Best of 09

Best Albums of 2009

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. The xx - xx
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Nosaj Thing - Drift
5. Sunn O)) - Monoliths & Dimensions
6. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
7. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx Pt. II
8. Health - Get Color
9. JJ - JJ No2
10. The-Dream - Love vs Money

Mixtapes

1. Gucci Mane - Cold War Series
2. Pill - 4075: The Refill
3. Freddie Gibbs - Midwestgangstaboxframecadillac
4. Wale - Back to the Feature
5. Drake - So Far Gone

Overall good year for tapes and albums. Maybe I will get deeper into later.

Musical Abyss - 10/3

Here is last nights show:

Dominos - The Big Pink
Plays John Cassavettes Pt. 2: Ekkehard Ehlers - DJ Rupture*
Island, IS - Volcano Choir
Crystalised - The xx
Shady Lane/J Vs. S - Pavement
Handshake Drugs - Wilco
Aquarium - Nosaj Thing*
Ben Kweller
Autumn Sweater - Yo La Tengo
Passion Pit - The Reeling
1901 - Phoenix
Ecstacy - JJ
Sandy - Caribou
Hornets! Hornets! - The Hold Steady
Secret Meeting - The National
T.I.M.E. In - Odd Nosdam*
Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel

*Talk Break Songs

New Comp

I got a new comp this week. It is an incredibly cool 15'' macbook pro. It looks amazing and seems to run like a dream. The biggest problem is that with my old comp dying on me, I currently don't have most of my music and have lost all of my old playlists and things. All of the old (feel my heat)'s from Ohio are gone. So are old mixes I made for Shareen. Oh well, so it goes.

Greetings from Boston

And back to school. Hard to believe summer is already over. This summer was a lot of fun and it was great to go back home. Too many highlights to list really.

In less than a week of being back at school my computer stopped working. I had to remove my last.fm so I could open itunes. I am not happy about this since I am OCD about itunes/last.

At the moment there is not much going on. My schedule this year appears to be pretty easy with the exception of Wednesdays. I like my Environmental Law and Geo classes, not a huge fan of my stats course, and was told that I am my Swahili teachers favorite student.

Otherwise all quiet on the eastern front.

Random Jolts of Noise

Greetings from planet swagamore

Swagamore

-One part Gin

-One part Tonic

-One part Cranberry Juice

Just got back from NY.  Always fun to go upstate with the fam.

Hard to believe that the summer is already over.  I found out the best way to make the summer pass isn't anything I listed.  The summer goes the fastest when you are working.

Anyway, I will blog later.  In the mean time go check out Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart.

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

You all should pick up the new Mos Def disc.  A nice return to form from the actor/rapper.  The beats are provided by my favorite producers: Madlib and Oh No.  The beats evoke various regions of the world: Middle East, India, New York, Euro-Club.  The lyrics are pretty good. Not quite the lyrical purity that was Black Star, but better than past couple albums and most of Kweli's stuff.  A very solid album.

Tiki Bar

Another post about my summer boredom.  To relieve boredom, I suggest you all watch Tiki Bar.  It is a video podcast available on itunes.  Imagine Venture Brothers coming to life.  Only instead of mysteries and Brock killing people, they sailed on a pirate ship and made drinks to cure all problems.  Needless to say it is fantastic. 

Summer (Pictures at the End)

Greetings from California.  I have been back home in CA for about a month now.  I still have no job and it is looking less and less likely that I will get one.  So in the spirit of that I decided to write a post about what to do all summer with no job.

First, go to lots of events.  This summer I have been to Lakers game and WWE.  I am going to Beyonce with Shareen later in the summer.  Events keep you from getting way too bored.

Go to movies, especially dollar movies.  These are movies that you probably did not want to see to begin with, but for a dollar you can do it.  Knowing was one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but for a buck it wasn't that bad.

Invest in a bike and a longboard.  Some people will say you only need one.  They are fools.

I have a couple guitars.  Both are missing at least two strings and are horribly out of tune.  Still fun to mess around with them and play bad chords.  Probably should take lessens though.

Read some books.  I am currently reading Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.  I also have Hot, Flat and Crowded; A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius; and the Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway going at the moment.

Drink.  You have to stay hydrated.  Microbrews are good cause they actually have flavor.  Margaritas and Mojitos are for those times you want to feel classy.  Tall boys and 40s are perfect for party nights and hip hop jams.

Go to the beach.  It helps when you have a beautiful partner in crime.

Pick a gaming console.  I like the xbox.  Then get games you like.  I am all about Skate and NBA Live.

