KCRW Guest DJ Bingo: Sylvain White

One of the songs is by Wilco: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song ()
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song (.5)
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 ()

Describes a song as "cinematic" +1

Debbie Downer moment +1 

*New Item: 3/5 songs entered their lives during high school or earlier +1
Wild card: Another alma mater shoutout-fest (.5 per mention) (2)
Total: 3

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Sylvain White

KCRW Guest DJ Bingo: Audrey Niffenegger

Another post heavy on pre-voting age favorites. Also, great last name.

One of the songs is by Wilco: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song ()
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song (.5)
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1 (1)

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 ()

Describes a song as "cinematic"

Debbie Downer moment +1
Wild card: Had a "never-ending-nighttime-party-arty life"...in high school. Badass. +1
Total: 2.5

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Audrey Niffenegger

KCRW Guest DJ Bingo: Jim Parsons

Whew, another week flew by.  This guy talked a lot more about learning to perform than anything he's actually been in.  How did his training prepare him for his role of a Medieval Times actor? Meta!

One of the songs is by Wilco: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song ()
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song ()
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 ()

Describes a song as "cinematic" (theatricality-so close!)

Debbie Downer moment +1 (1, finds out about his father's death while listening to a Madonna song)
Wild card: Situations he describes as therapeutic  (+1) (2)
Total: 3

Art imitating life

If only it had been discovered by a plucky little girl and her brother living in a simpler time during which the Met was guarded by nothing but old men.

Kottke: Unknown Michaelangelo Found at the Met?

Hamm and Galifianakis

Bizarre and not exactly G-rated interview of Jon Hamm, who is almost definitely in on it.

Very Short List: Hamm and Cheese

Preach It: Bob McDonnell's Damage Control

I've reached the dangerous point in reading Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog where he articulates things so neatly I no longer see the use of trying to articulate them to myself.  Probably not good in the long run, but that doesn't make him any less right in my opinion.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Proud of Being Wise

KCRW Guest DJ Bingo: Tyler Perry

With such a large body of work I thought there'd be a higher self-referential score.  Tyler Perry, you're a humbler man than I gave you credit for.


One of the songs is by Wilco: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song ()
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song (.5)
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1 (1)

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 

Describes a song as "cinematic"

Debbie Downer moment +1
Wild card: Songs with explanations that refer to a family member .5 (1.5)
Total: 3

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Tyler Perry

KCRW Guest DJ Bingo: Ali Nejad

Sorry for the late post.  There seems to be a theme of overcoming adversity in Ali Nejad's picks so I think he and I must have been on the same flights this week.

One of the songs is by Wilco: +1
Guest complains that 5 songs too few:+ 1 (1)
Guest says the song makes/made them cry: +1 per song ()
Includes a reference to one of their projects (a specific one): +.5 per song ()
Guest describes their taste as very eclectic: +1
Guest references their small town/suburban youth: +1

Guest says they can listen to a song over and over +1 ()

Describes a song as "cinematic"

Debbie Downer moment +1
Wild card: References to songs as a "cut" (.25) 3.75
Total: 4.75

KCRW Guest DJ Project: Ali Nejad