"Heart Songs," from Weezer's (red album). I like to put it on repeat.

Totally unrelated to good songs, or music in general: I probably should mention that my new book, "50 Sad Chairs," is out. It's published by the weird and wonderful folks at BlueQ. It's a nice little photo book of the sad chairs of St. Louis. No, really. Discarded chairs in alleys. Abandoned chairs on street corners. Abused chairs on loading docks. You get the picture. You're gonna like it.

Check out www.50sadchairs.com to see some page samples and (if you want) by it at Amazon or Blueq.com.

C'mon!

Shit, I love Moviola. Have for almost 15 years now (shit!, again).

The band's latest, "Dead Knowledge," features a gem called "Rudy," which makes me both joyful and sadly nostalgic at the same time. Here's a video from the CD release at Used Kids. [2007]

Very little activity here (mostly because I seem to be listening to the same stuff over and over). But here's something new to me: "Monkey!!! Knife!!! Fight!!!" by Minus the Bear. I'm also liking the first track from that "Highly Refined Pirates" album, "Thanks for the Killer Game of Crisco Twister." [2002]

Wow, I must thank my old friend Bohb for turning me on to Midlake. I haven't this hard fallen for a band since Doves or DBT. [2006]

Goodness, it's getting dusty around here. Anyway, we've had a song from the 1950s playing over and over in our house: "Sh-Boom" by The Chords. It's on the Cars soundtrack and our three-year-old loves it -- but I do too. [1954]

15 years on, I still love "Rhinoceros" by Smashing Pumpkins. [1991]

The title track from Sufjan Stevens' "The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from Illinois Album." Yummy. [2006]

One that sometimes gives me chills: "Jesus the Mexican Boy" by Iron & Wine, from the "The Sea and the Rhythm" EP. [2003]

Cat Power's new record "The Greatest" is my favorite by her since "What Would The Community Think." I really like the lilt of track #4, "Could We." [2006]

Associative memories | Ask MetaFilter: "How is it that a song can trigger memories about a time in your life?"

My MP3 drive died. 120+ gigs worth. I have no goodSongs at the moment.

Also, this one is still nicenicenice: "Sweetest Thing" by The Grifters. [1997]

In high school, we wore out our Fugazi tapes, Those first two EPs kicked us in the head every time we listened to them. It's ridiculously pleasing that I still love their music. That I haven't outgrown it like I have with a fair amount of other stuff. 13 Songs. Good. [1988 & 1989]

Attack of the meme...
• Total volume of music on my computer: 101.3 GB (24,534 songs, 60.5 days)
• The last CD I bought: Athlete's "Tourist" (at their show last week)
• Song playing right now: "Count Me Out" by the Del McCoury Band (bluegrass!)
• Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
1) Doves "M62 Song" (Liam's 1st theme song)
2) Athlete "Vehicles and Animals" (Liam's 2nd theme song)
3) Iron & Wine "Jesus The Mexican Boy" (makes me think about people I didn't appreciate)
4) Drive-By Truckers "Sounds Better In The Song" (just good, like all their stuff)
5) Brad "Buttercup" (for driving the highway at sunset)

Heard this on KDHX and liked it. Googled, found the MP3 for free on Amazon. Nice. Chuck Prophet: "Pin a Rose on Me." Happy Valentine's Day, freaks! [2004]

Diane got me "The Life Aquatic" soundtrack because we liked the film and it had some great acoustic Bowie covers in it (in Portugese). The other night she asked me what my favorite Bowie song was, and without pause, I said "Five Years." [1972/2004]

Here Come The ABCs! | They Might Be Giants has a new CD/DVD coming out next month that features some completely excellent kid songs, and fun animations to go with them. Have a toddler learning the ABCs? GET THIS. The songs will get stuck in your head in the same maddening way kid songs do, but the songs are outstandingly fun and smart. Especially "C Is For Conifer" -- one of my favorites on the album. [2005]

Legendary radio DJ John Peel dies :-( ...tonight we'll listen to "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones for him. [1978]

"On Our Wings" by Iron & Wine. Overall, really good little songs on all his releases. [2004]

Long time no post. New job means I don't really listen to much music at work anymore. Anyway -- Husker Du: "Books About UFOs." [1985]

It's probably because I've been in the house that Bill Wagner sings about, in that neighborhood in Athens, Ohio ... but I still think I'd like "The Old West End" by the Bygones even if I had never been there. [2002]

Yesterday, in a fit of work-crunch, stress-induced, deadline-looming productivity, I put Swervedriver's "Duress" (8:03) on repeat and listened to it 17 times in a row. [1993]

"Blame It On The Tetons" from the latest Modest Mouse album. I've been to the Tetons! [2004]

I have always liked "Prison Bound" by Social Distortion, even though we used to joke that the drummer always played the same thing on every song. [1988]

Wow. The Decemberists cover Bjork's "Human Behavior" and do a great job of it. [200?]

