Bizarre dreams last night. Unfinished business or something.

I keep coming back to K’Naan’s second album, Troubadour, as a place to remember why music is made in the first place – to tell stories. The song “Fatima” was playing on repeat in my head when the alarm/call from the photo lab/text from my sister all went off at the same time. There’s no video, but here is a decent version of the track.

Also, if you have 45 minutes to kill, watch this fascinating and moving in-studio performance/interview on KCRW:

Heard this song on the radio the other day, and it brought me back to growing up listening to “Full Moon Fever” on repeat for hours on end. I even busted out a lyric from “Zombie Zoo” at a dinner party the other night, to completely blank stares. Guess that one only made an impression on me.

Anyway, this tune is off of Petty’s “Wildflowers” album, which is excellent and stands the test of time. I unfortunately couldn’t find a video embed with the uncensored lyrics, so at the part where he sings, “Let’s get to the point/let’s roll another note” – well, I think we all know what he’d really be rolling.

It must’ve been the incredible auditory experience I had last night at the Mix Master Mike show, but for some reason my ears were sending Sublime’s “Smoke Two Joints” (no video, click to play) and Paperboy’s “Ditty” (video below) back and forth between the SL-1200mk5′s in my head this morning.

Yes, a cringe-inducing Swedish punk band. The song that was actually repeating over and over like an alarm clock in my head is called “Thanks For Nothing” (click link to play!), for which I could not find a video. But this one is pretty good too. Turn up the volume!

I’ve been realizing that nearly every morning I wake up with a different song in my head. I’m going to start cataloging them here. The excitement among my readers is palpable, I can tell.

Today it was this song: