whoa...this is like seeing the wizard behind the curtain. daft punk's rig from inside the alive 2007 tour pyramid. thanks mixmag and pitchfork.

R.I.P. Tony Wilson; "Mr. Manchester."

hey yo...i'm back from big sur with a little philly-themed jawn for you.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/pi44r7


1. philadelphia morning: bill conti
2. strangled by the stereo wire: archers of loaf
3. something in 4/4 time: daryl hall
4. situation: yaz
5. pack yr romantic mind: stereolab
6. interlude: cerrone
7. contort yourself: james white & the blacks
8. double pump: girl talk
9. teachers: daft punk
10. dirty talk: klein & MBO
11. hearyou: david disbrow

this jawn is crazy glazed! have a donut.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/iz6bm4

1. time: the donut of the heart - j dilla
2. i like it - grand puba
3. pink cookies in a plastic bag - ll cool j
4. mass appeal - gang starr
5. similak child - black sheep
6. ain't hip to be labelled a hippie - de la soul
7. outrun - people under the stairs
8. nothing like this - j dilla
9. your mom's in my business - k solo
10. ready or not - fugees
11. hook it up - r. kelly (ft. huey)

dios mio, meng. this weekend was banaenaes...girl talk, plastic little, dave p + jdh, and...THESE GUYS. the encore was the sickest live show experience ever. EVER.

months after it's release, it's not too hyperbolic to claim that "someone great" is THE track off sound of silver. stylus recently did a piece on it's heartbreaking lyrics (which are pretty effing heartbreaking) but as good as they are the real hook for me has always been the track. it's droning loop, stabbing synths, and twinkling chimes are entrancing. it was the most memorable section of 45:33 and i immediately made an instrumental edit of the track because i got tired of having to fast forward 20 minutes into it. when i heard it as a stand alone track on s.o.s. i felt like i knew james murphy. like i knew what he thought was great. if 45:33 was the result of experimenting and noodling, the someone great section was the diamond in the rough. catchy as "young folks," "atlas," "declare independance," and "i'm a flirt" may be, "someone great" is my favorite track of the year so far. and it might be james murphy's best track to date.

as per brother marcos bupp's request...
i give you- the second sequel to bingo.
"bingo3."
it's a little teenagers heavy because recently they've been blowing my mind. they've taken phoenix's "united" formula and gotten all railed up on lines of simian mobile disco. but the icing on this cake is actually right smack dab in the middle of the thing. pogo. damn. wuh-oh!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/d5t1us

1. friday night at the drive-in bingo – jens lekman
2. i don’t want to be nice – john cooper clarke
3. pictures of (cindy) – josef k
4. we are the teenagers – the teenagers
5. pogo - digitalism
6. city (the teenagers rmx) – lo-fi-fnk
7. divebomb (crystal castles rmx) – the whip
8. the illness (teenagers rmx) goodbooks
9. homecoming (guns n’ bombs rmx) – the teenagers
10. sleep deprivation - s.m.d.

"YEAH! Wuh-OOOhhh! There's something in the air! Wuhh-OOOhhh!"

albeit a little late..."chamber 4th."
(here's to the spirit of '76.)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/p1ng2p

1. 4th chamber : genius/gza
2. genesis : justice
3. sleep deprivation : simian mobile disco
4. my moon my man (boys noize remix) : feist
5. oblivion/humans : meat beat manifesto
6. great release : lcd soundsystem
7. arabian knights : siousxie and the banshees
8. golden skans : klaxons
9. take that : jurgen paape
10. lonely hearts : joakim
11. mer du japon (teenagers remix) : air

on saturday, after an hour of battles...i had to continue enjoying the show from the next room because i thought my ear drum would tear.
"the singer is a crook- oh-ey-oh..."

1982 saturday am phillykids know...this is how boys meet girls.

yesterday being the first day of a summer 2007 i put together a set of sweaty summer jawns to freak out to...like one of those days where it's so muggy you can't even catch your breath and the only thing on tv is soap operas...
heeeeere's "cruelly summer!"
boom.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ytuo4x

1. snare hanger - battles
2. don't you evah - spoon
3. teachers - soulwax
4. smells like freeland - nirvana vs. adam freeland
5. do not break - ellen allien & apparat
6. let's get sick - mu
7. cruel summer - bananarama
8. the rhinohead - von sudenfed
9. love parasite - fad gadget
10.little cream soda - white stripes
11. us placers - c.r.s.

there's a first time for everything.

this one's called..."unacceptable haircut."

http://www.sendspace.com/file/sjkfbi

1. devil's haircut : beck
2. atlas (dj koze remix) : battles
3. all rights reversed : chemical brothers ft. the klaxons
4. slip inside this house : 13th floor elevators
5. if i ever feel better : phoenix
6. above you : the whitest boy alive
7. can't you hear me knocking : the rolling stones
8. crossing line : the sea & cake
9. seconds : human league
10. eutow : autechre
11. richard's hairpiece : beck & aphex twin
12. diesel raven : chris clark

ONCE WAS 40/40


corc : autechre
kaini industries : boards of canada
diesel raven : chris clark
leyendecker : battles
scott : simian mobile disco
won't wash : hot chip
persons & machinery : unkle feat. autolux
dancevision : human league
stars : ulrich schnauss
wired : jence
new jack : justice
herr bar : clark
flim : aphex twin
pink batman : dan deacon

Peyote Goomah:

1. fascist groove thing (we don't need no) - heaven 17
2. one minute to midnight - justice
3. olson - boards of canada
4. set the ray to jerry - smashing pumpkins
5. ankle injuries - fujiya & miyagi
6. clear coloured wine - engineers
7. space age love song - a flock of seagulls
8. top ranking - blonde redhead
9. up on crutches - sea & cake
10. painter in your pocket - destroyer
11. i want the one i can't have - the smiths

18 Laps II : The 10-minute mile

1. telecommunication - a flock of seagulls
2. girl toy - boom bip
3. sometimes i realise - engineers
4. on your own (robin guthrie version) - ulrich schnauss
5. marianne - the human league
6. bookshop casanova - the clientele
7. must be the moon (hot chip remix) - !!!
8. wake up - daft punk, cassius, & bob sinclair
9. rock #1 - cassius
10. this could be beautiful - metronomy
11. tak 3- plaid
12. big milk - dan deacon

samizdat
sa·miz·dat
Pronunciation: 'sä-mEz-"dät
Function: noun
Etymology: Russian, from sam- self- + izdatel'stvo publishing house
: a system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and countries within its orbit by which government-suppressed literature was clandestinely printed and distributed; also : such literature(m-w.com)

albeit presumptous and ranting, the psychic soviet is pure fun and a perfect extension of svenonious’ hysterical gospel yeh-yeh sermonizing and weird war psychedelic fonk-blooz politicizing. at times, the psychic soviet is like a literary equivalent to getting stoned with your favorite sociology professor…hilarious, verbose, self-important, paranoid, and hilarious. like “born on the floor” the book.
-from bookbeat.com/thebackroom