Lost Forest After Dark tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009-06-16:/carls064/freealonzo//3742 2011-06-10T15:30:37Z Barely coherent ramblings on whatever amuses me Movable Type Enterprise 4.31-en Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.295464 2011-06-10T15:25:03Z 2011-06-10T15:30:37Z Monday morning I'll be off to backpack the Black Hills back country. Primitive camping, no fires allowed! Harney Peak is the highlight but we will also be hiking around Mount Rushmore. How about a Random Top 10 to get me... Freealonzo Monday morning I'll be off to backpack the Black Hills back country. Primitive camping, no fires allowed! Harney Peak is the highlight but we will also be hiking around Mount Rushmore. How about a Random Top 10 to get me going:

1. Los Angeles, I'm Yours -- The Decemberists
2. Egyptian Shumba -- The Tammys
3. Next Exit -- Interpol
4. Blackout -- Pavement
5. We Dance -- Pavement
6. Downed -- Cheap Trick
7. Kaw-Liga -- Hank Williams
8. Radio Sweetheart -- Elvis Costello
9. Man in Black -- Johnny Cash
10. Down By the River - Neil Young

Bonus: Forests & Sands -- Camera Obscura

Nice classic list of songs. Plus two from Zowie Wowie. What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.295463 2011-06-10T15:20:53Z 2011-06-10T15:24:49Z Freealonzo Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.294818 2011-06-03T16:49:45Z 2011-06-03T16:54:36Z Graduation Parties. Graduation Ceremonies. Graduation party/celebration preparations. That's my weekend. How about a random top 10. 1. The New Timer -- Bruce Springsteen 2. Ate it Twice -- Robert Pollard 3. Sonic Reducer -- Dead Boys 4. Leah -- Roy... Freealonzo Graduation Parties. Graduation Ceremonies. Graduation party/celebration preparations. That's my weekend. How about a random top 10.

1. The New Timer -- Bruce Springsteen
2. Ate it Twice -- Robert Pollard
3. Sonic Reducer -- Dead Boys
4. Leah -- Roy Orbison
5. Every Little Thing She Does -- The Police
6. Boredom -- The Buzzcocks
7. Popular Creeps -- Chris Mars
8. Losin' It -- Soul Asylum
9. Rock and Roll -- Led Zeppelin
10. No. 13 Baby -- Pixies

Bonus: heart of a Saturday Night -- Jonathan Richman

Boredom has the greatest two-note guitar solo in rock and roll history. What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.294188 2011-05-27T13:41:21Z 2011-05-27T13:43:14Z Busy Weekend: Get house ready for grad party, volunteer for tornado clean-up in North Minneapolis, Barca v. ManU, Twins game, picnic. I definitely need a random top 10: 1. We Dance -- Pavement 2. Shirley's Looking Down -- Magnolias 3.... Freealonzo Busy Weekend: Get house ready for grad party, volunteer for tornado clean-up in North Minneapolis, Barca v. ManU, Twins game, picnic. I definitely need a random top 10:


1. We Dance -- Pavement
2. Shirley's Looking Down -- Magnolias
3. Have Mercy -- Loretta Lynn
4. Ester's Day -- Guided By Voices
5. A Snowflake Fell -- Glasvegas
6. Kaw-liga -- Hank Williams
7. Queen of the World -- The Jayhawks
8. Kneeling Drunkards' Plea -- Johnny Cash
9. Relaxin' at Camarillo (take c) -- Charlie Parker
10. The Caretaker - Johnny Cash

Bonus: Train of Love -- Neil Young

That version of Have Mercy kicks absolute ass, from a 70 year old woman no less. What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.293520 2011-05-20T14:09:37Z 2011-05-20T14:15:44Z So where where are you going to be to watch The Rapture. I've been blogging so infrenquently lately people won't know if I was taken or not, I guess you'll have to wait to see if I come back next... Freealonzo So where where are you going to be to watch The Rapture. I've been blogging so infrenquently lately people won't know if I was taken or not, I guess you'll have to wait to see if I come back next week Here could be my final random top 10:

