On a Visit to the Pacific Northwest – a new mix

hello. It’s been quite a while since i posted a mix (or blogged, for that matter). This mix contains a great number of songs that make me immensely happy. These are songs that put a smile on my face and make living through the miserable summer months bearable. Drink some cool sangria, maybe a coca cola, a cold beer, or even some room temperature chowder.

Some of these songs have explicit lyrics, so consider yourself warned.

download the mix here.

1. Happy Up Here – Röyksopp
2. 1901 – Phoenix
3. Cop Car (Demo) – Heypenny
4. The Bears Are Coming – Late of the Pier
5. Pop Song – Starf**ker
6. Meteor – The Bird and the Bee
7. Electric Feel – MGMT
8. I Don’t Want You Back – Uncle Skeleton
9. The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room) – Flight of the Conchords
10. Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell – The Flaming Lips
11. Around the Block – Company of Thieves
12. Long Division – Death Cab for Cutie
13. Buttons and Zips – Elbow
14. Fly Around the Room – lowercase collective
15. Song for the Dumped – Ben Folds Five
16. Bounce – Mstrkrft Feat. N.O.R.E.
17. I’m On A Boat (Feat. T-Pain) – The Lonely Island
18. Make Forever Last Forever – Apes & Androids

Good Friday Mix

happy Good Friday to everyone, and if you’re viewing this after Good Friday, happy whateverdayyouareviewingthis day. here is the latest mix from the sh4wn camp, filled with several goodies ripe for the spring weather, both new and old, global and local. enjoy them as you drive down the road watching the world turn green.

oh yeah, go buy some of these albums.

download the mix here.

a. Monday – Jon Brion
b. Again & Again – The Bird and The Bee
c. Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
d. What are you thinking – sElf
e. Happy Apple Poison – Lovedrug
f. Everything Is – Lost Ocean
g. The Yes Men – Bulb
h. The Boy and the Scientist – Sleeptalker
i. Feet Upon the Sand – Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory
j. You’re Freakin Me Out Girl – Wired All Wrong
k. No Surprises – Radiohead
l. Amy’s Song – Switchfoot
m. You’re Not the Only One I Know – The Sundays
n. Summer Dress 2 – +/-
o. Exit The Recital – Stars of Track and Field
p. The Zookeeper’s Boy – Mew
q. Nothing is Safe – Myriad
r. We Gathered in Spring – Midlake
s. The One Infallible – Imaginary Baseball League

lowercase collective on a new mix

lowercase collective have made it onto the “Local Love” mix put out by yewknee.com.  we thank Michael for the love.  you should download this mix and other mixes, and then go support the artists in said mixes by purchasing their music or seeing them live.

in other lowercase collective related news, our producer/magic maker, Rob Burrell, told me the other day that the mixes are under way, and they are sounding better than claymation rudolph looks.  we should be putting out an album soooooon.

i’ll keep you updated.

Out of the Covers / Under the Covers

fatandy and i have been working together to come up with a covers mix. the format is easy: Song – Artist – Originial Artist. Out of the covers is a collection of songs to get you going in the morning, and Under the Covers is for when you’re ready to go to bed/chill/whatever.

download the mix here.

Out of the Covers

Easy – Faith No More – Commadores
Enjoy the Silence – Failure – Depeche Mode
God Only Knows – Mandy Moore & Michael Stipe – Beach Boys
The Boys Are Back in Town – Cardigans – Thin LIzzy
What a Fool Believes – Self – Michael McDonald
Microphone Fiend – Rage Against the Machine – Eric B and Rakeem
Purple rain – Leeroy Justice – Prince
Lithium – The Polyphonic Spree – Nirvana
The Energy Blues – Biz Markie – School House Rock

Under the Covers

Let Down – Pedro the Lion – Radiohead
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Faultline & Keane – Elton John
I Need Love – Luka Bloom – LL Cool J
Crazy – Ray LaMontagne – Gnarls Barkley
When Doves Cry – Damien Rice – Prince
Power of Love – The Early November – Huey Lewis and the News
Colorblind – Natalie Walker – Counting Crows
Across the Universe – Fiona Apple – The Beatles
Bizarre Love Triangle – Frente! – New Order
Where is My Mind? – Nada Surf – The Pixies

