Wednesday, January 7, 2009

chump day

bout to be on my way to pick up Jay from the airport for ten days of debauchery..

recorded this mix for sunday but i think its too upbeat slash fun to pass over for a hangover mix.. so take it early and, what the hell, let's just say its in anticipation of tomorrows hard opening for Happy House. Jonathan Carlos Chris and myself play dumb shit either called disco or house, you can decide.

Franz Ferdinand - IAmYourVillian (lindstrom rmx)
m.e. - r+b drunkie
Black Mustang v Kerrier District - Mad as Hell
Black Dice - Smiling off (DFA rmx)
force of nature - to the brain
lisa - jump shout

Celebration
Celebration
Celebration

my guess is this is supposed to pass for the flyer

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

one more note on Neil

second encore was this bad boy. absolutely electric live.

one out of many

A few weeks back my mother delivered the best birthday present i've gotten to date: Neil Young tickets. The show attempted to round all the edges of his enormous career and did a fair job doing so. Classics from Harvest through new material both rhythmically and politically driven. Unfortunately no b-sides from unturned stones like Trans but still a surprisingly well rounded set list for a large and conventional crowd at The Garden. I'd post a track but i'd rather save that for a better or darker day, instead here's one from the opening act Wilco.

Working years in college radio, i've been constantly bombarded with indie acts often varying by the slightest degree. and i'll admit even on my best days i more often than not passed these guys over to focus on something a bit less conventional; i won't deny their talent, but the sounds never caught me by surprise like i'd hoped. However, live they dropped their kraut soaked gem Spiders and it's been in my playlists since.. Although overall the sound is still a bit polished for my liking (especially into the chorus) i will happily wave the pop flag high for the pace of this piece alone.

Anywho, it's off my favorite release of their's A Ghost is Born from '04. and on a more crass note, Obama loves the shit out of these guys so fuck it and tune in right? it's better than some trife ass Toby Keith anthem.

Wilco - Spiders (Kidsmoke)


kid literally held these boys up for the last five songs from Neil, no break. no joke.

Monday, January 5, 2009

can't hate

i really can't hate on this. they've kinda made the right move with their videos..

new Casual Sax


Sven Barth & Induce are: Casual Sax - Whorer Core from induce on Vimeo.

and incase you slept like a reallll rumpelstiltskin lookin ass mutha fucka.

old Casual Sax

MONDAYED?

There's no better cure for what ails ya:



Sunday, January 4, 2009

Sunday Session

Alright, so this is kind of late in the day for a Bloody Mary Mix, but I probably spent an entire year of my life waiting for people on "Miami Time" so I think you'll just have to deal with the turtle pace of the West Coast and slide away behind the long dulcent tones of run-on sentences and smooth tracks like:

The Low Murderer Is Out Tonight - Low Motion Disco
Beach Culture - Thompson Twins
You Got the Stuff (Special Disco Version) - Bill Withers
Tha Kee Tha Tha - Five Letters
Off the Groove - Ronald Snijders
Bernadette - The Funk Brothers

Listen to Sunday Session #4

Saturday, January 3, 2009

best of '09



i don't care if it is January 3rd. i guarantee this will be on my top ten list come the end of this new year.

wish there was a file i could put up but its worth just going here and listening.

Prof Genius + Duane Harriott + some Dam Funk on choice tracks.

epic

Friday, January 2, 2009

friends

We can't always post psych and balearic tracks, so here's a more upbeat and motivating mix from a good friend of ours, and maybe yours, Alex Caso. His collection is hard to beat and he brings it out genre by genre each thursday to the patio at Vagabond. Similarly I play thursdays at the News Happy Hour and then late night out back in PS for the weekly disco getdown Happy House. So come support a few selectors and maybe we'll start getting more than backyards.

admittedly i liked 14th st more when it was like this



and less now that its this



but anywho, here's the first Burning Hand of Friendship mix

and here's the breakdown

00:00 WATERFORD LANDING PSA
00:23 Burning Hand Theme and Intro
01:49 Episode 1:Miami's Stoner Disco Movement
06:10 Mix: 1.intro/Daestro - Light Powered
08:23 Mix: 2.Metro Area - Tonky Pumps (cookieheadz manga edit)
11:47 Mix: 3.Royksopp - Only This Moment (forsiktge massasje mix)
14:45 Mix: 4.Deadbeat - Boil - Cookeheadz edit
15:44 Mix: 5.Luci - Rappaton/Stacey Q/CHZ edit
16:44 Mix: 6.Matthew - Elementary Lover (CHZ fast edit)
19:27 Mix: 7.Ernest Saint Laurent/Royksopp - Remind Me - Moonfish mix
22:00 Mix: 8.Feadz - Edwrecker
24:16 Mix: 9. FPU - Crockett's Theme
26:53 Mix: 10. Mr. Flagio - Take A Chance
30:27 Mix: 11.Chemical Bros. - Life is Sweet (Daft Punk Remix)
31:34 Mix: 12.Saint Etienne - Conchita Martinez
33:49 Mix: 13.Georges Vert - Electric Bird
35:35 Mix: 14.Waterford Landing - Theme From Through The Night (fast EdiT)
37:34 Mix: 15.Santogold - Shove it - (get rid of spank rock, he really sucks edit)
40:19 Mix: 16.Treasure Fingers - Cross Dancefloor (lifelike rmx) - CHZ edit
43:08 Mix: 17.Moby - Heaven (Treasure Fingers CHZ blend)
45:23 Mix: 18.Kelley Polar - Ashamed Of Myself (moby chz blend)
49:40 Mix: 19.Daso - Meine
52:24 Mix: 20.Anubian Lights - Fur Immer Und Ewig (Daso CHZ blend)
54:25 Mix: 21.Disrupt - Roddim Grid (anubian CHZ blend)
58:07 Mix: 22.Booka Shade - Charlotte/Mr.G
60:00 Mix: 23.Audion - Just Fucking/Luke Solomon - Spirits (prins Thomas Disko)

you can also be his friend here

Thursday, January 1, 2009

The Last Records of 2008

I stopped by the thrift store on Magnolia yesterday looking for a ridiculous New Year's suit and stopped first to peruse the records. While I ultimately ended up passing on the $35 canary suit (it wasn't long enough in the arms-- what can I say, I'm a gangly fellow) I did pick up two records.

First, "Emotional Rescue" from the Stones, which features the criminally underrated cut "She's So Cold."



Then I found the 12" of Orbit's "The Beat Goes On." I'd never heard it, but I usually snatch up singles when I find them AND it had a Don Was production credit. And guess what, it is a jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.



Happy New Year everybody.