Blog Brut. The Impossible Task. 23.

Eddie Argos of hifi-larious rockers Art Brut (the hipsters' Half Man Half Biscuit) is blogging at The Guardian.

Whenever bands are in airports, they inevitably get asked, "what's the name of your band?" by airport staff. When I say Art Brut they never know who we are and there's often an awkward silence. I think this is because Art Brut does sound a bit like you're clearing your throat before announcing the name of your band, and perhaps they're still waiting for me to say a band they've heard of. Mikey, our drummer, has started saying he's Coldplay's drummer, even signing autographs on occasion. I think I might start telling people that I'm Waylon Jennings - that definitely doesn't sound like a cough.

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Elsewhere, Whitney Matheson lists her five favorite REM songs. How do you even do that?

"So. Central Rain"
"Wolves, Lower"
"World Leader Pretend"
"I Am Superman"
"It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

The first two were easy. The third was a challenge, but after a few listens I was convinced it needed to be there. The fourth is in honor of 16-year-old me, who would have picked this song in a heartbeat.

The final choice is purely nostalgic. In high school, we used to have dances after every home sporting event. The DJs were inevitably muzo college students or employees of the local record shop, who would yawn and play all of the latest ditties to which high schoolers might dance the running man. An occasional Violent Femmes song might make its way in there, but it was mostly songs for those who liked to do choreographed dance routines. At the very end of the night, however, without fail, the DJ would throw this song on the turntable (yes, turntable). Todd P, our resident REM fanatic, would leap onto the stage and lead the rest of the kids in a giant flailing, dancing mess. This was the thrill of our young world, so it goes on the list.

(Honorable mentions to the three that have melted me with tears: "You Are The Everything," "Perfect Circle," and "Fall On Me.")

Whitney's post was, in turn, inspired by PopSongs 07, where Fluxblog's Matthew Perpetua is writing a blog entry for every REM song ever written. I would have liked to have seen an element of creativity added to it: his own associations with each song, a memory, or a homily about two swans, a hummingbird, and the noisy cats.

Still, a blog about all of REM's songs? I so heart the internet. (via largehearted boy)

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And And! And: How great is the new Blonde Redhead album?

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