This is a song chain, based around the combination of sun and rainy weather we’re experiencing at the moment. A “song chain”? Sure. It goes like this: start with a two-word theme (here it’s sun to rain) and try to get from one to the other by connecting a sequence of songs where the last word from one song title is the first word in the next. Check out the list of songs below, you’ll get the idea.
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EAR FARM’s Mixtape #25: Song Chain, from Sun to Rain
1. “Sun” by Burning Spear
2. “The Sun Smells Too Loud” by Mogwai
3. “Loud Love” by Soundgarden
4. “Love Buzz” by Nirvana
5. “Buzz Saw” by Xiu Xiu
6. “Saw Red” by Sublime & Gwen Stefani
7. “Red Red Red” by Fiona Apple
8. “Red and Purple” by The Dodos
9. “The Purple Bottle” by Animal Collective
10. “Bottle of Smoke” by The Pogues
11. “Smoke Attack” by Twisted Mind Records
12. “Attack of the 60 Ft. Lesbian Octopus” by Does It Offend You, Yeah?
13. “Octopus’s Garden/Sun King” by The Beatles
14. “King of Rock” by RUN-DMC
15. “Rock Out” by Motörhead
16. “Out Loud” by Mindy Smith
17. “Loud Cloud Crowd” by Stephen Malkmus
18. “Crowd Breaks Out” by John Murphy
19. “Out There On The Ice” by Cut Copy
20. “Ice Dogs” by Man Man
21. “Dogs of War” by Ghostface Killah
22. “War Hero” by Antibalas
23. “Heroes And Villains” by Brian Wilson
24. “Villain’s Dance” by National Symphony Orchestra
25. “Dance Hall Days” by Wang Chung
26. “Days Without Rain” by Patrick Cleandenim
27. “Rain” by Bishop Allen
*above/front image from HERE
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Taking a cue from Maura once again, I’ve decided to make this week’s mix an entirely autobiographical one. There are a few self-imposed rules, just to keep things fresh and interesting. Basically, I’ve chosen one song from each year I’ve been alive; however, the songs in this mix are not allowed to have appeared on any of the albums from the previously published Countdown: My Favorite Albums From Each Year I’ve Been Alive. Also, only one song per artist here. Other than that, it’s a wide open mix that features some of my favorite songs ever… some that were favorites during the specified year… and some that hold significance for personal reasons. I’m well aware of the fact that I missed a TON of great songs, but once I found a song that was a favorite for any given year I went on to the next. If I were to actually attempt to pick a “most favorite” song for every year I’ve been alive it would take months. Years even.
Anyway: mix time. Enjoy the audio tour of the past thirty-three years…
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EAR FARM’s Mixtape #24: Autobiographical Matt Mix
1. John Denver, “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” (1975)
2. Aerosmith, “Last Child” (1976)
3. Rush, “Farewell to Kings” (1977)
4. Rolling Stones, “Miss You” (1978)
5. The Cash, “Guns of Brixton” (1979)
6. Pretenders, “Brass in Pocket” (1980)
7. Christopher Cross, “Arthur’s Theme” (1981)
8. John Mellencamp, “Jack & Diane” (1982)
9. New Order, “Age of Consent” (1983)
10. Cyndi Lauper, “She Bop” (1984)
11. Wham!, “Careless Whisper” (1985)
12. Madonna, “Open Your Heart” (1986)
13. The Smiths, “Death Of A Disco Dancer” (1987)
14. Sonic Youth, “Teen Age Riot” (1988)
15. The Stone Roses, “I Wanna Be Adored” (1989)
16. Depeche Mode, “Policy of Truth” (1990)
17. Morrissey, “Mute Witness” (1991)
18. Carter USM, “The Only Living Boy In New Cross” (1992)
19. PJ Harvey, “50ft Queenie” (1993)
20. Suede, “Killing Of A Flash Boy” (1994)
21. Pulp, “I Spy” (1995)
22. Placebo, “Come Home” (1996)
23. Portishead, “Humming” (1997)
24. Belle & Sebastian, “Sleep The Clock Around” (1998)
25. Trans Am, “Futureworld” (1999)
26. Yo La Tengo, “Cherry Chapstick” (2000)
27. The Faint, “Agenda Suicide” (2001)
28. Wilco, “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” (2002)
29. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Y Control” (2003)
30. Jay-Z & Danger Mouse, “99 Problems” (2004)
31. Brakes, “Heard About Your Band” (2005)
32. Jarvis Cocker, “Black Magic” (2006)
33. Grizzly Bear, “He Hit Me” (2007)
34. The Dodos, “Joe’s Waltz” (2008)
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It’s that time of the year again… back to school time! As summer wanes and the smell of textbooks again fills the air we’d like to offer you the following mix to enjoy on your way to class. Or while you’re skipping class. Or while you’re enjoying having the kids out of the house for a few hours every day. Whatever. Back to school, and back to mixes rather than muxes! (thanks 8tracks, you rule - get well soon Muxtape)
