tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67545358819039392852024-03-13T10:24:18.879-07:00What's Kester Listening To?Kester Smith...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09747615496363160897noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754535881903939285.post-26234294209232973162011-09-14T21:37:00.000-07:002011-09-14T21:37:51.204-07:00Best of 2011 (so far)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Been awhile. Here's the latest. No particular order.</span></span><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Romance -Wild Flag (from the album <i>Wild Flag</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Wake And Be Fine -Okkervil River (from the album <i>I Am Very Far</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Helplessness Blues -Fleet Foxes (from the album <i>Helplessness Blues</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Never Quite Free -The Mountain Goats (from the album <i>All Eternals Deck</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">So American -Portugal. The Man (from the album <i>In The Mountain In The Cloud</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Towers -Bon Iver (from the album <i>Bon Iver</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Unluck -James Blake (from the album <i>James Blake</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Cruel -St. Vincent (from the album <i>Strange Mercy</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Chinatown -Destroyer (from the album <i>Kaputt</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Little By Little -Radiohead (from the album <i>The King of Limbs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Vocal Chords -Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (from the album <i>It's A Corporate World<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Heart In Your Heartbreak -The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (from the album <i>Belong<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Honey Bunny -Girls (from the album <i>Father, Son, Holy Ghost<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Chapel Song -We Are Augustines (from the album <i>Rise Ye Sunken Ships<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Sweet Louise -The Belle Brigade (from the album <i>The Belle Brigade<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Bronx Sniper -Mister Heavenly (from the album <i>Out of Love<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Hockey Teeth -Bahamas (from the album <i>Pink Strat<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Free's -Bill Callahan (from the album <i>Apocalypse<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Illuminine -Thurston Moore (from the album <i>Demolished Thoughts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Level With Yourself -David Bazan (from the album </span>Strange Negotiations</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">The Honest Truth -Typhoon (from the album <i>A New Kind of House</i>)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Don't Carry It All -The Decemberists (from the album <i>The King Is Dead</i>)</span></span></li>
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Kester Smith...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09747615496363160897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754535881903939285.post-41598294943456386762011-07-30T19:54:00.000-07:002011-07-30T19:54:33.126-07:00Immanuel<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">So...<a href="http://pastorkes.blogspot.com/2011/07/immanuel.html">this</a> inspired this:</span><div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Come Immanuel -Twila Paris</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">All Creatures of Our God and King -Patty Griffin</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Hail To The Lord's Anointed -The Welcome Wagon</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing -Sufjan Stevens</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">I Repent -Barry & Michelle</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Intro to 'I Repent' -Derek Webb</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">I Repent -Derek Webb</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Weary -Fernando Ortega</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Amazing Grace -Sufjan Stevens</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Recovering Pharisee -Del McCoury</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Blood of the Lamb -Wilco</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Step By Step -Rich Mullins</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Just A Closer Walk With Thee -Damien Jurado</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Be Thou My Vision -Pedro the Lion</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Nearer My God To Thee -Mississippi John Hurt</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Help Me -Johnny Cash</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">I'll Be Glad -Bonnie Prince Billy</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">He Never Said -Martyn Joseph</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Yahweh -U2</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Take To The World -Derek Webb</span></span></li>
</ol></div>Kester Smith...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09747615496363160897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754535881903939285.post-38823174485215671182011-07-21T15:42:00.000-07:002011-07-21T15:42:00.791-07:00Best of 2011 (so far): The Mix<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">In no particular order, excepting what makes for a good mix:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Don't Carry It All -The Decemberists (from the album <i>The King Is Dead</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Helplessness Blues -Fleet Foxes (from the album <i>Helplessness Blues</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Our Hearts Are Wrong -Jessica Lea Mayfield (from the album <i>Tell Me</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">We Need A Myth -Okkervil River (from the album <i>I Am Very Far</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Baby's Arms -Kurt Vile (from the album <i>Smoke Ring For My Halo</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Drover -Bill Callahan (from the album <i>Apocalypse</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Age of Kings -The Mountain Goats (from the album <i>All Eternals Deck</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">January -Thurston Moore (from the album <i>Demolished Thoughts</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Eating Paper -David Bazan (from the album <i>Strange Negotiations</i>)</span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Little By Little -Radiohead (from the album <i>The King of Limbs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Parenthesis -The Antlers (from the album <i>Burst Apart<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></i></span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The Wilhelm Scream -James Blake (from the album <i>James Blake<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Calgary -Bon Iver (from the album <i>Bon Iver<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Kaputt -Destroyer (from the album <i>Kaputt<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Make Some Noise -Beastie Boys (from the album <i>Hot Sauce Committee Part 2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Heart In Your Heartbreak -The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (from the album <i>Belong<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li><br />
<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Do You Believe In Destiny? -The Fresh & Onlys (from the album <i>Secret Walls<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li><br />
