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“Get Yo’ Feet Back On the Ground” – Tower of Power

“And I Thought You Loved Me” – Thelma Houston

“Shoegaze” – Soursob

“six + six” – Melaine Dalibert

“Drawing” – Gus Callahan

“Yu-Ma/Go Away Little Boy” – Marlena Shaw

“I wants to Stay Here” – Oscar Peterson & Buddy DeFranco

“Woman’s Work” – U.S. Girls

“Red Hot (12” Disco Version)” – Mary Wilson

“You Need Me” – チャクラ

“Pais Nublado (Live)” – Helado Negro

“Backseat Freestyle” – Kendrick Lamar

“Rigamortus” – Kendrick Lamar

lol

“‘Til I Die” – The Beach Boys

“Revolve” – bikini

“Rapture” – Blondie

“Hula” – Bullion

“Sky Song” – Cayo Coco

“Theme” – Cibo Matto

“I’m God” – Clams Casino & Imogen Heap

“Romero Verde” – Lole & Manuel

“Not the Only One” – Bonnie Raitt

“El Crucifijo De Piedra” – Linda Ronstadt

“El Sueño” – Linda Ronstadt

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incidentals

“Bring It Up” – W. H. Lung

‘Incidental Music’ 

[2019/Melodic]

all of it… right?

“Time Passages” – Al Stewart

“Ordinary Lives” – Lee Fields

“Masters of War” – The Staples Singers

“Echo’s Answer” – Broadcast

“Set ‘Em Up Joe” – Vern Gosdin

;-)

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subject to change

“Forward” – Tyler, The Creator feat. Rex Orange County
“Choose Me” – James Blake
“This Doomsday” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
“4 Minute Warning” – Radiohead
“3 Gnossiennes: Gnossienne No.1” by Erik Satie – Janne Mertanen
“Summer’s Gonna Hurt You” – Diplo
“Lotus Flower” – Radiohead
“Gone” – M83
"Damage Done” – Moderat
“ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?” – Tyler, The Creator

catharsis or contrition or whatever

working through bittersweet

maybe for this Friday, maybe another

seeing where things go – no rush

going places… like Herb Alpert!

still – subject to change

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hungry


trying new things with some mixtapes – tricky devils

feeling really excited… ! ! !



 
 

dare i say…

“Hungry Like the Wolf” – Duran Duran
‘Rio’
[1982/Parlophone Records]

cover art by Patrick Nagel

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massive

s p a c e

‘Angel’ – Massive Attack
[1998/Virgin Records]
directed by Walter Stern

needed a bit of room to breathe

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4-1-1

reminded of several influences / inspirations / tangents recently

and – how recording them has been an important step in all this

may be a bit scattershot – haven’t done one of these in a while…

common assets

common assets

swapped train tracks with Sam a while back:

i brought “Hunnybee”

 

‘Hunnybee’ – Unkown Mortal Orchestra
[2018/Jagjaguwar]
Directed & Animated by Greg Sharp
Produced by Truba Animation

‘Star Guitar’ – The Chemical Brothers
[2011/Virgin Records]
Directed by Michel Gondry
 

 

‘Playground’ – Steve Lacy
[2019/Kobalt Music]

love the outfits – those jort-joggers! fab!

‘These Days’ – Cat Power
[2022/Domino Recording Co.]

heard this before the Billy Holiday cover

‘Manhattan’ – Cat Power
[2022/Matador]
Directed By Greg Hunt & Chan Marshall

‘10 minutes of fascinating deep-sea animals | Into The Deep’ – MBARI [Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute]
[2022]

can’t remember how i got here… out of this world!

 

‘Eugene Onegin’ – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
[2021-2022 season/The Metropolitan Opera]

set design by Tom Pye

with Ailyn Pérez as Tatiana

caught the live performance broadcast on KDFC a couple weekends ago – amazing!

‘Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel’ – Jerrod Carmichael
[2022/HBO]
Directed by Bo Burnham

one for the books

c/o magick via Moderat

these tricksters, too

and this shadow, from a Craigslist curb alert

nice…

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luminous

'Luminous Star Finder and Zodiac Dial'

© 1970 Rand McNally / Hubbard Scientific Company

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silly goose!

 

2022-01-13
 

gotchya! it’s not a goose!

it’s a North American Pipe Peeper… !

thought i might leave the foolishness aside, but i couldn’t help it once i saw it

some things are hard to un-see

like a googly-eye pigeon staring out a googly-eye pipe

jokes aside, some things are hard to process and move forward with – or, let go of

like…

what is that cone up to… ?

