Be Well, Steven – A Mixtape

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

photo by steven robbins

In case some of you don’t know, my brother has recently joined the Coast Guard and gotten stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. While your immediate reaction may be, “Holy Cow! That is awesome!”; since Steve has been stationed in Hawaii, he has bought a broken moped, had surgery on his big toe, and he is away from family. To be fair, he’s exploring a place that everyone that isn’t there, wishes they were. So to keep him company and in hopes it will make him feel better, I’ve made a little mixtape with music he loves. Feel free to download this theme to his private adventure.

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   Crosby, Stills & Nash – Blackbird (Beatles Cover)

2. Elvis Costello – Blame It on Cain

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   Vetiver – Through The Front Door

4. Bibio – Lovers’ Carvings
5. The Books – Tokyo

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   Volcano Choir – Island, IS

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   The Mountain Goats – This Year

8. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Carries On

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   The Decemberists – Apology Song

10. The Swell Season – The Rain
11. Neil Young – Birds

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    White Antelope – Silver Dagger

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    Horse Feathers – Heathen’s Kiss

14. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – A Minor Place
15. Simon & Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy in New York
16. J. Tillman – Firstborn

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    Damien Jurado – I Am Still Here

18. Jeremy Enigk – Sant Feliu De Guixols

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    eluvium – Reciting The Airships

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In Their Memory – A Mixtape

Monday, May 25th, 2009

“Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.”

- James Gates Percival

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Shearwater – Whipping Boy

Laura Veirs – Fire Snakes

Elliott Smith – Twilight

Frightened Rabbit – Poke

Loch Lomond – Bird And A Bear (I Am The Bird)

Tallest Man on Earth – I Won’t Be Found

Great Lake Swimmers – Stealing Tomorrow

Horse Feathers – Working Poor

Damien Jurado – What Were The Chances

Sparklehorse – Most Beautiful Widow In Town

Chad VanGaalen – After The Afterlife

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Lie Down in the Light

Asobi Seksu – Thursday (Acoustic)

Sun Kil Moon – Gentle Moon

Jens Lekman – Sky Phenomenon

The One AM Radio – Invitation Only

Do Make Say Think – The Apartment Song

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This Week in Bay Area Live Shows: May 3rd – 9th

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

It’s Cinco de Mayo week, so put on that sombrero and grab that Corona (or Bud Light Lime if you’re a fucking idiot) and see some awesome Bay Area shows. Today you’re got chick magnet Ben Lee at Slim’s and the Campaign For Musical Destruction Tour with Kataklysm and Napalm Death tear through The Grand Ballroom tonight. Monday only has post hardcore outfit Polar Bear Club at Thee Parkside.

As for Tuesday, I’ll be at the Damien Jurado and Laura Gibson show at the Bottom of the Hill, Abe Vigoda will be at the UCD Coffeehouse in Sacramento, Jonah Matranga will make you smile at the Hotel Utah, and Murs and Tech 9 will perform at The Avalon Night Club in Santa Clara.

Still promoting their sing-along/clap-along album Xoxo Panda & the New Kid Revival, Her Space Holiday swing by the Bottom of the Hill on Wednesday with Boy in Static and City Light to spread the sugarcoated indie pop love. Iron & Wine will be doing his two sold out shows at the Swedish American Hall on Wednesday and Thursday and Cold War Kids play the Fillmore on Thursday as well.

Friday, Destroyer and AZITA rock out at Café du Nord, fresh off their recent dredg tour, From Monument to Masses play the Nickel City Arcade in San Jose. And finally, The Shins will be at the The Fox Theater on Saturday.

Hope to see you at the Damien Jurado show. After seeing him play with Jeremy Enigk last year, I’ve been hooked. Fellow Bay Area based music blog, ipickmynose did a great write up on his music and the evolution of an honest folk-pop singer-songwriter. Check it out.

Damien Jurado – Texas to Ohio

Her Space Holiday – The Boys and Girls

Polar Bear Club – Hollow Place

From Monument to Masses – The First Five

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Kuestionnaire: Jeremy Enigk

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

It’s impossible for me to hide my admiration for Jeremy Enigk. Sunny Day Real Estate was such a huge part of my youth and his solo material has helped me get through the hard times. So it was no surprise that I was extremely excited to hear him play Sunny Day songs as well as new material on his last spring tour. Jeremy has very quietly been working on his upcoming solo release and has stayed tight lipped about anything regarding his past project, The Fire Theft. So I guess we’ll have to see what happens on his upcoming US tour. Hopefully we’ll get some straight answers. You won’t find any in this week’s Kuestionnaire. But it’s interesting nonetheless.

1. Of all the bands/artists in your CD/record collection, which one is your most cherished?
I have the fortunate luxury of being able to enjoy all music in my collection

2. What have you been listening to lately?
Leonard Cohen. The Replacements.

3. What’s your favorite local band?
Damien Jurado

4. What was the last show you attended?
Liz Phair

5. What was the greatest show you’ve ever been to?
U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

6. What show are you looking forward to?
None on the horizon as of yet

7. What musician would you like to hang out/work with for a day?
Peter Gabriel

8. What four albums you would bring to a deserted island?
U2, The Unforgettable Fire.

9. Would you call yourself a music geek?
No

10. Any favorite music-related videos/DVDs you own?
Popeye. Music by Harry Nillson

11. What’s the last book you read?
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

12. Do you prefer live performances or recording in the studio?
Anything that blows my mind

13. Any embarrassing moments on stage you’d like to share?
I’ve never been tragically embarrassed enough on stage to mention.

14. Any favorite tour locations?
L.A., London, Lawrence Kansas

15. Lastly, what have you done today?
Played Warhammer Online and died over and over.

Jeremy Enigk – Don’t Go Racing

Damien Jurado – Gillian Was A Horse

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“We Work On Columbus Day Weekend” Playlist

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

I kind of laugh to myself when people ask me, “Hey what are you doing this Columbus Day weekend?” When I say I have to work, they usually give me that look like I just dented my car. “Oooo, bummer dude.” It’s no big deal when it comes down to it. Weekends lose their meaning when you have a schedule like mine. I’m sure I’m not the only one. I’m not even sure how to ‘observe’ Columbus Day. Well there’s always Indigenous Peoples Day. Hooray oppression!

 Sufjan Stevens – Holland

 Mates of State – My Only Offer

 Department of Eagles – No One Does It Like You

 Hayden – Where and When

 Maritime – Guns of Navarone

 Women – Black Rice

 The Decemberists – Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect

 Damien Jurado – Gillian was a Horse

 Eluvium – Under The Water It Glowed

 Annuals – Bleary Eyed

 Tiger Lou – The Loyal

 Codeseven – All The Best Dreams

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