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EAR FARM’s Mixtape #23: Back to School
1. “Back to School” by Danny Elfman
2. “The Headmaster Ritual” by The Smiths
3. “School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell)” by Chuck Berry
4. “We Rule The School” by Belle & Sebastian
5. “Nights of the Living Dead” by Tilly and the Wall
6. “Popular” by Nada Surf
7. “Grade School Erection” by Frauke
8. “F**k School” by The Replacements
9. “Late For School” by Ponytail
10. “Cool Scene” by The Dandy Warhols
11. “The Happiest Days of Our Lives” by Pink Floyd
12. “Another Brick In the Wall (Part 2)” by Pink Floyd
13. “Rock ‘N’ Roll High School” by Ramones
14. “Hot For Teacher” by Van Halen
15. “Summer’s Gone” by Placebo
16. “Be True to Your School” by The Beach Boys
*above picture of the Music Conservatory at Oberlin College from HERE; front thumbnail from HERE
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8tracks is a simple way to create and share mixtapes that we’re now using in lieu of Muxtape, we may even like it more. Check back, as we post a brand new mix each week on Friday morning. You can see all of the EAR FARM Weekly Mixes HERE.
This week has seen the passing of a friend as we’ve all had to come to grips with Muxtape being shut down indefinitely by the RIAA. The statement on Muxtape’s site reads: “Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA.”
While we all knew it was likely coming, it’s not like we were prepared for it. The end of the good times, the Muxtape times. OH MUXTAPE I HARDLY KNEW YOU.
In honor of Muxtape we’ve put together a twelve song mix of 100% free and legal songs that (hopefully) express our sadness, our grief, and our ennui now that we’ve no longer got Muxtape to keep us company. You can click on each song below to listen or download, you’ll have to import each song into your own audio player to listen to the full mix in its entirety. What does the future hold for Muxtape, for EAR FARM’s weekly mixes now that there is no Muxtape? It remains to be seen. For now, all we’ve got is the mix below and our memories.
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EAR FARM’s Muxtape #22: In Memoriam - Muxtape
1. “This Is Goodbye” by The Monolators
2. “Eraser” by No Age
3. “Where Do You Run To?” by Vivian Girls
4. “Disarm” (Smashing Pumpkins cover) by Amy Miriello
5. “Nothing Can Come Between Us” by Obi Best
6. “Broken Machine” by The New Up
7. “Wait A While” by The Mojomatics
8. “Will You Return?” by The Avett Brothers
9. “Are We All Forgotten?” by Paper Route
10. “Crying” (Roy Orbison cover) by The Morning Benders
11. “Why Do These Parties Always End The Same Way?” by Benji Hughes
12. “See Ya When We See Ya” by Patrick Bower
*above picture from HERE
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A Muxtape was a simple way to create and share mixtapes. We create and share a brand new mix each week on Friday morning, regardless of whether or not Muxtape is alive and working. Check out all of the EAR FARM Weekly Mixes HERE.
Watch even the slightest bit of 2008 Olympics coverage on TV and you’re bound to be inundated by him. Michael Phelps: champion of champions. Read more…
Breakthru Radio got in touch with me last week and asked me to be their Blogger of the Week this week, a title that involves them featuring a few of EAR FARM posts on their site and the recording of a Blogger of the Week radio show. For the radio show they asked me to select some songs from their cleared list of record labels to feature in-between interview segments with me. In doing so, rather than look into the past, I decided to select some favorite songs from the great year that’s been 2008 thus far. Because of the constraints of having to select from their list of cleared music I ended up looking to quite a few (great) albums and bands I haven’t yet had a chance to feature on EAR FARM. So… hopefully the mix below will offer a bit of a different look at some of 2008’s top music (in my opinion). They didn’t end up using the same order, or all of the same songs, you’ll find below, so this should be a fresh experience for anyone who’s already heard the Anatomy of a Blogger show.
