that's very big of you

Well I just want to be a blessing.

amen

week of June 1

Philistines

1. Here Come The Philistines - T-Bone Burnett
2. Wolves - The Accidental
3, Harry - Daniel Lanois
4. Cold Days From The Birdhouse - The Twilight Sad
5. 1940 - Submarines
6. Forgive Yourself - The Little Ones
7. Honor Wishes - Joan As Police Woman (with David Sylvian)
8. Weatherman and Skin Goddess - Robert Pollard
9. Kora - Ida
10. Song for Jo - Scarlett Johansson
11. No Joanna - Cajun Dance Party
12. Private Little Hell - Dawn Landes
13. Separate And Ever Deadly - The Last Shadow Puppets
14. In Moonlight - Mount Eerie
15. Stranger Into Starman - Aimee Mann
16. Berbers In Tennis Shoes - Stars Like Fleas
17. Each To Each - The Gutter Twins
18. Cathedrals And Towers - Kensington Prairie

that mount eerie track is fucking filthy

Yeah the transition from wounded whimper to Crazy Horse metallic is pretty cool.

week of June 8

Internet Paperthin

1. Next Time - Mudhoney
2. Branded - The Night Marchers
3. Century Eyes - Shearwater
4. The Conversation - The Lodger
5. Lighten Up, Morrissey - Sparks
6. Whiteboy - James
7. Would Be Killer - Gnarls Barkley
8. Latch Key Kid - The Fall
9. Western Centipede - Robert Pollard
10. Stumble In - Sleepercar
11. Summerdreamer - The Daysleepers
12. Here Comes Danny - Julie Ocean
13. Thought I Was a Gun - Tim Fite
14. Sick & Alone - Those Poor Bastards
15. Little Tornado - Aimee Mann
16. Your Protector - Fleet Foxes
17. Mr. Feathers - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
18. Givers - Lucky Dragons
19. The Swimming Song - Vetiver
20. Lonesome Organist Rapes Page-Turner - Dresden Dolls
21. Casualty of BOC - Rafter
22. The Fallen Aristocracy - Northern Portrait

week of June 15
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Convince Yourself

1. Let Your Light In, Babe - Robert Forster
2. Drum & Bone - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
3. Erin O'Connor - The Long Blondes
4. Bhangra Bros - Firewater
5. Cut You Loose - Kylie Auldist
6. Only The Truth - The Last Shadow Puppets
7. Pistol Dreams - The Tallest Man On Earth
8. Hey Ma - James
9. Midnight Runner - Cut Copy
10. Carousel Horses - Lonely Drifter Karen
11. Sec Walkin' - My Morning Jacket
12. The Beach Is Where The Ocean Goes To Die - Sybris
13. Everything That's Grey - Brent Cash
14. Thorny Thicket - Submarines
15. A Year Since Last Summer - The Lodger
16. This Is The Renaissance - Sparks
17. The George Song - Martha Wainwright
18. It's Not Fun Until They See You Cry - Dirtbombs
19. Kept On The Slide - South San Gabriel
20. What More Do You Want From Me - Al Green
21. Oh Boy - Duffy

week of June 22
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Divine Harvest

1. Peanut Butter and Paranoia Jam - Thomas Function
2. Midnight Man - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. Strong Coffee - The Cat Empire
4. Cold Shoulder - Adele
5. The Grey Estates - Wolf Parade
6. Gratification To Concrete - Robert Pollard
7. Strange Victory, Strange Defeat - Silver Jews
8. Here's To The Halcyon - Old 97's
9. Aluminum Park - My Morning Jacket
10. The Lovers - Ladytron
11. The Snow Leopard - Shearwater
12. Way Down To Heaven - Sian Alice Group
13. Buttercups - Cajun Dance Party
14. Black & Costaud - My Brightest Diamond
15. Apocalyptic Friend - Eef Barzelay
16. A Needle In Your Eye #16 - The War On Drugs
17. Whisky & Green Tea - Supergrass
18. Divine Harvest - The Mae Shi
19. The Puddle - No Kids

