Kieron Gillen posted “Swim” by Madder Rose, as a song that reminded him of somewhere. It was the first time I’d heard or even thought about that song in years, but while listening to it, I read Gillen’s post, about a Sixth Form full of music and memories, and the arbitrariness of choosing one song to define a particular thing, if you’re a certain sort of person with a certain sort of relationship with music.
But something he said, about a girl playing the song to him, triggered off a couple of different thought processes, and I ended up pretty much spamming his comments with them.
The song that came to mind, after some meandering, was “Creep” by Radiohead.
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It’s not a particularly sophisticated choice. The song is almost designed to resonate with a certain sort of boy in a certain sort of period of his life. But, you know, it is what it is. So few things work the way they are supposed to by design, and this particular one totally does. At least for me, in the perfect storm I found myself in in 1993.
I’ll let “Comments Nick” explain, in an only-mildly-edited-from-the-comment-I-just-left form. Just assume everything after the jump is in quotation marks:
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Kieron Gillen found this, and acquired it, and I don’t think I’ll manage it with quite his skill, as he writes about music in a way that suggests an almost photographic – phonographic? – memory, but as I just filled his comment box with what could notionally count as one – or maybe two or even more – of my days, I figure I’ve probably got it in me to give it a shot with at least half of my arse.
day 01 – your favorite song
day 02 – your least favorite song
day 03 – a song that makes you happy
day 04 – a song that makes you sad
day 05 – a song that reminds you of someone
day 06 – a song that reminds of you of somewhere
day 07 – a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08 – a song that you know all the words to
day 09 – a song that you can dance to
day 10 – a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11 – a song from your favorite band
day 12 – a song from a band you hate
day 13 – a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14 – a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15 – a song that describes you
day 16 – a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17 – a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18 – a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19 – a song from your favorite album
day 20 – a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21 – a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22 – a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23 – a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24 – a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25 – a song that makes you laugh
day 26 – a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27 – a song that you wish you could play
day 28 – a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 – a song from your childhood
day 30 – your favorite song at this time last year
I think Mr Gillen is on the right track taking these out of order, and also linking to them as he does them. We’ll bloody see, won’t we?
In #MOMBcast 27, we talked about the following comics:
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16:30 Nemesis #1 (Mark Millar/Steve McNiven)
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26:40 The Guild #1 (Felicia Day/Jim Rugg)
38:00 Thor #608 (Kieron Gillen/ Rich Elson & Billy Tan)
39:50 Breaking Into Comics The Marvel Way #1-2 (Edited by C.B.Cebulski)
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51:00 Locke & Key – Crown Of Shadows #4 (Joe Hill/Gabriel Rodriguez)
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01:01:30 Streets Of Gotham #10 (Paul Dini/Dustin Nguyen)
01:07:00 Mighty Avengers #35 (Dan Slott/Koi Fam)
01:16:00 Thing 2010 – Official Site Here
01:20:00 David Wynne’s Particle Fiction – It’s Here!
01:21:00 The Barefoot Serpent (Scott Morse)
MOMBcast 27 is here.
All other episodes are available here.
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