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01. What's your favorite song by Neutral Milk Hotel?
"Two-Headed Boy, Part Two".

02. How did you get into Felt?
Kathrin put "All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead" on a mixtape for me, and I fell hard for Lawrence.

03. Who is your favorite member in Orange Juice?
I'm probably contractually obliged to say Edwyn Collins, but I do have a soft spot for the songs by James Kirk.

04. What's your favorite lyric by The Magnetic Fields?
this is an unreasonably difficult question. actually, no:
"I could dress in black and read Camus / Smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth / Like I was seventeen, that would be a scream / But I Don't Want to Get Over You."

05. Have you ever seen Sufjan Stevens live?
yes, in fact!

06. What's your favorite album from The Shins?
Wincing the Night Away.

07. Do you own any merchandise from The National?
nothing, sadly. (not even a tote bag from Wicker Park.)

08. What is a good memory you have of The New Pornographers?
dancing around my room to "Graceland" while packing for college.

09. Is there a member of the same age as you in Belle and Sebastian?
hahaha, no. they are all much older.

10. When did you first get into The Shins?
2003, right after Chutes Too Narrow was released. I heard "New Slang" on the college radio station and it was downhill from there.

11. Who likes The Smiths along with you?
many, many people. on my last.fm friends list, primarily Kathrin.

12. Which song did you first hear from of Montreal?
"So Begins Our Alabee", on a Polyvinyl sampler.

13. What song made you fall in love with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah?
I believe it was "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood", after some blog described it as "David Byrne fronting The Cure".

14. Which song do you not like by The Only Ones?
there are actually quite a few, shamefully, but my least favorite is probably "Deadly Nightshade".

15. Why do you like Morrissey?
what a question! his stunning voice (even at such an age), his splendid pop sensibilities, his terrific way around a witty, erudite lyric...

16. Where did you first hear Voxtrot?
oh, wow, I don't actually know. I think I heard "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, and Wives" on a blog somewhere right after it came out, but I didn't really start to love them until I heard "The Start of Something".

17. How long were The Jesus and Mary Chain a band before you liked them?
haha. they were a band for sixteen years and weren't a band for three before I liked them.

18. Does Matthew Sweet have a song that gives you a bad memory?
well, yes. most of his songs are irrevocably linked to certain memories for me, but "Someone to Pull the Trigger" and "Life Without You" are the worst.

19. When did you get into The Cure?
the winter of sixth grade, when my brother burned a copy of Staring at the Sea: The Singles for me.

20. How long have you been into The Jesus and Mary Chain?
seven years.

21. If Jens Lekman had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
well, I can't drive. but if someone else were going, I would certainly consider it.

22. How many The Replacements albums do you own?
christ. nine, not counting bootlegs and unreleased compilations.

23. Do Vampire Weekend have a song that makes you cry?
hahaha, definitely not.

24. Do The Wedding Present have a song that makes you happy?
of course! especially "This Boy Can Wait".

25. Do Wilco have a song that makes you smile?
yes indeed. "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)" is a guaranteed smile-maker.

26. What's the last song you've listened to of Guided by Voices?
"Twilight Campfighter".

27. Is there a song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions that you've listened to more than 30 times?
"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes", though my statistics don't show it... that was mostly in seventh grade.

28. What is a song from Joanna Newsom that you've only listened to once?
"Three Little Babes". NEVER AGAIN.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians?
I am not really a fan of "The Fly".

30. What song got you into Echo and the Bunnymen?
"Bring on the Dancing Horses", once again via the local college station.

31. What is your favorite single by Bright Eyes?
single? probably "If The Brakeman Turns My Way".

32. If The Weakerthans hated you, what would you do?
I would be really upset, probably. and regret not seeing them when I could have in September, before I learned of this sad development.

33. What would you say if one of the members from R.E.M. asked you out?
um, accept, obviously!! I don't care that all of them are either over fifty or almost there (yes, Michael, this means you). we would be the May/December romance for the ages.

