Musical Batonism

Weblog posts about music, in my opinion, are a kind of no win situation, because there’s nothing that you can say about a piece of music about which you’re currently very enthusiastic that will really mean anything to anybody unless they’re already familiar with it, or unless they’re so powerfully predisposed to that particular genre or style that a positive reaction is a foregone conclusion. The exception to that, of course, is if you have a weblog that is primarily focused on music and/or has accrued a significant share of musical credibility when it comes to endorsing bands. I don’t have that kind of weblog, clearly, so when I think about writing a post about music that’s exciting to me, I generally resist it.

That said, I’m going to set aside my reticence and go ahead and pass along the musical baton, which several nice folks have passed along to me over the past few days. I’m probably like the last person on the World Wide Interweb to get my baton up, but here goes anyway:

Total Volume of Music on My Computer

3,336 songs for 14.53 gigabytes. That seems like a pretty paltry sum, but I actually shudder at the idea of having twice or three times that much; I think the good would get drowned out by the bad in such a scenario.

Song Playing Right Now

• “You Got Me” by VHS or Beta

Five Songs that I Wouldn’t Complain about If They Started Playing Them While I Was Having Drinks at a Bar, Plus One More for the Road

• “Kingdom Come” by David Bowie
• “1 Thing” by Amerie
• “You Are the Generation that Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve” by Johnny Boy
• “Can’t Stand Me Now by The Libertines
• “Battered” by Relaxed Muscle
• “Bird Stealing Bread” by Iron & Wine

Last Album Legitimately Paid For

• “All-Night Fox” by The Howling Hex

Five People to Whom I’m Passing the Baton

• Karl Rove
• Scott McLellan
• Jeff Gannon
• Michelle Malkin
• Pamela Anderson

I can’t wait to see their batons! +