I recently stumbled upon the Edustyle awards page, because I wanted to see what ideas other designers bring to academic websites. Brown University’s gateway definitely has some interesting ideas – interesting enough to win a most innovative award from Edustyle.
Some songs rock my body. Whenever I hear the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter,” I just want to thrash my head and raise my fist. “Wolf Like Me” by TV On The Radio, rocks my soul, evoking a raw sense of passion otherwise easily forgotten. What I think I really like about “Moan,” by Trentemoller, is that it rocks my brain.
After seeing the Hawaiian episode of No Reservations: Anthony Bourdain, experimenting with a sandwich like this was only a matter of time.
My song of the year has to be “Harvard Hands” by the Foxymorons. If you haven’t heard it, you can find a free MP3 on the webpage for the album, Hesitation Eyes. Pretty close to day one, 2008 was a year spent in a pit, looking to the sky for light and dreaming of warmth. It’s the kind of feeling music expresses in ways words simply can’t, and it’s expressed brilliantly by the Foxymorons.
I think I want to start a new annual tradition: near the end of each December, think of one song that encapsulates the emotions for which I’ll most remember the passing year. Not a playlist of songs, mind you – it would be too easy to build a narrative structure that bridges from one song to the next.