34. Would you care if Editors had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
of course. I demand that Tom Smith remain perpetually single.

35. Who has the best voice in The Posies?
I prefer Jon Auer's songs.

36. Do you think Elvis Costello and the Attractions are good looking?
haha, I was actually just talking about this today. yes.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by Arcade Fire?
I have apparently only listened to "Intervention" 11 times. this might be wrong.

38. How many CDs do you own of Sparks?
I actually only own Kimono My House, but my mother has most everything else on vinyl.

39. Is there a song from Radiohead that makes you mad?
I don't think so.

40. Which member from Yo La Tengo do you want to see go solo?
I actually really like Dump, a.k.a. James McNew's side project. but I wouldn't want Ira and Georgia to split up.

41. What does your favorite song from The Velvet Underground remind you of?
"Sweet Jane" ... actually, reminds me of standing on the corner with a suitcase in my hand. hahaha. presumably because whenever I find myself in that situation, I start singing that song.

42. Did you hate Hüsker Dü at first?
no, I just thought they were really noisy. and Grant Hart was super cute. whatever, I was a twelve-year-old with priorities.

43. Does your best friend also listen to The Hold Steady?
haha, yes. although not without reservations. (no lyrics about Pringles cans, please.)

44. Do you think your parents would like The Broken West?
both my parents love them, actually.

45. Do Pixies have a song that makes you want to dance?
who doesn't dance to Debaser?

46. Have you ever seen Joy Division live?
yes. that time when I time-travelled.

47. Do you like The Broken West's name?
I guess so. I like it better than their previous name, "The Brokedown".

48. Is there someone in Paul Westerberg that you want to go out with?
this question is adorable. yes, I want to go out with the teenager in Paul Westerberg who wore his heart on his sleeve, rode his bike everywhere, and kissed girls under bridges on autumn nights, as described in "First Glimmer".

49. Do you know anyone that hates Shearwater?
I don't believe so.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from Sigur Rós?
it's probably happened.

oximoronx's top albums (6 months) 1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (96) 2. Wire - Pink Flag (84) 3. Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective (83) 4. Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville (80) 5. Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology (76) 6. Pixies - Trompe le Monde (76) 7. The Stooges - The Stooges (69) 8. The Monochrome Set - The Strange Boutique (69) 9. Theoretical Girls - Theoretical Girls (68) 10. Orange Juice - The Glasgow School (67) 11. Wire - Chairs Missing (66) 12. George Harrison - Wonderwall Music (65) 13. Arcade Fire - Funeral (64) 14. Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. (63) 15. Faust - The Faust Tapes (63) 16. Lucky Dragons - Dream Island Laughing Language (62) 17. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (60) 18. The Chameleons - Dali's Picture (60) 19. Joy Division - Substance (60) 20. fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel (59) 21. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (59) 22. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (59) 23. The Clash - London Calling (59) 24. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (57) 25. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (57) 26. Josef K - Entomology (57) 27. Ciccone Youth - The Whitey Album (54) 28. Cocteau Twins - BBC Sessions (53) 29. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (51) 30. Wire - 154 (49) 31. The Fall - Grotesque (After The Gramme) (49) 32. HEALTH - HEALTH (48) 33. Lydia Lunch - Queen of Siam (48) 34. Disco Inferno - In Debt (48) 35. Disco Inferno - D.I. Go Pop (47) 36. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow (47) 37. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (47) 38. Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange (46) 39. Brian Eno - Music for Films (46) 40. High Places - High Places (46) 41. Pixies - Doolittle (46) 42. Cocteau Twins - Lullabies To Violaine (45) 43. Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-pura (45) 44. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (45) 45. Liars - Liars (44) 46. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field (44) 47. David Bowie - Low (44) 48. Television - Marquee Moon (44) 49. Cluster - Zuckerzeit (44) 50. Sebadoh - Bakesale (43)

So here's how you do it:
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question, type the song that's playing
- When you go to a new question, press the next button
- No cheating!

