Just Another Mixtape: April Issue.

The theme for this month's [The Monthly Mixtape] was a "geek" theme. I dunno, but I wasn't reeeeeally feelin' it. Maybe it was "a little derivative" ("'A parody's always a derivative.' 'But it's not organic, you know what I mean?'" Ohhh, I LOOOVE you, Kelly and Ryan!).

Anyway, I just reposted my "Open Windows" mixtape (it's a mixtape of music you'd want to hear playing out of an 'open window'. whhhaaa? self-explanatory?!) and it's a litttttle long.

**A side note to the young babies out there: no mixtape should really exceed 12 songs. I know some whiners out there are saying, "WHHHAAA? NOOOO! I have TONS of good music that everyone has to hear!!" NEWSFLASH: No. No ones wants to hear it. Get over yourself and learn some restraint.

With that being said, mine's 17 songs long (I know, I's a hypocrite), but really it's "transitional": first half is a daytime playlist which moves into the last half (aka 'nightime'). Ohhh, that sounds pretty "derivative" doesn't it?? Click on the title to download it (good for only the next 7 days). ENJOY.

::04.2010:: Open Windows Mixtape::
001/ Talking Heads: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
002/ The Jam: That's Entertainment
003/ Shout Out Louds: Normandie
004/ The Futureheads: Hounds of Love (Kate Bush Cover)
005/ McLusky: To Hell With Good Intentions
006/ New Order: Age of Consent
007/ Passion Pit: Sleepyhead
008/ Hail Social: The One U Love
009/ Band of Skulls: Blood
010/ James Brown: It's A Man's World
011/ Suckers: It Gets Your Body Moving
012/ The Redneck Manifesto: The Dillon Family Dancers
013/ Band of Skulls: Cold Fame
014/ Hot Chip: Look After Me
015/ Hooverphonic: 2 Wicky
016/ The Gossip: Are U That Somebody (Aaliyah Cover)
017/ Seals and Croft: Summer Breeze

**OBLIGATORY PICTURE POST: "Future Native American"/Because my sister dressed better than me:
Jaya FINALLY to wore her awwwesome indigenous necklace (bought in Solvang) outside of her apartment and I FINALLY convinced her that magenta/hot pink was "her color." This was the conversation we had at Sephora:

Jaya: (after applying magenta lipstick): I look like a future Native American.
Me: "Future" Native American? Are you becoming Native American? So, not futuristic Native America?
Jaya: *SILENT "I HATES YOU" LOOK*

***BECAUSE I'M FEELING IT: Minor Threat's Stumped. 

My sister sent me this Minor Threat song a while back and I just FELL IN LOVE with it. I suggest you give this a listen, maybe when you're getting ready to step out or if you want to dance yourself out of bed. AND DANCE AND DANCE AND DANCE AND DANCE.... AND DANCE AND DANCE!

Just Another Mixtape: December Issue.

This post is coming to HAUUUUNT you from the paaassst.

Woka woka. 

The mixtape for December at [The Monthly Mixtape] was, of course, THE BEST OF 2009. There was another option for "The Best Of The Decade: 2000s," but that was too epic of a task for me.


So here it is! It's not my ULTIMATE 2009 playlist, but pretttty close. If it were up to me, I would've gone "All Rush Mixtape"-style and just send out the entire album of Band of Skulls and The xx, with a smattering of El Perro Del Mar (who I totally forgot about! Look her up- Lykke Li-ish). Oh, and Fever Ray. I LOVE FEVER RAY (and all of Sweden).


Sooo, here is the mixtape I sent to my mixtape partner, landmarcattack. Click on the title if you want to downloads it.


