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Theme Mix Saturday – A Grave Endeavor

tk. — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:00:37 +0000

This list was birthed out of accidental inspiration– having Feist’s “Graveyard” pop up on shuffle just after hearing “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”. It being October, and with the rain getting its first firm foothold in the Pacific Northwest this week, replete with the requisite malaise and the cold seeping into my bones even as I type this, I figured this was as good a time as any for this grim theme.

•	Name	Artist	Album	YouTube
1	Dig My Grave	They Might Be Giants	Apollo 18	Yes
2	Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings	Father John Misty	Fear Fun	Yes
3	A Certain Cemetery	Pretty Girls Make Graves	The New Romance	No
4	Nail In My Coffin	The Kills	Blood Pressures	Yes
5	Dig Your Own Grave	Heavenly	P.U.N.K. Girl	Yes
6	Under A Cloud Shaped Like A Tomb	Agesandages	Alright You Restless	Yes
7	Tombstone Blues	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Yes
8	Hope Everything Falls Into Place Before I Fall Into A Grave	Knight School	Revenger	No
9	Grave Architecture	Pavement	Wowee Zowee	Yes
10	Graveyard	Feist	Metals	Yes
11	Coffins	Explode Into Colors	Quilts	Yes
12	Found Love In A Graveyard	Veronica Falls	Found Love In A Graveyard	Yes
13	How’s The Grave	Jaill	That’s How We Burn	Yes
14	Graveyard Drug Party	Thee Oh Sees	The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In	Yes
15	Funeral Song	Sleater-Kinney	One Beat	Yes
16	Do Not Quietly Unto Your Grave	Morphine	Good	Yes
17	Lay Some Flowers On My Grave	Blind Willie McTell		Yes

*Of course I included “Grave Architecture”. Someday I may make a list and omit the obvious Pavement song but no promises.

The Perils of Online Dating

tk. — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:25:34 +0000

“You should message me if… Your 6’1 or taller, sexy, healthy, good-looking, athletic body, smart, ambitious, successful, passionate, drug-free, disease free, within my age range, single, charming, witty, well read, loyal, faithful, non-religious, creative, wealthy, you like kids, motivated, educated, active, fun, independent, generous, and stylish.”

But other than that, just be yourself!

Hey, it’s August, have a few links

tk. — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:49:25 +0000

Hyperbole and a Half – A webcomic in which the author relates various stories from her childhood, her insane dogs, and adventures in dealing with depression. Insightful and much funnier than it sounds.

A Pixar Illustrator Turns R-Rated Movies Into Scenes From Children’s Books – That needs no further description, does it?

My Take On Kitty Pryde Is That I Love Kitty Pryde – in which a one Laura Jane dissects an obsession with 19-year-old rapper Kitty Pryde (nothing to do with the X-Men, per se).

Neil Gaiman – On “writer’s block”.

TTFN

Theme Mix Holiday – Fourth of July Edition

tk. — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:41:17 +0000

“I’ve lost all ambition for worldly things,” as the first song on this mix states. But in lieu of wanting to actually set things on fire, I’ll throw together a mix in honor of Independence Day.

On a related note, was Elliott Smith a big fan of The Fourth? Between “Roman Candle” and “Independence Day”– as well as the Heatmiser song “Bottle Rocket”, although it’s a Neil Gust track– I wonder.

•	Name	Artist	Album	YouTube
1	I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire	The Ink Spots	Fallout 3 Soundtrack	Yes
2	July 3rd	People Under The Stairs	Question In The Form Of An Answer	Yes
3	Independence Day	Elliott Smith	XO	Yes
4	Brooklyn’s On Fire!	Nicole Atkins	Neptune City	Yes
5	Porno For Pyros	Porno For Pyros	Porno For Pyros	Yes (live)
6	Trigger 4th	DJ N-Wee (Jay-Z/Pavement)	The Slack Album	Yes
7	Wet Firecracker	Silkworm	Firewater	Yes
8	It’s Natural To Be Afraid	Explosions In The Sky	All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone	Yes
9	In Bloom	Nirvana	Nevermind	Yes
10	Dig For Fire	The Pixies	Bossanova	Yes
11	Royal Firecracker Teeth	Black Moth Super Rainbow + The Octopus Project	The House of Apples and Eyeballs	Yes
12	Great Balls of Fire	Jerry Lee Lewis	Jerry Lee’s Greatest	Yes
13	Rocketship	Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	Now I Got Worry	Yes
14	Fires	Band of Skulls	Baby Darling Doll Face Honey	Yes

Loved this YouTube comment on the Jerry Lee Lewis video: “I should flag this as inappropriate – I think I just watched a man make love to a piano.”

Theme Mix Saturday – A Beard Like A Billy Goat

tk. — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:11:16 +0000

Dedicated to Adam Yauch, aka MCA, who died yesterday after fighting cancer for three years. Stupid cancer. In addition to being an awesome rapper, bassist, and director, Yauch was a class act. The world is better off for having had him in it.

This Beastie Boys mix features tracks with my favorite MCA lines highlighted where I find ‘em. Rest in peace, beastie.

•	Name	Album	MCA Quote
1	Jimmy James	Check Your Head	“This is type a’ kinda like a formal dedication”
2	Time To Get Ill	Licensed to Ill	“Now what’s the time?”
3	The Negotiation Limerick File	Hello Nasty
4	The Sounds of Science	Paul’s Boutique	“Expanding the rhymes of sucker MC amateurs”
5	Nonstop Disco Powerpack	Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2	“Well, I feel right / I speak my words on the track cuz the track sound tight”
6	In 3′s	Check Your Head	(instrumental)
7	Alright Hear This	Ill Communication	“I ask God for a rhyme or two / A little something for the wise as well as the fools”
8	Shadrach	Paul’s Boutique	“Smoke the holy chalice, got my own religion”
9	Slow Ride	Licensed To Ill	“They got a committee to get me off the block / Cuz I say my rhymes loud and I say ‘em nonstop”
10	Shake Your Rump	Paul’s Boutique	“Yeah, we’ve got beef, chief / We’re knocking out teeth, chief / And if you don’t believe us you should question your belief, Keith”
11	Three MC’s and One DJ	Hello Nasty	“All top secret and classified / I grab ahold of a mic and let the words glide”
12	What Comes Around	Paul’s Boutique
13	So What’cha Want	Check Your Head	“I’ve got depth of perception in my text y’all / I get props at my mention cuz I vex y’all”
14	Car Thief	Paul’s Boutique	“I don’t buy cheeba, I grow it”
15	Sure Shot	Ill Communication	“I’ve got more rhymes than I’ve got gray hairs, and that’s a lot because I’ve got my share”
16	B-Boys in the Cut	Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2	“Come at me with rain I’m coming back with hail / My broadsword will cut through your chainmail”
17	Unite	Hello Nasty	“Will someone in the Knicks please drive the lane?”
18	B-Boy Bouillabaise	Paul’s Boutique	“I’m going to the limits of my ultimate destiny / Feeling as though somewhere somebody’s testing me”