear

April 20, 2009

Alphabet Rock

Amid my iTunes library are hundreds of artists and songs that shouldn't be allowed in the iTunes general population. When a respectable album comes to an end these songs barge in and cause wanton embarrassment if guests are present.

I think this once happened with Enya.

With this phenomenon in mind, I went in search of iTunes to find trouble spots. I couldn't really find them, but I did discover places where awesome bands fall back to back, alphabetically. To wit:

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Clash

Caetano Veloso
Cake

Donovan
The Doors

Juny
Jurassic 5

Velvet Underground
Ventures

Yardbirds
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Zombies
Zutons

I also discovered two anomalies that don't quite fit the awesome-to-terrible or great-to-shit molds:

Eagle Eye Cherry
Eagles of Death Metal

Scarlett Johansson
Scat Man

In other music business, I have been enjoying the latest releases by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "It's Blitz!" and Of Montreal: "Skeletal Lamping." They are both superb at setting moods, albeit disparate moods.

Also, I heard a rumor about Neutral Milk Hotel reuniting at the forthcoming fucking awesome Merge Records anniversary show.

Labels: iTunes, music