Music Monday-6/23/2014 Bi-Polar Mixed Tape

Aleathia says:

It is birthday week folks....yeah, the whole week!  What could be more fun than a mixed tape to mark this day?  I am going to share the Bi-Polar Mix which is good for those times when things move to the crazy side.

Bi-Polar Mix

1. Amos Lee-Ease Back

2. Wilco-How to Fight Loneliness

3. Tori Amos-Happy Phantoms

4. The Felice Brothers-Katie Dear

5. Sim Redmond Band-Pieces

6. Ray Charles/Norah Jones-Here We Go Again

7. Meryn Cadell-The Wait

8. Ween-Push Th' Little Daisies

9. Tokyo Police Club-Shoulders & Arms

10. We Are Scientists-It's A Hit

11.The Vines-Get Free

12. She Wants Revenge-I Don't Want to Fall In Love

13. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion-Bellbottoms

Music Monday-5/5/2014 Amish Volleyball Mixed Tape

Aleathia says:

One day in the summer Chloe and I were driving through the country coming back from a park and picnic. We drove by an entire family of Amish playing volleyball in the hats and all.  For some reason this tickled me. It gave me the same sort of feeling of joy as the time I played frisbee with the Tibetan monks while on retreat.  The music included in this mix has nothing to do with the Amish or volleyball.  I just decided it would be a good name for a mix with country road driving music.

1. My Morning Jacket-One Big Highway

2. The Avett Brothers-Kick Drum Heart

3. The Vines-Outtathaway

4. Tokyo Police Club-Shoulders & Arms

5. The Dead Weather-I Cut Like a Buffalo

6. The Black Keys-Howlin' For You

7. Beastie Boys-Shadrach

8. Mark Ronson-Ooh Wee

9. Sage Francis-Sea Lion

10. No Doubt-Spiderwebs

11. Andrew Jackson Jihad-God Made

12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Mysteries

13. Daft Punk-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

14. Panic! at the Disco-Build God, Then We'll Talk

15. The Duke Spirit-This Ship Was Built to Last

16. RL Burnside-Shuck Dub

17. Temple of the Dog-Wooden Jesus

18. Amos Lee-Street Corner Preacher

19. The Steve Miller Band-Take the Money and Run

20. The Beatles-Drive My Car

21. Amos Lee-Long Line of Pain

Enjoy!!!

Music Mondays-4/28/2014 Fleetwood Mac, Flying Avocado Mixed Tape

Michelle says:

Song of the Week

So my ex and I had an eerily similar love for the same bands. Neither of us had encountered anyone else with the same favorites, American Analog Set, Broken Social Scene, Blonde Redhead. In the wake of any breakup, it's also best to avoid bands you came to like as a result of the union. Those are Tree People, Wooden Birds, High Highs, to name a few. So my music catalogue is currently a little facked in the options department. This song and performance came on my Simon and Garfunkl Pandora station and I'm diggin it. It makes me think of how I am on a new road.

Never Going Back Again

Aleathia says:

Oh man....music.  Isn't it the best?  I know that my life is a series of well orchestrated mixed tapes with each song laden in memory or some sense of feeling that moves me.  When I was in college (the first time) I was a DJ at the college radio station.  It was a hole in the wall....a place for the rejects...and it did not get any respect.  I wanted to change things so I ran for general manager and won.  Over my time there I brought in new equipment, got more students involved, and created a sense of community by involving other clubs with the radio.  I even had the president of the college listening to my Thursday morning jazz program.

My music taste has a multitude of origins.  My fiance is a consumptionist.  He devours a group at a time and really learns everything about them, learns every measure of every bar of music.  Me, I just listen and love the concept of blending songs that shouldn't go together.  I'm a music dabbler-a bit of this and a bit of that. So here is the first of many mixed tapes you will see from me:

1. Andrew Bird-Yawny At the Apocalypse
2. Songs: Ohia-Lightning Risked It All
3. Bonnie Prince Billy-Am I Demon?
4. The Shins-A Comet Appears
5. Florence and the Machine-My Boy Builds Coffins
6. Belle and Sebastian-I Want the World to Stop
7. Fugazi-Epic Problem
8. Ryan Adams-The Drugs Not Working
9. The Black Keys-Sinister Kid
10. Black Uruhu-Fire and Brimstone
11. Santogold-Creator
12. Thom Yorke-And It Rained All Night
13. She Wants Revenge-Disconnect
14. Mumford & Sons-After the Storm
15. The Punch Brothers-Welcome Home
16. Gregg Yeti and the Best Lights-The Girl with the Expiration Date
17. Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs-Devil's in the Jukebox
18. Calexico-Trigger
19. Johnny Cash-God's Gonna Cut You Down