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Mixtape: Too Much December

Monday, January 26th, 2009

December was busy. Plenty going on, plenty to listen to, plenty of plenty. I didn’t capture much to mixtape this month, and it didn’t help that a good portion of the stuff I collected have no documentation other than rarer recordings or the are just too unestablished to have a music video or performance. I [...]

The Walkmen vs Alicia Keys Mashup

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

I’ve always been fascinated with mashups. There are some wonderful songs that mix into an equal or better song than the original. There are also mash-ups that mix two already poor songs into a worse song.
I attempted to contribute my remixing cents into the pot and I chose “No One” by Alicia Keys to dub [...]

Mixtape: September is Splitting

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Broken Social Scene – “Superconnected”
A band I will have to put on my unwritten “bands I want to see live” list. I had the unfortune (very different from misfortune) of being too busy to see My Morning Jacket and Vampire Weekend perform in my town in the month of September. My Morning Jacket’s new album [...]

Mixtape: Come What May

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Round two of the monthly mixtape. I’m still behind and that is alright because I am spreading these out.

“Break My Body/Hold My Bones.” Those few words get trapped into my earbanks. This song is about as gritty as it gets this month. Here’s a live version.

I have SXSW to thank for this song being available [...]

Mixtape: Predicting April

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

It’s about time I made and shared a monthly mix of songs that call out to me in some way. Instead of going the illegal route and handing out a downloadable mp3 playlist, I figured I’d capture the collection on video where possible.
I know… I’m 2 months behind. But this is truly my April playlist [...]