Opening Credits
Darkland - The Jesus and Mary Chain

Waking Up
Happy Contact - Instant Cytron

First Day At School
Journey - 椿屋四重奏

Falling In Love
haru no shirosa ni boku, maketa. - グルグル映畫館

Losing Virginity
Je vais a Rio - chelucy

Fight Song
It's So Obvious - Wire

Breaking Up
Rotate Electrolyte - Squarepusher

Prom
Betty Blue - ＣＡＳＣＡＤＥ

Life
Bourbon - ホタル

Mental Breakdown
Game - MUCC

Driving
Slumber - Bad Religion

Depression
Up in her Eyes - Flying Saucer Attack

Partying
The swim - Pizzicato Five

Happy dance
Police State in the USA - Anti-Flag

Betrayal
Feeling Called Love - Wire

Regretting
Goodbye Tuesday - Naivepop or Petitfool

Long night alone
The Breakfast Club - honeydip

Flashback
Little Kitty - copter4016882

Getting Back Together
DEAD WORLD - ギルガメッシュ

Wedding
Wallpaper + Updike - カジヒデキ

Birth of Child
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More

Final Battle
New World - ｂｏｏｇｉｅｍａｎ

Death Scene
Blue - 太平洋ベルト

Funeral Song
Baby turns blue - Virgin Prunes

End Credits
hi to kage - aiko

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Bon ben pendant les périodes tristes y'a de la musique joyeuse et pendant les moments joyeux y'a de la musique triste. Super.

Qu'est ce qu'on se fait chier parfois =_=

these are in a rough order

52. Stored Up Wonder (Supernatural Force) - Sebadoh
51. I Talk To The Wind - King Crimson
50. Rock 'N' Roll Star - Oasis
49. 6060-842 - The B-52's
48. Split Myself In Two - Meat Puppets
47. Breather - Chapterhouse
46. In The Flowers - Animal Collective
45. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
44. See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
43. 25 O'Clock - The Dukes of Stratosphear
42. Bennett Cerf - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
41. Up Front - Wipers
40. Lowdown - Wire
39. Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
38. Hanging Around - Stranglers
37. Brave Captain - fIREHOSE
36. Soul Kitchen - The Doors
35. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
34. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
33. Jack's Shadow - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
32. Your Protector - Fleet Foxes
31. Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
30. The Wicker Man - Iron Maiden
29. That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission of Burma
28. Hateful - The Clash
27. Inside Me - The Jesus and Mary Chain
26. She's So High - Blur
25. Step On - Happy Mondays
24. Going Away To College - blink-182
23. IfWhiteAmericaToldTheTruthForOneDayIt'sWorldWouldFallApart - Manic Street Preachers
22. Dig For Fire - Pixies
21. Soul Love - David Bowie
20. Slip Inside This House - Primal Scream
19. Beginning - The Durutti Column
18. Aneurysm - Nirvana
17. It Girl - Brian Jonestown Massacre
16. Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandroids
15. What Do I Get? - Buzzcocks
14. Off Duty Trip - The Raincoats
13. She Bathed Herself In A Bath of Bleach - Manic Street Preachers
12. Is She Weird - Pixies
11. 50ft Queenie - PJ Harvey
10. At Home He's A Tourist - Gang of Four
09. Spend, Spend, Spend - The Slits
08. Cold Hands - Black Lips
07. Elevation - Television
06. Geek U.S.A. - Smashing Pumpkins
05. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
04. Metal Mickey - Suede
03. Die In The Summertime - Manic Street Preachers
02. Words Fail Me - The Sound
01. Aladdin Sane - DAVID BOWIE


LOLZZ

Owned:

