TOTALLY deserved that Oscar.
I was looking for some files on an older hard drive and I found a few of my Record Jumbles from 2005. Sound quality varies, and there is a charming amount of surface noise on these. Since I’ve been doing so many mixes in the last bunch of years all from within my computer, it’s nice to hear some spontenaety and human error. Also, totally weird record selection on most of these. Enjoy!
April 18, 2005
April 25, 2005
May 2, 2005
May 9, 2005
January 22, 2007 (Drawn completely from records found on the street in Brooklyn)
YouTube – My Generation live in Lyon, Feb 15 2007.
In late 2006, I sold my Mexican Fender Starburst Jazz Bass to an artist in New York. He didn’t care that I didn’t have an amp for him to test it on, and told me he needed it for an art installation in Lyon about the Who. He neglected to mention that the bass would be destroyed– he must not have known that I’d have given him a discount for that.
Incidentally, the artist, Christoph Draeger, created a series of works about disasters like plane crashes. One of his works features a plane crash that happened in the early 60s about a block from my apartment, where he bought the bass from me.
That’s the full text of the best email I’ve ever received, which came from Richard, yesterday, regarding the Syracuse Crunch game we attended.
My sister asked me to provide a soundtrack for my nephew Max’s “robot dance party” 6th birthday party. He’s a Kraftwerk fan, so I used kraftwerkiness as a theme. Some awkward edits to avoid cursing, and a few obvious crowd-pleasers for the adults, but I’ve had fun listening to it for the last few weeks.
P Tron’s Mix for The Human Boy Max
I assumed a new identity for this mix: P Tron, a robot from space. That was probably the best part.
I’m told that the party consisted of listening to these jams and disassembling machinery including a broken DVD player and an old busted credit card machine from my mom’s library. And games and robot costumes. Sounds like a good time was had by all… wish I could have joined them.
Prtty Shtty: An Open Letter to James Cameron From Papyrus.
Goodness knows I’ve worked hard the past 26 years to make a name for myself. And it’s felt great coming to the aid of New Age spa owners, suburban party planners, and young couples looking to save money by making their own wedding invitations.
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Lots of terrific albums this year– my top three were definitely:
You Will Never Know Why – Sweet Trip
Actor – St. Vincent
Moondagger – Deastro
The rest, in no particular order:
Face Control – Handsome Furs
Two Dancers – Wild Beasts
A Certain Distance – Lusine
Telekinesis – Telekinesis
Eating Us – Black Moth Super Rainbow
Leaves in the Gutter EP – Superchunk
Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
Good Evening – Nite Jewel
Landscapes – Ducktails
In Prism – Polvo
Middle Cyclone – Neko Case
Still Night, Still Light – Au Revoir Simone
My Maudlin Career – Camera Obscura
Ashes Grammar – A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Ohio (OH) – Lambchop & Live at Merge XX (best show I’ve attended in years)
Bitte Orca – Dirty Projectors
Choral – Mountains
Art Brut vs Satan – Art Brut
Further Complications – Jarvis Cocker
Post-Nothing – Japandroids
Honorable mention to Major Lazer, The Field, AC Newman, The Clientele and CFCF.
Stuff released last year that should have made my 2008 list:
Temper – Benoit Pioulard
Magic Monday – Michna
No Way Down EP – Air France
Re-arrange Us – Mates of State
What were your favorites? I may editorialize on these a bit later, but I wanted to get the list posted before new years.
Best Boss Ever? Michael Steele & The RNC Interns | TPM Photo Galleries. I wonder if we’ll ever see any of them again, recast as evidence in a scandal.
Kelly and I caught Alasdair MacLean, from shared favorite the Clientele, at Union Hall for a solo show once a couple of years ago. We loved it, but his amazing finger-picking just wasn’t the same on an acoustic guitar and without shimmering reverb and vibrato. Here he plays the title track from the new Clientele album and a few older favorites, solo and electrified. Not to over-re-live XX Merge, but the Clientele were also among the best acts there. An early highlight for sure.
Free Music Archive: Alasdair MacLean – Live at WFMU on Irwin’s show 10/28/2009.
Lambchop – Give It from Merge Records on Vimeo.
Lambchop’s XXMerge set is getting a proper release and film!
Help! My door knob is stuck and I’m trapped in my room! | Ask Metafilter.
Not just because this is happening right now, but because it will probably happen to me sometime this week, and now I have a resource to turn to.
Thanks, Libby, for posting it. I made this mix over the weekend with the aim of documenting some of the songs I’ve woken up with in my head recently. A nice mixed-tempo one for running– lasts about 1:10.
Let me know what you think!