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Friday Random Ten – the All I Want For Christmas Is Some Wireless Internet edition

Jill

I’ve been MIA all week because I’ve been visiting family in Seattle, which means being at the whim of my mom’s dial-up AOL (not even kidding). So the blogging has been light, because it’s apparently still 1995 at my mom’s house. But I have relocated to a lovely coffee shop with wireless, just in time to bring you the FRT. You know the drill — leave yours in the comments.

Friday video is my favorite single of the year:

1. Jets to Brazil – King Medicine
2. Silver Jews – Black and Brown Blues
3. Bruce Springsteen – Jersey Girl
4. Tom Waits – Carnival
5. Voxtrot – Rise Up In the Dirt
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Turn Into
7. The Mountain Goats – Palmcorder Yajna
8. Desk Ark – For Rob Riecke
9. Guided by Voices – Glad Girls
10. The Gossip – Yr Mangled Heart

Sadly, no more videos today because I’m in a rush, so I’ll pose a question instead: What was your favorite single of 2008?

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8 thoughts on Friday Random Ten – the All I Want For Christmas Is Some Wireless Internet edition

  1. Don’t have a favorite 2008 single. But am always on the lookout for a coffee house in Seattle with free wifi where I can hangout and drink coffee while I read feministe. Do you have any recommendations now? My current favorite is Wayward on about 85th and Greenwood as it is open till 11pm. But I still like to roam a bit.

  2. 1. Okkervil River – A Girl In Port
    2. Communique – Perfect Weapon
    3. Final Fantasy – An Arrow In the Side Of Final Fantasy
    4. Architecture in Helsinki – Do the Whirlwind
    5. Architecture in Helsinki – City Calm Down
    6. Tom Waits – Calliope
    7. Destroyer – The Space Race
    8. The Dismemberment Plan – Come Home
    9. Death Cab For Cutie – Why You’d Want To Live Here
    10. Frog Eyes – A Latex Ice Age

  3. The first thing that comes to mind is probably Britney’s “Circus,” though I also guiltily (because of the gender politics, not because of the poppiness – I am unabashed about my pop-love) love “Hot & Cold” (Katy Perry).

    I liked Paper Planes a lot more before the dorm next to mine decided to play it minimum of three times a party every Friday and Saturday night. But it is a good song.

    ooh, I also really loved Goldfrapp’s A&E. and anything by Robyn. THIS QUESTION IS HARD.

  5. I’m going to tag “Leeds United” off Amanda Palmer’s solo album for best single of 2008. Its a great song and Roadrunner can go straight to hell.

    1) White Zombie – Creature of the Wheel
    2) Scissor Sisters – Laura
    3) Opeth – To Bid You Farewell
    4) Los Straitjackets – Calhoun Surf
    5) Sentenced – Excuse Me While I Kill Myself
    6) Primordial – As Rome Burns
    7) Garbage – The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
    8) Gorgoroth – God Seed
    9) John Coltrane – Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
    10) The Tossers – Altercations

  7. 1. Immortal Technique – Bin Laden
    2. The Dandy Warhols – Plan A
    3. Harry and the Potters – Wizard Chess
    4. Bob Dylan – Masters of War
    5. Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start the Fire
    6. Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
    7. Franz Ferdinand – Tell Her Tonight
    8. Amy Winehouse – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
    9. Bright Eyes – When The President Talks to God
    10. Kate Walsh – Your Song

  8. Hopefully, your mother will get TDS DSL internet asap, Jill.

    I was intending on a full list of songs, but since the NFL had just observed its version of the Holocaust (the Lions finishing 0-16), I’m only going to give a Random Five.

    1. The Light Dies Down on Broadway/Riding the Scree [07:40] — Genesis
    2. Crumblin’ Down [03:36] — John Mellencamp
    3. Heartless [05:00] — Heart
    4. You Better Run [03:06] — Pat Benatar
    5. Silvia (Who is She?) [11:22] — Steve Winwood

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