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Fellows:

Aijung
Alyssa
Angela
Bobby
Carla
Dave
Ester
Jesse
Jonah
Josie
Kate
Lillie
Nori
Rabi
Rebecca

Mincetapes

e-mince

Photos!

Nice

Archives:

Stuck in my Head
"Kiss Me Harder" by Bertine Zetlitz
"Hot" by Avril
"Brain Problem Situation" by They Might Be Giants


Now Reading
Number 9 Dream by David Mitchell
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro

Recently Finished
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by David Eggers
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Mad Tony and Me by Carl Hoffman
Sweet Soul Music by Peter Guaralnick
This Must Be The Place: Adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th Century by David Bowman
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Movies Lately
Sicko
4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days
Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
2 Days in Paris
United 93
The Savages
The Bourne Ultimatum
Sweeney Todd
The Departed
Juno
Enchanted
What Would Jesus Buy?
Ghost World
Superbad
I'm Not There
She's The Man
Superbad
Lars and the Real Girl
Romance and Cigarettes
No Country for Old Men
Into the Wild
Gattaca
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Across the Universe

Shows Lately
Damo Suzuki/Stinking Lizaveta @ Mill Creek
Death and the Maiden @ Curio
Devon Sproule/Carsie Blanton/Devin Greenwood/John Francis @ Tin Angel
Assassins @ The Arden
Oakley Hall and the Teeth @ Johnny Brendas
Isabella and Flamingo/Winnebago and Map Me and Gatz and Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Sonic Dances and Strawberry Farm and The Emperor Jones and No Dice and Hearts of Man and Principles of Uncertainty and Isabella and BATCH and Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century and Car and Sports Trilogy and Explanatorium and Wandering Alice and Must Don't Whip Um and Festival of Lies and A Room of Ones Own and Recitatif @ the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe
Martha Graham Cracker and Eliot Levin and Kilo etc. @ the Fringe Cabaret
Lullatone and Teletextile @ Boulder Coffee [Rochester]
TV Sound @ the M Room
Aretha Franklin @ East Dell, Fairmount Pk.
Romeo + Juliet in Clark Park
Daft Punk @ Red Rocks
Spoon @ Rockefeller Park
Ponytail at Pony Pants' House
Mirah/Benjy Ferree @ the 1UC
Tortoise @ World Cafe Live
Hall & Oates...ish
"Nuclear Dreams" - Mascher Dance Group, x2
The Four of Us @ 1812
Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines by Rainpan whatever
Mascher Dance Group/Nathaniel Bartlett
Cornelius @ TLA
Sloan @ World Cafe
In Fluxxxx
Slavic Soul Party!/Red Heart the Ticker @ I-House
the Fantasticks @ Mum
Peter Bjork + Jorn/Fujiya + Miyagi @ fkaTLA
John Vanderslice @ Johnny Brendas
The Books & Todd Reynolds @ 1UC
Into the Woods @ LPAC
The Fishbowl @ the Frear
Caroline, or, Change @ the Arden
Low & Loney, Dear. @ 1UC




Wednesday, January 26

busied mixness

some of what i've been up to
in the spare time
that i don't have…

[don't look if you like being surprised. this means you dave moore. you too jonah.]


~*~*~wintry mix~*~*~ *
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[1] "…Snow It Falls On"/"Unspoken" by The Remote Viewer / Four Tet
[2] "Something For Nothing" by M.F.S.B.
[3] "In The Ghetto" by Candi Staton
[4] "Cars And Parties" by Edith Frost
[5] "Bridges And Balloons" by Joanna Newsom
[6] "Be Kind Remind" by Rogue Wave
[7] "Universal Traveller" by Air
[8] "Snowdrops And Phlox" by Isan
[9] "Stood Up" by Todd Rundgren
[10] "Drink To Me, Babe, Then" by A.C. Newman
[11] "New Year's Eve" by The Walkmen
[12] "My Family Tree" by John Vanderslice
[13] "Will You Come And Fetch Me" by Of Montreal
[14] "Send Me Shivers" by Mouse On Mars
[15] "Heartbeat" by Annie
[16] "Birthday" by Junior Boys
[17] "Nothing Clings Like Ivy" by Elvis Costello & The Imposters
[18] "If The World Should End In Ice" by The Handsome Family
[19] "I Could Be That Woman" by Christina Milian
[20] "We're Both So Sorry" by Mirah
[21] "Leaf House" by Animal Collective
[22] "Taking Wing" by Daedelus
[23] "Winning A Battle, Losing The War" by Minizza / Kings Of Convenience
[24] "Headlights Looked Like Diamonds"/"Snow It Falls On…" by The Arcade Fire / The Remote Viewer

*tracklist made available {finally} by popular demand



Tarabundle
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~ birthday bundle for tarasita ~
packaged in limited-edition deluxx faux-fur-covered white wooden casing with typewritered-tinfoil-tracklist (props to laura for production assistance), inside white ski-brimmy...


