Listening to this, Goyte cover, all week. Featuring Walk off the Earth + Ingrid Michaelson. The video itself is pretty awesome if you have a chance, go check it out ::  

( does anyone else get hooked on a song and play it over and over? thank god for headphones or I'd drive everyone around me nuts. )

Happy Weekend!

 

A little mixed tape to get your Thursday moving and grooving. 

Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, And I Shake The Dirt From My Sandals As I Run – Sufjan Stevens

I Saw The Bright Shinies – The Octopus Project

The Red Curtain – Mirah/Ginger Takahashi

Gipsy Threat – Ratatat

Allen’s Interlude – Mimi & Richard Fariña

You Wish - Nightmares On Wax

Heart: Release – Neon Indian

Equinox – John Coltrane

Clouds Up – Air

Proven Badlands – yMusic (composed by Annie Clark aka St Vincent) 

Herbie I Love You, Now I Know – Here We Go Magic

The Cascades – Fleet Foxes

Eternal Sunshine Theme – Jon Brion

Green Arrow – Yo La Tengo

Mixed Tape Monday

'Mixed Tape Mondays' Remember those? For those of you who are the new kids, there used to be a great site where I could make 'mixed tapes' and then up load them here. It even gave me a little cassette tape jpg which I could customize. I upload it and all that you had to do was click the little play button. Man, I miss those days. If anyone knows of a new 'mix wit' type site, let me know. Here's what I've been listening to this summer, beginning to end (sniff).....





 Foster the People || Pumped up Kicks



 







 American Football || The Summer Ends

mixed tape

art:: hana melin

A bit of mid week tunage. Grab the head phones and give them a spin.....

Sea of Bees :: Willis

Discovery :: So Insane

Two Door Cinema Club :: Undercover Martyn

Yo Lo Tengo :: Mr. Tough

i say,

let's play hooky today.

JDSY | Teluride

Gorillaz | crystalised [xx's cover]

Tame Impala | solitude is bliss

music monday

listening to the while I work these days. Happy Monday and short work week!

hundreds :: I love my harbour

hundreds :: Happy Virus

miike snow :: animal

The Walkman 1978-2010 R.I.P.

Sony has announced that they will no longer be making The Walkman. 

In memory of my old Walkman {and my long ago youth }, a few songs that got the rewind button as I laid, on foil, bored with the tedium of long summers in the backyard,  covered in baby oil. ahh to be so blithely unaware.

red hot chili peppers :: give it away

violent femmes :: blister in the sun

 

junior murvin :: police + theives

art + tunes

oops..... played a little hooky yesterday. A three day, labor-free weekend ends up requiring a bit o' Tuesday overtime.

Here are a few tunes that I've been trying out, along with some awesome, collage art by incredibly talented, Cristiana Couceiro

1. Things Work Out | The Kick Drums
2. Ice Cream Shout | Tattooed Tears
3. We Are Trees| Dear Chan Marshall
4. Braids | Lemonade
   

winner, winner, and a little down tempo mixed music monday

photo:: robert reader

First up are the *WINNERS* of the beachy, Seaton giveaway! This time, as they were brushing their teeth, I had my girls each pick a number. I figured, that's as random as any other method. They had no clue what the point of it was and wanted to see the 'drawing' when I was done with it.....clueless. So HERE'S who they, inadvertently, chose!!>>

Anne of Annechovie

Cristin of Simplified Bee

both happen to be fabulous bloggers that I admire. congrats my blog friends. And please stay tuned, I've got more fun giveaways lined up.

next up....Mixed Music Monday (the last two are pretty down tempo and may, in fact, make you want to lay your cheek on the cool desk and doze ):

1. Dr.Dog | Shadow People
2. The Blow | True Affections
3. Haruka Nakamura + Akira Kosemura | Nord
4. Land of Leland | Macedonia
   

   ok, now wake up and be productive or something.
   

mixed music monday

1. Neko Case- Vengeance is Sleeping
2. Cults-Go Outside
3. Department of Eagles - Brightest Minds
4. LCD Sound System - You Wanted A Hit
5. one eskimO- kandi
   

mixed music monday

I did nothing like laying prone on the beach this weekend. My entire family was gone all weekend and so I ran around doing things that I like to do, mostly including buying vintage crap and changing wall colors. I bought a, $30.00 vintage dresser {which I'm going to be ripping-off the idea from betsy burnham and painting, Union Jack }Went to the paint store, chose paint color for one bedroom {guy's coming today to paint}, on the way back from the paint store, stopped into an Antique Fair and found a cool, beat up, ghosty bus roll {score} which I like because it's not like the ubiquitous 8footers but still has that great graphic signage quality.

I've got to get to work on this dresser, enjoy some music if you'd like:

1. Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks
2. Florence and the Machine- Dog Days Are Over
   
3. Neon Indian - Dead Beat Summer
4. The Drums- Let's Go Surfing
5. Maria and the Diamonds- I am not a robot
   

mixed music monday

I sort of had a dream weekend {in my book} a full day at the beach on Saturday -sunburns included {not so, 'dream' } an early to bed Saturday, and early to rise Sunday with a trip to the Long Beach Flea {scored a vintage necklace and some vintage flatware }. I'm simple like that.


Here's a little mixed tape to take you into the week. I realize music, like any art, is subjective. Hope you like it, always welcome to your suggestions.

1. The Concretes - Good Evening
2. Au Revoir Simone- Shadows
   
3. Local Natives- Wide Eyes
4. Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros- Home
5. Beach House- Norway

   By the way, check back in tomorrow I have a great give-away this week. And all you have to do is, comment! So simple.