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Dec. 16th, 2008 @ 07:25 am Santarchy 2008
Current Location: The corner of Holly St. & Ivy Blvd.
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Take a wild guess
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Hey holiday pals, it's that time again! What time, you ask? Why, it's time for my semi-annual Christmas mix! This year, as always, I've tried to dig up a few nuggets you may not have heard before along with unusual versions of those hoary old "classics" you hear in every shop, elevator, and circle of Hell.

This actually marks the first time I've released a Christmas compilation to the public at large. The cover image is by my friend [info]runstaverun and I apologize to him for taking so damn long to put it into play after asking his permission long ago. I hope this collection passes muster with y'all. Peace, love, and best wishes for 2009. --Tim



Download the Santarchy 2008 mix


Tracklist:
01 Intro (John Halloran & Choir)
02 Rufus Thomas - I'll Be Your Santa Baby
03 Line Material - Let's Trim the Christmas Tree (1962)
04 Family Guy - Nog Driving
05 Mistletoe Disco Band - Jingle Bells (1980)
06 Rufus Wainwright - Spotlight On Christmas (2005)
07 Merv Griffin - Christmas City
08 Buchanan & Goodman - Santa & the Satellite Part 1
09 Screaming Santas - (LGH) For Christmas (1995)
10 Little Marcy - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
11 Dr Who (David Tennant) Christmas clip
12 Poj Masta - Santar Klaws (2005)
13 Mirror Image - White Christmas (1979)
14 SNL - Dysfunctional X-mas
15 Carl Fernandes - Jingle Bells
16 Buchanan & Goodman - Santa & the Satellite Part 2
17 Miss Piggy & Rudolf Nureyev - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Muppet Show season 2)
18 Tenacious D & Sum 41 - Things I Want (2003 Christmas Calling CMP)
19 Unknown Artist - Jingle Bells in Chinese
20 Baby Dolls, The - The Bell That Couldn't Jingle (1964)
21 Redd Kross - Super-Sonic Christmas
22 Yellowman - Santa Claus Never Comes To The Ghetto
23 James Brown - I'm Your Christmas Friend, Don't Be Hungry
24 Ontario Lottery Corporation - Christmas Toast (1981)

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Dec. 10th, 2008 @ 07:43 pm Fur & foolery
Current Location: home, as usual
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: ripping my Blur CDs
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Dig this wild alpaca fur knittery I found in Alpacas Magazine:



Also:

My radio show from Tuesday, 9 Dec. 2008

(100 mins. of bad French accents, a techno dedication to a man in Thailand, and a buncha rock music)


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Jul. 18th, 2008 @ 03:03 am House of Freaks comic
Current Mood: exhausted
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Recently our New England comics collective Trees & Hills released our new music-related anthology of comics. It comes with a CD of tunes by comic creators. I have a goofy track on there. Here's my comic for the book, a 5-page non-fiction retelling of what happened to a band I like.



( it gets sadder under the cut... )

I'm looking forward to drawing something a bit lighter for our next anthology, which is all about FOOD. Hellz yes.

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Dec. 5th, 2007 @ 01:14 pm I finally did it
Current Location: Cloud 9
Current Music: Richard Hawley - "Lady's Bridge" LP
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I got a decent audience recording with my MZ-M100 MD recorder! I've been trying for over a year with very mixed results, usually ranging from "recorded so loud it's all muffled and blown out" to "even worse than that."

But last night I went to see ace crooner Richard Hawley in Boston and I finally got my levels set right. Here's a tune for proof, with banter beforehand:

Richard Hawley - "Born Under a Bad Sign" (live)

It's not the old blues song by that name, by the way.

The best part of being an American who's into British musicians is that they're usually much less known in the States, so you get to see them in a more intimate setting. I've seen Supergrass at least twice now, in USA and Japan, and both times were in small or medium-sized clubs where you could get right up front. Back in England they play larger venues, from what I've read. Hawley was the same way last night. He's a genius songwriter but I got to see him at TT the Bear's, one of the smallest clubs I've ever seen. It's so tiny that back in 2001 when I took my girlfriend there to see Momus, we and other audience members were able to saunter right over to the dressing room off to the left of the stage, knock on the door, and meet one of our favorite musicians without any fuss. Very cool.



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Jun. 25th, 2007 @ 05:55 pm (no subject)
Current Location: Retail, the place where souls go to die
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: the Manics.
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01)

Online Dating
(thanks [info]superleezard )

02)



I love the new Manic Street Preachers album. It's freaking rad, man. The first single is a duet with Nina from the Cardigans, and you can hear it here:

http://www.forepac.com/blog/?p=561

It hasn't got a stateside release yet but the import's cheap. And of course, there are even cheaper ways to get it. *cough cough*

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Jun. 1st, 2007 @ 04:17 pm Crown Commission Mix #014 - Place Songs
Current Location: Rainsville
Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: Army of Lovers - "Crucified"
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Every other week we do mixes on the CC message board. This week's is "Place Songs" and LJ-renowned genius Anthony Clark ( [info]nedroidcomics ) was kind enough to make a cover for it. Thanks again!

