“Lateralus” by Tool which clocks in at 9:24
Easter.
Eggs.
Intentional hidden messages.
They are everywhere, just look.
In nature, movies, TV shows, on this website… Read more
Band: Drink Up Buttercup
From: Philadelphia, PA
Sound: like a psychedelic carnival ride
Similar Artists: Syd Barrett, Man Man, Bombadil
Listen Now: “Gods And Gentlemen” (Demo) “Seasickness Pills” (Demo)
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“I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder from Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection
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Image search results for I Just Called to Say I Love You - above image is from the first page of results (and was originally from HERE).
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In the recent past these songs were featured in Hit-or-miss posts:
“Stay On Your Toes” by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
“The Queen Of Outer Space” by The Wedding Present
“Powder Blue” by Ween
“Good Morning, Captain” by Slint
“Septopus Theme” by Brendon Small
“Hilary” by The Fall
“The Weight Of A Rock” by Marnie Stern
“Where There’s a Will There’s a Whalebone” by Islands
To see a full list of every song featured in EAR FARM’s Hit-or-miss (and to find out just what this Hit-or-miss is) click HERE.
“Real Emotional Trash” by Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks which clocks in at 10:09
(In which we use Google Maps to get a better understanding of this song)
Making sense of Stephen Malkmus’s lyrics is largely a hit-or-miss endeavor. Some are so straightforward they read like a picture book. See Jenny. See Jenny run to the Ess Dog. The Ess Dog drives a Volvo with ancient plates.
File “The Hook” under this category. Synopsis: A 19-year old is captured by Turkish pirates only to earn their respect by age 25 and eventually run the crew by the time he’s 31. Simple enough, yes? Read more
Band: The Big Sleep
From: Brooklyn, NY
Sound: psychedelic, noise pop, experimental
Similar Artists: Sonic Youth, Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine
Listen Now: “Bad Blood” “Pinkies”
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“Stay On Your Toes” by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien from Both Sides of the Brain
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Image search results for Stay On Your Toes - above image is from the first page of results (and was originally from HERE).
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In the recent past these songs were featured in Hit-or-miss posts:
“The Queen Of Outer Space” by The Wedding Present
“Powder Blue” by Ween
“Good Morning, Captain” by Slint
“Septopus Theme” by Brendon Small
“Hilary” by The Fall
“The Weight Of A Rock” by Marnie Stern
“Where There’s a Will There’s a Whalebone” by Islands
“Pretender” by Madonna
To see a full list of every song featured in EAR FARM’s Hit-or-miss (and to find out just what this Hit-or-miss is) click HERE.
“Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” by Iron Maiden which clocks in at 9:53
I didn’t want to listen to Iron Maiden, but I had to. No choice. I listened because my most basic survival instincts told me to. See, there was this “kid” in homeroom with me in 7th grade - not quite a bully in the classical sense of the term (most likely because he wasn’t smart enough to put together the facts of his own existence and realize that he was, indeed, made to be a bully), but pretty much as close to being a bully as one could get while still maintaining some sense of niceness, innocence, and friendship. Not that he was my “friend” per se, but he kind of demanded to be just that for those few minutes we were in homeroom each day. Read more
Band: Pete and the Pirates
From: Reading, England
Sound: ’80’s post-punk, new wave
Similar Artists: Franz Ferdinand, Art Brut, The Buzzcocks
Watch: “Knots”
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“The Queen Of Outer Space” by The Wedding Present from Hit Parade 2
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Image search results for The Queen Of Outer Space - above image is from the first page of results (and was originally from HERE).
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In the recent past these songs were featured in Hit-or-miss posts:
“Powder Blue” by Ween
“Good Morning, Captain” by Slint
“Septopus Theme” by Brendon Small
“Hilary” by The Fall
“The Weight Of A Rock” by Marnie Stern
“Where There’s a Will There’s a Whalebone” by Islands
“Pretender” by Madonna
“Talk Dirty to Me” by Poison
To see a full list of every song featured in EAR FARM’s Hit-or-miss (and to find out just what this Hit-or-miss is) click HERE.
“Tornado” by Mandy Reid which clocks in at 8:41
Coming of age in central Massachusetts, the prospect of a whirling cyclone bearing down on my mulleted self never really posed a clear and present threat. Sure, I had heard about a substantial tornado passing through in 1953 and even braved some of the residual winds and rain of a small twister passing through my hometown in 1989. These were small potatoes though, and my lasting memory wasn’t a crippling fear of the tornado but a desire to cop one of the inevitable “I Survived the Twister of ‘89!” shirts that made their rounds soon afterwards. Read more
Band: Dead Confederate
From: Augusta, GA
Sound: moody, epic, and loud Southern rock
Similar Artists: All the Saints, Kings of Leon, Neil Young
Listen Now: “The Rat”
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“Powder Blue” by Ween from 12 Golden Country Greats
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Image search results for Powder Blue - above image is from the second page of results (and was originally from HERE).
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In the recent past these songs were featured in Hit-or-miss posts:
“Good Morning, Captain” by Slint
“Septopus Theme” by Brendon Small
“Hilary” by The Fall
“The Weight Of A Rock” by Marnie Stern
“Where There’s a Will There’s a Whalebone” by Islands
“Pretender” by Madonna
“Talk Dirty to Me” by Poison
“Bandits” by Midlake
To see a full list of every song featured in EAR FARM’s Hit-or-miss (and to find out just what this Hit-or-miss is) click HERE.
“Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” by Genesis which clocks in at 8:54
Mad Libs! Wanna play?
Alright. This one’s going to take some effort on your part, but it just might be worth it. Let’s try it and find out.
The first thing you’re going to need to do is to either find a writing utensil and some paper, or prepare your mad excellent copy/paste skills. I recommend the copy/paste tactic.
Next, just simply copy the list below and paste it into some kind of text document. Then fill in the blanks with the kinds of words asked for, and THEN come back here and click through to the rest of the post, grab the rest of the post and put it into your text document, and fill in the blanks accordingly with the words you came up with.
Ready? Okay then, fill in the blanks below.
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_____ (exclamation #1)
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