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Archive for October 2008

chicago

via art prescott gallery
mp3: spoon – chicago at nightmp3: wilco – via chicagomp3: soul coughing – is chicago, is not chicagomp3: sufjan stevens – chicago (multiple personality disorder version)
i’ll be in chicago for work all this week. probably won’t have much time to get online while i’m there, so see you in a week.

black cab in a

we all knew this would happen eventually. what i find interesting, though, is that this actually went down almost a year ago and they’ve managed to keep it to themselves until now.
black cab session: jens lekman – black cab

born ruffians at rnr hotel

mp3: born ruffians – barnacle goose
the born ruffians are playing the rock n roll hotel tonight. i’ve been looking forward to this show for a while now, but now that it’s here, i’m not sure i’ll be able to make it… we’ll see… should be really good though.
also, opener plants and animals may be of [...]

song for the winter sun

mp3: the loom – song for the winter sun
when you first turn this video on, you’re going to think it’s just a guy playing ukulele in his bedroom… but hang on… he’s about to go a walking and things get better with each step he takes. there are reinforcements in the living room (light infantry), [...]

i saw the bright shinies

mp3: the octopus project – truckmp3: the octopus project – an evening with rthrthamp3: the octopus project – i saw the bright shinies …. [buy hello, avalanche]
continuing a series of great music videos in support of hello, avalanche, the octopus project released ” i saw the bright shinies” this week. “truck” was good and [...]

hundreds of sparrows

mp3: sparklehorse – hundreds of sparrows
i’m so sorrymy spirit’s rarely in my body…
man, i’m sick… sucks.
anyway, i thought i should let you know that a download of skeletal lamping is going for only $3.99 on amazon today. i probably wouldn’t even pay that much for it (not a fan), but if you’re looking to pick [...]

(you) [i] can not see (you) [me] as (i) [you] can

mp3: joan of arc – (you) [i] can not see (you) [me] as (i) [you] can …… [buy the gap]
this is easily one of my top 10 favorite song titles ever….
alright song… brilliant title.
just wanted to put that out there.

lykke and mbar

mp3: lykke li – dance dance dancemp3: miles benjamin anthony robinson – buriedfed
lykke li and miles benjamin anthony robinson are at the black cat tonight… quite a combo, huh? i’ve heard miles’ live shows are occasionally hampered by his excessive drunkenness, but seems like it would make them all the more interesting to me. anyway, [...]

last fm graph thing

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this may be an advertisement for a printer, but it’s a pretty cool one if you ask me.
replace “notwearingpants” with your last.fm user name in the following link to see what your recent listening history looks like..
http://lastgraph3.aeracode.org/longslice/notwearingpants/

the underground stream

mp3: ham1 – will you ever see me again?mp3: ham1 – toothless frontlinesmp3: ham1 – i wave back
the free stuff keeps on coming.the tracks above come from ham1’s excellent new album the underground stream, which will hit digital retailers in the near future and see a vinyl release in early 2009. but until then (maybe [...]