Of all the responses I received for my (admittedly half-assed) The Listserve post, this was my favorite. Comic sans and an AOL address! Of the 18,327 current subscribers, .17% sent me an email response. Of those responses, 89.7% were positive. The second best negative response was from Ashton Kutcher’s former personal assistant, with the subject title “ugh”.
As of today I’m an official Portland, Oregon, resident. I actually moved here for a job, which seems to be unheard of. If you’re an internet friend/acquaintance/follower and live in the city, please tell me about all of the things. I’m pretty good at sniffing out cool stuff, but I’d love any and all suggestions. If you are a human I know IRL, please introduce me to your friends who live in Portland! Also, since I’ve found nothing exceptional in the way of local blogs, I plan on updating this Portland tumblr I started called PORTLIN (which is rather unexceptional at the moment).
Tumbledore Halloween 2011 Mix
- Ennio Morricone - “Magic and Ecstasy”
- John Maus - “My Whole World Is Coming Apart”
- Dr. Dre - “The Day The Niggaz Took Over”
- Joy Division - “Shadowplay”
- Nine Inch Nails - “Dead Souls” (Joy Division cover)
- Art Department - “Vampire Nightclub”
- Tear da Club Up Thugs - “Triple 6 Clubhouse”
- Killing Joke - “Love Like Blood”
- Kelis - “Brave” (Dark Sky remix)
- New York Dolls - “Frankenstein”
- Light Asylum - “Dark Allies”
- Three 6 Mafia - “Testin’ My Gangsta”
- Gerard McMann - “Cry Little Sister”
Picture I took in Chicago last summer after a White Sox game
This is one step from anarchy
old songs, new mix
- Juicy Bananas - “Bad Man”
- Vlasta Popic - “Pokret”
- Grey Matter - “Retrospect”
- Young Marble Giants - “Credit In The Straight World”
- Devo - “Gut Feeling”
- Warsaw - “They Walked In Line”
- Minor Threat - “Salad Days”
- Fugazi - “Do You Like Me”
- Wipers - “Alien Boy”
- Dirt Clod Fight - “I Got Crazy Things”
The 25 Best Songs of 2011
I wrote up an overview of the best music of 2011 so far for This Recording. The top 10 is below, click through for the rest along with words and mp3s!
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- Blawan - “Getting Me Down”
- The Weeknd - “The Morning”
- Metronomy - “The Look”
- DJ Khaled - “I’m On One” ft. Drake, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross
- Kelis - “Brave” (Dark Sky Remix)
- Doug Hream Blunt - “Gentle Persuasion”
- Cam’ron & Vado - “Hey Muma”
- Zoo Kid - “Out Getting Ribs”
- Egyptrixxx - “Chrysalis Records” ft Trust
My sister was allowed back into her neighborhood to examine the damage from the recent flooding of the Missouri River: this is her basement.
In Which We Showcase Humor In An Almost Classical Mode
Here’s a “piece” I wrote for This Recording three years ago about “things I find funny”; somehow I still find most of this stuff funny.
Here’s what my high school freshmen classmates looked like in the late 90s
SUNDAY MORNING MIX
Knight of the Long Knives by Aziziz
- The Breeders - “Off You”
- Zoo Kid - “Out Getting Ribs”
- John Vanderslice - “Trance Manual”
- Connan Mockasin - “It’s Choade My Dear”
- Songs: Ohia - “Farewell Transmission”
- Timber Timbre - “Magic Arrow”
- Rowland S. Howard - “Autoluminescent”
My attempts at Twitter “hashtag” virality are failing :(
