gone to old new york (silver jews – mp3) for the weekend. saratoga, specifically. making this, mp3: the movies – secretariat, appropriate… and this, mp3: cocorosie – horse porno, almost.

mp3: jim guthrie – nighttime / anytimemp3: the constantines – nighttime / anytime (it’s alright)
moody motorcycle has put me on a bit of a jim guthrie kick this past week. (incidentally, i think nick should stick with the collaborations, he obviously plays well with others. the guthrie/thorburn dynamic doesn’t reach nick/alden levels, but there’s clearly [...]

mp3: rafter – candy sprinkles
i uploaded this song sometime in late march / early april and have tried, on several occasions, to pen a worthy introduction to it in the months since. i’ve written and rewritten gobs of text… but have yet to produce anything capable of matching what rafter roberts is able to do [...]

mp3: tilly and the wall – pot kettle blackmp3: tilly and the wall – cacophonymp3: the ruby suns – tane mahuta
stream much more from the ruby suns here.
tilly and the wall and the ruby suns are at the black cat tonight… not a bad way to spend a saturday night, right? doors open at [...]

mp3: jim guthrie – days i need off
really digging this song this morning, if for no other reason than its title.

from flickr
mp3: casey dienel – cut your hairfrom her daytrotter session.
mp3: mountain goats – cut your hairmp3: pavement – cut your hair ….. [buy crooked rain x 2]
this song is from a daytrotter session that is now a good two years old. i bring it up only because i had completely forgotten it existed until [...]

this, telephono: write a song, pass it around, is really interesting. be sure to note the streamable progression of songs on the left. the originating guy’s stuff isn’t terribly interesting, which at first made me wonder what business he has starting a project like this, but then i realized that’s the point of the whole [...]

mp3: noah and the whale – shape of my heart
considering the band’s name (an amalgamation of the squid and the whale and its director’s name) , it should be no surprise that noah and the whale have a strong interest in the visual arts. while the band are clearly fans of noah baumbach,they are even [...]

i’m about to head out for the uptown theater, but i thought i’d share a few of the songs i used to pump myself up for the walk down there before i go. enjoy…..
mp3: the flaming lips – batman thememp3: the advantage – batman 2 mp3: yo la tengo – batman thememp3: dan deacon – [...]

mp3: love as laughter – i’m a beemp3: love as laughter – temptation islandmp3: love as laughter – in ambermp3: love as laughter – dirty livesmp3: the oranges band – ok apartmentmp3: the oranges band – my streetmp3: the oranges band – ride the nuclear wave
many years ago, the liner notes of what was [...]