For those who haven’t yet, be sure to head over to Breakthru Radio and check out DJ DoseU’s Anatomy of a Blogger show to listen to the interview segment with me and to hear me recite (yikes) that favorite quote from The Goonies that featured so prominently on the old site.
***Listen to my version of the mix (aka this week’s muxtape) HERE***
Join EAR FARM’s Community for a link to download the entire extended mix as a ZIP. It’s twenty songs long and includes tracks from Man Man, Billy Bragg, No Age, She & Him, and more, in addition to what you’ll hear over on EAR FARM’s muxtape.
EAR FARM’s Muxtape #20: Top Songs from 2008 for Breakthru Radio
1. “No Lucifer” by British Sea Power
2. “From” by Dr. Dog
3. “Your Protector” by Fleet Foxes
4. “Fatalist Palmistry” by Why?
5. “Bang Your Drum” by Wolf Parade
6. “Liferz” by Blood on the Walls
7. “Barnacle Goose” by Born Ruffians
8. “Far Away” by Cut Copy
9. “Aloyisius Bluegrass Drummer” by Silver Jews
10. “Burnout Babies” by Sybris
11. “Inside a Boy” by My Brightest Diamond
12. “We Swim” by Islands
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. We create and share a brand new one each week on Friday morning. That’s all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments. Check out all of the EAR FARM Weekly Mixes HERE.
“Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was… a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn’t like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to me and he says ‘Why so serious?’ Comes at me with the knife, ‘Why so serious?’ He sticks the blade in my mouth. ‘Let’s put a smile on that face!’ And….. Why so SERIOUS?”
From Wikipedia: “Eighteen is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. It is (also) a heptagonal number, and as the sum of the first three pentagonal numbers, it is a pentagonal pyramidal number. It is also the sum of the totient function for the first seven integers. 18, aside from 0, is the only number that equals twice the sum of its decimal digits.” Read more…
Surprise surprise, even more Brian Wilson/Beach Boys-related love (Mike Love?) from us today. What were you expecting? It’s mid-summer and the man himself played Coney Island last night so this one’s a no-brainer really. This mix is comprised of a bunch of songs that are either clearly inspired by the Beach Boys OR which we completely subjectively feel could be Beach Boys songs. Read more…
Monday, July 14th is Bastille Day, la fête nationale française. The French national holiday - that’s July 4th to us Americans. The holiday “commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.” Perfect time for a mix, oui? Read more…
Where I’m from, barbecue is a noun (a food, a way of life, a religion) and any regular old activity involving the grilling of foods with family and friends is called a cookout. Grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and corn on the cob to celebrate Independence Day? Cookout. Which, coincidentally, can be used as a noun or verb. And before the nighttime festivities of fireworks and fun, that’s precisely what millions of Americans like to do to celebrate the 4th of July each year: cookout. Read more…
Summertime for me is an extremely hot city. The buildings and pavement and extra people all trap the heat and humidity and everything gets slightly cooked. Garbage and urine smells fill the air and subway platforms melt pets and small children. The only sanctuary is music. Particularly, electric funk. Electro. That’s what summer in New York sounds like. And in my imagination, everyone breakdances around like those dudes above from Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Read more…
Listen up: the After the Jump Fest is happening TOMORROW! Taking over the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Galapagos Art Space, and a substantial chunk of North 6th Street starting at noon TOMORROW, June 21st, After the Jump is partnering with Make Music NY, Metromix, Stereofame and others (including over 40 bands) to support underfunded New York City school music programs. View the entire lineup/schedule HERE. Read more…
Paraskavedekatriaphobia: the fear of Friday the 13th.
Horror movie fans will have to wait until next year for the remake of the 1980 Sean Cunningham classic Friday the 13th; fans and foes of the day itself have only one chance this year to either revel in its glory or hide from the world for twenty four hours. You see, today is Friday the 13th. Watch out. Read more…
Ladies and gentlemen, a change is gonna come… EAR FARM is about to change big time. We won’t be starting over from scratch per se, but we will be giving EAR FARM a junior kickstart in hopes of making the site something bigger, something brighter, something much more awesome. Here’s the deal: in just over a week we’re going to bust a move out of Blogger for good and start new/start again. Like the Jeffersons (and thanks to some supersweet design work by our friends at Destroy Space) we’ll be movin’ on up to a brand new address with a funky fresh layout. Checkit: Read more…
