8x1:: cause introductions are almost mandatory

today i'm kicking off a series of posts: my form of support for artists. dubbed the 8x series, cause i am going to be posting 8 different songs(that is the plan at least), it aims to give you some idea why blog-hopping can be so worth it sometimes. most of these came from blogs, i dare not say all cause i have no idea where half my collection comes from anyways.

the kick-off edition is partly inspired by the fact that the current theme i'm working on for my multiply site is putting up a helluva fight. so, lets get on with the list shall we:

1. Just Jack- Writer's Block :: get me!
   in my case, i have a coder's block. cross-compat is a bitch. listening to the catchy tune of this song does help a bit... yeah, don't stop your head from bobbing side to side, keeps those creative juices properly dilluted all the time.
2. Peter Bjorn & John/Victoria Bergsman- Young Folks :: get me!
   this is semi-related to the first... this is taken from the album "Writers Block". if you know "The Postal Service", there's a good chance you'll semi-like this. even if you don't, well, it'll still probably be on your playlist a good couple of times.
3. Flunk- True Faith :: get me!
   like the theme for this playlist so far, this is another case of identity spill-over. for the longest time i thought this was a "True Faith" song. i didn't even bother to question why it sounded so different... stupid.
4. Bobby Martini- Raining Red Clocks :: get me!
   this guy is an artist in his own right. he does a lot of mashups and this is one of his tracks that i like. this is a mashup of Coldplay's Clocks and Peter Gabriel's Red Rain. drop him a visit here.
   and if you think that Clocks doesn't have a lighter side, then you haven't heard this cuban version from the guys themselves. its actually part of a compilation: Rhythms Del Mundo.
5. Avril Lavigne- The Scientist :: get me!
   whereas Coldplay proved they have a lighter side, this girl proved with this Coldplay cover that she's got a really tragic voice. Chris Martin's voice has emotion like feelings of suffering but there's still a glint of hope somewhere, Avril's is just... plain tragic. not that she sounds horrible, but the overall feeling is just so... emo. sad.
6. Amy Winehouse- Love is a Losing Game (acoustic) :: get me!
   after listening to Avril, you might think she's got a sad voice as well. but listen closely and you just might hear the original King Kong roaring in the background. there's just an old world appeal/quality to her voice. her fist single already had that in it albeit only a little bit(get here if you still haven't gone to rehab), but this... this reminds me of cobwebs. wicked awesome cobwebs that is.
7. Late Night Alumni- Empty Streets (Aurora Mix) :: get me!
   after a trip down memory lane, here's a jolt to bring you back to the future. remixes for this song abound, but this particular one is one of the few which really gets it in the world of mixing. the original here is categorically filed under ambient/chillout, hence, the tons of mixes available as they usually make excellent "base"s.
8. Port O'Brien- The Whiskey Song :: get me!
   so after making your rounds in the hottest party scenes, here is something which you'll probably be singing(but will have no memory of) right before you pass out...

and that wraps up this first edition. the challenge for me now is to come up with more songs to put here. i would have posted it here as a playlist but multiply thought it would be a good idea to not post any file i try to upload to their servers...

--- goes well with a hot mug of coffee in your favorite cafe on rainy days.