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Greatest Songs At This Moment-The Hives' "Fall Is Just Something Grownups Invented" Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women," The White Stripes' "We're Going To Be Friends," and Rufus Wainwright's "Foolish Love." I guess I'm a little off in my timing, listening to a song about the beginning of school during the time of year when school [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend," Led Zeppelin's "C'mon Everybody," and M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes." The active ownership of and listening to demo cuts acts as a barometer for fanship. You might love a band or an album, but do you love a band or album so much that you need [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Ramones' "Indian Giver," R.E.M.'s "Me In Honey," and Van Halen's "Beautiful Girls." I have to stop being dumb about lyrics. Or I need to stop paying attention to old songs I thought I knew well, only to discover I don't understand a thing. I wish I [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry," The Groovie Ghoulies' "I'm Doin' Fine," and The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Bold As Love." It's getting warm here in Southern California. A stint of chilly Spring is giving way to Perpetual Summer, and everyone's very excited. I'm often reminded of that Baz Luhrmann [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Jackson Five's "I Want You Back," The White Stripes' "We're Going To Be Friends," and The Arctic Monkeys' "From the Ritz to the Rubble." I have an addictive personality and this fuels the need I feel to deny myself happiness. That's not to say I'm a particularly [...]

Words by Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included Sleater Kinney's "Rollercoaster," The Stooges' "No Fun," and CCR's "Ramble Tamble." Some songs live in my guitar. I have a very natural (read: "dumb") style that's mostly just strumming along, and certain songs from certain bands tend to dwell within my strings. Others do not. The space taken [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included AC/DC's "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation," Beyonce's "Single Ladies," and Outkast's "Dracula's Wedding." Here are some dick-headish things to think about the soundtrack of Once that you may already agree with, but you won't allow yourself to articulate: 1) Most of these songs - [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High," Johnny Cash's "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky," and Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend." Some artists are so monumentally great that they become as common as your garbage disposal. It isn't until you're apart for a passage of time that their innovation is [...]

Words by Phillip Mottaz Next week we'll get back to exploring new obsessions, but this week is a look back. So join me, won't you, on a trip into the self-infatuated past as I put my body and brain to a weird and unnecessary test: I will review all 48 G.S.A.T.M. 's of the past year in a strange, ill-advised contest to determine which one is the "Best" and, consequently, "Wins." I'm excited to re-experience "Smell Yo' Dick". A vast majority of the songs [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Groovie Ghoulies' "I'm Doin' Fine," Electric Six's "Improper Dancing," and Tender Box's "Spectacular Spider-Man Theme." I don't buy music every week, so when I go shopping I often pick up more than one album at a time. This is great and stupid, because while the one-stop shopping [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included AC/DC's "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation," Beyonce's "Single Ladies," and Outkast's "Dracula's Wedding." I want to start this one off by correcting myself twice. First off, for all his work and help on the column, I should have pimped out my friend's entertaining and insightful blog FilmChris.com . [...]

Written by Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Cure's "Untitled," Radiohead's "Optimistic," and M.I.A's "Paper Planes." After the White Stripes ' beautiful performance on the final episode of Late Night With Conan O'Brien , I had an email discussion with fan of Tripwire and my [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Cure's "Untitled," Radiohead's "Optimistic," and M.I.A's "Paper Planes." Creedence Clearwater Revival is the most underrated band of the 60s. Not held to the holy heights of the Beatles , not any kind of legends in decadence like the Stones [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry," Johnny Cash's "Ghost Riders In The Sky," and Interpol's "Length of Love." In 2002 I was involved in a comedy show where the style was quick hits, one right after the next. That show was partially inspired by the random acquisition of Short [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Stooges' "No Fun," Tom Petty's "Listen To Her Heart" and Monster Magnet's "Negasonic Teenage Warhead." It's a miracle when you find a song that you love so deeply and it's in your vocal range. With "Girlfriend" I can do it all. Maybe this speaks more [...]

Written by Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Stooges' "No Fun," Tom Petty's "Listen To Her Heart" and Monster Magnet's "Negasonic Teenage Warhead." The burden of wearing glasses is that people assume you are smart, even when you might not be. I'm not claiming people wearing glasses can't be smart, but I'm tired of getting [...]

Written by Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included The Smashing Pumpkins' "The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning", The Clash's "Guns On The Roof" and Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time." This week I received a CD of two Hawksley Workman albums and I've enjoyed the hell out of them. I must admit I haven't heard much [...]

By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included My Morning Jacket's "Evil Urges", Guns N' Roses' "Mama Kin" and Beethoven's "Pathetique." Comedy is hard because everyone is an expert at what makes them laugh. If people laugh at something, then it's funny and there's no use arguing. Musical comedy is three times to the max hard because artists not only have to [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included Tender Box's "Spectacular Spider-Man Theme" Johnny Cash's "Ghost Riders In The Sky" and Run-DMC's "It's Tricky." I get angry music. I understand it. You scream, you yell. You're pissed and you wanna have something to get you even more angry. But depressing music doesn't depress me. "Untitled" [...]

Written By Phillip Mottaz Dedicated to those songs that I can't stop playing, humming, or thinking about; the 4+ minutes you fall head-over-heels in love with. Past instances have included Weezer's "El Scorcho," Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time," and New Order's "Age of Consent." Christmas in Southern California is strange. Perhaps it's my Midwestern mindset throwing everything off, but snow-based decorations placed in a non-snow environment freak me out a little. Just knowing a plastic [...]