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Tuesdays Playlist — Download 15 for 1-9-10
// January 13th, 2010 // Comments // Download 15, Music // Download 15, Music
Below are the movers and shakers of the indie music scene as ranked and aired by on Sirius XMU. From the January 9th Download 15:
15 Team 9 – Pina Horchata (Vampire Weekend mashed up with Rupert Holmes)
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14 Bear in Heaven — You Do You
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13 Love is All — Kungen
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12 Sleigh Bells – Crown on the Ground
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11 Besnard Lakes – Albatross
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10 Harlem – Friendly Ghosts
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09 The XX – Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)
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08 Broken Bells — The High Road
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07Japandroids — Wet Hair
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06 Hot Chip — One Life Stand
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05 Rogue Wave — Good Morning (The Future)
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04 Animal Collective — What Would I Want? Sky
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03 Sondre Lerche – Bluish
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02 Flaming Lips — Speak to Me/Breath (Pink Floyd Cover)
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01 Vampire Weekend — White Sky
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Please enjoy but keep in mind these songs are here for sampling purposes. Please support the record labels by purchasing a copy of the album or MP3. Better yet, go see the band when they come to your town. These files are not hosted by me and are subject to removal at anytime.
Tuesdays Playlist — Download 15 for 12-5-09
// December 10th, 2009 // Comments // Uncategorized // Uncategorized
Below are the movers and shakers of the indie music scene as ranked and aired by on Sirius XMU. From the December 5th Download 15:
15. Jimmy Fallon/Neil Young — Fresh Prince Theme
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14. Hot Chip — Take it In
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13. BlacRoc – Done Did It (Ft. Jim Jame & Nicole Wray)
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12. Shearwater — Castaways
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11. Spoon — Written in Reverse
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10. The Strokes — Hard to Explain
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9. Soft Pack – Answer to Yourself
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8. MGMT — Kids
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7. Lykke Li – Possibility
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6. Yeasayer — Ambling Alp
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5. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists — Even Heroes Have to Die
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4. Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader (Neon Indian Sega P-orrage remix)
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3. Vampire Weekend –Cousins
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2. Beach House — Norway
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1. Animal Collective — What Would I Want? Sky
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Please enjoy but keep in mind these songs are here for sampling purposes. Please support the record labels by purchasing a copy of the album or MP3. Better yet, go see the band when they come to your town. These files are not hosted by me and are subject to removal at anytime.
What I am thankful for…
// November 28th, 2009 // Comments // Holiday, personal // Holiday, personal
This week, those of us who are in the United States gather with friends and family celebrate, eat and share time with those important to us.
We also usually take time to reflect on the last year and remember those people and things that we are thankful for.
I am thankful for……
…friends and family.
…Comcast not making me homeless (more on that in another post)
…My Job and Health Insurance and an understanding and fair management team and good people to work with.
…Those that have been there for me when I needed it.
…My photographic skills and those that have helped and critiqued me along the way.
… my dog Chloe
…having a car that isnt old or has a ton of mechanical problems.
…my new apartment (bigger and closer to work)
…mother nature
…all the new friends I have met in that last few months.
…those that have helped me see my faults and allowing me to explore myself in a new way and helping me be a better person.
…my health.
…My Satellite radio and the internet for allowing me to explore my musical interests in a new way.
…having a real down to earth person in the white house. (example calling Kanye a jackass, playing basketball once a week, ect).
…reconnecting with friends family and long time acquaintances via facebook. It has been nice catching up
…all those who have had a important role in my life. I take a small piece of that with me in my life’s journey.
…That I am alive and witnessing the things that I am.
There is a lot more i could put here but this is the most important to me right now.
What are you thankful for this holiday season.
Happy Thanksgiving all be safe, be thankful, and be yourself.
Tuesday’s Playlist — Download 15 for 11-14-09
// November 18th, 2009 // Comments // Download 15, Music // Download 15, Music
Below are the movers and shakers of the indie music scene as ranked and aired by on Sirius XMU. From the November 14th Download 15:
15. Soft Pack – Answer to Yourself
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14. Raveonettes – Chosen One
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13. Owl City – Firefiles (note — This is meant to be ironic)
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12. Cold Cave – Life Magazine
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11. Solange Knowles– Stillness is the Move (Dirty Projectors Cover)
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10. Dirty Projectors – No Intention (Sirius XMU Sessions version)
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9. Pixies — Gouge Away (Live on Oct 16 in Paris)
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8.Atlas Sound – Shelia
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7. Flaming Lips – Watching the Planets
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6. Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able
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5. Vampire Weekend — Cousins
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4. Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
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3. Hot Chip — Take it in
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2.Florence and the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (The XX Remix)
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1. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
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Please enjoy but keep in mind these songs are here for sampling purposes. Please support the record labels by purchasing a copy of the album or MP3. Better yet, go see the band when they come to your town. These files are not hosted by me and are subject to removal at anytime.
