LBF: Everyday Normal Guy

If you got a bad back, put your hands up!

and, I'm pretty good at making PAPER PLANES!

goose bumps

nearly at the end of tonight's Lost. everything is hanging in the balance (NO REAL SPOILER COMING):

please be there, please be there, please be there, please be there, please be there, please be there........

Will post a song or three that relates to this soon.

Friday mixtime

hey, Friday mixtime:

side 1: DOWNLOAD
Or, link: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/2/725410/first%20half%20theme.zip

side 2: DOWNLOAD
Or, link: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/2/725410/second%20half%20theme.zip

All Points West (Jersey City) initial 2008 lineup announced!

Looks like I'll be making the trip out to NYC in early August for the Coachella East festival:

brooklynvegan: All Points West (Jersey City) initial 2008 lineup announced!: "The ALL POINTS WEST MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL LINE-UP (as of 2/21) is as follows: Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Underworld, Kings of Leon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cat Power, The Roots, The New Pornographers, Youssou N'Dour, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Metric, CSS, Girl Talk, Chromeo, The Go! Team, Amadou & Mariam, The Black Angels, Sia, The Felice Brothers, K'Naan, Jason Isbell, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Alberta Cross, The Virgins, Black Kids, Mates of State, Duffy, Forro in the Dark, Nicole Atkins, Juana Molina, Little Brother, Rogue Wave, Neil Halstead and Your Vegas."

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Exploding dog - since when did you have lazer eyes?

In which the ever fine, fun & topical ExplodingDog gets all fine, fun & topical.

I Can See Clearly Now

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Originally uploaded by ideateller

A seeing/glasses/blind mix will be coming soon.

Lazy Blogger Friday: the Nature Boy Ric Flair

Whoooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Lazy Blogger Friday: Dan Le Sac v. Scroobius Pip

"Thou shalt always kill"

Radiohead, just a band. Brilliant. Though very British.

the We(heart)Handclaps V-Day mix

To make-up for the cheese-filled goodness that was the City of Roses mix, here's a brand new Valentine's Day mix. It's all over the map from old faves like Dylan, Springsteen, Roxy Music and the Everly Brothers to new indie acts like Feist, Cat Power, the Spree and the National rocking a Psychedelic Furs cover.

DOWNLAOD: We(heart)Handclaps Valentine's Day mix: Side 1

DOWNLOAD: We(heart)Handclaps Valentine's Day mix: Side 2
(right-click, save as, or ctrl-click, save as)

Feel free to leave opinions, loves, hates and ecstacy embossed with valentine's messages in the comments or email me.

Happy VD!

OPmP3: brooklynvegan: Peanut Butter Wolf's Valentine's Day mixtape (MP3)

While I'm building the we(heart)handclaps VD mix, here's one via the ever fine brooklynvegan: brooklynvegan: Peanut Butter Wolf's Valentine's Day mixtape (MP3): "Peanut Butter Wolf's Valentine's Day mixtape (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: PB Wolf Valentine's Mixtape (MP3)


Here's the tracklist eveybody...

1. How Could You Break My Heart - Bobby Womack
2. Don't Cha Love It - The Miracles
3. I Wanna Be Where You Are - Marvin Gaye
4. Blacks & Blues - Bobbi Humphrey
5. Blues Away - Micheal Jackson
6. Equal Love Opportunity - Clear
7. Pretty Music - New Birth
8. Go For What You Know - Archie Bell & The Drells
9. Aint It Funny - Roetation
10. Telephone Lovers - Alladin
11. Dance With Me Tonight - Holt Brothers
12. I Want Your Lovin - Backyard Construction
13. Loves Traffic - Loves Traffic
14. Someday In Your Life - GQ
15. Need To Be - Stereolab
16. Bring Me Coffee Or Tea - Can
17. Sirens Of Salo - Jimi Tenor
18. Ballata - Barry Forgie

City of Roses Valetine's Day mix - my first ever mix CD

This was the first ever mix CD I ever made – 10 years ago this Thursday. iven to all of my female friends in Portland, along with a CD insert of a dozen pictures of roses/rose graphics from around the Rose City.

DOWNLOAD: (right-click and save as): First half
DOWNLOAD: Second half


Track listing:
Like Someone in Love - Bjork
Recipe for love – Harry Connick, Jr.
You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes
Se a Vida E – Pet Shop Boys
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game – Massive Attack f. Tracey Thorn
Beautiful Love – Julian Cope
Amor/Amor Dub – Jah Wobble
Both Hands – Ani DiFranco
Everybody Needs Somebody – Primal Scream
Crash into me – Dave Matthews Band
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
Slave to Love – Bryan Ferry
No Ordinary Love – Sade
Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Someone to Watch Over Me – George Gershwin
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

NOTE: this was in the days before... mp3s, file-sharing and music blogs, when you actually had to go to the record store and search through crates to find the cool obscure indie-cred stuff. Which, I obviously didn’t do.

And I know the mix is cheesy as fuck, but I had no experience with mix CDs and was counting on the novelty to carry it through. In retrospect, I can’t imagine ever giving a mix cd where 7 of the 16 songs have the word love in the title or subtitle (se a vida e (I love you)). And you wouldn’t catch me putting a Dave Matthews Band on a mix these days except under duress (like say, water torture.)

But I still like the mix. And it was a hugely original gift at the time. I think I actually had to explain to one friend what a mix CD entailed (namely, that it didn’t need a special machine to play.)

After 10 years, I’m still proud of the mix, and the packaging (also done before the digital revolution turned the photo world upside down).

So, take a listen. And Happy Valentine’s Day from the City of Roses, 10 years later.
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New Stuff a'Comin'

Finally have both my computers back up and online, and am slowly rebuilding the iTunes library.

Expect a Valentine's related mix later this week.