3 Things

[cherry]

First: It's been a while, so music uploads. I am as eclectic as always.
1. If I Wrote You (Live) - Dar Williams. How much do I love Dar? Enough that this is the third consecutive set of mp3s that include a song by her. Melodic. Gorgeous voice, lyrics, instrumentals.
2. XO - Fallout Boy. Ish music. Indie(ish) rock. Upbeat(ish).
3. Radio/Video - System of a Down. I was suspicious of the new SoaD album, too. BYOB (the first single) didn't really grab me. The rest of the album, which I bummed off my brother, is very, very good. Experimental metal.
4. Somebody More Like You - Nickel Creek. A modern acoustic trio, with a guitar, a violin, and a mandolin pulled together into a rich, deep sound.
5. Hello - Poe. One of my favourite female vocalists. Haunting.
6. How to Explain - The Cat Empire. Fusion music. Swing/rock/jazz/dance. I adore them, and I recommend giving them a try -- if you don't like them, you don't like them, but I think they're a real treat.

I was going to stop there, but then I realized that Metric is coming through town on Monday, and I get to see them live again (so much love! Last time, they were through with Billy Talent.)
Bonus: 7. Wet Blanket - Metric. Low-fi indie. Great vocals. They grow on you like fungi. (Saying I'm wrong/To want more than a folk song)


Second: 20 Doctor Who icons.



The Doctor is in...


Third: Nabbed from brooklinegirl, who had the bright idea to take out the silly questions and the part ordering people around. If you want to post this in your LJ, too, that's cool. If not, also cool.

Comment and:
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
4. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
5. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.

Comments

[kelbelle.livejournal.com]

Snagged the Fallout Boy. Do you happen to have "Sugar (We're Going Down)"?

*loves on Dar*

And my friend Jackie brought a Cat Empire CD back from Australia. They're pretty awesome.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I just threw it up for you. Here (http://cherry.jen-m.com/falloutboy-sugar.mp3).

Also, Dar!

I adore Cat Empire. Their music always makes me happy. And like dancing.

[kelbelle.livejournal.com]

You rule. :)

Dar is just...yeah. I listen to "Out There Live" like, a lot. A lot, a lot.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

N/P.

I think that If I Wrote You might be the only song I have off of that album, actually. *makes a note to check it out*

[tellitslant]

Yay music! We've been listening to Fallout Boy compulsively at work. Have you ever listened to Coheed and Cambria?

Also, comsider this a meme-ish comment.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I really like Fall Out Boy. I don't know why, when I stop to think about it, but I do. Under the Cork Tree is a solid album. I'm afraid I haven't heard Coheed an Cabria -- I take it they're worth checking out?

Also, can I get back to you tomorrow morning on the meme? I have to write a resume and cover letter and CACEE form before bed tonight, and it's already 11:30. I'm kinda dumb that way.

[tellitslant]

The guy at work who plays Fall Out Boy also plays Coheed, so they're kind of linked in my mind. Both very interesting.

And of course, no rush on the meme - it is a meme, after all. Good luck on the resume and stuff.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know, but there are some people who are *touchy* about their memes. Boggles the mind.

1. I'm still adjusting to the rename of your LJ. It takes me a couple of seconds to adjust and realize who you are.
2. Basement Apartment, Sarah Harmer
3. I have to stop loving them, because they all DIE. And are IGNORED. And no one writes me stories about them.
4. You took the time to email me back when I dropped a comment on ff.net to a Sean/Emma Christmas piece you wrote.
5. Where on the Kinsey scale do you fall?

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

5. By which I meant: Do you agree with it? Do you agree with it, or do you think sexuality is a social construct, or do you think that aliens at Kinsey's brain, or?

[ficbyzee.livejournal.com]

*comments!*

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

1. Though I tend to associate penguins with you, my metal image of your default icon is Cassie.
2. The Thing About It - Sweatshop Union
3. Secret secret Santa!
4. You recced me on crackvan, and then friended my LJ. Whee! I got a rec!
5. Are you a city kid? Town kid? How did you end up at boarding school?

