Give Me Some Light
Yoga Mix Vol.5

* = chosen by mom
01. Adam Lambert - Pick U Up *
02. Rihanna - Only Girl (in the World) *
03. Richard Ashcroft - Sit and Wonder *
04. Afghan Whigs - Step into the Light
05. Adele - Someone Like You *
06. Glee Cast - Poker Face [feat. Idina Menzel] *
07. Twilight Singers - Get Lucky
08. Manic Street Preachers - Further Away
09. The Cure - Play For Today
10. George Michael - Praying for Time *
11. Twin Shadow - Tether Beat
12. Radiohead - Lotus Flower
13. Sebastien Schuller - 1978
14. Tindersticks - Factory Girls
15. Josh Groban - Higher Window *
16. Krishna Das - Narayana/For Your Love *


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Tags: mix, music, yoga mix

01. Burial + Four Tet - Wolf Cub
02. Neko Case - The Pharoahs
03. Tortoise - The Fall Of Seven Diamonds Plus One
04. T. - A Gun in My Hat
05. Max Richter - Campana: The Tartu Piano
06. Tindersticks - The Other Side Of The World
07. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Broken Line 1
08. City Center - Killer Whale
09. Have a Nice Life - Bloodhail
10. Paavoharju - Tuoksu Tarttuu Meihin
11. Sebastien Schuller - Weeping Willow
12. Mount Eerie - The Mouth Of Sky
13. Mus - Embalses y Rios
14. Martyn - Is This Insanity? Ft. Spaceape
15. Grizzly Bear - While You Wait On The Others
16. Meso Meso - Night River
17. Life Without Buildings - Sorrow (live)
Total Time: 75:24 after edits
Crossfaded Tracks: 1&2, 5&6, 7&8, 10&11 -- burning to disc only works if you have audacity to convert to wav, otherwise there may be a weird click in the middle of the transition which is not cool, but maybe most of you have ipods or could just listen on the computer :P

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The cover art is def. photoshopped. the original photo was from that same Ohio trip from '06... I can't help that I took good photos then (Original)
The liner notes aren't going to be very informative considering I don't feel like doing research right now and am watching, of all things, The Bachelorette (the men tell all episode! harrr). maybe one day I will edit this and just alert everyone on that day... or not

Also, please let me know if the links all work and the songs sound okay 'cause it's always worrisome when technology is involved and well, typing any code... hah (all I know is that it finally sounded good on disc :P)

( Liner Notes )

Tags: mix, mp3s, music

Burial/Four Tet - Moth/Wolf Cub

Didn't take -too- long I guess

[Edit: Finally found a Neko Case download... this one may have to wait till after sleep to listen to though... kinda taking awhile.... and yes, I found the linked one while searching downloads on a forum... hurrah! almost kinda missed 'the' search... been spending too long searching for virtual cards lately (though yeah, I still like it... I just basically found almost all of them now... hahah) ;P]

Tags: mp3s, music

I've been living under a rock this past year when it comes to music, so..... recommendations?
I was already told about the new dM, so I heard two songs from that... anything else?

(in case anyone still checks this who isn't on my filtered list :P)

This year, I decided I was just going to play an album association game instead of going into great detail like I usually do (though I kinda broke this rule a slight tad on the top two and added detail to the words). it's a lot more efficient and still at least kinda makes it interesting.

( #s 10-1 )


( Other Notable Mentions )

( #s 5-1 songs )

( #s 5-1 Disappointments )

Anyway, have a happy new year everyone!

Tags: mp3s, music, top albums 2007

01. Marbles
02. Tyed
03. Kathleen
04. Milky Teeth
05. Blood
06. Jism
07. Raindrops
08. Drunk Tank
09. For Those....


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This is a live Tindersticks album from 8.2.94 in Amsterdam. it is the one I got the most crazy about finding and I seriously spent $80 to get it when basically the cover is printed on brown paper which resembles a paper bag in texture which was placed in a cut off plastic sleeve. it's rare though and I love it!

Also, it's my first instance of hearing the track Kathleen at all and I do believe it is better here than it is on the EP I got a bit after this. it was never put on a studio album either. the rest of the songs were mostly found on the first self titled album made in '93 I think. they still have an other worldly vibe here. also, For Those..... seems to be a good closer since it closes out Bloomsbury Theatre, too!

That is all I have to say. just listen to it! even if you're not a fan yet, you may just be after hearing this. also, find Bloomsbury Theatre... it has more of the songs from the second self titled album.

Tags: mp3s, music

01. Arovane - The Storm
02. Shearwater - Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five
03. The Black Heart Procession - Voiture En Rouge
04. Tindersticks - For Those...
05. Gravenhurst - Trust
06. Herbert - Something Isn't Right
07. T - Dancing Together
08. Swod - Tucholskystr. 34
09. TV-Resistori - J.O.V.H.M.L.S.O.A.M.O (love)
10. Kode9 & The Spaceape - Quantum
11. Angil & The Hiddentracks - Trying To Fit
12. Machinefabriek - Afgebroken flats in Presikhaaf
13. Sandro Perri - Dreaming
14. The National - Santa Clara
15. Skallander - Forgiven
16. Part Timer - Theme from Part Timer
17. Ella Guru - On A Mountain
18. Richard Buckner - The Ocean Cliff Clearing
19. El Hijo - Los reyes que traigo
20. Ticonderoga - Why Do You Suppose?
21. Robert Wyatt - Just As You Are
22. Angil & The Hiddentracks - lift trip to mars (clip) [hidden track !!!]
Total time: 75:08 after edits.
Crossfaded tracks: 1&2, 4&5, 8&9, 11&12, 15&16 -- you know the drill.. convert crossfaded mp3s to wavs if you want it on disc


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Since I put this off for so long, I warn you... it's a long set of liner notes... eesh. I didn't think I had that much to say!