 

2022-01-17
 

ha!

still – feelin all sortsa feels!

silly > scared

bye!

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no foolin’

what a week…

“Trade of Hearts” – Thee Sacred Souls
‘Trade of Hearts - Single’
[2022/Penrose Records]

similar kinda deal a few weeks back

different place, different time

finding humor amongst it helped

“agent   agent”

(ha!)

can come in unexpected ways – humor

help, too

unbelievable, even

Jesse’s Roadside Rescue – Portland, Oregon

as if the charm and serendipity of our cat enthusiast roadside mechanic wasn’t enough… he had a feline assistant riding shotgun!

Ed, Sam, and i stood and watched as this cat walked herself from her post in the passenger seat through the driver side window, over the side mirror, onto the hood over the family crest – the nerve!

there’s more:

we three continued to watch tickled (and, gotta admit sorta terrified) as Jesse made a brief parade loop around the Comfort Inn parking lot with Pixie perched – fearless and confident – on the hood-top

excuse me…

what is going on here?!

this really happened!

no foolin’!

welcome to the stage… Pixie Cat

 
 

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tricks

 
 

fortune cookie freebie, tricks mix, and cover design from March 2021

tweaked the cover a bit last month, and wrapped the pair this evening

one year after the start, almost to the day

longer processing period than anticipated…

it be like that sometimes

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Saturday

“Tilt” – Whispering Sons
‘Tilt’
[2021/Whispering Sons]

/ / : / /

“Dirt on the Bed” – Cate Le Bon
'Pompeii'
[2022/Mexican Summer]

“ROYGBIV” – Lone
[2021/Lone]

“Bus Shelter Blues” – Seamus Fogarty
‘A Bag of Eyes’
[2022/Domino Recording Co.]

— —  :  — — 

“Potato Boy (Demo)” – Mac DeMarco
‘Salad Days Demos’
[2014/Captured Tracks]

“All I’m Missing Is You” – Prequel
‘Love (I Heard You Like Heartbreak)’
[2020/Rhythm Section International]

“You Don’t Know” – Sunrom
‘Nocturnal’
[2021/Ano Ano]

\ \ : \ \

“90210” – The Courtneys
‘The Courtneys’
[2013/Hockey Dad Records]

“Gonna Be” – Rosie Lowe & Duval Timothy
‘Son’
[2021/Carrying Colour]

“One Day” – Cleo Sol
‘Mother
[2021/Forever Living Originals]

|   |  :  |   |

“Pata Pata” – Somi
‘Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba’
[2022/Salon Africana, Inc.]

“Stay Away” – Charles Bradley feat. Menahan Street Band
‘No Time for Dreaming (feat. Menahan Street Band)’
[2011/Daptone Records]

“Pleasewakekupalittlefaster please . . .” – Carlos Niño & Jamael Dean
‘More Energy Fields, Current’
[2021/International Anthem]

“Last Night The Moon Came” – Jon Hassell
‘Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street’
[2009/ECM Recordings]

“The Solitary Brethren of Ephrata” – Lingua Ignota
‘Sinner Get Ready’
[2021/Sargent House]

“hi (de)” – Gracie Gray
‘anna’
[2022/Gracie Gray]

“Anemone” – Moon Panda
‘What On Earth’
[2022/Fierce Panda Records]

“Anti-glory” – Horsegirl
‘Versions of Modern Performance’
[2022/Matador Records]

“Below the House” – Wombo
‘Below the House’
[2022/Fire Talk]

“midnight sun” – Nilüfer Yanya
‘PAINLESS’
[2022/ATO Records]

“I’m Afraid Of Americans V2 (2022 Remaster)” – David Bowie
‘I’m Afraid of Americans E.P. (Remaster)’
[2022/Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company]

“The Smoke (Dennis Bovell RMX)” – The Smile
‘The Smoke (Dennis Bovell RMX) - Single’
[2022/Self Help Tapes]

“Gud Gudbyez” – Nia Arvhices
‘Forbidden Feelingz - EP’
[2022/HIJINXX]

“The Big Country” – Tony Bremner & The Philharmonia Orchestra
‘The Big Country (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)’
[1955/Silva America]

“The Weeping Song (2010 Remastered Version)” – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
‘The Good Son (2010 Remastered Edition)’
[1990  2010/Mute Records Ltd.]

“Equal Rights” – Peter Tosh
‘Equal Rights’
[1977/Columbia Records]

“Fireworks” – Irreversible Entanglements
‘Irreversible Entanglements
[2017/International Anthem]

“Time of Dar” – Tune-Yards
‘Nikki Nack’
[2014/4AD]

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