Bedtime Stories by Thom Yorke vs. millions of unseen creatures.

eh. i think they put some sort of addictive drug, maybe crack, in my favorite cereal (Oatmeal Crisp : Rasin). sometimes i just crave it, and when i’m eating it i’m always thinking “this is so terribly delicious, i think there may be some sort of addictive drug in this.” i guess that makes Kroger my pusher.

bee. there are millions of unseen creatures living all over your body.

sea. i’m still reading Questionable Content, and i still love it. i kind of wish i could get into other web comics like i do this one, but in ways, due to my recent busy-ness, i’m glad i don’t. i also ate squash this week.

dee. Bedtime Stories by Thom Yorke.

ee.  i’m not exactly sure how to say “e”.  it’s still my favorite number.

eff. the name of the lead character in the novel i’m currently trying to write. i’m hoping to get back into writing that thing soon. refer back to sea.

gee. man cave update: doors arrive today. done by labor day? maybe.

ach. fatandy and i have been working on a mixtape. we should be posting that very soon.

eye. one of the songs we’re recording this weekend, “listen to the bugs”, was one of the songs i played the night my stepfather passed away, and often reminds me of him. this one’s for you, Joe.

jay. welcome back to the internets, you bloggers.

Mix CD fest

For those who don’t check out yewknee.com on a regular basis, you’re missing out.  Right now there is a mix CD collection of apocolyptic proportions on there for those who like mixes.

i may post a mix on there, but i’m not sure i have the time and energy right now, sadly.  we’ll see what happens.

oh yeah, and a lowercase collective song (i am the bees) is on Doppleganger disc 1.  thanks Michael.

sh4wn mixtape may 2006

i have another mix. Get it here. i'm currently working on an all covers mix, and a heavier mix. Not sure if you'll ever see them, but they are in the works, at least. Enjoy.

a. Experimental Film – They Might Be Giants
b. Just – Mark Ronson (Radiohead cover)
c. I'm Travelling – Call Florence Pow
d. Wisemen – Umbrella Tree
e. Run – Loppybogymi
f. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) – The Arcade Fire
g. All Dressed In You – Kate York
h. Rhododendron – no apples for adam
i. (Keep Feeling) Facination – The Human League
j. The Country Life – The Bees (U.S.)
k. The Whole World – Outkast (w/ Killer Mike)
l. Earthquake Weather – Beck
m. Tourist – Athlete
n. Say – Sleeping At Last
o. Level on the Inside – Dovetail Joint
p. Með Blóðnasir – Sigur Ros
q. Cityscape – Paper Route
r. A320 – Foo Fighters
s. Exit Music (For a Film) – Radiohead

sh4wn mixtape april 2006

hopefully this will be the first of several mixes i put together. below is the track listing, and you can download the zip file here. let me know if you grab it, and what you think. the zip file is fairly large. (thanks to those of you who introduced me to some of these bands/songs).

a. The Electric Soft Parade – A Beating Heart
b. AutoVaughn – Stay Another Night
c. Luke Temple – Someone, Somewhere
d. Taxi (Angela)
e. The Olivia Tremor Control – Hide Away (World Trade Remix)
f. Fiona Apple – Sleep 2 Dream
g. Apes & Androids – Endless Dream
h. XTC – Making Plans for Nigel
i. The Physics of Meaning – Down at Columbia and Cameron
j. Radiohead – Talk Show Host
k. De Novo Dahl – Ryan Patrick Huseman Darrow
l. Lume – Head Full of Empty
m. Get Him Eat Him – Exposure
n. Midlake – Mornings Will Be Kind
o. Nickel Creek – Somebody More Like You
p. Crystal Skulls – Hussy
q. Count Bass D – Jussa Playa
r. Idiot Pilot – Losing Color
s. The Autumns – Hush, Plain Girls
t. Sunny Day Real Estate – J'Nuh