Air - Moon Safari
Air - The Virgin Suicides
The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
Arab Strap - Elephant Shoe
Arab Strap - The Red Thread
Atlas Sound - Logos
Barzin - Barzin
Barzin - My Life in Rooms
Beach House - Beach House
Beach House - Devotion
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Revolver
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Beirut - Lon Gisland EP
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace
The Black Heart Procession - Six
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Bram Stadhouders - The Ship Comes
Brian Eno - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder
Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Camera Obscura - Let's Get out of This Country
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
Club 8 - Club 8
Club 8 - Nouvelle
Club 8 - Spring Came, Rain Fell
Coastal - Halfway to You
Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Café
Cocteau Twins - Milk & Kisses
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig Ep
Cocteau Twins - Lullabies EP
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Con Dolore - Sailor's Warning
Con Dolore - This Sad Movie
Copeland - In Motion
The Cure - Faith
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
The Cure - Disintegration
Dave Matthews Band - Everyday
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
Daydream Nation - Bella Vendetta
Daydream Nation - Daydream Nation
The Daysleepers - Drowned In a Sea of Sound
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door EP
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP
Delays - Faded Seaside Glamour
Delays - You See Colours
Delays - Everything's The Rush
dEUS - Vantage Point
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Doves - Lost Souls
Doves - Lost Sides
Doves - Some Cities
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Doves - Kingdom Of Rust
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
Embrace - Out of Nothing
Embrace - Fireworks
Engineers - Three Fact Fader
Feeder - Polythene
Feeder - Swim
Feeder - Yesterday Went Too Soon
Feeder - Echo Park
Feeder - Comfort in Sound
Feeder - Pushing the Senses
Feeder - Silent Cry
Feist - The Reminder
Fiel Garvie - Caught Laughing
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
For Against - Coalesced
For Against - Shade Side Sunny Side
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Garbage - Garbage
The High Violets - To Where You Are
The Horrors - Primary Colours
The House of Love - The House of Love
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
Idlewild - The Remote Part
Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
Idlewild - Make Another World
Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
Imogen Heap - Ellipse
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Interpol - Antics
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti is...Skyscraper
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Joy Devision - Unknown Pleasures
Kill Hannah - For Never & Ever
Kill Hannah - Until There's Nothing Left Of Us
Lifehouse - Stanley Climbfall
The Long Winters - When I Pretend to Fall
The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed
Lorna - Writing Down Things To Say
Lush - Split
Lush - Spooky
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
The Magic Numbers - Those the broken
Magic Bullets - a Child but in life yet a DOCTOR in love
The Meeting Places - Numbered Days
The Meeting Places - Find Yourself Along the Way
Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I’m Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories The World Is Grey I’m Tired Let’s Wash Away
Mojave 3 - Ask Me Tomorrow
Mojave 3 - Out of Tune
Mojave 3 - Excuses For Travellers
Mojave 3 - Spoon & Rafter
Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
Muse - Sing for absolution EP
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Nada Surf - Let Go
Nada Surf - Lucky
Neil Halstead - Sleeping On Roads
Nirvana - Incesticide
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana - In Utero
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring
Oceansize - Everyone Into Position
Oceansize - Home & Minor EP
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than The Stars EP
Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Where Here
Placebo - Placebo
Placebo - Black Market Music
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts
Placebo - Meds
Placebo - Battle For The Sun
Placebo - Once More With Feeling
Pulp - Different Class
Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
Ride - Nowhere
Ride - Birdman EP
Ride - Leave them all behind EP
Ride - Twisterella EP
Saybia - Eyes On The Highway
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
Should - Feed Like Fishes
Sigur Rós - ( )
Sigur Rós - Takk...
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós - Hvarf - Heim
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Slowdive - Just For A Day
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Slowdive - Catch the Breeze
Slowdive - Pygmalion
Slowdive - Pygmalion Outtakes
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God
The Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Sonic Youth - Goo
Sonic Youth - EVOL
Soul Whirling Somewhere - Please Sennd Help
Starrfadu - A Narrow Road to Silence
Starrfadu - And Yes... Our Thoughts Were Elsewhere
Starsailor - Love Is Here
Starsailor - Silence Is Easy
Starsailor - All The Plans
The Stone Roses - Turns Into Stone
Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider
Suede - Coming Up
The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Syd Barret - The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barret - Barret
Tegan and Sara - The Con
The Thrills - Teenager
Thirteen Senses - Contact
Tim Christensen - Honeyburst
Travis - The Invisible Band
Travis - The Man Who
Travis - 12 Memories
The Upper Room - Other People's Problems
U2 - No Line On The Horizon
U2 - The Best Of 1980 - 1990
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground - The Best Of The Velvet Underground
The Verve - Urban Hymns
The Vines - Winning Days

