Morning Commute Music Roundup: Week of January 23rd, 2012 [Update]

Update [3/8/12]: I continue to get traffic from people who are searching for the Barbara Streisand (Llamanator Mix) by Duck Sauce, so I went searching myself for the song to see if I could find a legal copy of it. What I found instead was a post on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live's Facebook page that explains why I can't find it:

Here's a roundup of my favorite songs of the week from my morning commute. Enjoy!

Monday, January 23rd
Lucid Dreams by Franz Ferdinand - My Original Tweet



Tuesday, January 24th
Barbara Streisand by Duck Sauce (Lorenzo Llama Remix) (Llamanator Mix) - My Original Tweet

This remix appears to be exclusive to Kids Place Live on Sirius XM Radio, since I can't find it online (legally, that is). I was in the car with the kids that morning, so it wasn't my normal commute music. Either way, it's a hoot of a song if you ever get a chance to hear it. I was going to embed the music video for the original remix, but the artist doesn't allow embedding (good luck with that).

Wednesday, January 25th
Crystalised by The xx - My Original Tweet



Thursday, January 26th
Get It Daddy by Sleeper Agent - My Original Tweet



Friday, January 27th
Shuffle by Bombay Bicycle Club - My Original Tweet



Saturday, January 28th
Comeback Kid by Sleigh Bells - My Original Tweet

Yes, I had to work on Saturday, but I did get to hear this new song from Sleigh Bells on XMU. Pretty slick. Oh yeah, and I did steal the stapler.

A New Way to Subscribe to The Straits

Now that I'm getting my blog back in order, I keep finding things I want to tweak. I just found one of those things and I wanted to make sure you're aware of it.

I now have a way to subscribe to my blog by email. All you have to do is click on the link on the right hand side  of my blog. Once you are subscribed, you'll receive a notification by email when I post to my blog. Pretty cool, huh?

Morning Commute Music Roundup: Week of January 16th, 2012

Since I started using Path on my iPhone (I'll have to blog about Path later), I have been sharing one song per day from my morning commute. I have Path push it to Twitter and Facebook most of the time so my friends and followers get an feel for the kind of music I'm listening to.

On average, I'm in the car for 40 minutes in the morning. I listen to XM Radio for most of that drive and I primarily listen to Alternative and Modern Rock, although I will listen to almost any genre.

With all that being said, I've decided to recap or roundup all the songs I have shared from the previous week into one post. It's an easy way for me to start delivering more consistent content to the blog.

Monday, January 16th
Not Your Fault by AWOLNATION - My Original Tweet



Tuesday, January 17th
You Will Leave a Mark by A Silent Film -My Original Tweet



Wednesday, January 18th
Isolation by Alter Bridge - My Original Tweet



Annoying Side Note: I wanted to embed the original music video for the song, but the record company didn't think it was worth it to allow blogs on blogger to have that right. So, instead, I linked to the song so you can play it here.

Thursday, January 19th
One Month Off by Bloc Party - My Original Tweet



Friday, January 20th
Icky Thump by The White Stripes - My Original Tweet




Another note: The original music video for this song was also blocked from embedding.

Tidying Up the Ol' Blog

When I decided to revisit my blog yesterday for the first time in two years, I found there were some things that needed to be cleaned up as part of the design. Today, I took some time to clean up the sidebar to make it a little more relevant. Here's what I did:

1. I removed my Facebook badge. I really can't remember the last time I friended someone on Facebook that I haven't met in person. That's what Facebook will continue to be for me, for now. I'd much rather connect on Twitter and G+ right now, it's a simple fact. (reminder: blog about my social media habits)


2. I added a link to my Google+ profile. I haven't done much on G+ as far as posting is concerned, but I have started to comment and +1 to try and get myself more involved with it. Twitter is still my 'go to' network to share and post for now.


3. I removed my FriendFeed link. Yes, the last time I blogged, FriendFeed was relevant.


4. I removed my "What Am I Reading" section. It was linked to my Google Reader feed. While I still maintain that feed so I can push it into other aggregating apps on my iPad and iPhone (like Zite), I haven't been pushing anything to that feed in a long time.


5. I made a minor modification to my tag/label cloud, removing the amount of tags number from each tag. It makes it look a little cleaner.

That's about it for now. I'll keep making small tweaks until I decide to either do a major overhaul (if that will ever happen) or to switch platforms altogether. This was more of an update to make sure all my links are relevant. I want to make the blog more about my writing than anything right now, instead of aesthetics.

Two Years!

It's been two years since I last blogged on this site. That's ridiculous. A lot, and I mean a lot has happened to my family in the last two years. I think it's time to pull this blog off the shelf, dust it off, give it some love and start blogging again.