Tag week begins! Yes, on a Thursday!

In an effort to present you the titular More Junk that my blog name advertises, I bring you... Tag week! I will finally be responding to tags I've been sent or picking random tags I like each day for the next week. Feel lucky. Especially for the music ones, since I'll actually be providing you the songs I reference, so you can feel somewhat cool because then you'll know what the hell I'm talking about when I reference them. First up? A tag Liz sent me on February 13th. At least it was this year. Better late than never, right? As always, feel free to tag yo'self if you see the need.

The rules: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they a’re any good, but they must be songs you a’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. At this point you're supposed to tag people, BUT I REFUSE.

1. She Wants Revenge - "Tear You Apart": My new favorite song right now. Sleazy as hell, but who cares? I will admit the first time I heard this I said, "hey, I never knew the dude from Interpol had a side project!" Then I realized it's not the dude from Interpol. It's still awesome, though.

2. New Order - "Morning Night And Day": Have I mentioned lately that I love New Order? Well, I guess I just did. I was really let down by Waiting For The Sirens' Call when it came out last year, but it's really picked up some steam for me recently. This song is one of the better ones on there and it's not quite as cheesy lyrics-wise as some of the other stuff. Then again, lyrics have never been New Order's strong suit anyway. The guitar riff in the chorus is just classic, though.

3. Blur - "Tender": For my money, Blur's best song. Problem is that it really doesn't sound anything like the rest of Blur's output. It's all bluesy and country and gospel and it's almost 8 minutes long, which pretty much makes it stand out from everything else they've done. This one feels the weightiest and most meaningful, too. That's probably why it tanked instantly as a single. Such is life. Love the lyrics, though.

4. Sarah Vaughn - "Summertime (UFO Remix)": Ok, this song is just creepy. But not in a bad way... In that awesome Portishead-type way, where it's got that hint of sexiness to it. I heard the remix on those awesome Verve Remixed discs before hearing the original. After hearing the original, I see how little they had to change to give it that creepy vibe with the strings, since the strings were always there. Just a weird song in general. Enjoy. Or not, since most of you won't like it. Definitely not the original. Oh well.

5. Massive Attack - "Black Milk": Holy crap, this song is so good. So so good. So so so so so so good. More than a few people have described the whole Mezzanine album as perfect sex music, and well, it's tough to argue with that after hearing a track like this. I didn't know what the lyrics were until I looked them up just now, but I know the exact cadence and pitch of every word said. It's almost like learning another language phonetically. The point is that it never matters that Liz Fraser doesn't try to enunciate the words she's singing because it's all about the mood. Any more and the lyrics would take away from what is one of the best-produced, most deeply textured songs I've ever heard. Anyway, I'm through talking about it, just download the damn song already.

6. Talib Kweli & Hi Tek - "Africa Dream": "These cats drink champagne and toast to death and pain like slaves on a ship talkin' 'bout who got the flyest chain." Lyrics like that are why nobody starts shit with Kweli. Because they know he's right and they have no excuses. This track is also Hi Tek's best work on the album. It's a great example of how to build really slow, then reward the listener completely once the beat kicks in. The wait makes it that much better.

7. John Marr - "Toxic Rhythm": 100% guilty fucking pleasure. I should hate this song, but I just can't. Don't ask me where I got it or why I decided to download it, but just download it yourself and enjoy, because it works so well when it really, really shouldn't.

Coming tomorrow (yes, tomorrow!): KitKat's tag from January 10th! We're stepping into the way-back machine for this one, kids.