( liner notes )

Tags: mix, mp3s, music

I got the link to download around 12:40 while I was chatting to JC (yay for it not getting lost like the confirmation email!) and while there are some tracks that need another listen to fully sink in, I reallly LOVE what they did with 'Nude'. it's been one of my fav. unreleased songs since I started listening to them.

Of the other tracks, 15 Step, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, All I Need, House of Cards, Jigsaw Falling Into Place (oh mayyn, I never heard this song in any form in my life and it rocked me!) and Videotape (I liked how they kept it simple) hit me the first time.

That's a pretty nice amount considering I'm one of the few fans who disliked Kid A and most of what they've done this decade (as I've probably mentioned before; maybe when I posted the Thom Yorke solo album? or maybe when HTTT came out? ..ahah). I think it's 'cause I secretly (okay! not so secretly! at least a year or two after it came out, it wasn't a secret. I did pretend to like it then) liked the bootleg versions of those Kid A tracks. at least this album does it all justice!

Anyway, now I really can't wait for that bonus disc in December.

This album got me pumped!

[Edit: Second listen... 'All I Need'.. the beat sounds like a Boards of Canada track, yes or no? roygbiv perhaps? I need to get it out later and compare

Alright, done with second listen, compared BoC to it and... not quite, but it does have that same sound if not the same melody, okay? I swear it!]

In Rainbows is out on the 10th of this month!

I'm sure most of you who are fans have heard.

I ordered the discbox*.. well, I got an order # and all that, but no confirmation email. it does seem the site is a bit bogged down though, so maybe it'll arrive later.

I'm excited!

* I almost wasn't going to since that is a lot of money, but then I remembered it was coming out in December -only the digital download comes out this month-, so it could count as an early xmas gift.. hah!

[Edit 5:30pm: Yeah, got charged for it, so all is well, but I hope even without the email, I can activate the digital download or I'll be asking around to those who do get it]

I got Pole's 'steingarten' album in the mail today. from the whole name to the snow capped mountains on the cover, I did indeed expect cold german electronica even before reading the one amazon review it got naming it as not as cold as the rest, but still creating a distance from its audience. I figured it was obviously supposed to create that coldness and distance.

It turns out I just suck when it comes to the knowledge of certain audio equipment: "Structurally, the music of Pole is based on abstract, irregular rhythms created by a defective analogue sound filter Betke uses, namely the 'Waldorf 4-Pole' filter. These rhythms principally are defect frequencies full of interference (in audio terms commonly referred to as 'noise'), not unlike the crackling sounds of vintage vinyl, except for a harder, purely digital quality, which makes them very immediate." [source: Matador Records: Pole Biography -- which was the first relevant google result when trying to find out more about Pole]

I still say there could be a double meaning!

During my first listen, I was reading some unrelated metafilter post and someone linked this. there are robots in it. I didn't turn the volume up, so I have no idea if it had music; I figure so.

Anyway, this Pole album went with it just as well... I could imagine choreographing (okay, if I knew how!) various people doing the robot to this music. this isn't bad in any way. I think I've watched too much So You Think You Can Dance (I'm going to miss that show... I admit, I still read up on them over at TWoP sometimes) though.

I just tried this (and no, I didn't get it from there. I got 2 on eBay for $38.99. great deal!)

Since I -just- tried it, I can't say what it'll do for me in the long run (and I think for the first attempt, I didn't apply enough... I read that dumping a whole packet in the tub it comes in then fishing it out with a spoon makes it last longer, but my little dot was barely enough to cover the whole face), but my face does feel rather smooth, so that's a plus.

Tags: skincare

The coveted melissas came in today and these actually fit (the purple ones unfortunately had a manufacturing error -- the left shoe was wider than the other. either that or someone stretched them out ...they hardly even smelled like fruit like this pair, so it's possible they were returned and resold.. bleh):




(I tried to imitate this photo on flickr, but I guess I didn't zoom out enough.. hah. plus, it was hard to balance my feet on the wall while sitting on a fitness ball!)



So yes, finally a pair I don't have to return! in fact, they're slightly more comfortable than the other flats I got recently which have the dr. scholl's inserts in the heel. I might have to buy more of these shoes in the future now that I know what they're really supposed to feel like when both shoes are the same width.

Tags: fashion

NPR: The National Play Nation's Capital

I was told about this recording just the other night. good stuff, really nice quality and some tracks were even better than on the album which is certainly hard to master going by how good the album is. also, hearing some of the tracks from 'Alligator' again makes me want to get it out. it's been awhile. the last track played is on Cherry Tree. I better go find that one, I'm a slacker.

To hear it, I just subscribed to the podcast, but I think there's a way to stream it...

Tags: music

For anyone who may've been interested in the shoes I posted about awhile back, here's a US site that has quite a few of the styles: Shop Olivine

I just now ordered myself the Night style I had been waiting for.. free shipping! def. a bonus!

Tags: fashion
Current Mood: very excited

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Anyone else on there?
Thanks to themunkee posting about it, I joined last night (it got rather fun thinking back to what I had read; I better get on my next book though), so even if you're not currently on there, join! I want more friends!