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Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Present

Truth… In closing, I wanted to tell you about a dream I had a couple of months ago—I mean the kind of dream you have in your sleep. I dreamt that it was the year 2070 and that I was walking on the crowded streets of some city. People seemed oddly happy and there was [...]

The xx – Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)

I’ve been in SoCal for almost two weeks now and it’s amazing just how slow paced life out here can be. I can’t seem to get accustomed to the time difference so its bad enough that I wake up 3 hours ahead of everyone but the lifestyle here is leisurely, I love it. Don’t confuse [...]

STRFKR – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper Cover)

There’s not much to say about these guys, they’re from Portland, Oregon and they make extremely feel good infectious indie-pop. They blew up after a local ad agency used their song Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second for a Target commercial and it’s been uphill since. The song was recently used by White Panda in a [...]

The Books & José Gonzalez – Cello Song (Nick Drake Cover)

For those of us who were once comic book aficionados the name Jose Gonzalez doesn’t exactly ring Swedish indie-folk singer songwriter. Instead it means bad ass comic book artist with incredible vision and a gift for drawing the female form with such refinement and skill few have ever been able to replicate. Gonzalez became a [...]

Kevin Casey’s Sample Saturday – Michael McDonald, Bob James et Warren G

As I stated in an earlier post, “Regulate” is my all time favorite record from the left coast.  In 1994 I was just getting started with my hip hop obsession, and the sound my ears were accustomed to at that point was Rza beats and Wu lyrics.  When I heard “Regulate” for the first time (Above [...]

Sneaky Sound System – When We Were Young (Breakbot Remix)

I’m in the middle of reading George Orwell’s 1984 which is an incredible book but isn’t helping my obsession and paranoia about the lack of mental freedom and individuality in this world. I mean let’s face it, with companies like google learning every nuance of our personalities, analyzing every single email we get, guiding our taste and [...]

Jay-Z – Addicted to the Game (Unreleased)

I’m supposed to be at my Skidmore 5 year reunion today but instead I’m in the California countryside gathering my thoughts, thinking music and getting ready for my next campaign. I’m addicted to the game, this shit keeps calling my name, I need to…” I remember back when The Blueprint came out this track got [...]