A couple of videos..

A couple of videos from a couple of bands I've seen at a neighborhood watering hole recently.

Just loved the Detroit Cobras even if they didn't start playing until well after midnight on a Tuesday night.




Grizzly Bear put on a great show. Strange video here.

Armageddon Days... a mix

I posted this mix on AotM back in March of this year on the five year anniversary date of the start of Bush's Iraq War. Armageddon Days (Not In My Name Vol. 4) 

1 The The - Armageddon Days (Are Here Again) (Mind Bomb, 1989) 

2 Killing Joke - Wardance (Killing Joke, 1980) 

3 Fear - Let's Have A War (The Record, 1982) 

4 Green Day - American Idiot (American Idiot, 2004) 

5 Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation - Freedom Fries (Mighty Rearranger, 2005) 6 Faith No More - War Pigs (The Real Thing, 1989) 

7 The Ramones - The Shape Of Things To Come (Acid Eaters, 1993) 

8 The Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia (Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegitables, 1980) 

9 Love And Rockets - Ball Of Confusion (Sorted: The Best Of Love And Rockets, 2003) 

10 10,000 Maniacs - My Mother The War (Campfire Songs: The Popular, The Obscure & The Unknown Recordings, 2004) 

11 Yo La Tengo - Nuclear War (Version Two) (Nuclear War, 2002) 

12 Celebration - War (Celebration, 2005) 

13 Arcade Fire - Antichrist Television Blues (Neon Bible, 2007) 

14 Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism (Dirty, 1992) 

15 The Clash - Hate & War (The Clash, 1977) 

16 The Stranglers - Tank (The UA Singles '77-'79, 2001) 

17 Matthew Sweet - Holy War (Girlfriend, 1991) 1

8 Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give A Fuck (Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1, 2005) 

19 MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (Kick Out The Jams, 1969)

Wilber The Cat

My nephew made this film and posted in on You Tube. I'm not a cat person but maybe you are. Check it out. More short films from Eric are here.

Oil Man's War... a mix

Oil Man's War

This is one of several mixes I put together to mark five years of war in Iraq. I began a series of anti-war mixes back in March of 2003 during the lead up to the war and added a couple of more in March of 2004 and 2005. I'll post them here soon too.

1 Bright Eyes - When The President Talks To God (When The President Talks To God, 2007)

2 Ani DiFranco - Millennium Theater (Reprieve, 2006)
3 The National - Start A War (Boxer, 2007)
4 Billy Bragg - Price Of Oil (Peace Not War, 2003)
5 The Decemberists - When The War Came (The Crane Wife, 2006)
6 The Wrights - Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning (Song Of America, 2007)
7 Lizzie West & The White Buffalo - 19 Miles To Baghdad (I Pledge Allegiance To Myself, 2006)
8 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Details Of The War (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, 2005)
9 Lucy Kaplansky - Line In The Sand (The Red Thread, 2004)
10 Tom Waits - Hoist That Rag (Real Gone, 2004)
11 Son Volt - Endless War (Okemah And The Melody Of Riot, 2005)
12 John Fogarty - Long Dark Night (Revival, 2007)
13 Neil Young - Let's Impeach The President (Living With War, 2007)
14 Kathleen Edwards - Oil Man's War (Asking For Flowers, 2008)
15 John Gorka - War Makes War (Old Futures Gone, 2003)
16 Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice (Taking The Long Way, 2006)
17 Joan Osborne - Why Can't We Live Together (How Sweet It Is, 2002)
18 Solomon Burke - A Change Is Gonna Come (A Change Is Gonna Come, 1994)

You're Not The Only One... some best of 2007

You're Not The Only One... some best of 2007



2007 was a very good year for music and I put together several mixes of songs from albums that I enjoyed throughout the year.









