The Nappy Cat Chronicles

(Kings Of Leon image by Cara Bloch)

MY TOP FIVE FAVORITE MOMENTS WITH MY FRIEND MICHAEL

6.  That time when we inexplicably began singing Gary Numan’s “Cars” at the same time.

5.  That time when I said “Hop in!” and he did and I pushed the shopping cart across a parking lot and into a curb.

4.  That time when entered some sort of animal-role-playing-sex-chatroom on AOL and made fun of everyone.

3. That time when our friend Ben kept asking Michael to ask one of his sisters to give him a back rub.

2. That time when I wrecked Ben while we played a racing game and he proceeded to get revenge by wrecking Michael who was easily in first place.

1. All those hours we logged playing inane racing, shooting, and basketball games.

Now, onto the music:

(Click the arrow after each track for Last.fm info)

For your downloading pleasure:

• Blitzen Trapper - Sleepytime in the Western World [MP3]
• Bomb The Bass - Butterfingers [MP3]
• Common Market - Weather Vane [MP3]
• Dungen - Mina Damer och Fasaner [MP3]
• Friendly Fires - In The Hospital [MP3]
• Fujiya & Miyagi - Sore Thumb [MP3]
• Jem - On Top Of The World [MP3]
• Jenny Lewis - See Fernando [MP3]
• Jessica Lea Mayfield - One That I Love Best [MP3]
• Kings Of Leon - Closer [MP3]
• Mercury Rev - People Are So Unpredictable (There’s No Bliss Like Home) [MP3]
• Mother Mother - Wrecking Ball [MP3]
• Okkervil River - Singer Songwriter [MP3]
• The Pica Beats - Shrinking Violets [MP3]
• Tricky - Council Estate [MP3]
• TV On The Radio - Golden Age [MP3]

(Ra Ra Riot image courtesy of the guy who stole it from another guy.)

Random Thoughts:

My external hard drive died.

When things like that happen, you truly realize that most things in life are a hassle. A week later, I had all of the music copied from my iPod to my internal.

I lost all of the bootlegs I’d accumulated throughout the years.

I was over collecting bootlegs years ago.

If I could bring the hard drive to life I would. Just to kill it.

When you have an irritable bowel, rolaids can become close friends.

I think I’d kill the hard drive with fire. Or maybe drown it in soap.

The worst part is, I have no idea of how to properly dispose of it. So it’s been sitting on my desk for the last month.

I don’t think drowning it in soap is my answer.

Now, onto the music:

For your download:

• 31 Knots - The Breaks [MP3]
• Conor Oberst - Souled Out!!! [MP3]
• Delta Spirit - Children [MP3]
• Gentleman Auction House - Call it Casual [MP3]
• Human Highway - The Sound [MP3]
• Lykke Li - Dance, Dance, Dance [MP3]
• Oxford Collapse - Young Love Delivers [MP3]
• Ra Ra Riot - Too Too Too Fast [MP3]
• Télépathique - déjà vu [MP3]
• The Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline [MP3]
• The Bug - Skeng [MP3]
• The Dandy Warhols - Love Song [MP3]
• The Gaslight Anthem - Miles Davis & The Cool [MP3]
• The Manhattan Love Suicides - Heat & Panic [MP3]
• The Moondoggies - ol’ Blackbird [MP3]
• The Stills - Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard [MP3]
• The Walkmen - Four Provinces [MP3]

(The Dutchess & the Duke image courtesy of Hardly Art.)

Recipes with Sexually-Explicit Names that I May or May Not Intend to Make

Dark Chocolate Cake smothered with Whipped Cream

All-Day Meatballs

Tossed Salad drizzled with Dressing

Stuffed Mushrooms II

Dirt Pipe Milkshakes

SuperMoist Cakes

Now, onto the music:

(Click the arrow after each track for Last.fm info)

• Black Kids - Listen To Your Body Tonight [MP3]
• Brendan Canning - Possible Grenade [MP3]
• Cansei de Ser Sexy - Left Behind [MP3]
• Earlimart - Teeth [MP3]
• ¡Forward, Russia! - Spanish Triangles [MP3]
• Golden Animals - Ride Easy [MP3]
• Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head - Me + Yr Daughter [MP3]
• Ratatat - Falcon Jab [MP3]
• {{{ Sunset }}} - Theme from “A Perfect Light Awaits Me” [MP3]
• The Black Ghosts - Repetition Kills You [MP3]
• The Dutchess & the Duke - Mary [MP3]
• We Versus The Shark - Mountaineering [MP3]

(Joan As Police Woman image courtesy of someone’s blog.)

So, I blew off May. June was a far better month for music. In this edition, I’ve mostly included rock music along with a few electronic lullabies. Also, beginning with this edition, I’m including links to each band or artist’s website (not their Myspace page because I dislike Myspace like a fat kid hates walking) and a link to download the single.

(Click the arrow after each track for Last.fm info)

• Aimee Mann - Freeway [MP3]
• Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood [MP3]
• Head Like A Kite - Big FM Radio Hit [MP3]
• Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules Theme [MP3]
• Joan As Police Woman - Holiday [MP3]
• Ladytron - Black Cat [MP3]
• My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy [MP3]
• Shearwater - Century Eyes [MP3]
• Subtle - Exiting Arm [MP3]
• The Notwist - Where in this World [MP3]
• The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name [MP3]
• The Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven [MP3]
• Tilly and the Wall - Pot Kettle Black [MP3]
• Wolf Parade - The Grey Estates [MP3]

April Fool’s Day came and went and I can’t praise my April line-up enough. There’s a lot of feel-good rock tracks, some enjoyable electronica tracks, one funk track, and one Santogold track.

(Click the arrow after each track for more info.)

– DeVotchKa photo courtesy of mog.com –

For the cold weather, good riddance to March. The only thing I hate about April is April Fool’s Day. 90% of websites try to out onion the funny 5% and fail miserably. The other 5% just get high.

Musically, March had a few noteworthy additions. Included in this edition are singles from the band that’s the farthest thing from rap also known as DeVotchKa, the singer/songwriter Destroyer, the poppy collaboration between singer/songwriter M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel named She & Him, the alternative rock band The Raconteurs, and the independent rock band, who stole their name from Jerry Lee Lewis, What Made Milwaukee Famous.

(Click the arrow after each track for more info.)

– British Sea Power photo courtesy of mog.com –

February is here and, aside from the occasional 70 degree day, winter is in full blast. But, that doesn’t mean you need to curl up with a warm blanket and an Elliot Smith album. During this month, like every other month, rock bands are playing rock music. February highlights include an anthem-rock single from the reunited British Sea Power, pop offerings from the Headlights and Lightspeed Champion, an alternative-rock single from Nada Surf, a nerd-folk single from The Mountain Goats, a heroin-noise-rock single from The Raveonettes.

(Click the arrow after each track for more info.)