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Pardon this Interruption but it’s The French Kicks

March 31, 2010
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Pardon this Interruption but it’s The French Kicks

Remember when we used to feature mix tapes from cool people doing cool things around the globe?  Remember how we put the project on hold until we redesigned our site to make it more user-friendly? That’s all out the window because next week we’re starting up again.  What better way to bring back the...
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs Ever. Part 2: 90-81

March 22, 2010
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Matt Erickson’s Top 100 Songs Ever.  Part 2: 90-81

I know you’ve all been sitting there for 7 1/2 months, listening to your Only Ones download, obsessively hitting refresh, waiting for this series’ next installment.  So here it is, the next ten songs you should discover, or re-discover: 90. Daniel Johnston ~ Grievances Any Johnston song has been made at least as much...
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Music is Electronic

March 4, 2010
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Music is Electronic

The latest trend in the musical stylings of the world has been decided. It’s something that we’re all familiar with. We just don’t associate it with bands, groups or even artists. It’s called synthpop. Owl City has become an internet sensation overnight after the release of Fireflies on the record label, Universal. Owl City...
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Cover v. Original: Morning Dew

August 24, 2009
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The original: “Morning Dew” by Bonnie Dobson The contenders: The Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, Lulu, Devo (video below), Einstürzende Neubauten, & Lee Hazlewood (link to mp3 below). I’m not sure whether it’s the oppressive heat, the path of destruction being left throughout east Asia by typhoon Marakot, or my recent viewing of the trailer...
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Writing Pains

July 25, 2009
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Writing Pains

Three days down the rabbit hole and I am the Alice in-fucking-wonderland of prescription painkillers. Limbs stretching and contracting to unfeasible measures, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if the Vicodin reads "Eat me."
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[mix tape] Postponed

July 3, 2009
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While we do have a mix tape prepared – or, shall I say, while we did have a mix tape prepared – thanks to the wonderfully fabulous, genuinely hilarious Sasha Pasulka, we are going to postpone publishing Sasha’s mix for one week. On Wednesday and Thursday, we were unexpectedly unavailable. (Read: We’d tell you...
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