• Speak into the Mike: “Theme Week: Music – Day Five”

Oh no… a brand new meme… just been tagged… must… resist… the gravitational pull… too strong… must get word out… warn population… run while you … still can… someone please… tell My Lovely Wife… I love her… and to feed the cats… here gooooooooooooooes–

The Mike Stand’s Musical Mentorship Threeme!

Three albums you’re currently loving:

1. Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say That’s What I’m Not
2. M.I.A., Arular
3. LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem

Three albums that remind you of High School:

1. Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw And The Cooked
2. U2, The Joshua Tree
3. Living Color, Vivid

Three albums that remind you of College/University:

1. Nirvana, Nevermind
2. The Pogues, If I Should Fall from Grace With God
3. Sinead O’Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got

Three albums everyone should have in their collection:

1. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
2. The Clash, London Calling
3. Crowded House, Together Alone

Three great albums you’d recommend to a friend:

1. Matthew Sweet, In Reverse
2. Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
3. The Decemberists, Picaresque

Three great albums recommended to you:

1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois
2. The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday
3. The National, Alligator

Last three albums you added to your collection:

1. The Libertines, The Libertines
2. Bell & Sebastian, Tigermilk
3. Michael Penn, Mr. Hollywood Jr.

Three albums you “rediscovered” from your past:

Actually, lately I’ve been too busy listening to new music to rediscover anything… mainly because all the music from my past is on freaking cassette tapes. Sheesh. God bless obsolete tech.

Three artists/bands from your country that you think are / were great:

1. Sloan
2. The New Pornographers
3. k-os

Three artists/bands from another country that you think are great:

1. Arctic Monkeys (UK)
2. The Pixies (US)
3. Beautiful South (UK)

Three defunct or dead artists / bands you love:

1. The Police
2. The Jam
3. The Stone Roses

Three podcasts you listen to regularly (if you listen to podcasts or other downloadable shows):

1. iPod Nirvana
2. Zoe’s Radio Show
3. 3hive

Type of mp3 device(s) you currently own and use:

• Green 4GB iPod Mini

Favourite Accessories:

• The only accessory I have for it is a Griffin iTrip FM transmitter. So… I guess that makes it my favourite. By default.

Now… who to tag… who to tag… maybe Sarah… or Otto… or Barrie (who’s podcast I promise to listen to)… maybe David would enjoy it… or Mssrs. Gorjus & Fury… I can’t tag SassyK, ’cause Kulrblid alread did… which is usually my job … grumble… and I could only send out a soft tag to Jenny, ’cause memes scare her…

Better yet, if you read this, and want to to do it, go for it. Memes want to be free.

Go free, little meme… go free…

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