1 Fields - Song For The Fields (Everything Last Winter, 2007)
2 Cloud Cult - Please Remain Calm (The Meaning Of 8, 2007)
3 Liars - Houseclouds (Liars, 2007)
4 VietNam - Priest, Poet & The Pig (Vietnam, 2007)
5 The Besnard Lakes - And You Lied To Me (The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse, 2007)
6 Oakley Hall - No Dreams (I'll Follow You, 2007)
7 Pinback - Devil You Know (Autumn Of The Seraphs, 2007)
8 Phonograph - In The Mind (Phonograph, 2007)
9 Ghost Stories - The Nettles In Your Mouth (Quixoticism, 2007)
10 Castanets - Sway (In The Vines, 2007)
11 The Pines - Let's Go (Sparrows In The Bell, 2007)
12 Hoots & Hellmouth - Rattle These Bones (Hoots & Hellmouth, 2007)
13 Field Music - In Context (Tones Of Town, 2007)
14 Animal Collective - Fireworks (Strawberry Jam, 2007)
15 The Lovetones - Navigator (Axiom, 2007)
16 The High Dials - Picture Of A Fading Man (The Holy Ground, 2007)
17 Great Lakes Myth Society - Stump Speech (Compass Rose Bouquet, 2007)
18 The Dreadful Yawns - Due South (Rest, 2007)

Baby I've Got Some... a mix

I'll start with a mix I put together earlier in the year. One of several mixes of music from the previous year. Baby I've Got Some... Title taken from the opening line from the opening song of the Besnard Lakes album. One of my best albums of 2007. I found myself coming back to it over and over again. So many good albums from 2007. Here are songs from a few more.

1 The Besnard Lakes - Disaster (The Besnard Lakes Are Dark, 2007) 

2 Arizona - Life Is Great (Fameseeker And The Mono, 2007)

3 Keren Ann - Lay Your Head Down (Keren Ann, 2007) 

4 Winterpills - Broken Arm (The Light Divides, 2007) 

5 Oakley Hall - All The Way Down (I'll Follow You, 2007) 

6 The Broken West - Down In The Valley (I Can't Go On, I'll Go On, 2007) 

7 Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running (Neon Bible, 2007) 

8 Spoon - You Got Yr Cherry Bomb (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, 2007) 

9 Ideal Free Distribution - Apples And Oranges (Ideal Free Distribution, 2007) 

10 Life On Earth - Sell Your Soul To Me (There Is Life On Earth!, 2007) 

11 The Three 4 Tens - I Am The King (Down The Way, 2007) 

12 Maps - You Don't Know Her Name (We Can Create, 2007) 

13 The Shins - Turn On Me (Wincing The Night Away, 2007) 

14 Albert Hammond, Jr. - Everyone Gets A Star (Yours To Keep, 2007) 

15 Radiohead - Jigsaw Fallin In Place (In Rainbows, 2007) 

16 The Ponys - Exile On My Street (Turn The Lights Out, 2007) 

17 King Khan & The Shines - Take A Little Bit (What Is?!, 2007) 

18 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Not Want You Wanted (Baby 81, 2007) 

19 Wilco - Walkin (Sky Blue Sky, 2007) 

20 Birdie Busch - Hold Ya (Penny Arcade, 2007) 

21 David Vandervelde - Nothin' No (The Moonstation House Band, 2007) 

Back From Vacation

I took a break from blogging but I'm back with this new blog. I've shut down my previous blogs and some of my other web pages. This blog will be my main online place for posting music mixes, book & film discussions, and political commentary. Whatever. I just got back from vacation and really wanted to go check out Art of the Mix to see what's been going on the past two weeks. Unfortunately the viruses, bugs, trojans, etc that were constantly attacking the site earlier this month are still there. I've been visiting that site several times a week if not everyday for five and a half years and it's been hard to go cold turkey. So I am going to post my mixes here and maybe some of my old friends from AotM will stop by to check them out. Maybe we will be able to continue sharing mixes and having our music discussions on the blogs while the site gets sorted out. I'll get a few mixes up as a proof of concept