OhBuoyancy! » music http://ohbuoyancy.net Keeping Me From Sinking Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:06:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 It’s all crazy! http://ohbuoyancy.net/2009/06/12/its-all-crazy/ http://ohbuoyancy.net/2009/06/12/its-all-crazy/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:02:58 +0000 Reese http://ohbuoyancy.net/?p=351 The times when I’ve had the most to post on the various blogs I’ve had are times when nothing else required much mental energy. Right now school requires most of my mental energy and a lot of my time. Lately I feel like people I know who aren’t in school don’t understand this. Yes, you work, and yes, that’s very important, but your work doesn’t have homework and papers to write. Unless you own your own business or have a very stressful job, you can hopefully relax and let go once you’re off for the day. School doesn’t work like that. It’s not a big deal, but I wish people were more understanding.

However, I’m very excited about going to see mewithoutYou tonight, hence the title.

]]> http://ohbuoyancy.net/2009/06/12/its-all-crazy/feed/ 3 Rock Square Butts http://ohbuoyancy.net/2009/04/08/rock-square-butts/ http://ohbuoyancy.net/2009/04/08/rock-square-butts/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:09:42 +0000 Reese http://ohbuoyancy.net/?p=342

]]> http://ohbuoyancy.net/2009/04/08/rock-square-butts/feed/ 1 Christmas Sing-Along http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/12/23/christmas-sing-along/ http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/12/23/christmas-sing-along/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:28:15 +0000 Reese http://ohbuoyancy.net/?p=304 Ah Christmas music, some love it and would listen to it all year long, some can’t stand it, some are indifferent.

I like Christmas music but only around Christmas time. When the radio stations and stores start playing it before Thanksgiving I find it a bit annoying.

That being said, I do have 16.7 hours of Christmas music in my iTunes library and wanted to share just a few of my favorites with you. (please note there is audio embedded in this post, if you are reading this in a RSS reader you may need to click over).

1.
[See post to listen to audio]
Sufjan Stevens – The Friendly Beasts : This song is just cute and sweet and I love it. Johnny Cash’s version (titled “The Gifts They Gave”) is also worth a listen.

2.
I don’t think I ever watched a full episode of The O.C. but I know it had some good music and the Christmas album is great with tracks such as:
[See post to listen to audio] Ravonettes – The Christmas Song and
[See post to listen to audio]

3.
This album has its good and bad but it’s the best of the “Happy Christmas” series if only for this track alone.
[See post to listen to audio] Copeland – Do You Hear What I Hear?

4.
While I like Conor Oberst, there are only two Bright Eyes albums I can tolerate, Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and “A Christmas Album.”
[See post to listen to audio] Bright Eyes – Little Drummer Boy

5.
Christmas classics to most people bring up thoughts of Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby, but for me it’s Dolly. This is the Christmas music I grew up with.
[See post to listen to audio] Dolly Parton – Hard Candy Christmas

6.
[See post to listen to audio] John Lennon – Happy Xmas (war is over) I don’t know what it is about this song, but I love it.

7.
I just realized there are several volumes of Christmas with the Rat Pack, the one I have is mostly Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. I just got it last year, but it’s already a staple.
[See post to listen to audio] Christmas with the Rat Pack – A Marshmallow World

Bonus: [See post to listen to audio]

What are some of your favorite Christmas songs? Or does Christmas music make your ears bleed? Let me know in the comments.

For a full list of the Christmas music in my iTunes library read on

A Brad Paisley Christmas
The White Stripes – Candy Cane Children
Chris Isaak Christmas
Pedro The Lion – Christmas Volume II
Bright Eyes – A Christmas Album
Personal Christmas Collection
Diana Krall Christmas Songs
Christmas With the Rat Pack
Classic Holiday Treasures
A Familyre Christmas Volumes 1 & 2
Sleeping at Last – Ghosts of Christmas Past
Happy Christmas Volume 4
Songs for Christmas
Pedro The Lion – I Heard The Bells
A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas
My Morning Jacket – Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo
Merry Christmas Have a Nice Life
Music From The O.C. – Mix 3 Happy Christmaka
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers – Once Upon a Christmas
What A Night! A Christmas Album

and many singles.

]]> http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/12/23/christmas-sing-along/feed/ 2 An Asthmatic Christmas http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/12/18/an-asthmatic-christmas/ http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/12/18/an-asthmatic-christmas/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:14:44 +0000 Reese http://ohbuoyancy.net/?p=301 Check out Asthmatic Kitty’s Christmas page.

akx

It has Christmas goodies from Sufjan and others including an e-card, games, ornaments to color, videos, and 8-bit (Nintendoesque) Sufjan Christmas ring tones.

]]> http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/12/18/an-asthmatic-christmas/feed/ 0 New My Brightest Diamond video http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/10/28/new-my-brightest-diamond-video/ http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/10/28/new-my-brightest-diamond-video/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:16:31 +0000 Reese http://ohbuoyancy.net/?p=295
via Stereogum.

Very creative, I love it.

]]> http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/10/28/new-my-brightest-diamond-video/feed/ 0 Devil Town http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/09/19/devil-town/ http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/09/19/devil-town/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:47:44 +0000 Reese http://ohbuoyancy.net/?p=284 Why do I love this song so much?

]]> http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/09/19/devil-town/feed/ 0 Multimedia Monday: Office Fun http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/09/08/multimedia-monday-office-fun/ http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/09/08/multimedia-monday-office-fun/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:49:06 +0000 Reese http://ohbuoyancy.net/?p=282 I’ve never had an office job, but it’s good to know that those who do can still have fun with it. OfficeLipDub got its start with this video:


Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.

People liked it so much that they made their own, here’s one more:

LipDub – Sofrecom from Trinh on Vimeo.

These actually make me wish I had an office job with cool people just so I could make one of these videos.

Another, um, interesting “office” site is Office Sweded which has their own renditions of movies such as Pulp Fiction (please note there is some offensive words in this video):

]]> http://ohbuoyancy.net/2008/09/08/multimedia-monday-office-fun/feed/ 2