Listen to a lot of tunes.  Here are a couple current favorite jams:

Wavves - Wavvves (album)

The Field - The More I Do (Foals Remix)

Meercaz, Little Girls, Ganglians, Dum Dum Girls - Assorted Tracks

    

         

Mastodon

Mastodon released a new album this week.  I suggest that you all go pick it up.  It has way less screaming/grunting and much more singing.  That being said I am not totally in love with it yet.  The guitars aren't as heavy this album.  It is much more prog-y than the heavy riff smack that was Leviathan or Blood Mountain.  However, the album is still great and the concept is crazy.  

Don't Worry About the Government

Back again.

Just got back from spring break.  It was fun.

Decided to change the title of the blog, I was tired of (feel my heat).

Apparently a rat got into my apartment and died.  My roommates girlfriend decided to tell me about it, and bitch at me for leaving the place a mess.  The room that was messy wasn't mine.  I cleaned up the kitchen before I left and took out the trash.  If there was a problem it was my roommates fault.  I wish she would stop complaining to me about my lack of cleanliness.  She is staying in the apartment for an entire week.  I am not happy about it but don't know what to say now.  I don't care what she thinks, I don't date her, I wish she would just shut up.  

Listen to more talking heads it will help your mood.

Hopefully the tournament will be good this weekend.

Top 100 Artists Played During 2008

1. Radiohead - 294
2. The Gaslight Anthem - 233
3. The National - 213
4. J Dilla - 211
5. Why? - 187
6. Nine Inch Nails - 186
7. The Loved Ones - 186
8. Madlib - 175
9. No Age - 172
10. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - 168
11. Bon Iver - 154
12. The Hold Steady - 153
13. Neil Young - 150
14. The Beatles - 149
15. The Clash - 141
16. Band of Horses - 136
17. Against Me! - 133
18. Vampire Weekend - 130
19. Wale - 120
20. Tom Waits - 119
21. Rage Against the Machine - 117
22. Cat Power - 116
23. My Morning Jacket - 114
24. Jack Johnson - 113
25. Bruce Springsteen - 110
26. José González - 109
27. Elvis Costello & The Attraction - 109
28. Lil' Wayne - 108
29. Queens of the Stone Age - 108
30. David Bowie - 97
31. My Bloody Valentine - 95
32. Interpol - 93
33. Black Lips - 92
34. TV on the Radio - 89
35. Pavement - 89
36. Kanye West - 89
37. Deerhunter - 87
38. Elliott Smith - 87
39. Mastodon - 86
40. Madvillain - 86
41. Oh No - 86
42. Talking Heads - 85
43. Blonde Redhead - 85
44. The Arcade Fire - 85
45. Aloe Blacc - 84
46. Burial - 84
47. A Place to Bury Strangers - 83
48. The Weakerthans - 83
49. Black Moth Super Rainbow - 81
50. The White Stripes - 81
51. Flying Lotus - 80
52. Joy Division - 79
53. Clipse - 79
54. Fleet Foxes - 77
55. Nightmare of You - 76
56. Wu-Tang Clan - 76
57. Sonic Youth - 75
58. Cut Copy - 74
59. Spoon - 73
60. The Cool Kids - 71
61. Sun Kil Moon - 70
62. El-P - 67
63. The Jim Carroll Band - 66
64. Nirvana - 65
65. M.I.A. - 65
66. Misfits - 63
67. Pink Floyd - 63
68. Dizzee Rascal - 63
69. Brand New - 62
70. A Tribe Called Quest - 61
71. The Raconteurs - 60
72. Aesop Rock - 60
73. Justice - 58
74. Billy Bragg - 57
75. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 56
76. Bob Dylan - 56
77. OutKast - 55
78. Jay-Z - 53
79. Young Jeezy - 53
80. Battles - 53
81. Kid Cudi - 53
82. Booka Shade - 52
83. Andrew Bird - 52
84. LCD Soundsystem - 50
85. Jawbreaker - 49
86. Beck - 49
87. Pixies - 48
88. AFI - 48
89. Amy Winehouse - 47
90. Uncle Tupelo - 47
91. The Jesus and Mary Chain - 47
92. Spiritualized - 46
93. This Mortal Coil - 45
94. Izza kizza - 44
95. Tool - 44
96. of Montreal - 44
97. The Magnetic Fields - 43
98. The Velvet Underground - 43
99. Tegan and Sara - 42
100. Modest Mouse - 42
101. Asher Roth - 42