Clipse x Killa Cam x Pharrell - Popular Demand (Popeye's)

The mighty Clipse team up Cam'Ron, the master of baby talk rhymes and Pharrell. This shit is so hard it makes me wanna go get some of those Louisiana nugz Popeyes is advertising right now and post up at Western and Lake.

NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade

Lots of questionable placement on here in my opinion, but I love that Strokes record so I won't put up too much of an argument. At least they cooled off on Arctic Monkeys long enough to see they aren't the second coming of the Beatles or Oasis or whatever absurd claims they were making upon the release of their debut LP.

NME's Top 100 Albums of the Decade

Myparentswereawesome.com

This is a really great idea for a blog. I submitted my mother's senior picture with her Selby Tigers beehive.

Clipse - Doorman

If this record actually gets released before the end of the year, it will be top 5 material for sure.

Clipse - Doorman Music Video - Til The Casket Drops Dec 8 from Malice of the Clipse on Vimeo.

11/08/09

Well, it seems I've already fallen off on meeting the guidelines of NaBloPoMo by not updating every day this month. These things happen I suppose, there is only so much to say sometimes. I probably should have been on top of it though because I've been something of a homebody as of late. I don't know if it's the weather (which has been surprisingly incredible the past two days) or just being in a rut, but I haven't had much motivation to leave the house. Maybe it's just my natural response after being busy every day for the past few weeks and now having not much to do.

Either way, Young Men, the band I've been working on with my friends Tim, Drew, and Joel tracked drums and bass for some songs this afternoon for a rough recording we're doing. It's weird being in a band that works on arranging real songs and continuously revises the work we've done, but it feels good. Even though things have been going slower than past bands I've been in it feels more "real" in a way. I'm really psyched about getting to the point of seeing who is going to sing because it should be interesting. We still haven't figured out what we're doing with that, but it's all part of the process. It's exciting.

I wrote a piece on Golden Age for the upcoming issue of Jettison Quarterly that I'm excited about. I think it's a great publication and strongly encourage everyone to subscribe to it. It's free and it's only available online, so there is nothing to lose. It keeps getting better with every issue.

Fall Mix 2009

We've had a fairly prolonged fall in Chicago compared to the past few years. Usually, it lasts for about 2-3 weeks between the extreme heat and extreme cold, but it's been long and in spite of early onset SAD, it's been pleasant. Here is a mix to set the mood of the season, posted just before the cold sets in.

01. The American Analog Set - Born On The Cusp
02. The Babies - Meet Me In The City
03. Lake - Gravel
04. New Sweet Breath - Shine
05. Josef K - Sorry For Laughing
06. Black Math - Reckless Thoughts
07. The Sunday Reeds - 2000 & Something
08. Beulah - Silver Lining
09. Telefon Tel Aviv - I lied
10. Chris Walla - St. Modesto
11. The Beach Boys - Aren't You Glad
12. Vivian Girls - Lake House
13. Swearing At Motorists - One More Next Time
14. Giant Drag - Slayer
15. Sleep Out - Ross Sea Party
16. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
17. White Hinterland - Icarus
18. Therese Aune - I Tend To

Fall Mix 2009

Summer Camp

GorillavsBear has been putting me on to some great tunes lately, namely these songs by Summer Camp. The first is a hazy, drugged out cover of the classic Lettermans song "I Only Have Eyes for You." The second is an equally girl group inspired original entitled "Ghost Train." I wish I would have had these in the thick of summer, but they still sound great in the dark days of fall.

Summer Camp - I Only Have Eyes For You

Summer Camp - Ghost Train