日志

Day 01 – Your favorite song
You're The One

Day 02 – Your least favorite song
Party in the U.S.A.

Day 03 – A song that makes you happy
The Edge of Glory

Day 04 – A song that makes you sad
Someone Like You

Day 05 – A song that reminds you of someone
I'm Bored, You're Amorous

Day 06 – A song that reminds of you of somewhere
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Day 07 – A song that reminds you of a certain event
Graduation (Friends Forever)

Day 08 – A song that you know all the words to
Tired

Day 09 – A song that you can dance to
I Wanna Go

Day 10 – A song that makes you fall asleep
Nightingale

Day 11 – A song from your favorite band
Janet

Day 12 – A song from a band you hate
How You Remind Me

Day 13 – A song that is a guilty pleasure
See You Again

Day 14 – A song that no one would expect you to love
See You Again

Day 15 – A song that describes you
I'd Rather Dance With You

Day 16 – A song that you used to love but now hate
Drops Of Jupiter
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Did I ever think that adelization would happen, when I had heard unpretentious song 'Tired' and had seen telling-me-nothing name 'Adele' in an artist tag? However, I saved the song and was listening to it for some time and further heard 'Chasing Pavements' and 'Cold Shoulder' also surprised me. But I stubbornly didn't want to get familiar with mysterious Adele's record. Nevertheless... stubbornness is not eternal and curiosity is a huge thing as well as two Grammy awards received by young British songstress and the debut was listened and praised.
So... what is adelization? 'Rolling In The Deep' became the first herald of adelization.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
It's a huge song about love that has gone. Actually it's main topic in a majority of Adele Adkins' lyrics. Singer and her producer Paul Epworth managed to combine country, blues and soul elements just in one tune and got a marvelous pop song, which began rolling into public minds and occupying European charts. …

Sun 15 Mar – Adele

Opening Acts
The Script -- Awesome. Energetic Irish dudes. Great vocals.

Set list

01 Cold Shoulder
02 Melt My Heart to Stone
03 Daydreamer
04 Best for Last
05 Right as Rain
06 Many Shades Of Black [The Raconteurs Cover]
07 First Love
08 Tired
09 Make You Feel My Love
-- Make You Feel My Love Instrumental (Band Introduction)
10 Fool That I Am [Etta James Cover]
11 Hometown Glory

Encore
12 Crazy for You*
13 That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On [Sam Cooke Cover]
14 Chasing Pavements

* She actually did a song before "Crazy For You", but she only performed half of it. She claimed the other half was boring. I'm guessing this was a last minute addition to the set.

Since it's six days into 2009, I should have done this already. Alas, here's a short review of my 2008 purchases.

Albums That Came Out in 2008
Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine
Over the course of the year, I've grown to like this album more than her first. So many great gems throughout. Definitely worth purchasing.
Star Tracks: Backyard, Angel and Not Givin' Up

Anna Nalick - Shine EP
Not a real album, but worth mentioning for containing an awesome Red Hot Chili Peppers cover. Can't wait for a her sophomore album.
Star Tracks: Breaking The Girl

Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement (deluxe edition)
First of all, it's so worth it to get the bonus disc. A solid effort from Alanis. Not as angry as Jagged Little Pill, yet not as happy as So-Called Chaos. Possibly her best album yet.
Star Tracks: Straitjacket, Torch, Giggling Again for No Reason, Tapes and On the Tequila

Superchic - Rock What You Got LP
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I've finally managed to narrow down the list of 50 albums down to 10, and I've taken one song from each album to form a top 10 of songs of 2008 (In no particular order). You can download it from here (MP3, 63.5MB). Have fun listening!

The songs:
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
The Killers - This Is Your Life
Sia - I Go To Sleep
Hello Saferide - I wonder who is like this one
Lykke Li - Hanging High
The Ting Tings - Be The One
Morcheeba - Riverbed
Charlotte Sometimes - How I Could Just Kill A Man
Adele - Tired
Emiliana Torrini - Birds

An Autumn mixtape - if you look at the song titles, there no doubt about the theme, but don't slip away, the tunes are much more versatile than their names let argue.

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Drawing a bow from Phildel's distinctive music, Chet Baker's virtuoso piano playing, the unforgettable voice of Eva Cassidy, over Sharleen Spiteri's touching ballad, the intoxicating rhythms of the Manic Street Preachers and Yo La Tengo to the absorbing electronic sounds of Hooverphonic and Saint Etienne, banding together folk, jazz, pop, rock and electric genres.

As bonus tracks, I appended the ultimate autumn tune: the beautiful finishing allegro from Vivaldi's Autumn of The Four Seasons, performed by the virtuous Anne-Sophie Mutter and as the easeful acoustic finale the wonderful interplaying guitars of Larry Coryell, Badi Assad and John Abercrombie.
Autumn - Phildel

• Autumn Story - Firekites
  
• Herbst - a balladeer
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