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</div>Kester Smith...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09747615496363160897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754535881903939285.post-77092721487534603202011-06-23T21:10:00.000-07:002011-06-23T21:10:15.011-07:00Best of 2011 (so far): The Mix<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">In no particular order, except what makes for a good mix:</span><br />
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<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Eating Paper -David Bazan (from the album <i>Strange Negotiations</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">We Need A Myth -Okkervil River (from the album <i>I Am Very Far</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Helplessness Blues -Fleet Foxes (from the album <i>Helplessness Blues</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Our Hearts Are Wrong -Jessica Lea Mayfield (from the album <i>Tell Me</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Every Part of Me -Steve Earle (from the album <i>I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Drover -Bill Callahan (from the album <i>Apocalypse</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Age of Kings -The Mountain Goats (from the album <i>All Eternals Deck</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">January -Thurston Moore (from the album <i>Demolished Thoughts</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Baby's Arms -Kurt Vile (from the album <i>Smoke Ring For My Halo</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Calgary -Bon Iver (from the album <i>Bon Iver<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">The Wilhelm Scream -James Blake (from the album <i>James Blake<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Parenthesis -The Antlers (from the album <i>Burst Apart<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Kaputt -Destroyer (from the album <i>Kaputt<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Little By Little -Radiohead (from the album <i>The King of Limbs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Make Some Noise -Beastie Boys (from the album <i>Hot Sauce Committee Part 2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Heart In Your Heartbreak -The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (from the album <i>Belong<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Do You Believe In Destiny? -The Fresh & Onlys (from the album <i>Secret Walls<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Pushing Onlys -Woods (from the album <i>Sun and Shade<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span></i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Chapel Song -We Are Augustines (from the album <i>Rise Ye Sunken Ships<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">)</span> </i></span></span></li>
</ol>Kester Smith...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09747615496363160897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754535881903939285.post-3746769227700780982011-06-18T23:35:00.000-07:002011-06-18T23:35:51.412-07:00Close To Me<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">Can't stop listening to The Cure this week. You're welcome.</span><br />
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<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Love & Kindness -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Invisible Forces -from the album <i>Grey-Eyed Girl</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I'm All Shook Up -from the album <i>Play It Strange</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Imaginary Friends -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">No Second Guessing -from the album <i>Grey-Eyed Girl</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Waterfall -from the album</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Play It Strange</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Feelings In My Heart -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Grey-Eyed Girl -from the album <i>Grey-Eyed Girl</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Tropical Island Suite -from the album <i>Play It Strange</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Endless Love -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Dude's Got A Tender Heart -from the album <i>Grey-Eyed Girl</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Who Needs A Man? -from the album <i>Play It Strange</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">On The Verge -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">What's His Shadow Still Doing Here? -from the album <i>Grey-Eyed Girl</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Summer of Love -from the album <i>Play It Strange</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I Saw Him -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I'm Gonna Be Your Elevator -from the album <i>Grey-Eyed Girl</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I'm A Thief -from the album <i>Play It Strange</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Let's Hang -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Do You Believe In Destiny? -from the album <i>Secret Walls</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Clowns (Took My Baby Away) -from the album <i>Grey-Eyed Girl</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Be My Hooker -from the album <i>Play It Strange</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Arm's Advice -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Wash Over Us -from the album <i>Secret Walls</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">D.Y. -from the album <i>Grey-Eyed Girl</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Shattered Moon -from the album <i>The Fresh & Onlys</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Poison Wine -from the album <i>Secret Walls</i></span></span></li>
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<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Jim Cain -from the Bill Callahan album <i>Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In The Pines -from the Smog album <i>A River Ain't Too Much To Love</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Riding For The Feeling -from the Bill Callahan album <i>Apocalypse</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hit The Ground Running -from the Smog album <i>Knock Knock</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Easily Led -from the Smog album <i>Dongs of Sevotion</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Rococo Zephyr -from <i>Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I Feel Like The Mother of The World -from <i>A River Ain't Too Much To Love</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Baby's Breath -from <i>Apocalypse</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Cold Blooded Old Times -from <i>Knock Knock</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Dress Sexy At My Funeral -from <i>Dongs of Sevotion</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Too Many Birds -from <i>Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Rock Bottom Riser -from <i>A River Ain't Too Much To Love</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Drover -from <i>Apocalypse</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Held -from <i>Knock Knock</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Strayed -from <i>Dongs of Sevotion</i></span></span></li>
