8.15.2007




Here's a nice song by Townes Van Sandt. "If I Needed You":





A Townes Van Sandt song awesomely covered by Devendra Banhart, "Colorado Girl":





Which, it just so happens, reminded me of this classic by Donovan, "Colours":





If you want to download any of these, it's easy. just do a quick search on

The Hype Machine



8.08.2007




A few months ago, my watch stopped ticking. I stopped wearing it shortly thereafter. Weeks later I wondered where I had put my watch. It seemed to be lost, but it didn't bother me. It had stopped ticking. Present day. Upon flushing my toilet I noticed that it seemed to be plugged. It bothered me when this happened because i do not have a plunger. It also bothered me because a few days ago some new neighbors moved in next door.

The first day they moved in, the fuses that allow electricity to flow into my apartment stopped working. The fuses are old, they look like small lightbulbs, and cost 2 dollars each. I still haven't figured out which one connects to my kitchen, and I can't ask my landlord because i still haven't paid rent. All of the corn in my freezer is officially inedible.

And now, here i am with this toilet.

I began stabbing my toothbrush into the toilet hole with great force. I was surprised to find that there seemed to be something blocking the way. This should not have surprised me for obvious reasons. I tried to gouge it out and when i did a wave of terror went through me like shit through a chinese goose.

There, hanging on the end of my toothbrush was the watch.
Something was different about it. It took me a moment to figure out what. Then it hit me.

It was ticking.

8.05.2007




Dana Brown : Stalking Creeping Terror

Some guy named Dana Brown went to India and recorded an entire album of crap like what you hear above. Can you imagine listening to the whole thing? I totally can.




The Ohsees : It Killed Mom






7.29.2007

7.21.2007










Buffalo : Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way


Buffalo were that rare beast, an English country and western band operating out of West Lincolnshire. I originally bought this album for the cover and those retina-burning outfits the guys are wearing. That combination of turquoise polyester flares and vests trimmed with pink satin, over yellow satin puff-sleeve shirts was too good to resist! However, any heterosexual man wearing such a get-up back in 1978 in un-cosmopolitan Lincolnshire would surely have been lynched. The back cover features the band members' heads done up in Native American war paint, clumsily superimposed on cave paintings of (you've guessed it) buffalos. One appears to be emerging from out of one of the beast's back passages. It just doesn't get any better than this!









datA : morphosis

DatA is a 21-year old Frenchman caught in the electro-house paradigm, but that doesn't mean that his production skills aren't on point. With tracks in playlists from Justice to Guns 'N' Bombs, this whiz-kid is causing a serious stir. "Morphosis" is the synth-solo answer to your banger prayers.