1. Teenage Riot -- Sonic Youth
2. Seven o'clock (demo) -- Elvis Costello
3. Blue Eyes -- The Wedding Present
4. Hold On Tight -- Electric Light Orchestra
5. As Above, So Below -- Klaxons
6. Sleepless Nights -- Gram Parson
7. I Go Stung -- Elvis Presley
8. You Need the Glory -- Minutemen
9. Have You Seen Her Face -- The Byrds
10. Why Go -- Pearl Jam

Bonus -- Mr. Pleasant -- The Kinks

Nice list. It was a good run, what's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.293013 2011-05-13T18:00:42Z 2011-05-13T18:05:58Z Crappy play, Mauer injured, lousy pitching, removed trees, higher prices, bad in-stadium music. Now Harmon dying. Can anything else go wrong with the Twins this year? Let's get to a top 10, maybe that will change the karma. 1. Idiot... Freealonzo Crappy play, Mauer injured, lousy pitching, removed trees, higher prices, bad in-stadium music. Now Harmon dying. Can anything else go wrong with the Twins this year? Let's get to a top 10, maybe that will change the karma.

1. Idiot Wind -- Bob Dylan
2. Mommy -- The Suburbs
3. Girl Talk -- Elvis Costello
4. Blank Generation -- Richard Hell & the Voidoids
5. Postcard -- The Suburbs
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water -- Simon and Garfunkel
7. The Sprawl -- Sonic Youth
8. Love and Marriage -- Frank Sinatra
9. Liked It A Lot -- Charlie Pickett
10. Believe -- The Chemical Brothers

Bonus: Comfortably Numb -- Luther Wright and the Wrongs

Boy it would be easy to write a story with these song titles wouldn't it. What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.291156 2011-05-06T13:07:07Z 2011-05-06T13:14:30Z Beautiful day. I'll be painting. Here's a random top 10: 1. I Put a Spell on You -- Creedance Clearwater Revival 2. Tell You Why Tomorrow -- Husker Du 3. Beast of Burden -- Rolling Stones 4. On The Wall... Freealonzo Beautiful day. I'll be painting. Here's a random top 10:

1. I Put a Spell on You -- Creedance Clearwater Revival
2. Tell You Why Tomorrow -- Husker Du
3. Beast of Burden -- Rolling Stones
4. On The Wall -- Jesus and Mary Chain
5. Ziggy Stardust -- David Bowie
6. If This is Love, Can I get my Money Back -- Charlie Pickett
7. In a Little While -- U2
8. Whispering Pines -- The Band
9. The Enemy -- Guided By Voices
10. Redrum -- Tom Waits

Bonus: Found a Job (live) -- Talking Heads

Nice variety, sounds like good painting music. Whats on your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.290091 2011-04-29T13:26:11Z 2011-04-29T13:35:37Z Iron Man Bike Ride this Sunday and I've hardly been out due to the weather. I'm going to be sore on Sunday night! Here's a top random top 10: 1. Marchers in Orange -- Guided By Voices 2. Flowers in... Freealonzo Iron Man Bike Ride this Sunday and I've hardly been out due to the weather. I'm going to be sore on Sunday night! Here's a top random top 10:

1. Marchers in Orange -- Guided By Voices
2. Flowers in the Dell -- Fred Eaglesmith
3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps -- The Beatles
4. Someone/Rock Stars on the Marie Celeste -- Mekons
5. Walkin' After Midnight -- Cowboy Junkies
6. Underneath Your Bed -- Jack Logan
7. Old Angel Midnight -- Jack Kerouac
8. We Live Again -- Beck
9. Help -- The Beatles
10. Sex Me -- Urban Guerrillas

