Quality over quantity August 24, 2010 2:05 PMSubscribe
The Perfect Five posts five songs per week(ish): a recent hit, a cover, a classic, a remix, and a wildcard. "A music blog for people who don't have time for music blogs." posted by theodolite (10 comments total)
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per month(ish). I don't have that much time, but I have some time. posted by mrgrimm at 2:23 PM on August 24, 2010
It looks like that from the Monthly archive links, but click "Previous Week." The template only shows you one week at a time, even if you click on a whole month. posted by Eideteker at 2:27 PM on August 24, 2010
Indeed. Because the navigation kind of sucks, here are links to all 11 installments:
I like the idea. One note is that it mentions Them's "Here Comes the Night," which was released in 1965. They transpose the digits to 1956. Van Morrison was 11 years old in 1956. posted by blucevalo at 2:41 PM on August 24, 2010
Just looking at the front page made me add it to my RSS feed. posted by immlass at 4:24 PM on August 24, 2010
Wow, the song currently selected in the "covered" slot is gorgeous, and apparently unavailable on iTunes. posted by Bookhouse at 5:08 PM on August 24, 2010
Information Overload, indeed. While I struggle to keep up with hundreds of new items in my daily RSS feeds, entire crazy projects swell up in corners I'd never bother to check.
Oh, neat blog too. I still don't think I have time for a music blog, but it's definitely one of the best takes I've seen on the idea. posted by revmitcz at 10:12 PM on August 24, 2010
(and for the record, the steveroye-ist sentence-as-a-paragraph was unintentional. they wrapped in preview) posted by revmitcz at 10:14 PM on August 24, 2010
I don't have that much time, but I have some time.
posted by mrgrimm at 2:23 PM on August 24, 2010