Wanted:

Airiel - The Battle Of Sealand
The Album Leaf - One Day I'll Be on Time
The Appleseed Cast - Two Conversations
Adorable - Against Perfection
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Carissa's Wierd - Songs about Leaving
The Clientele - Strange Geometry
Club 8 - The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming
Club 8 - Strangely Beautiful
City & Colour - Sometimes
Cranes - Forever
The Daysleepers - Hide Your Eyes EP
The Daysleepers - The Soft Attack
Eisley - Room Noises
Eisley - Combinations
Edward Shearmur - K-Pax: Original Motion Picture
Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
Explosions in the Sky - The Rescue
Fosca - The Painted Side Of The Rocket
Hammock - Raising Your Voice...Trying to Stop an Echo
Idaho - Hearts of Palm
Kurt Vile - Constant Hitmaker
Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy
The Mary Onettes - The Mary Onettes
The Mary Onettes - Islands
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
Sway - The Millia Pink and Green EP
Sway - winter heart ep

Zważywszy ogromny rozgłos medialny i nabożne przyjęcie singli, debiutancki album londyńskiego duetu The Big Pink w barwach 4AD stał się jednym z najbardziej oczekiwanych wydawnictw tego roku. I słusznie, bo to debiut kalibru płyt My Bloody Valentine czy The Jesus And Mary Chain.

Recepta na jedną z najbardziej porywających płyt ostatnich lat, jaką jest "A Brief History of Love" jest prosta: melodia i noise. W przypadku The Big Pink (nazwa zaczerpnięta od klasycznego albumu The Band) to jednak nie tylko proste odwołanie się do The Jesus and Mary Chain czy My Bloody Valentine - czyli drugiej połowy lat 80-tych, kiedy brytyjski rock miał po raz pierwszy (i ostatni) od czasów The Beatles coś nowego i rewolucyjnego do zaoferowania światu. To także połączenie tej stylistyki, nawiązującej m.in. do dokonań Phila Spectora, T.Rex czy Pink Floyd z bardziej współczesnym acidowym space-rockiem spod znaku Spacemen 3, o czym dobitnie przypominają "Crystal Visions" czy "Golden Pendulum", ale też z bardziej zawoalowanymi tradycjami. A to niegdyś inspirującą The Rolling Stones charakterystyczną rytmiką Bo Diddleya ("Too Young To Love"), czy rewolucjonizującą rockowe, postpunkowe rytmy schedą po Can, już o praojcach rockowego noise'u, Faust i Neu!, nie wspominając, bo to w końcu był elementarz brytyjskich shoegazingowców.
Zespół stworzony przez dwóch londyńczyków, gitarzystę Robbiego Furze'a i Milo Cordella (onegdaj właściciela firmy płytowej Merok Records, w której debiutowali m.in. Klaxons i Titus Andronicus) słusznie na początku roku 2009 został uznany w ankiecie krytyków BBC Sounds za jedną z największych nadziei brytyjskiego rocka.
Premiera "A Brief History Of Love" to jeden z tych momentów, jakie w pełni zasługują na miano wydarzenia.
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Jerboas are small, long-tailed rodents found throughout Asia and Northern Africa. They look a bit like a tiny kangaroos — jumping as far as 10 feet in a single leap to escape predators.

Today's playlist includes tracks by: Jeniferever, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Joan as Police Woman, Scarlett Johansson, Joy Division

Further reading: Wikipedia on jerboas