Waking Ear

ATA is bankrupt and has the ugliest logo and color scheme I've ever seen. But their theme song rocks, as I was reminded this weekend on a series of flights. Imagine smooth, Luther Vandross-style R&B: "If you want to go easy, go ATA...."

My weekend was ostensibly spent in Olympia visiting Girlfriend's mom, but because I'm a cheap-ass I ended up with a flight that included a long layover in Chicago. The happy part was that I got to see my sister in Chicago, and the other happy part was that I got to spend the better part of two days just listening to my iPod, which produced the following musings:

Check out John Tejada's remix of the Postal Service's "Such Great Heights," off the "District Sleeps Alone Tonight" single. It doesn't replace the original, but it's a nice re-imagining, slow and bassy.

I would never have predicted that my favorite song off the Scissor Sisters album would be "It Can't Come Quickly Enough," but it is. It's totally simple and, in concert, required only singer Jake Shears and the keyboardist, who I think calls himself Babydaddy. In any case, Shears sings the shit out of it like he was George Michael.

Speaking of, Black Box Recorder's "Andrew Ridgely" popped up randomly on my iPod and thoroughly pleased me.

By the way, if you're ever in the Seattle area and find yourself in need of a fantastic sandwich, may I recommend the Chachi at Honey Hole. Many thanks to Jodes and Rob for hooking that up.