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Handpicked Playlist 1.4– Slingin Some Mississippi Mud.. Memphis style.

// April 2nd, 2010 // View Comments // Music, mix tape

Ahh Memphis…

Elvis, Jerry Lee, catfish, ribs, Barbecue and The blues….

Damn Right I got the Blues

B.B. King — Worried Life
Junior Wells — Chitlin Con Carne
Howlin Wolf — Killing Floor
Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe (original was covered by led zepplin)
W.C Handy — Yellow Dog Blues

And just because:

Jeff Buckley — Last Goodbye (he drowned in the Mississippi River near Memphis
R.L. Burnside — Staggolee (explicit, RL died in a Memphis Hospital)
Elvis Presley — Guitar Man

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Handpicked Music 1.3 — SXSW edition

// March 24th, 2010 // View Comments // Music, mix tape

I didn’t get to go to SXSW this year which makes me sad but one of these years I will go.

So this weeks playlist is few track from bands I would have tried to see if i was there.

Neon Indian:
Sleep Paralysist | Grooveshark
Terminally Chill | Grooveshark | iTunes

Sleigh Bells:
Ring Ring | Grooveshark
Infinity Guitars | Grooveshark
Crown On The Ground | Grooveshark

XX:
VCR | Grooveshark | iTunes
Islands | Grooveshark | iTunes

Japandroids:
Wet Hair | Grooveshark | iTunes
Art Czar | Grooveshark

Titus Andronicus:
Titus Andronicus | Grooveshark | iTunes

Ben Gibbard:
Cath

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Happy “I ran all the druids off the Island” day.

// March 18th, 2010 // View Comments // Holiday, Music, mix tape

Yep .. that right… St. Patrick ran all the “Snakes” out of Ireland and so we can drink crappy green dyed beer and make out with strangers.

Five hand picked St. Patrick’s themed songs.

House of Pain — Jump Around.

Dropkick Murphys — Tessie (Go Red Sox!!!!)

The Pogues — Irish Rover

John Lennon — Luck of the Irish

String Cheese Incident — Valley of the Jig

Handpicked Music Vol 1.1

// March 10th, 2010 // View Comments // Music, mix tape

So I have been super busy the last few months and have not had the time to spend putting together the download 15.  So now on I will hand pick 5 songs that I like. New, old, crappy .. great….and awesome all wrapped up for you:

This weeks picks:

Post Modern Sleaze — Sneaker Pimps | groovshark | iTunes

Stylo — Gorillaz | groovshark | iTunes

Coffee Girl — Tragically Hip | grooveshark | iTunes

Ring Ring — Sleigh Bells | grooveshark

Veni Vidi Vici — Black lips | Grooveshark | iTunes

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Its Haloweeeen…..

// October 31st, 2009 // View Comments // 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:

text of Poe’s the Raven here

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)