1 • I Took Her Love For Granted • Hefner
2 • Love Loves to Love Love • Lulu
3 • Your Magic is Working • Of Montreal
4 • Mayor of Simpleton • XTC
5 • Every Moment • Rogue Wave
6 • It's Actually Going to Happen • The Russian Futurists
7 • Minor Detour • Daedelus
8 • Karaoke • Blanket Music
9 • I Was Born (a Unicorn) • The Unicorns
10 • Unprotected Love • The Soft Boys
11 • Move Your Feet (Rascal Edit) • Junior Senior
12 • The Fun • Dopo Yume
13 • My Angel Rocks Back and Forth • Four Tet
14 • Weekend in Western Illinois • The Mountain Goats
15 • Okkervil River Song • Okkervil River
16 • The Future, Wouldn't That Be Nice? • The Books
17 • The Only One • American Analog Set
18 • The Short Answer • Billy Bragg
19 • Mean Old World • Sam Cooke
20 • She Only Sleeps • David Byrne
21 • Pillow Fight • The Sixths
22 • Skin and Teeth • Joe Henry
23 • Gone Sugaring • Mirah
24 • I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself • Elvis Costello
25 • If I'm Without You • Gary Lucas

and mine shall be called a house of FRENCHip IMG_1949
{continuous-mixed against my better judgment}

++1+prologue [dimitri from paris]
++2+cassius 1999 [casssius]
++3+music sounds better with you [stardust]
++4+la rhythme et le cadence [dimitri from paris]
++5+intro [alan braxe + fred falke]
++6+gordini mix [alex gopher]
++7+tout a 10 balles [dj tall]
++8+liquidation totale [etienne de crecy]
++9+little scare (cosmo vitelli remix) [benjamin diamond]
+10+music box [buffalo bunch]
+11+penthouse [we in music]
+12+time (moog cook book remix) [alex gopher]
+13+the sound of violence [cassius]
+14+breakway [dj mehdi]
+15+if i ever feel better (buffalo bunch remix) [phoenix]
+16+talking all that jazz (dimitri from paris remix) (torti's old school mix of edits dub) [stetsasonic]
+17+cassius 1999 remix (radio edit) [cassius]
+18+californie [air]


He Said/She Said (Mk 1)*

1. Doncha Go 'Way Mad - Jazz Passengers ft/ Debbie Harry and Elvis Costello
2. Modern Nature - Sondre Lerche ft/ some girl
3. Let Yourself Go - Laptop ft/ computer voice lady
4. Split - Ute Lemper ft/ Neil Hannon
5. Let Me Watch - Viktor Vaughn ft/ Apani B
6. The Cold Swedish Winter - Jens Lekman
7. A Marriage Made In Heaven - Tindersticks ft/ Isabella Rossellini
8. Gone At Last - Paul Simon ft/ Phoebe Snow
9. Nothing Better - The Postal Service ft/ Jenny Lewis
10. La chanson de slogan - Serge Gainsbourg avec/ Jane Birkin)
11. I Never Talk to Strangers - Tom Waits ft/ Bette Midler
12. Is This Our Last Time - Missy Elliott ft/ Fabolous
13. Romantic Comedy - Stars
14. Getting It Made - The Band Of Blacky Ranchette ft/ Richard Buckner and Neko Case
15. Happy Ending - Joe Jackson ft/ Elaine Caswell
16. Where The Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave ft/ Kylie Minogue
17. Yeah! Oh, Yeah! - The Magnetic Fields
18. I Luv You - Dizzee Rascal ft/ Jeanine Jacques
19. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - The Supremes and The Temptations
20. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues ft/ Kristy MacColl

*this is the first draft - the title is provisional, and the tracklist is subject to revisions. a couple of you will be getting copies soon, but i'll hold off for wider distro (if folks want?) until later on. thanks to those who made suggestions ft/ rabi and jonah. (dude, can we get rabi and jonah to sing a duet for inclusion on volume two?)


headsupheadz:
whenst i return (in a month+), the lauded and much sought-after mix-up comp "such great heights: 2003 in pop" (a.k.a. 'the duct-tape mix' a.k.a. 'oh-three-dance/oh-three-cry') will be going back into production for a brief time on a strikly limited basis… get yr orders in now! …… & we out

ps: more new photos up here

(whatever happened to peace?)
…peace…(…peace…peace…)