My Memories of Sesame Street
// November 7th, 2009 // Comments // Holiday, TV, personal // Holiday, TV, personal
Sesame Street Tuned 40 years old this month. Fourty years of puppets and learning. What adult or child does not have a memory of a song, moment or skit on Sesame Street.
Here are 10 of my favorites (click thumbnail to view video):
Happy 40th, Sesame street, and here’s to 40 more wonderful years and no more “this is for adults” warning (video)on your DVD seasons (buy).
What are your favorite Sesame Street memories?
Tuesday’s Playlist — Download 15 for 10-31-09
// November 4th, 2009 // Comments // Download 15, Music // Download 15, Music
Below are the movers and shakers of the indie music scene as ranked and aired by on Sirius XMU. From the October 30 Download 15:
15 Dead Man’s Bones – Pa Pa Power
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14 The xx – Heart Skipped a Beat
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13 Surfer Blood– Swim (To Reach the End)
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12 Arcade Fire – Wake Up Why this is here?
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11 Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang
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10 Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage
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09 Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
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08 Soft Pack — Fences (Phoenix Cover/remix)
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07 Bon Iver / St Vincent – Roslyn (Twlight New Moon)
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06 Flight of the Conchords – Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor
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05 Atlas Sound – Shelia
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04 LCD Soundsystem – Bye Bye Bayou
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03 Tegan and Sara — Hell
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02 Florence and the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (The XX Remix)
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01 Julian Casablancas – River of Brakelighs
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Please enjoy but keep in mind these songs are here for sampling purposes. Please support the record labels by purchasing a copy of the album or MP3. Better yet, go see the band when they come to your town. These files are not hosted by me and are subject to removal at anytime.
Its Haloweeeen…..
// October 31st, 2009 // Comments // Holiday, mix tape // Holiday, mix tape
I’ll set the mood for this weekend with this wonderful performance of Edgar Allen Poe’s the Raven as done by Vincent Price and a Halloween mix for your Hallows eve. Have fun and be safe:
Talking Heads — Psycho Killer (from Stop Making Sense)
Frank Sinatra — Witchcraft
Squirrel Nut Zippers — Hell
Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells Movement One
Blue Oyster Cult — Don’t Fear the Reaper
Danny Elfman — This is Haloween
Marlyn Manson — I put a Spell on you
Blues Traveller — Devil Went Down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band Cover).
Warren Zevon — Werewolves of London
Jimi Hendrix Experience — Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Tuesdays Playlist — Download 15 for 10-24-09
// October 27th, 2009 // Comments // Download 15, Music // Download 15, Music
Below are the movers and shakers of the indie music scene as ranked and aired by on Sirius XMU. From the October 24 Download 15:
15 ALEC OUNSWORTH – MODERN GIRL (…WITH SCISSORS)
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14 Yeah Yeah yeahs –Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
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13 Grizzly Bear (Feat. Victoria Legrand of Beach House) – Slow Life (Twilight New Moon)
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12 Thao / Get Down Stay Down – Cool Yourself (sample)
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11 Soft Pack — Fences (Phoenix Cover/remix)
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10 Chromeo – Night By Night
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09 Atlas Sound – Shelia
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08Karen O and the Kids – All is Love
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07 Devendra Banhart – Baby
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06Florence and the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (The XX Remix)
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05 Vampire Weekend — Horchata
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04 Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage (Twilight New Moon)
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03 Flight of the Conchords – Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor
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02 Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
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01 LCD Soundsystem – Bye Bye Bayou
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Please enjoy but keep in mind these songs are here for sampling purposes. Please support the record labels by purchasing a copy of the album or MP3. Better yet, go see the band when they come to your town. These files are not hosted by me and are subject to removal at anytime.
This is Disgusting…
// October 26th, 2009 // Comments // Computers, food, windows // Computers, food, windows
The Guys at Cheap Ass Gamer went to Japan to lay siege to the Windows 7 Whopper. It’s 7 pieces of meat:
Oh the things people do for the release of a new operating system.
Slideshow of the Decemberists show at the Ryman Auditorium Sept 27, 2009
// October 25th, 2009 // Comments // Concerts, Music, photography // Concerts, Music, photography
Photos from one of the most amazing shows I have ever attended. If you get the chance to see them do it, it will change you life:
Songs from the show:
The Rake Song
The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid
The Hazards of Love (part 1)
Crazy on You (Heart cover with Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond & Becky Stark of Lavendar Diamond, live in Minneapolis 09)
Sons and Daughters (see photos of all the people on stage)





