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AN REM HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

Posted by Infonistacrat on Friday, July 3rd, 2009

I’m sitting here in the Detroit airport, waiting on my wifes plane to get in from Cali, and decided that instead of working, it would be better to listen to some music, write up a post, and have a little fun. I can only take work so long, and besides, everyone else in my [...]

SHUFFLING THE iPOD, DAY 3

Posted by Infonistacrat on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Last day in a hotel room for a few days…tomorrow, I am heading home. Sometimes, even with the roughest of jobs, you get a week where the stars align, the universe opens up, and everything goes well. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it’s a beautiful thing. And make no [...]

BACK TO THE FUTURE, I GUESS

Posted by Infonistacrat on Monday, June 29th, 2009

Well, I had the new theme up for a bit, but there were a few tweaks I just could not get worked out. Mainly, I simply could not get it to work with Wordpress Stats. There were a few other things that kind of bugged the hell out of me, that I could [...]

SOME GREAT DREAMPOP HITS FOR YOUR MONDAY MORNING

Posted by Infonistacrat on Monday, May 5th, 2008

A couple weeks ago, I did a shoegaze post, and in the process got back in touch with my love for Swervedriver. For some reason, dreampop, and it’s shoegaze offspring, is one of those genre’s I get really get hot and cold about. I go for a long time, and think nothing of it. Then I hear a song from Swervedriver, or My Bloody Valentine or even the Swirlies, and BAM!, it’s back on. So for the past few weeks, I’ve been listening to a lot of dreampop and shoegaze. So it’s only natural I would do a list on it here.

Here’s a little irony for you all. This blog, as you all can tell, is mainly centered around music from the 80’s in general, and a lot of it is from the mid-80’s in particular. My daughter was born in 1985, in the midst of one of the great musical decades ever. Well, this weekend, I am heading to watch her graduate from college. A prouder person there won’t be on Saturday. It all makes my head spin, and puts a frame around the time between then and now. Amazing.

Download iPod Video:The Swirlies – Bell

Posted in: 80's, 90's.

2 Responses to “SOME GREAT DREAMPOP HITS FOR YOUR MONDAY MORNING”

MissParker0106 Says:
May 5th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Enjoy the graduation, proud Poppa! I am very proud of everything my daughter has achieved, as well.

I love shoegaze. Some faves that are missing are Verve and Adorable. I know it’s impossible to showcase all of them, but wanted to get in a plug for those two. And of course, my favorite unknown, “Evermore” from Brisbane – not the pop band that’s out there now, but the original from 1995 – Jason Matthews, Steve Young, Alexandra Transfeld and Sam Andrews. They’re very best: Wishing Well

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Robert Lindsey Says:
August 8th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I’m not too familiar with shoegaze, trip-hop (an option in my mp3 classifications) or dreampop as genre. Is this where you would classify the Stone Roses and the Charlatans UK? I like this style a lot when I am in the mood for it.

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