Offensive? Naaah.

Thanks to Married to the Sea.

Be Your Own Pet is no more…

They broke up. OHHHHH NOOOOOO!

From their website:

To all of our fans – We are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows in the UK are going to be our last as a band. We thank you for all your love and support these past few years – its been a blast but the time has come for the 4 of us to go our separate ways.

Read more about the split here.

Monday Mix (on Wednesday) – For Shkel

Austin, Texas is three hours away from Dallas.

I live in Dallas.

Two people that I love live in Austin.

I miss them dearly.

This is their mix.

A Nostalgic Mix – For Shkel

1. We Are Your Friends – Justice feat. Simian
2. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)  – Arcade Fire
3. The Hardest Button to Button – The White Stripes
4. The City Has Sex – Bright Eyes
5. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel – The Talking Heads
6. Commerce, TX – Ben Kweller
7. Annie Mae – The Twilight Singers
8. Across The Sea – Weezer
9. I Got You (At The End of the Century) – Wilco
10. Grass – Animal Collective
11. I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You – Tom Waits
12. Super Sexy Woman – Sufjan Stevens
13. Dry The Rain – The Beta Band
14. 10 Gallon Ascots – Tapes ‘n Tapes

Download: Mix for Shkel (.zip file)

vay-cay-shun

That’s where I am. So, there won’t be very much coming out of here between today and the 26th – but coming up we have:

• TWO AWESOME RECORD REVIEWS
• Science tattoo exposé: super cool, or super…not? (hah)
• More music downloads, because we all love free music

Keep checking back, O faithful readers (all three of you). See you on the other side of summer…

A new level of prodigiousness –

I wish I were this cool. Is this the new “Never Gonna Give You Up”? Only time will tell.

Change machines…

Yay for the Comic of the Week!

This week’s laughs are courtesy of Toothpaste for Dinner.

Oberlin’s Concert Board never ceases to amaze me.

I CANNOT BELIEVE I FORGOT TO WRITE ABOUT THIS!

GZA!
PERFORMING LIQUID SWORDS!
IN ITS ENTIRETY!
AT OBERLIN!

Read more about it here.

(yeah, you wish you went to my school, don’t tell me.)

Monday Mix – July 14, 2008

I think I’m going to start posting mixes once a week. Yay firsts!

Lately, I’ve been seeing lots of exotic birds outside my window – you know, birds that really shouldn’t be in Dallas in the summertime. So, in honor of those brave souls, I present this mix:

Fly Away, Little Hummingbird

1. Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters – MGMT
2. Bird Flu – M.I.A.
3. Skin Is, My – Andrew Bird
4. Bluebird – Swan Lake
5. Drunken Butterfly – Sonic Youth
6. Hummingbird – Born Ruffians
7. Hummingbird – Wilco (from Kicking Television)
8. Majesty, Snowbird – Sufjan Stevens
9. Ornithology – Charlie Parker
10. Dragonfly – My Brightest Diamond
11. Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings – Sunset Rubdown
12. Bird and Flag – The Sea and Cake
13. Blackbird – The Beatles
14. Little Trip to Heaven (On The Wings of Your Love) – Tom Waits

Download: Fly Away, Little Hummingbird (.zip file)

Shh – you ARE home.

Jeff Tweedy – The Thanks I Get

From “Sunken Treasure: Live In The Pacific Northwest”. It makes me smile.