another eye opens

“4 Minutes,” Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
“Trying Not to Disappear,” Dudley Saunders
“Two Weeks,” Grizzly Bear
“Sooner or Later,” Patty Griffin
“Death of a Shade of Hue,” Of Montreal
“Hey Ya,” Will Young
“The Bells,” the Originals
“Feels Like Home,” Bonnie Raitt
“These Lips of Mine,” Mark Weigle
“Iris,” Hercules and Love Affair
“The Lonely Spider,” Lhasa De Sela
“Kalakuta Show,” Mix Master Mike (Red Hot + Riot)
“The Mad Hatter’s Song,” Incredible String Band
“Angel Eyes,” k.d. lang
“The Leaden Echo,” Stephen Emmer
“Monster,” Lady GaGa
“Love on the Rocks,” Sara Bareilles
“Gaan,” Stephen Emmer
“Ready, Able,” Grizzly Bear
“You Know I’m No Good,” Amy Winehouse with Ghostface Killah
“Aurora,” Bjork
“Night of the Iguana,” Joni Mitchell
“Tahquamenon Falls,” Sufjan Stevens
“Some Kind of Bliss,” Kylie Minogue
“What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,” Joan Osborne
“Forgiveness,” Jonathan Mendelsohn and Wamdue Project
“Party Lights,” Janis Ian
“Young Hearts Run Free,” Candi Staton
“Rude boy Resort (Rihanna Vs. Papa Roach), DJ Bootie SF 7-Year Anniversary Mix
“We’ll Meet Along the Way,” Hem
“Love Is a Question Mark,” Taboo original cast album
“Cologne,” Ben Folds
“Hey Ya,” Outkast

“Knocks Me off My Feet,” Luther Vandross
“None of Dem,” Robyn & Royskopp
“With a Girl Like You,” David Sitek
“No estes lejos de mi un solo dia…,” Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
“Monster Love,” Goldfrapp
“Narrow Escape,” Ray LaMontagne
“Hang with me,” Robyn
“Learn to Keep your Mouth Shut,” Final Fantasy
“Like a Star,” Corinne Bailey Rae
“Ask (Love),” Turkish Delight
“Break me Out,” the Rescues
“Spell (Live),” Patti Smith
“Handshake Drugs,” Wilco
“More Mess on my Thing,” the Poets of Rhythm
“The Hedgehog’s Song,” Incredible String Band
“You Know I’m No Good,” Amy Winehouse (with Ghostface Killah)
“Holiday,” Vampire Weekend
“La Dolce Vita,” Giovanna
“A Good Idea at the Time,” OK Go
“Spanish Song Bird,” Keren Ann
“Gravity,” Sara Bareilles
“I Speak to the Stars,” Doris Day
“Widow’s Walk,” Van Dyke Parks
“Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy,” Liza Minnelli
“Angel (in the Sway of a Summer Night),” Maria Vidal
“Share Your Love with me,” Aretha Franklin
“Salt,” Lizz Wright
“The Past Is a Grotesque Animal,” Of Montreal
“Nan You’re a Window Shopper,” Lily Allen
“Cabiria,” Giovanna
“’81,” Joanna Newsom
“We Are Nowhere And It’s Now,” Bright Eyes
“Samson,” Regina Spektor
“third eye,” Black Eyed Peas
“Analyse,” Thom Yorke
“One Season,” Suzzy & Maggie Roche

“Nous on S’Aimera,” Liza Minnelli
“Overthought,” Sy Smith
“Dreaming,” Judy Collins
“The Boy from Ipanema,” Diana Krall
“The High Road,” Sharon Robinson
“Reviewing the Situation,” Euan Morton (The Broadway Musicals of 1963)
“125 Spheres,” David Sylvian
“FEZ – Being Born,” U2
“The Warning,” Hot Chip
“Change of Heart,” Teddy Thompson
“A Building in the Air,” David Byrne
“Watching Out of This World,” Sam Phillips
“The Nearness of You,” Norah Jones
“Hayloft,” Mother Mother
“Lump Sum,” Bon Iver
“Marco Polo,” Jane Siberry
“Matinal,” Madredeus
“Sanssouci,” Rufus Wainwright
“You Finally Said Something Good,” Teddy Thompson
“Magic Tree,” Kirsten Price
“Get Lucky,” Mark Knopfler
“Old Adam,” Hem

Stocked up with new (and new-to-me) releases for summer listening:

Scissor Sisters, Night Work
Bettye LaVette, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
Mary Gauthier, The Foundling
Herbie Hancock, The Imagine Project
Natalie Merchant, Leave Your Sleep
Court Yard Hounds
Laurie Anderson, Homeland
The Black Eyed Peas, Elephunk
Nellie McKay, Obligatory Villagers
The Addams Family Original Broadway Cast recording
Sid Selvidge, I Should Be Blue
Pat Metheny, Orchestrion
Various Artists, Shortbus
Devo, Something for Everybody
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Gurrumul

“I Should Go,” Levi Kreis
“Icicles,” Patty Griffin
“Put ‘Em in a Box,” Doris Day
“Pastourelle,” Dawn Upshaw
“In My Life,” Patti Austin
“Sinning Hands,” Iron & Wine
“The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure,” Magnetic Fields
“Paparazzi,” Lady Gaga
“Love That Conquers,” the Swell Season
“Oll Birtan,” Bjork
“Heimdalsgate like a Promethean Curse,” Of Montreal
“Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,” Lucinda Williams
“Reaching for the Moon,” Lizz Wright
“It’s You or No One,” Doris Day
“Bitch Went Nuts,” Ben Folds
“Another Minute,” Champion Lovers
“Wake Up in New York,” Craig Armstrong
“Live Long,” Kings of Convenience
“A Good Idea at the Time,” OK Go
“Lady Jessica and Sam,” Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions
“I’m a Stranger Here Myself,” Kristin Chenoweth
“Never Forget You,” Noisettes
“Never See You,” Rochas
”Top of the Stairs,” Ashford & Simpson
“1001 Nights,” Lhasa de Sala
“Light of the Moon,” Riverman
“Third Self-Portrait Series,” Rachel’s
“Prove My Love,” Lucinda Williams
“Flightless Bird, American Mouth,” Iron & Wine
“Hard Part,” David Wilcox
“Homecoming (Walter’s Song),” Vienna Teng
“Little Bird,” Goldfrapp
“Dust My Broom,” Cassandra Wilson