week of June 29

Missing Beats

1. Birthday - The Accidental
2. A Smashing Indictment Of Character - Slim Cessna's Auto Club
3. Missing Beats (Of A Generation) - The Charlatans
4. Basso Profundo - DeVotchKa
5. Of Monsters & Heroes & Men - James
6. Let The Monkey Drive - Sparks
7. Sweet Tooth - King Khan and The Shrines
8. Gotsta Get Me Some - Kylie Auldist
9. People (We're Only Gonna Live So Long) - Alejandro Escovedo
10. My Friend - Dr. Dog
11. Waymore's Blues - Chuck Prophet
12. Self-Destructive Zones - Drive-By Truckers
13. My Pillow Is The Threshold - Silver Jews
14. Black Ice Cream - The Pharmacy
15. The Hungry Saw - Tindersticks
16. Martha Ann - David Karsten Daniels
17. I Saw Them - The Chap
18. Cats - Mixel Pixel

week of July 6
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Still A Dog

1. You Sit And Wait For Life - Soda Fountain Rag
2. Youthless - Beck
3. Tired - Adele
4. From - Dr. Dog
5. No Social - The Shortwave Set
6. Face Down In The Right Town - Earlimart
7. Last Leaves - Secret Shine
8. Clean Sinks And Folded Laundry - Ghost In The Water
9. Don't Take My Advice - Port O'Brien
10. Marine Thing - The Bridal Shop
11. Meeting Place - The Last Shadow Puppets
12. Tomorrow - Duffy
13. Waiting For A Chance - Northern Portrait
14. A Tell-Tale Penis - Joan of Arc
15. Snowflakes And Great Lakes - Kensington Prairie
16. How Dare They - Eef Barzelay
17. No Regrets - The Helio Sequence
18. Brother Run Them Down - Constantines
19. Red Pirate Of The Prairie - Slim Cessna's Auto Club
20. Chip N' Tony - Alejandro Escovedo

Slim Cessna's my favorite discovery of the year, I think, as far as acts I'd never heard before go

that's a very wise looking dog

Apparently his name is Disco.

week of July 13

Welfare Bread

1. Lost In The Jungle - Babylon Circus
2. Float - Flogging Molly
3. Some Kind Of Kindness - Firewater
4. Volcano - Beck
5. His Grinning Skull - Wild Beasts
6. Photoshop - Sparks
7. Joe's Record - Sarandon
8. Just Like A Drummer - The Wave Pictures
9. The Slowdown - T-Bone Burnett with Sam Phillips
10. The Blue Route - The Walkmen
11. Mekon Headman - Wire
12. Two Ways - The 1900's
13. How Can A Poor Boy? - Van Morrison
14. Dressed for Rain - The Sleeping Years
15. Welfare Bread - King Khan and The Shrines
16. Give Us Bubblewrap - Half Man Half Biscuit

week of July 20

Mile-Long Midway

1. Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom - Slim Cessna's Auto Club
2. The Devil's Crayon - Wild Beasts
3. No Longer There - The Cat Empire
4, Hang On - Dr. Dog
5. 28 Butts - Little Jackie
6. (Doin' The) Boom Boom - Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The True Loves
7. Comrade Z - DeVotchKa
8. Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess - Half Man Half Biscuit
9. Psychotic Hate Man - The BellRays
10. Big A, Little A - Jeffrey Lewis
11. Taking The Farm - The War On Drugs
12. Salad Ballad - Truckers of Husk
13. Chamber - The Last Shadow Puppets
14. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2 - My Morning Jacket
15. Hurry On Sundown - Vetiver
16. Mile-Long Midway - TimLee3
17. The Great Unrest - Mugison
18. Slice Open The Day - The Accidental

