a little inspiration

i was chatting with my online pal Sasho Kartchinski (sorry, his blog is mostly in bulgarian) on this grey and cold wednesday morning for me, and what i imagine a dark and cold tuesday night for him, and a wonderful idea was born.
to better introduce it, though, i guess i need to say a few words about him and about me.
Sasho loves music, and i imagine he could be referred to with Tori Amos's words as an "ears with feet" being. (Sasho, correct me if my impression is wrong). Sasho also loves his camera and taking photos with it. he's damn good, too. you can see for yourself on his blog.
so he said to me today he would like to be introduced to new music, which is where i come in the picture. i, most of you know, am a total music glutton and slut. some might argue about whether i have good taste in music or not, due to the many different styles i like. but i'm alright with my musical promiscuity and i ain't changing. i love music. one of my dreams is to have my own radio show, narrowed down to my favorite unpopular pop music. i have no idea if that will ever happen, but me and Sasho made a deal today:

every week i introduce him to a couple of different and obscure artists he doesn't know with 5 songs, and he sends me 5 photos in return. i'm hoping for captions as well, cause he's a damn fine writer, too.

today was the pilot edition of our weird multimedia pseudo show. he still needs to take the photos and send them to me, and i am waiting patiently. if it's ok with him, i'll post chosen photos on my blog.
here's the playlist i concocted for him. the last two songs are a christmas bonus. :)

1. iron & wine and calexico -- burn that broken bed
2. iron & wine -- in my lady's house
3. jose gonzalez -- crosses
4. emiliana torrini -- tuna fish
5. emiliana torrini -- nothing brings me down
6. cat power -- willie
7. cat power -- love & communication

cat power -- willie