::12.09 Mixtape:: Best Of 2009::
01/ Pump Yr Brakes: Amazing Baby.
02/ Impossible: Band Of Skulls (my favorite band of the year!).
03/ Beach Baby: Bon Iver.
04/ I Cut Like A Buffalo: The Dead Weather.
05/ When I Grow Up: Fever Ray.
06/ My Boy Builds Coffins: Florence + The Machine.
07/ It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry: Glasvegas.
08/ Cheerleader: Grizzly Bear.
09/ Pursuit Of Happiness: Kid Cudi.
10/ I've Got Your Number: Passion Pit.
11/ Meet and Greet: Slaraffenland.
12/ Know Better Learn Faster: Thao + The Get Down Stay Down.
13/ New Fang: Them Crooked Vultures.
14/ Crystalised: The xx


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**OBLIGATORY PICTURE POST:


These are a few of the photos I loved in 2009. All pictures are taken with 100-200 speed 35mm film with 8M or regular Lomo cameras (except, of course, the polaroid picture). Digital pictures SUCK compared to grainy, overexposed, real-to-the-touch photos.

Just Another Mixtape: November Issue

Hhhhhhoooohhhhh... almost forgot this post. Woka woka.

Be entertained with this while I catch up on my weekend/Thanksgiving post(s).
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This month's mixtape tape theme over at [The Monthly Mixtape] was "1, 2, 3, 4"- meaning first song had to be one minute long, second song would be two minutes, and so on and so forth. Only catch: the playlist can only be 10 minutes long.

Coooool, cool. I decided to be a team player and I played by the rules (YOU CANNOT BOX ME IN!) and the theme. Here is what I came up with (I really tried hard not to make the last few songs completely instrumental and I think I did alll right):

This is what I sent to my pard'ner, witchywoman.
::11.09 Mixtape:: One, Two, Three, and More::
01/ Moments With Oliver: Rachel Yamagata
02/ Teenage Timebomb: The Okmoniks
03/ Tessellate: Toyko Police Club
04/ Jailbreak: Thin Lizzy
05/ "En Gallop": Joanna Newsom
06/ Sunflower River Blue: John Fahey
07/ Sometime Later: Alpha
08/ Lament For The Aurochs: The Sword
09/ Into Dust (Mazzy Star Cover): Ashtar Command
10/ The Only Moment We Were Alone: Explosions In The Sky

And here is the playlist that she sent to me:

01/ Our Spring Is Sweet Not Fleeting: Of Montreal
02/ The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1: Neutral Milk Hotel
03/ The Songs That We Sing: Charlotte Gainsbourg
04/ Sing, Theresa Says: Greg Laswell
05/ April Fools: Rufus Wainwright
06/ No Cars Go: The Arcade Fire
07/ Delilah: The Dresden Dolls
08/ Gerdur: Sigur Ros
09/ Old Whore's Diet: Rufus Wainwright
10/ Light: Ben Lee

**OBLIGATORY PICTURE POST:

Jaya got me this t-shirt:

While she's rocking this one almost everyday:

Hahahahaha! How contradictory. Snag them from Print Liberation.

Feelin' Kinda Hinky + Under the Covers October Mixtapes, pt. II. (Plus alittle monkey action)

