A Modest Construct

The “Presenting a paper at a conference at Illinois Wesleyan tomorrow” edition

1. Silverchair • World Upon Your Shoulders
2. Opeth • The Drapery Falls
3. Red Sparowes • Untitled #1
4. Agalloch • The Hawthorne Passage
5. Rockethouse • My Clock
6. The Mountain Goats • Going to Port Washington
7. Nine Inch Nails • The Persistence of Loss
8. Extol • 26 Miles from Marathon
9. Frantic Bleep • Mausolos
10. Stealer’s Wheel • Stuck in the Middle With You

We’ll be singing, when we’re winning:

• The Smedley Log (favorite song: “Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens”
• The Sam and Beckyboo Show (favorite song: “Slide” by Dido)
• Apartment 2024 (favorite song: “Wise Up” by Aimee Mann, because it’s a good song and Magnolia is a good movie)
• Jill @ Feministe (favorite song: “Thirsty Song,” by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)
• Faux Real, Tho (favorite song: tie between Jeff Buckley’s “Lover, You Should Have Come Over” and Jens Lekman’s “Maple Leaves”)
• Rusty’s Kingdom (favorite song: “I Sleep With the Emperor” by Virgin Black)