In case you don't watch CNBC Asia..

Listen closely for when i say "arh-ahhhg..."

And no, the white arrow is not some strange nose prosthetic.

first Trimester (of 2009) listening

Start of the year is usually slow but there;s stuff out there (an ongoing theme) and here's my sweep.

Summary of what I'm listening to. I've tried to embed the blip.fm player but if it doesn't work, check out my page at http://blip.fm/invite/afx. I'm a big fan of this. It makes sharing music easier, but discovering music is easier than surfing from blog to blog. But just listening is a blast, too. I'm using blogs more to track down bootlegs and obscure tracks than to discover new music since tuning in to this. (use prev/next to toggle songs)

2008 Leftovers :

Big miss from last year: Last Nick Cave. Not a bad song on it (thanks, Dori).

Still growing on me: Reckless Kelly (less alt and more country), Amanda Palmer

Not really taking: santogold

Enjoying but uneven: Does it offend, you.

2009:

Best Soul: Raphael Saadiq

Song of the year (so far): Nothing to worry about, Peter Bjorn and the other guy

Alt. Country: Centro-matic (pick on line bootleg), Moondoggies

Neko Case : not new territory but worthy addition to the catalog

Favorite Mashup: http://jaydiohead.com/

Jason Anderson : sorta of a modern day Springsteen but more varied style. check out Somerville show at http://www.jasonandersonswebsite.com/albums.html

New Morrissey - not new ground, but quality songs for an old dude. Check out live radio show he did for the BBC if you care

New U2 - intrigued by the direction (ignore boots) but undecided yet

Delta spirit - heads to "best of 2009"

throwback pick: Grandpaboy - westerberg does the Stones (go with deadmanshake - mono is just regular westerberg which is fine) (and if you're in my generation and don't know who Paul Westerberg is, go read another blog!)

Been digging: Franz Ferdinand - takes there alternative funk deeper into club. It's pop but very danceable. For a good time.

Rising fast: Phoenix

Return of the greats: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (el matador possibly best song ever)

Avoid: new Bruce Springsteen (but go see live)

The future: Bat for Lashes, Rhett Miller, Jason Isbell, Dinosaur Jr., Gomez ?

Upcoming shows: Rhett Miller (5/16), Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction (6/3)

On TV

Thursday night 7:00ish EST on CNBC

Also check out last weekends Barron's in the current yield column.

wsj - my mom complained that I wasn't posting my press

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090514-717593.html

Star Wars fans

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tauntaun.html

This is so neat, I might buy one.

Vacation list

We are trying to figure out where to go on vacation: New York, Washington/NoVa, Memphis/St. Louis, California, New Mexico. We cann't get a straight answer from the girls so we sit down with Maddy to write a pro/con list. From Maddy:

New Mexico.

Pro's: Native, Ruins, Good food, Josie's god father, never been there

Con's: Swine flu

Blip me

Saw this on a trent tweet. Say five times fast. A neat way to share music and get the conversation going. But will experiment with how to embed on layout but don't get your hopes up.

How cool is this ?

http://www.mcctheater.org/shows/08-09_season/coraline/index.html

http://www.mcctheater.org/currentseason.html

This has something for every kind of nerdiness: music (magnetic fields), comics (neil gaiman) and kids books.

And its a musical.