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Rollo and Grady’s Picks For the Best Songs of 2012

rollo and grady's top 100 songs of the year

Click to see (and download!) their top 100.

Earlier this year, I linked to music blog Said the Gramophone’s picks for the best songs of 2012. If you’re looking for more, here’s another list of top 100 songs from 2012 — this time from Rollo and Grady, a music licensing, management and production company based in Los Angeles. They do a fair bit of music consulting for films and television; if you saw Cedar Rapids or the past three seasons of American Dad, then you’ve heard their work.

rollo and grady - cedar rapids - american dad

If you like psychedelic-ish indie guitar rock along the lines of Tame Impala, Django Django, and Ty Segall, you’re going to love Rollo and Grady’s picks for the best of 2012. I’ve downloaded all the tunes — yup, these are up for free download! — and they’re on high rotation on my iTunes. I’ve put them in a playlist, and I’ve found that they make for get “get stuff done” music at work (your mileage may vary). At the very least, go check out their page, where they’ve set up the songs for download or continuous play with a built-in music player, and accented each song with an interesting image:

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Be sure to check out their site’s main page, where they often showcase (and let you download) new music from acts they like. Their latest posts feature music from bands at this year’s South by Southwest conference.

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Amurrica Bound

america bound

I’m heading to Tampa this afternoon to see The Special Lady…

…attend an annual St. Patrick’s Day-meets-pagan bacchanal…

…and visit some interesting places…

gatorland

I’m sure it’ll be great fun. Expect posts with photos!

whatever's comfortable

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Sign of the Day

you're making too many sober decisions

Found via Ryan Rossman.

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Vatican Goodfellas

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“They know about the Lufthansa heist. We gotta whack Morrie.

I love this photo of two cardinals taking a smoke break during the papal selection process. It makes them seem less like Stonecutters and more like Goodfellas. In fact, looking at this photo, I can imagine the conversation going something like this:

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The Speech the New Pope Should Give

francis

“Nolite me vocare Franciscum!”

When I heard the new Pope’s name, I immediately thought of this moment from the movie Stripes:

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“I’m Goin’ to Prom!”

pork blood tanker truck

In case you don’t get the reference, here’s a little help.

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“Grumpy Cat” (and Skrud) on Ottawa

i live in ottawa once - it was awful

Click to see the original.

My friend “Skrud” came up with this meme after encountering someone who lives in Ottawa because of the nightlife. That’s like living in Winnipeg for the tropical weather (or its nightlife, for that matter).

While my stay in Ottawa during the summer of  ’11 gave me some much-needed needed distance from home and I had a good time at Shopify, my preferred cities in Canada to live in are the “MTV” cities: Montreal, Toronto and Vangroovy.