Best Songs of 2008

01. Animal Collective: "Water Curses"
02. Abe Vigoda: "Bearface"
03. Dodos: "Fools"
04. El Guincho: "Antillas"
05. Beach House: "You Came to Me"
06. Cheap Time: "People Talk"
07. Crystal Castles: "Tell Me What to Swallow "
08. The Dead Science: "The Dancing Destroyer"
09. Grouper: "Heavy Water/I'd Rather be Sleeping"
10. The Helio Sequence: "Shed Your Love"
11. M83: "Graveyard Girl"
12. No Age: "Things I Did When I Was Dead"
13. Thee Oh Sees: "Grease 2"
14. Pyramids: Loveliescrushing remixes
15. Silentist: "Entropy"
16. Telepathe: "Devil's Trident"
17. Tickley Feather: "The Python"
18. Vivian Girls: "I Believe in Nothing"
19. Voice on Tape: "Marry You When Yr Sleeping"
20. The Walkmen: "In the New Year"

EP III | Blood

Blood | EP III

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Virtual Mixtape roundup!

Virtual Mix Tape 1



















Side A
1. Joe Meek - I Hear a New World
2. Willie Colón & Hector Lavoe - Aguanile
3. Jay Reatard - My Shadow
4. Del Shannon - Runaway
5. Big Star - Big Black Car
6. Screaming Lord Sutch - She's Falling in Love with the Monster Man
7. The Monks - Oh, How to do now
8. The Magnetic Fields - Absolutely Cuckoo
9. Mew - Drown
10. John Fahey - Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt

Side B
1. The Tornados - Telstar
2. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
3. Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
4. Babatunde Olatunji - Akiwowo
5. Roy Orbison - Crying
6. Elvis Presley - Blue Moon
7. Nat King Cole - Nature Boy
8. The Beach Boys - Caroline No
9. OMD - Stanlow

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Virtual Mix Tape 2



















Side A
1. Sparks - This town isn't big enough for the both of us
2. Jay Reatard - Let it all go
3. Moondog - Lullaby (2 West 46th Street)
4. Thin Lizzy - Sitamoia
5. The Zombies - Leave me be
6. The Shangri-Las - What's a girl supposed to do
7. Orange Juice - Moscow
8. Liars - Pure Unevil
9. Loveliscrushing - Plume
10. Why? - Dirty Glass
11. Ariel Pink - Shaven

Side B
1. Elliot Smith - Needle in the hay
2. John Leyton - Johnny remember me
3. The Beach Boys - Vega-Tables
4. Pink Floyd - Scarecrow
5. Eric Burden & The Animals - Sky Pilot
6. Buddy Rich Vs Max Roach - Figure Eights
7. Daniel Johnston - Devil Town
8. Rocket From The Tombs - Final Solution
9. Low - Shots & Ladders

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Virtual Mix Tape 3



















Side A:
1. Echo & The Bunnymen - Nocturnal Me
2. Disco Inferno - Waking Up
3. Velvet Underground - I Found A Reason
4. The Beatles - Julia
5. Arvo Part - Fratres

Side B:
1. Microstoria - Fakeshift
2. Kraftwerk - Ananas Symphonie
3. Bert Jansch - So Long (Been On the Road So Long)
4. The Tornados - Red Roses And A Sky Of Blue
5. The Tornados - Popeye Twist
6. Scott Walker - Always Coming Back to You
7. Jesus and Mary Chain - Bo Diddley is Jesus

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Whole Wide World

Electricity

Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos 2008

Share the fuckin wealth, bitch

foto courtesy of the might gorga

The crew went to UCI last night for the Ian MacKaye Q&A. The classroom in which the event was held was so packed beyond capacity that folks had to stand along the walls, stairs and on stage. Completely resembled a punk rock house party... and it was only fitting, 78% of the audience kept asking questions about old hat shit like Minor Threat, Straight Edge and Hardcore, which were all relevant 28 years ago! I think Mr. MacKaye said it best when asked if Minor Threat would ever reunited... "you want to see Minor Threat? Start a fucking band and blow Minor Threat away!"

foto courtesy of the might gorga

On a more exciting tip, it was interesting, if only for a minute, to hear Ian give his opinions about John McCain.