[ficbyzee.livejournal.com]

Are you a city kid? Town kid? How did you end up at boarding school?

Er, both? Sort of? I was born in Boston, moved to Salt Lake City (which is not in fact an actual city) when I was five, then went back to boarding school in Boston when I was sixteen. I went to Andover because my dad went there, and he implanted the idea in my head, and also I wanted to get out of Utah. :)

[2am-optimism.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for the music - *love* Nickel Creek and Dar, and am v. curious about The Cat Empire now :)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'm so glad you're enjoying it -- good music is love.

There are a few more Dar and Cat Empire songs up in the last few music entries I've done: http://www.livejournal.com/users/cherryice/tag/music

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

moi! please!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

1. You were one of the first people I got to know(ish) in the dS fandom, and despite being prolific and BNFish, I managed not to find you intimidating. BNFs scare me sometimes, as I am so far from one it's kind of funny.
2. Re-Dar! Oh Canada Girls - Dar Williams.
3. Um. I gave you the gift of amnesty, and now I'm asking for it back.
4. You replied to the first ds_flashfiction story I wrote. It was the longest piece of feedback I remember receiving in quite some time, and you didn't laugh when I was all: Oh my goodness. More than three people read this.
5. Would you seriously move to Canada? If so, where?

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

oh YAY! Dar Williams! I adore that song beyond the telling of it.

and I *would* seriously consider moving to Canada, if I could. The entire thing would depend on the all-important job situation, but honestly? It's something I've seriously thought about. The thing is, right now, I think it's more the *idea* of it than anything else, and I'd have to do some serious travelling through the country to figure out where I'd like to end up.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_divya_/]

Meme me, and omg, music.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hee. Hope some of the music ends up being to your taste.

1. You update about as frequently as I do, and it's really quite nice to know I'm not the only one who doesn't post every day.
2. Peaches - Presidents of the United States. Please don't question why.
3. I did try to get IRC running again, but I couldn't recall how to get onto the server, and then in the weeks of computer melt down I kind of deleted my IRC client.
4. I noticed in my userinfo that you'd friended my LJ, so I hit yours to check it out. You'd said nice, shiny things about me and made me blush.
5. Your default LJ icon -- is this a sketch of you, a sketch you've done, or something else entirely?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_divya_/]

2. Hee, I like that song! It's very silly, as am I.
3. Wah, boo hoo.
5. Actually, an LJ friend of mine made icons from stuff she found on art.com, and that was one of them. It's here, if you want to see it. I like that icon because she kinda looks like me.

Now, you.

1. You're one of the most multi-fannish people I know.
2. I got nothing for this.
3. I remember asking you once in chat if it was okay for me to tell people your age, and you said it was fine. And I said, "good, because I usually rec you and then go, 'And omg, she's only TWENTY!' ::flail::". And you said, "Hee!"
4. I told you this in reply to your first comment to me, but here it is again. You posted fic then icons a couple weeks apart, and I saw the icons, went "ooh, pretty!" and thought, "hang on, didn't she just post fic?" So I dug up the link to "Like Some Strange Shadow" and was like, "OOOOOOH, PRETTY." I was impressed at the quality of both. *G*
5. Hee, I think I've asked you everything back in the days of chatting.

Thanks for doing this, it's fun!

[darkmark.livejournal.com]

All right, here's a comment.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

1. You're the only one other than the LJ people I know in real life who has spoken to a member of my family.
2. Lola - The Kinks. Just because you f/ted it to me.
3. Chicken hawk!
4. Um. Not sure. You've been around for quite awhile. Did I send you fb?
5. Do you really think that the white Christian man is being opressed, or do you say these things to get me riled up?

[darkmark.livejournal.com]

As to 5...yep, I do.

[farwing.livejournal.com]

Wow. Nickel Creek is awesome. Also The Cat Empire. *puts them on my list* I have your mix all made, I just need to send it to you. *is lame*

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'm glad you enjoy. There's a bit more Cat Empire in at least one more of the music posts: http://www.livejournal.com/users/cherryice/tag/music

Also, s'cool. I have a care package I've been meaning to send to Australia since July.