Music

tickets, Originally uploaded to Flickr by fetching (Lane Hartwell).
Yesterday morning I saw a stunning picture posted on Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection. The photography was the work of Lane Hartwell. The picture stayed in my head all day and I found myself going back to look at it a couple of times. I then started thinking [...]

The MF Doom and DangerMouse duo DangerDoom are offering up some free MP3 downloads from their The Mouse and the Mask sessions. The collection is called Occult Hymn EP and is available here

The first mix tape of a (hopefully lengthy) series. The concept behind the series is to create one hour (ish) playlists that blend established artists with those that are up and coming, to cross genres, decades and styles and to dabble in moods, lyrical and emotional journeys. Overall its about creating playlists I wished radio [...]

This isn’t the first remake on the Gnarls Barkley track Crazy nor is it the best. In fact the best slow tempo version is probably their own from Top of the Pops. Nonetheless Nelly Furtado does a reasonable one-take, no-overdubs, live version that can be found here. It was recorded at the BBC for Jo [...]

Tonight I opened my email after putting the kids to bed – it was “single dad” duty tonight as Mom finally decided to head out on her own after being cooped up for the last six months with our new daughter. Needless to say as I completely blown away when a message popped up with [...]

So if Tom Petty were to actually take the Red Hot Chili Peppers to court for the similarities between their Dani California song and his Mary Jane’s Last Dance, who would Rick Rubin testify for? He produced both tracks according to AllMusic. See here – Dani California and Mary Jane’s Last Dance.

Above is a great breakdown of one of the most common hip-hop and drum & bass samples out there – the “Amen Break”. Found this on Youtube via Joey deVilla’s “The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century“.
LA-based Nate Harrison put the original video essay together. It can be found online at nkhstudio.com There [...]

For me, subscription music services work. I started out with Pressplay in its early days and watched it remake itself as the new Napster. Last year I moved on to. As many of my friends know, I’ve recommended the service time and time again this past year.
I like to listen to a wide range [...]

Heard about this and then found it on YouTube. Mind boggling. The top version is the original and the bottom version is the backwards version.
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I was asked to put together music for the gathering after the Celebration of Steph’s life on April 7th. It was one of the toughest playlists I’ve ever had to put together. They combine songs that were some of Steph’s favourites, tunes for reflection, and others that were meant to be uplifting – all while trying to keep the [...]

Over the last week or so I’ve finally been able to reunite the majority of the CDs in my collection. Various moves and housing configurations meant some boxes never made it out of storage. Always interesting to see what treasures have been tucked away. Some discs really haven’t aged that well. Not sure if this means a purge [...]

to Derek and Everett at m3 online for their M3 Volume 7 mixed tape. This playlist is the kind that flows beautifully and will be stuck at the top of my player for days to follow. Simply awesome. The acoustic version of Chicago by Sufjan Stevens is the turning point for the mix. Enjoy it.

July 2005: A mix of some new hip-hop, old R&B and soul.

Be – Common
Go – Common
Ride Of Your Life – Gift Of Gab
Inspiration Information – Shuggie Otis
How Long Do I Have To Wait For You – Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings
Che Che Colo (Remix) – Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Too Much For You – Bobby Angelle
Lean [...]

July 2005: Tracks that suit a Saturday afternoon at a cottage or a drive in the car.

Talk – Coldplay

I haven’t figured out if the new Coldplay record “X&Y” is a disc that I like a little bit or a lot. At times it feels like a big anthemic record. Yet I find that the lyrics [...]

July 2005: This mix was created for Saturday mornings spent reading books, relaxing with the newspaper, or enjoying breakfast. Most of the tracks are older releases that have been floating in and out of my CD player this past year or so.

Dynamite Walls – HaydenFrom the album “Skyscraper National Park“, the lyrics remind me of [...]