R.I.P. Dave Blood: Dead Milkmen bassist commits suicide.

"The Way" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy [2003].

The whole record is just beautiful, but the title track to Athlete's "Vehicles & Animals" is so, so nice. [2003]

By chance, watched "Breakfast Club" for the umpteenth time over Thanksgiving. I always liked (and still do like) Simple Minds' "Don't You Forget About Me." And "Alive and Kicking," I guess. Sorry. [1985]

Great tunes turned to vinegar by constant play | "It's never a great feeling when a song you once loved suddenly triggers indifference bordering on revulsion."

Test post to Apple's music store: I like the song "Fountain and Fairfax" by the Afghan Whigs [1993].

The Official Stand-On-The-Bed-And-Rock triumvirate of songs from my middle youth was: 1) AC/DC's "Big Balls," 2) Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train," and 3) KISS's: "Detroit Rock City" (the album version with the car crash!). Every Styx album made up until "Kilroy Was Here" figured prominently in my life as well.

As far as early youth goes, I think it was all Beatles and Beach Boys. My late youth featured the beginnings of a musical snobbery that continues to this day (though I mostly listened to Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, Agent Orange and such in high school).

Yeah. I know. "Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns" (8:22) by Mother Love Bone. [1989]

Verbena at St. Louis' now-defunct Side Door was one of the best live shows I've ever seen. And their rough "Everyday Shoes" and the more refined "Junk For Fashion" are two really good songs. [1996?, 1997]

I remember hearing XTC's "Nonsuch" a good-long-time-ago (in strange, purist, indie rock and cheap beer days) and thinking, "Eh. Polish." But now I'm listening to the album about once a day at work (good in headphones!) and loving everything. I'm especially loving the obvious classic, "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead." (I also like how "Humble Daisy" kind of sounds like "Aja"-era Steely Dan.) [1992]

"On With The Show" by The Get Up Kids. [2001]

Two softer ones from harder bands: "Dozen Roses" by Braid [1998] and "World Full of Hate" by Dropkick Murphys [2003].

Guided By Voices: "Now To War" [1997].

There are many good My Morning Jacket songs to choose from, but right now "O Is The One That Is Real" wins. [2002]

Summer's here. The Camper Van Beethoven catalog sounds better than ever. Especially "Good Guys And Bad Guys." [1986]

"M62 Song." Doves. [2002]

I like the song "Remember" by Air. Especially when it's snowy out. [1998]

Rocket From The Crypt: "Velvet Touch." [1991]

The Ass Ponys' "(Baby) I Love You (Baby)" is a goodSONG. Sad, but good. [2001]

An indie rock diamond from 1992: Buffalo Tom's "Taillights Fade".

If I was in a cover band, these are 10 songs I'd play. Inspired by Judith.
» The Dartells' "Hot Pastrami"
» Donovan's "Season of the Witch"
» Richard Buckner's "Lil Wallet Picture"
» Huey Lewis & The News' "Bad Is Bad"
» The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
» Pond's "Agatha"
» Bowie's "5 Years"
» Disco Teen 66's "America"
» Shudder To Think's "No Rm. 9, Kentucky"
» Yo La Tengo's "You Can Have It All"

The Hackensaw Boys singing "Smilin' must mean something," from Keep It Simple. [2002]

The Bygones sing "Tanque Verde Blues" over and over in my head and my iTunes. [2001?]

"Final Solution" by Pere Ubu. [1976]

How has "Braindead" by Red Red Meat escaped this list for so long? I love it. [1994]

This is one of the most haunting songs I've ever heard: "Angels and Fuselage." It's the closer to the Drive By Truckers double album, "Southern Rock Opera." This amazing concept album is about Lynyrd Skynyrd, life in the South and death by car accident and plane crash. Huge. [2001]

Moments In Love | A nice little music weblog. Not really too active, though.

big guilty big rock pleasure: "everlong" by the foo fighters (rock). [1997]

i like "trains across the sea" by the silver jews. [1994]

The Covers Project | This. Is. Excellent.