"...Share the fuckin wealth, bitch!"

Current Playlist:
Alien Sex Fiend - Now I'm Feeling Zombiefied
The Birthday Party - King Ink
Ministry - Burning Inside
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper
Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Beach House - Tokyo Witch
Dreamend - In Her Little Bed We lay Her

October Mixtape drops in a few days!

La Princesa y El Enano

Había una vez una princesa que vivía en un palacio muy grande. El día en que cumplía trece años hubo una gran fiesta, con trapecistas, magos, payasos..... Pero la princesa se aburría. Entonces, apareció un enano, un enano muy feo que daba brincos y hacía piruetas en el aire. El enano fue todo un acontecimiento.

Bravo, Bravo, decía la princesa aplaudiendo y sin dejar de reír, y el enano,contagiado de su alegría, saltaba y saltaba, hasta que cayó al suelo rendido. "Sigue saltando, por favor" dijo la princesa. Pero el enano ya no podía más. La princesa se puso triste y se retiró a sus aposentos.....

Al rato, el enano, orgulloso de haber agradado a la princesa, decidió ir a buscarla, convencido de que ella se iría a vivir con él al bosque. "Ella no es feliz aquí" pensaba el enano. "Yo la cuidaré y la haré reír siempre". El enano recorrió el palacio, buscando la habitación de la princesa, pero al llegar a uno de los salones vio algo horrible. Ante él había un monstruo que lo miraba con ojos torcidos y sanguinolentos, con unas manos peludas y unos pies enormes. El enano quiso morirse cuando se dio cuenta de que aquel monstruo era él mismo, reflejado en un espejo. En ese momento entró la princesa con su séquito. "Ah estas aquí, qué bien, baila otra vez para mí, por favor". Pero el enano estaba tirado en el suelo y no se movía. El médico de la corte se acercó a él y le tomó el pulso. "Ya no bailará más para vos, princesa" le dijo. "¿Por qué?" preguntó la princesa. "Porque se le ha roto el corazón". Y la princesa contestó: "De ahora en adelante, que todos los que vengan a palacio no tengan corazón".

Salton Sea

More Salton Sea fotos, these were taken by Sonny.

Throne of Villainy

We played at The Smell tonight with The Dead Science. It was awesome to hang out with Jherek, Nick and Sam again!
Thanks Guys!

Foto taken from Jeramy's L'enfer sans toi blog.

Straight Outta Jail To My Bloody Valentine

Last night a CHP decided he would use me to fill his quota... He pulled me over for speeding and after 20 minutes of so called "sobriety test" he placed me under arrest, drove me to headquarters and had me blow into the breathalyzer. I was never told what my blood alcohol level was. Later I was taken to the Santa Ana Jail where the officers had Scrappy Doo syndrome and fucked with us all night long. I was released around 1pm the following day and came across this on my walk home. I guess lots of kids are dying in the hood these days. A few hours later I found myself in Santa Monica awaiting the arrival of My Bloody Valentine.

Silentist Show At The Smell

Someone representing Santa Ana in The Smell bathroom.

Open Wounds

Missing

The First Day of Fall

Random Living

Silentist Show

posters for the deathday, silentist and thrones show at the smell arrived today.

show info:

September, 30 2008

Thrones
Silentist
Geromino
Deathday Party

at The Smell
247 South Main Street, Los Angeles

A Ghost In The House

My favorite time of the year is almost upon us!

Virtual Mix Tape 3

Side A:
1. Echo & The Bunnymen - Nocturnal Me
2. Disco Inferno - Waking Up
3. Velvet Underground - I Found A Reason
4. The Beatles - Julia
5. Arvo Part - Fratres

Side B:
1. Microstoria - Fakeshift
2. Kraftwerk - Ananas Symphonie
3. Bert Jansch - So Long (Been On the Road So Long)
4. The Tornados - Red Roses And A Sky Of Blue
5. The Tornados - Popeye Twist
6. Scott Walker - Always Coming Back to You
7. Jesus and Mary Chain - Bo Diddley is Jesus

Photograph taken at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France in December of 2004.

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Places for the future: Barcelona

Places for the future: Kreuzberg

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