</ol><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MHVNUrcyJy8" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>Kester Smith...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09747615496363160897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754535881903939285.post-89334934273895545962011-04-21T13:13:00.000-07:002011-04-21T13:13:56.681-07:00David Bazan<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Received the pre-release download of the new David Bazan album <i>Strange Negotiations</i> yesterday. Solid stuff on it. Make sure to pick it up in May.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Have already added some tracks from it to my ever-evolving Bazan favorites mix. Here it is, in its current incarnation:</span><br />
<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Options -from the Pedro the Lion album <i>Control</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Bands With Managers -from the Pedro the Lion album <i>Achilles Heel</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Longer I Lay Here -from the Pedro the Lion album <i>It's Hard To Find A Friend</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Slow and Steady Wins the Race -from the Pedro the Lion album <i>Winners Never Quit</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Letter From A Concerned Follower -from the Pedro the Lion album <i>The Only Reason I Feel Secure</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Future Past -from the David Bazan album <i>Strange Negotiations</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Selling Advertising -from the David Bazan album <i>Fewer Moving Parts</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Please, Baby, Please -from the David Bazan album <i>Curse Your Branches</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Transcontinental -from <i>Achilles Heel</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Indian Summer -from <i>Control</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">How I Remember -from <i>Selling Advertising</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Never Leave A Job Half Done -from <i>Winners Never Quit</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Curse Your Branches -from <i>Curse Your Branches</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">When They Really Get To Know You They Will Run -from <i>It's Hard To Find A Friend</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Be Thou My Vision -from <i>The Only Reason I Feel Secure</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">People -from <i>Strange Negotiations</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">A Simple Plan -from <i>Achilles Heel</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Eating Paper -from <i>Strange Negotiations</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Lost My Shape -from <i>Curse Your Branches</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Progress -from <i>Control</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Bad Things To Such Good People -from <i>Winners Never Quit</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Fewer Broken Pieces -from <i>Fewer Moving Parts</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Of Minor Prophets and Their Prostitute Wives -from <i>It's Hard To Find A Friend</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Big Trucks -from <i>The Only Reason I Feel Secure</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hard Times -from the collection <i>"Come O Spirit!" Anthology of Hymns and Spiritual Songs</i></span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Oh, and I also participated in a music trivia contest this past Monday in which I blew an answer to a question I should have known. The answer was Delbert McClinton. He's not one to forget. I never will again.</span><br />
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Here are some of the bands that have served as the soundtrack:<br />
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<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Number Three -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Istanbul (Not Constantinople) -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Allegro Con Brio (from Beethoven's 5th Symphony) -Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Video Killed The Radio Star -The Buggles</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Call Me -Blondie</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Dinner Bell -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Barbara Ann -The Beach Boys</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">That's Right (You're Not From Texas) -Lyle Lovett</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' -Michael Jackson</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hotel Yorba -The White Stripes</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) -Vienna Chamber Orchestra</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">They'll Need A Crane -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Particle Man -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Tutti Frutti -Little Richard</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock -Bill Haley & The Comets</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Such Great Heights -Iron & Wine</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Boss of Me (Theme from Malcolm In The Middle) -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Fake Believe -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">We Want A Rock -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On -Jerry Lee Lewis</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Birdhouse In Your Soul -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">She's An Angel -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Whistling In The Dark -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Letterbox -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">They Might Be Giants -They Might Be Giants</span></span></li>
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<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Kiss -Prince (from the album <i>Parade</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The New Style -Beastie Boys (from the album <i>License To Ill</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Don't Dream It's Over -Crowded House (from the album <i>Crowded House</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In Your Eyes -Peter Gabriel (from the album <i>So</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Lives In The Balance -Jackson Browne (from the album <i>Lives In The Balance</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Brilliant Mistake -Elvis Costello (from the album <i>King of America</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Wild Wild Life -Talking Heads (from the album <i>True Stories</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">She's An Angel -They Might Be Giants (from the album <i>They Might Be Giants</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Begin The Begin -R.E.M. (from the album <i>Life's Rich Pageant</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">There Is A Light That Never Goes Out -The Smiths (from the album <i>The Queen Is Dead</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Back In The High Life Again -Steve Winwood (from the album <i>Back In The High Life</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The Way It Is -Bruce Hornsby & the Range (from the album <i>The Way It Is</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Guitar Town -Steve Earle (from the album <i>Guitar Town</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Graceland -Paul Simon (from the album <i>Graceland</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Stuck With You -Huey Lewis & the News (from the album <i>Fore!</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Danger Zone -Kenny Loggins (from the <i>Top Gun</i> soundtrack album)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Livin' On A Prayer -Bon Jovi (from the album <i>Slippery When Wet</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It's Tricky -Run-D.M.C. (from the album <i>Raising Hell</i>)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Walk Like An Egyptian -The Bangles (from the album <i>Different Light</i>)</span></span></li>
</ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1986 marks the year when I really started buying my own tapes and listening to something besides my parents' music. That makes my memories of the music of '86 particularly sharp and meaningful. In some ways, my parents' influence on my musical taste was evident (<i>Graceland/The Way It Is</i>) in others we were in very vocal disagreement (<i>Raising Hell/The Queen Is Dead</i>). It has been a lot of fun to take this look back and to remember...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<ol><li>Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe (from the album <i>The Stage Names</i>)</li>
<li>A Hand To Take Hold of The Scene (from the album <i>The Stage Names</i>)</li>
<li>Pop Lie (from the album <i>The Stand Ins</i>)</li>
<li>Lost Coastlines (from the album <i>The Stand Ins</i>)</li>
<li>Red (from the album <i>Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See</i>)</li>
<li>Black Sheep Boy (from the album <i>Black Sheep Boy</i>)</li>
<li>For Real (from the album <i>Black Sheep Boy</i>)</li>
<li>It Ends With A Fall (from the album <i>Down The River of Golden Dreams</i>)</li>
<li>You're United Again (from the album <i>Sleep and Wake-up Songs</i>)</li>
<li>Plus Ones (from the album <i>The Stage Names</i>)</li>
<li>Blue Tulip (from the album <i>The Stand Ins</i>)</li>
<li>Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas (from the album <i>Don't Fall In Love...</i>)</li>
<li>Westfall (from the album <i>Don't Fall In Love...</i>)<i> </i></li>
<li>The Latest Toughs (from the album <i>Black Sheep Boy</i>)</li>
<li>The War Criminal Rises and Speaks (from the album <i>Down The River...</i>)</li>
<li>The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion (from the album <i>Down The River...</i>)</li>
<li>No Hidden Track (from the album <i>Sleep and Wake-up Songs</i>)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i></i>Deerhunter </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Halcyon Digest</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Titus Andronicus </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Monitor</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Beach House </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Teen Dream</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">LCD Soundsystem </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This Is Happening</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Girls </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Broken Dreams Club</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Arcade Fire </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Suburbs</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Tallest Man On Earth </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wild Hunt</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sufjan Stevens </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Age of Adz</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Perfume Genius <i>Learning</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Woods <i>At Echo Lake</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Fresh & Onlys <i>Play It Strange</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Local Natives </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gorilla Manor</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Phosphorescent </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here's To Taking It Easy</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Belle & Sebastian </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Write About Love</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Shearwater </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Golden Archipelago</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Spoon </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Transference</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ted Leo & the Pharmacists </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Brutalist Bricks</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wolf Parade </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Expo 86</span></span></i></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Broken Bells </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Broken Bells</span></span></i></li>
</ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Every year I make a mix to go with the list. I try to keep the albums in order, the tracks representative of the albums (if you like the track, you'll like the album) while still making a mix that flows together well. Here's this year's:</span></span></span></div><div><ol><li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Round and Round<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> -Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti <i>Before Today</i></span></span></b></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i></i></span>Helicopter </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Deerhunter <i>Halcyon Digest</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A More Perfect Union</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Titus Andronicus <i>The Monitor</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Norway</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Beach House <i>Teen Dream</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>I Can Change</b> -LCD Soundsystem <i>This Is Happening</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Heartbreaker</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Girls <i>Broken Dreams Club</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Deep Blue</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Arcade Fire <i>The Suburbs</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">King of Spain</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -The Tallest Man On Earth <i>The Wild Hunt</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I Walked</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Sufjan Stevens <i>The Age of Adz</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Mr. Peterson</b> -Perfume Genius <i>Learning</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Suffering Season</b> -Woods <i>At Echo Lake</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Waterfall</b> -The Fresh & Onlys <i>Play It Strange</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Airplanes</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Local Natives <i>Gorilla Manor</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Mermaid Parade</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Phosphorescent <i>Here's To Taking It Easy</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm Not Living In The Real World</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Belle & Sebastian <i>Write About Love</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Castaways</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Shearwater <i>The Golden Archipelago</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Is Love Forever? </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Spoon <i>Transference</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Bottled Up In Cork</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Ted Leo & the Pharmacists <i>The Brutalist Bricks</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Cloud Shadow On The Mountain</b> -Wolf Parade <i>Expo 86</i></span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The High Road</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> -Broken Bells <i>Broken Bells</i></span></li>
</ol></div>Kester Smith...http://www.blogger.com/profile/09747615496363160897noreply@blogger.com0