mp3: the hoosier hot shots – i like bananas, because they have no bones
we don’t like to whistle
can’t blow saxophones
we like bananas, because they have no bones

hometapes — 8 days of hometapes. download them all here. includes…

Adam_Sara-Wonderful Christmastime
All Tiny Creatures-Kites
Brad Laner-It’s Christmas (But I Don’t Care)
Megafaun-I Saw Three Ships
Pattern Is Movement-O Holy Night
Shannon Fields-I’ll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams)
Slaraffenland-Little Drummer Boy
The Caribbean-Christmastime is Here

the record machine — the more the [...]

marimba and shit drums
I’ll prove how much I love you with this handstand
I can breathe under the water, I can hear your muffled laughter
I can feel you coming through the walls

yesterday marked the end of my 4th year using last.fm. i’ve been capturing my complete artist and song charts on december 12th each year to track how my listening habits change over time. in addition to tracking the progression of my overall charts, i also note the top songs and artists of each 12 month [...]

Fredrik – Vinterbarn from The Kora Records on Vimeo.

mp3: virgin of the birds – ilona, you should still be my vampire attendant
i am fat and forgetful. fat with music at least. my computer tells me i downloaded every rival way back in july, yet i just “discovered” it for the first time a couple weeks ago. i’ve listened to the ep over a [...]

mp3: dub narcotic sound system – monkey hips and rice … [buy]
i recently unearthed a mix cd that i unfortunately still remember making very late one evening in probably my sophomore or junior year of high school. i’m going to save myself the shame of recounting its contents.. but amid the various tracks expounding [...]

mp3: prince – i would die 4 u
i usually don’t waste people’s time writing about songs that i don’t like. what’s the point in that, when there are so many great ones to write about? but in this case, i’m finding it difficult to resist… i apologize in advance.
so, “i would die 4 u” was [...]

mp3: pacific trash vortex – brampton comes alive
i like watching a thing going from charging to charged. whether a tiny sliver or a large chunk, it’s been missing something. for an afternoon, a day, even a weekend…. not quite whole. and then in that moment… its light goes from red to green… and it is [...]

i ordered some headlights vinyl from polyvinyl recently and in addition to the record and a free poster…. i found a blue raspberry airhead! i think this is the first time i’ve ordered anything from polyvinyl, so my question to you is… standard practice or freak mailroom accident? assuming the airhead is standard practice, that’s [...]