Tracks:
01 Guided By Voices - Dayton, Ohio - 19 Something And 5 (Tom McHenry)
02 Kult - Polska (Andrzej)
03 Stompin' Tom Connors - Sudbury Saturday Night (Jason Turner)
04 Guillemots - Trains to Brazil (Chris Lucas)
05 Dar Williams - Iowa (Traveling III) (Jason C-M)
06 Luna - California (All the Way) (Tim H)
07 MST3K - Oh I Wish I Was Back In Old Canada (Jon Siruno)
08 That Dog - Long Island (Grug)
09 The Red Elvises - Siberia (Les McClaine)
10 Eskimo Kisses - Pennsylvania (Tyler M)
11 White Stripes - Lafayette Blues (Live on BBC) (Ive)
12 Malajube - Montréal -40°C (TK Longmire)
13 Wilco - Far, Far Away (Sara Bauer)
14 Dengue Fever - Lost in Laos (Terence Fuller)
15 Vincent Delerm - Châtenay Malabry (Alexandre)

Come join the fun on the board! We'd love to have you contribute to Mix #15: Food.

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May. 10th, 2007 @ 11:46 pm Rockstaurant
Current Mood: tired
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Mar. 12th, 2007 @ 06:55 pm New Elliott Smith 2CD/LP!
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Elliott Smith, bien sur
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Alright, so maybe this will only interest Jennifer Omand. But still, I'm psyched to report that there's a double CD collection of unreleased Elliott Smith stuff coming! Granted, us Elliott fans have most of this stuff already in bootleg form but I'm sure this will sound miles better.



On May 8, 2007, Kill Rock Stars will release a double CD of music by Elliott Smith entitled New Moon. The album contains 24 songs recorded 1994-1997, a prolific time in Smith's career, when he recorded his self-titled album and Either/Or (both also released by Kill Rock Stars).

Disc 1

Angel In The Snow
Talking To Mary
High Times
New Monkey
Looking Over My Shoulder
Going Nowhere
Riot Coming
All Cleaned Out
First Timer
Go By
Miss Misery (early version)
Thirteen

Disc 2

Georgia Georgia
Whatever (Folk Song in C)
Big Decision
Placeholder
New Disaster
Seen How Things Are Hard
Fear City
Either/Or
Pretty Mary K (other version)
Almost Over
See You Later
Half Right
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Feb. 23rd, 2007 @ 04:22 pm Tagged: 7 songs I'm digging!
Current Location: Home
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Doy! Read the flippin' post.
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[info]jasonturner tagged me on this meme.

List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your Live Journal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.

Since JTO tagged me and he likes 80s stuff, I'll make this 7 British rock tracks from the 1980s:

Chameleons - Don't Fall
Close Lobsters - Going To Heaven To See If It Rains (JL sessions 88)
It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Wicked Weather For Walking)
The The - The Beat(en) Generation
Echo & the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
The Beat - Mirror In the Bathroom
New Model Army - Frightened

You can download them all by clicking here. Hope you like at least one. Have a great weekend, peoples.

I tag Meagan, Sara, Tom McHank, Anthony, Robin Bougie, Uncle, and Jeff Bent!
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Feb. 19th, 2007 @ 05:27 pm Cover song mix
Current Location: Bookshop
Current Mood: happy
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Over at the Crown Commission message board we've been sharing songs in weekly (kinda) mixes. The latest one is all cover songs and I did the art. Click the image below to download the mix!




1.) Cake - I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) [Andrzej]
2.) U.S. Maple - Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan) [Terence]
3.) Nina Gordon - Straight Out Of Compton (N.W.A.) [Les]
4.) Stanford Marching band - Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne) [Dalton S]
5.) Harvey Danger - Save It For Later (The English Beat) [Xander]
6.) Luna - Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns 'N' Roses) [Jeff B]
7.) Jonathan Coulton - Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-A-Lot) [Tim H]
8.) Nouvelle Vague - Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol) [Arthur Mundane]
9.) Beastie Boys - Big Shot (Billy Joel) [Jamie]
10.) Ben Gibbard - Thriller (Michael Jackson) [Matt H]
11.) Tegan and Sara - Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen) [Jessica Monster]
12.) Colin Meloy - Every Day Is Like Sunday (Morrissey) [Sara]
13.) New Pornographers - Your Daddy Don't Know (Toronto) [Brian]
14.) Laibach - Across The Universe (The Beatles) [Jason Turner]
15.) Ben Lee - Float On (Modest Mouse) [McTyler]
16.) Polysics - Wild One (Suzi Quatro) [Ive]
17.) Proclaimers - Doodle Song (Frankie Miller) [Spuzz]
18.) Royal City - Is This It (The Strokes) [Grug]
19.) Cars Can Be Blue - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme [Jess Fink]
20.) The Flaming Lips - Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) [McPhil]
21.) The Black Lodge Singers - Mighty Mouse Theme [Scott]
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