"natural one" and "mechanical man" by sebadoh. [1990s]

"nude as the news" by cat power. [1997]

The entire doves' album, "lost souls." [2001]

"Everything In Its Right Place," Radiohead. [2000]

"Buttercup," by Brad. Perfect for summer sunset drive-time. Too bad it's January. [1992]

1) spoon: "the fitted shirt" and 2) sigur ros: "Hjartad Hamast" [2001]

solex: "athens, oh." [1999]

the shins sing "the past and the pending". put this one on repeat too. [2001]

the title track from perry farrell's new "song yet to be sung". [2001]

hearing tex perkins do "loving you" on the TripleM Musical Challenge is awesome and funny.

i like to put "waltz on the railroad' on repeat for at least an hour at a time. moviola is great. [1999]

"machismo," from gomez's "machismo" ep. [1999]

"a simple text document," by man or astroman? yes. [????]

i need to take better care of this page. i guess i have been too busy listening to richard buckner albums.

"7 gates to the city" by paul k and the weathermen, from the garden of forking paths album. [1993]

the film doesn't exist, but we thank big chief that the soundtrack does. mack avenue skullgame was an overlooked album by an overlooked band and "no free love on this street," featuring thornetta davis, is still a powerful song. [1993]

"tripoli" by pinback reminds me of something, but i don't know what. no matter, i like it. [1999]

who the hell is white town and why am i suddenly like everyone else who likes the "your woman" song? and why dos the rest of the album suck? [1997]

damn. "jolene" by white stripes. this amazing dolly parton song also has been covered by reba mcentire, paula cole, sisters of mercy, queen andreena, sherrie austin and olivia newton-john. i'm sure there are others, but the white stripes hit it best. [1974/2000]

jonathan richman sings "i was dancing in the lesbian bar." [1996]

the spinanes' album arches and aisles has several goodies. one of them is "kid in candy." [1998]

"you and your sister" by chris bell. [1978]

"music is my radar" by blur. [2000]

givequick.org is broken, i guess. so i removed all the broken links. too bad.

tenacious d. yep.

yip and jump to daniel johnston's "speeding motorcycle." if that's too weird (which makes you lame) try yo la tengo's collaborative version. [198?/1990]

the replacements. "i will dare." that's just such an awesome song. [1984]

nick drake's "pink moon," a classic goodSONG, got really popular in the last couple years, but i found it a while back when the sadly underated band walt mink covered it on the "miss happiness" album, twenty years after it was released. [1972/1992]

from mag earwhig! we have one of the hundred or so super songs that guided by voices has recorded: "bulldog skin." [1997]

the smashing pumpkins' pisces iscariot has a good number of very nice songs for being made up of unreleased tracks and b-sides. "whir" is mellow, summery, smooth. way better than the bombastic overkill of mellon collie. [1994]

so obvious: "i just wasn't made for these times," by brian wilson and the beach boys, from pet sounds. [1967]

the simple fact is, the new u2 album is a surprisingly good record and "walk on" is a fantastically good song. [2000]

the highway matrons are a st. louis band. i like them. And "jailhouse tattoo" is a good song. [1996?]

mark lanegan does brook benton: "i'll take care of you." [1999/1959?]

the song is "watch yer nose" by rare white squirrel. you don't know it. and that's because you suck. [1995]

"dead, dead, dead" is a holiday tear-jerker. excellent. from the mr. hankey's christmas classics album. [1999]

richard buckner could send kittens and puppies into severe depression. today's song: "lil wallet picture." [1997]

cover songs are fun. "go your own way." seaweed does fleetwood mac. [1993]

brainiac is dead. long live brainiac: "go freaks go." [1995]

just about every song by paul k is a goodSONG. more.

the afghan whigs have countless great songs that they've written themselves, but they're also masters of the freakily-appropriate cover. so fire up napster and find them doing "creep" by tlc. [????/1996]

double shot: love battery. "highway of souls." yes. "between the eyes." yes. [1992]

while the cornelius remix of "tender," by blur, is soopa-nice, the original is soopa-sweet on it own. [1999]

"marquee moon" by television. [1977]

monster magnet used to be really good and heavy rather than glossy and cheesy. this is from the used to be: "nod scene". [1992]

pretty. "silent snow stream" by cornelius. [1994]

jane's addiction: "jane says." [1988]

you just have to agree that "built in girls" by the wrens is goodgoodgood. [1996]

incredibly overproduced -- by bill callahan's standards -- but super wonderful, is "bathysphere," by smog. [1995]

sloan has penned quite a few good songs, but "underwhelmed" is among the best. [1992]

ben folds five covering the flaming lips' "she don't use jelly" is simply amazing. [1998]

the inaugural goodSONG of the day is ... the dartells singing the repetitive wündersong "hot pastrami." yes. it sounds better on 45 than on mp3. this is not frat rock. [1963]