Here are the mixtapes that I sent out to my [The Monthly Mixtape] buddy. I've been enjoying my Halloween mixtape because it's the first one I've ever made and I ACTUALLY used songs/bands that I rarely listened to before now (i.e. Slint, The Crucifucks). ::10.09 Mixtape: Feelin' Kinda Hinky:: 01/ Devil Town (Daniel Johnston Cover): Noah and the Whale 02/ Goo Goo Muck: The Cramps 03/ Down To Rest: O'Death 04/ Sweet Pot: The Redneck Manifesto 05/ Halloween: Siouxsie and the Banshees 06/ We Share Our Mother's Health: The Knife 07/ Sewn Back: Dethklok 08/ California Uber Alles: Dead Kennedys 09/ Nosferatu Man: Slint 10/ You Give Me The Creeps: The Crucifucks 11/ Freaks Come Out At Night: Whodini 12/ Hang You From The Heavens: The Dead Weather 13/ You'll Find A Way (Switch & Graeme Sinden Remix): Santogold 14/ Thriller (Michael Jackson Cover): Kidz Bop Kids 15/ Guess I'll Forget You: The Black Heart Procession 16/ Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Dickies ::10.09 Mixtape pt. II: Under The Covers:: 01/ Banquet: Slowbear The Great 02/ Careless Whisper: The Gossip 03/ No Diggity: The Klaxons 04/ The Great Escape: Dan Plus Add 05/ You Can Call Me Al: Hot Club De Paris 06/ Knife: Born Ruffians 07/ Choir Vandals: Ben Gibbard 08/ Heartbeats: Jose Gonzalez 09/ Forever Young: Youth Group 10/ Skulls: The Lemonheads 11/ House of the Rising Sun: Nina Simone 12/ Wild Is The Wind: Cat Power 13/ Speak To Me/Breathe: The Shins 14/ Boys Don't Cry: Japanther 15/ You're So Vain: Faster Pussycat 16/ Hoppipolla: We Are Scientists 17/ Over and Over: The Miserable Rich **A LITTLE EXTRA: Monkey Shines Thank you, George A. Romero, for making a movie about inappropriate monkey love. I forgot to write down the full quote (AHHHHH! IT WAS FUNNY AND AWESOME!) but the main character, Allan the quadriplegic (played by an overemotional Jason Beghe), looks down to Ella, his murder-crazed helper monkey, and says, "Go ahead and try something, fuck face." I laughed and laughed and rewounded it, like, five times. Who calls a monkey "fuck face" and means it? I do now.

I wish I could find a still of Ella the monkey stealing a neck hug! Question: Can you birth a murder monkey from your spine? Answer: Yes, especially after you've bitten it and shook it to death. All pictures found on Google Images

Have A Merry Halloween + Dive For Cover October Mixtape, pt I.

This month's mixtape option for [The Monthly Mixtape] was a Covers playlists, however both my partner and I decided to do an added Halloween playlist to keep in the spirits of the holiday. Here are the mixtapes that Karlientjeuh sent me: ::Have A Merry Halloween! Mixtape:: 01/ Mirror's Paradise: The Kovenant 02/ Panda Problem: The Panda 03/ Castlevania - Stage 3: The Advantage 04/ Tombstone Shadow: Creedence Clearwater Revival 05/ Ironclad: Sleater-Kinney 06/ Clockwork: CDOASS 07/ Engineer Fear: Birdy Nam Nam 08/ Anatonal: Stade 09/ F.V.K.: Bad Brains 10/ Ghosts Of You And Me: Less Than Jake 11/ Codename: Peabrain: The Lillingtons 12/ Skeletor/Beastman!: Gnarkill 13/ Evil Ways: Santana 14/ Tootled: Orbital 15/ Graveyard Girl: M83 16/ Into The Air : 16 Bitch Pile-Up 17/ Your Smile Makes Me Smile: RENEGADE ANDROID 18/ Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: The Emersons 19/ the universe is designed to break your mind: Burning Star Core ::Dive For Cover Mixtape:: 01/ Daniel: Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 02/ 32-20 Blues: Eric Clapton 03/ I Shall Be Released: Nina Simone 04/ While My Guitar Gently Weeps: Jake Shimabukuro 05/ Hotel California: Gipsy Kings 06/ You Can't Hurry Love: Phil Collins 07/ Feelings: The Offspring 08/ Smooth Operator: Señor Coconut 09/ Diamond Dogs: Beck 10/ Imagine: A Perfect Circle 11/ Hurt: Gregorian 12/ Rocket Man: My Morning Jacket 13/ Isolation: Therapy? 14/ Believe: Macha & Bedhead 15/ Jack The Ripper: The Horrors **OBLIGATORY PICTURE POST: From the Hello Kitty/Three Apple Exhibit @ Royal/T in Culver City. This is almost as good as "Kittens in Jars."

Kittens in Plexiglass walls! New internet phenomena.

Now I gots to go watch Monkey Shines. LLLLLAAAAAAATER.