Sa·tni·t·unz

More than once my self-deprecating humor has been confused with low self-esteem. This situation is compounded by the fact the things I’m proudest of are intangible which is another way of saying I don’t make any money from them.

I’m proud I’m on this list:

Not because I’m TBogg’s biggest fanboy. Granted he’s more concise, better organized, usually funnier and almost always more on target than me, but those are all things I could fix by putting more time and talent into this and the other blog. Mostly talent.

I like it because it’s the highest ranking blog roll I’m on. I think. Hell I don’t know. As many times as I’ve changed my URL and anonymized my tracks, I’m amazed anyone can find my stuff at all. The fact is you don’t work very hard to drive readers to what you’re doing because you’re not doing what you were going to do but haven’t started yet because you’re thinking about something else now and that tends always be the case and by now you’re probably getting my gist.

A long and overly meandering intro into what I was planning to write about when I started this post: a music set for TBogg. And no, he doesn’t have to download it if he doesn’t want to, point being I put this list together for his last Random 10 post and liked it so much I thought I should share.

No #13, btw. Reiko Ike is kind of a running joke with me, she being a Japanese pink film actor who cut one album from which 経験 is from.

Tom apparently had just enough room left on his iPod for 20 songs so the usual Random 10 gang was giving him nominations over which he will now be judge and jury with a post to be written later in which he will attempt to justify his choices for which he will be graded harshly in the comment thread.

#1 on this list, btw, is my all time favorite song/arrangement from this century. I love it so much I misspelled Kieran Hebden’s name in my comment to Tom.

I am such a lousy fanboy.

Download this one if only for that one song. But I also think you’ll appreciate Syysaika for what it is, will wist out with Koushik, flip over Gene Autrey, tap your toes to Tommy McCook not to mention the Surf Champlers before being amazed by Medeski Martin & Wood, blown away by Ernest Ranglin and then bowing to the infuckingeffable cool of Dr. I-Bolit.

I know damned well you can’t get Dr. I-Bolit & Tribal Roots from iTunes.

Steal or be clueless. Theft is knowledge. The law is an ass. Support local music.

And help elect uncorrupt politicians who will legislate us into the digital age so we can get on with figuring out how to compensate musicians and composers. Technology has barely begun to fuck up our shit and we’re still trying to figure who to invoice for the cleanup. Getting rid of the rich and over-compensated won’t be easy but the future sorta depends on it.

Oh, and fuck Ohio State very much.

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