dr. dog has some great 70s bgv's

week of July 27

Hoo Ha River

1. Stella Hurt - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
2. Hello Sunshine - Langhorne Slim
3. Black River - Paul Weller
4. You Won't Be Fooled By This - Albert Hammond Jr.
5. Soup - The Wedding Present
6. Please Sir - Wild Beasts
7. We Used to Dream About Bridges - Gentleman Auction House
8. Upside - James
9. The Age Of The Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets
10. Whitesnake - Late of the Pier
11. The Great Caruso - Nits
12. Tilting Trains - Windmill
13. 1850 - Icy Demons
14. Diamond Hoo Ha Man - Supergrass
15. A Summer Chill - This Is Ivy League
16. All The Dogs Are Lying Down - Johnny Flynn
17. Sensitive Boys - Alejandro Escovedo
18. Horizons - Son Ambulance
19. What Makes Me Think I Was Right -Solomon Burke

week of August 3

Trouble Met

1. Richard Nixon Died Today - Negativland
2. On My Own I'm Never Bored - Chris Difford
3. The Wins - Nits
4. Complaint Department - Lykke Li
5. Love Is A Stranger - Martha Wainwright
6. Exploding Chimney - The Fall
7. The Old Dog - Wild Beasts
8. Run Run Run - Tears Run Rings
9. Gloom Uprising - Don Cavalli
10. The Trouble I've Met - The Old Believers
11. D.C. Blues - Gary Louris
12. God Loves You The Best - Earlimart
13. Sailor's Wife - Babylon Circus
14. Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley - The Chap
15. Pretty in Pink - Dresden Dolls
16. The Kitchen - Little Jackie
17. Garbage Heap - Black Francis
18. A Ship Lost at Sea - The Pine Box Boys

week of August 10

Unkindness

1. Close The Lid - Port O'Brien
2. See Emily Play - Martha Wainwright
3. Reverso - Chris Difford
4. Something Pulled Me - Shelleyan Orphan
5. Steak On A Whim - Negativland
6. Ode To Joyce - Half Man Half Biscuit
7. Vigil For A Fuddy Duddy - Wild Beasts
8. This Trumpet In My Head - Lykke Li
9. The Only Kind Of Light I Know - Darren Hayman
10. An Unkindness - The Pine Box Boys
11. Harry Worth - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
12. No One Like You - Al Green
13. Steady Sheets - Warmer Milks
14. From the Back of a Broken Dream - Flogging Molly
15. Hook & Ladder - Vetiver
16. Crooked Things Straight - Kensington Prairie
17. Understanding - Solomon Burke
18. Semaphore - James

week of August 17

Don't Ask

1. I Like Juice In A Shark Suit - Dianogah
2. Rocks And Daggers - Noah and the Whale
3. Crittin' Down To Baba's - Icy Demons
4. Wayne Rooney - Johnny Flynn
5. Mrs. Sunlight - Nits
6. Americadio - Slim Cessna's Auto Club
7. Calm Like You - The Last Shadow Puppets
8. Granny's Song - The Old Believers
9. Army of Ancients - Dr. Dog
10. Walls - Beck
11. Whale In Da Pain - The Bridal Shop
12. VW - Late of the Pier
13. Chelsea Hotel '78 - Alejandro Escovedo
14. Don't Ask Me To Stop - The Pine Box Boys
15. Walt Whitman Bridge - Marah
16. Basketball Plant - Negativland
17. Red Wine Teeth - The Wave Pictures

I think I'm all done doing this. Doesn't seem to be this board's "thing" as such. I'll still collect new songs but putting up mixes of new music seems a little off from where the board's at. Maybe put up a couple more before the end of the year but not every week.

the end of an era?

i, for one, will be truly sad

Nah it's just that I'm on computers at work 45 hours a week and I'm getting burnt out being on them off work. I'm starting to cede computer time to my kids and going putter in the garden like a low-rent David Carradine.

Mixes are a good hobby for me but they mean more time on keyboards and gawking at screens.

Also, after putting up a Shriekback tenner which I thought folks might find interesting and seeing people are clamoring for Conway Twiitty it struck me maybe I'm not connecting to the Obner so much.