In which I post some MP3 links.

So thanks to Sean’s The Rex Monday, I’m really into this track called Vistareel — it’s my current earworm. (You can, and probably should, get it here.) It’s ambient so not something I’d normally geek on, but it’s eerie and deep and catchy as hell and the vocal samples played melodically? Oddly compelling. And I love the CSNY-circa-Déjà Vu guitar tone too. You should check it out. Seriously.

I discovered Comfort Radio today. They played Sub Dub and Miles Davis back-to-back and it totally amused me.

I also discovered The Hype Machine… because I don’t already have enough crap on my iPod that I’ve never even listened to. (Before the year is out, I’m gonna need a whole server just for my music collection. Yay me.)

In other news, the genre field of ID3 tags? Is the bane of my existence. What a fucking mess! I’ve got tracks tagged “hip hop,” tracks tagged “hip-hop,” tracks tagged “hip-hop/rap,” and tracks tagged “hip hop/rap.” WTF, I ask you. And what’s the appropriate tag for songs from a 1973 Elton John album? Rock? Pop? Folk? Is “remix” a genre tag? I’ve got tracks tagged “pod cast,” and tracks tagged “Podcast.” I’ve got tracks labelled “indie,” “booty bass,” and “oldie.”

I seriously hate the genre tag unto death, I tell you. I’ve begun to delete whatever’s in it when I get new tracks. Eventually my iPod will have only one genre on it: {None}!