Bonus: Toolmaster of Brainerd -- Trip Shakespeare

Whenever GBV comes up first on one of these lists I have a momentary thought that I would get 10 GBV songs, alas maybe next time. What's your top10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.287715 2011-04-22T17:07:04Z 2011-04-22T17:12:47Z Yesterday a 25 year old U of MN student was killed on her bike right outside my window. Unfortunately the authorities had the covered body out for an hour recreating the scene before she was put in an ambulance. So... Freealonzo Yesterday a 25 year old U of MN student was killed on her bike right outside my window. Unfortunately the authorities had the covered body out for an hour recreating the scene before she was put in an ambulance. So be careful out there. If you're on a bike wear a helmet and watch for cars! If you're driving, watch out for bikers, even if they are acting poorly. Bikes will lose against a car every time!

1. View from the afternoon -- Arctic Monkeys
2. Kris Kraft -- Pavement
3. Redemption Song -- Johnny Cash (w/Joe Strummer)
4. Dixie -- Bob Dylan
5. Call Occupants of Interplanetary Craft -- Babes in Toyland
6. Cry Baby Cry - The Beatles
7. Blood -- Pearl Jam
8. Hoodoo -- Billy Bragg & Wilco
9. I'll Fly Away -- Alison Krauss
10. Love My Way -- Psychedelic Furs

Bonus: Don't Worry Baby -- Beach Boys

What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.286547 2011-04-15T12:40:13Z 2011-04-15T12:48:41Z Tomorrow is record store day and I will head over to Roadrunner Records to buy the new Feelies disc. Until then, a Random Top 10: 1. Start a War -- The National 2. Gates of Eden -- Bob Dylan 3.... Freealonzo Tomorrow is record store day and I will head over to Roadrunner Records to buy the new Feelies disc. Until then, a Random Top 10:

1. Start a War -- The National
2. Gates of Eden -- Bob Dylan
3. Love Thing -- Stillwater
4. In a Future Age -- Wilco
5. Dead in the Water -- Supersuckers
6. Wah-Wah -- George Harrison
7. In a Lonely Place -- The Smithereens
8. Help -- The Beatles
9. I Don't Believe You -- Bob Dylan
10. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley

Bonus: Nice Dream -- Radiohead


Wow, nice little vibe going with that list. Lots of older stuff. What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.285341 2011-04-08T12:22:32Z 2011-04-08T12:27:01Z Please don't tell me the stink that has infected all of Minnesota's sports teams is now kissing the lips of the Minnesota Twins. They're all we have left!!!!! Here's a Random Top 10: 1. Unscathed -- Jack Logan 2. I... Freealonzo Please don't tell me the stink that has infected all of Minnesota's sports teams is now kissing the lips of the Minnesota Twins. They're all we have left!!!!! Here's a Random Top 10:

1. Unscathed -- Jack Logan
2. I Like Trains -- Fred Eaglesmith
3. Son of a Preacher Man -- Dusty Springfield
4. $100 Groom -- Paul Westerberg
5. Bongo Bop (Take A) -- Charlie Parker
6. Only in Dreams -- Weezer
7. Welcome to the Working Week -- Elvis Costello
8. Midnight Carnival -- Chris Mars
9. Personal Jesus -- Johnny Cash
10. Standing in the Doorway -- Soul Asylum

Bonus: Easy To Be Hard -- Golden Smog

Not the greatest list in the world, but solid. What's your Top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.284295 2011-04-01T12:30:02Z 2011-04-01T12:32:01Z After the lousy winter we had and the crappy sports teams we had to endure, has there ever been a place that was in need of baseball season than Minneapolis? Let's celebrate with a top 10: 1. Four Provinces --... Freealonzo After the lousy winter we had and the crappy sports teams we had to endure, has there ever been a place that was in need of baseball season than Minneapolis? Let's celebrate with a top 10:

1. Four Provinces -- The Walkmen
2. Mykonos -- Fleet Foxes
3. Over and Over Again -- Clap Your Hands and Say Yea
4. The Funeral -- Band of Horses
5. Peacebone -- Animal Collective
6. Two Weeks -- Grizzley Bear
7. Panda Panda Panda -- Deerhoof
8. Crash into Me -- Dave Matthews Band
9. Makes Me Wonder -- Maroon 5
10. Human -- The Killers

Bonus: Don't Stop Believing -- Journey


My God, what was that?!! Thankfully it's April Fools Day! What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.282837 2011-03-25T12:52:49Z 2011-03-25T12:59:07Z Last night I finished The Sopranos. While not as good as The Wire, still a pretty good series. Seven seasons means a lot of episodes and I will definitely miss it. Next up for the exercise bike? The Shield. Now... Freealonzo Last night I finished The Sopranos. While not as good as The Wire, still a pretty good series. Seven seasons means a lot of episodes and I will definitely miss it. Next up for the exercise bike? The Shield. Now a random top 10 for my barely on life support NCAA bracket:

1. Queen of the World -- The Jayhawks
2. Crackity Jones -- Pixies
3. From a Whisper to a Scream -- Elvis Costello
4. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Part 1) -- Flaming Lips
5. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows -- Guided By Voices
6. Youth -- Beat Happening
7. Fly -- The Jam
8. Wild Thing -- X
9. Land of Canaan -- Indigo Girls
10. You Can't Always Get What You Want -- Rolling Stones

Bonus: The Prisoner -- The Clash

Btw, last weekend I played the 50,000th song on my I-pod. It was an R.E.M. song. What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.281583 2011-03-18T14:18:03Z 2011-03-18T14:26:45Z Twelve out of 16 for the first night, which is o.k. But I did have St. John's going places oh well, can sit back and watch the Gophers advance today. After that watch Gopher puck advance in the WCHA Final... Freealonzo Twelve out of 16 for the first night, which is o.k. But I did have St. John's going places oh well, can sit back and watch the Gophers advance today. After that watch Gopher puck advance in the WCHA Final 5... What? Here's a random top 10.

1. Tonight's the Nigh -- Neil Young
2. 2+2=5 -- Radiohead
3. Non Dirle Che Non E' Cosi' -- Francesco DeGregori
4. Drank like a River -- Whiskeytown
5. No Cars Go -- Arcade Fire
6. Sentimental Heart -- She & Him
7. Radio Sweetheart -- Elvis Costello
8. Hot Burrito #2 -- Flying Burrito Bros.
9. That Summer Feeling -- Jonathan Richman
10. Paper Planes (remix) -- M.I.A.

Bonus: Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors -- Radiohead

That DeGregori song is a Portuguese version of Dylan's If you see her say hello from the Masked and Anonymous Soundtrack. Which is a very cool album if you're into Dylan. What's your top 10?

]]> Friday Random Top 10 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/carls064/freealonzo//3742.279810 2011-03-11T19:59:12Z 2011-03-11T20:05:18Z Wow, some nasty images out of Japan. The United States has been very lucky an earthquake of that magnitude hasn't hit a populated area. How about a random top 10 as we watch destruction videos: 1. Little Bit o' Soul... Freealonzo Wow, some nasty images out of Japan. The United States has been very lucky an earthquake of that magnitude hasn't hit a populated area. How about a random top 10 as we watch destruction videos:

1. Little Bit o' Soul -- Music Explosion
2. Bawatiba -- Kid Rock
3. Whatever -- Husker Du
4. Beat on the Brat -- The Ramones
5. Scissors -- Guided By Voices
6. Star Eyes -- Charlie Parker
7. Down on the Corner -- Creedance Clearwater Revival
8. 'Cross the Breeze -- Sonic Youth
9. Charlene (live) -- Fred Eaglesmith
10. City with no Children -- Arcade Fire

Bonus: Polly (live) -- Nirvana

I was thinking of deleting that Kid Rock song from my I-pod just last week. Wonder if that's a sign that I should. What's your top 10?

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