Hey Bundles of Luv

Hope you all is in the Holiday spirit full of joy and love.

I hear men aren’t suppose to cry. As I’m here teary eyed I have to say what? why? how? Where is it written in stone that men aren’t suppose to cry and who wrote it.  Don’t men feel pain, hurt, and sadness. Of course we do so why aren’t we suppose to cry.  Crying often makes you feel better it releases whatever you have bottled up inside. I feel that crying makes you sane. Holding it in is bad very bad. I know I do it a lot but it’s not good at all. Holding it in makes you an angry, depressed, and sad time bomb.  Depending how long and what you’re holding in you don’t even tock before you boom  you just tick boom and usually you boom on the wrong people. Holding it in also can make you sick physically and mentally.  When you have so much bottled up inside you find yourself unable to be joyous in joyous time, sad in happy times all around you just incapable of enjoying anyone and it’s had for others to be around you. So I say men do yourself a favor cry get it out it’s ok you crying is not gonna end the world not crying will.

Bundles of Luv it’s ok to cry men and women alike there are women that are guilty of holding it all inside as well. Let it out you’re human sometimes the best therapy and soothing medicine is a boo hoo or two if you’re like me get off by yourself and let it go you’ll find out you will feel a lot better.

I love each and every one of you and if I don’t post again before the Holidays Merry Christmas and A Very Very Very Happy New Year to you all and if any of you need to have some bht (boo hoo time) do it before the holidays so you can truly enjoy them.

Until next time!!!!

Let Love, Live Love, Be Love

Enough with the boo-hooing! I’m starting to bring myself down. It’s freezing outside (for Bay Area standards) and no one has extra cash, but there are plenty of things to celebrate and be happy about.

I’ll save my photo montage for the end of the year and will instead post some pics that make me laugh and that will me get into trouble. Dude, I’m so gonna get it.

Halloween: After weeks of planning our costumes, one night via iChat my sister and I were struck with inspiration and decided we MUST be Jem & The Holograms. A true Misfit at heart, she was the green-haired arch nemesis Pizzazz and I just played along. Yeah right! I jumped at the chance to be Jem and even made a hot pink ensemble to match my neon hair. Now that image, we’ll save for another rainy day.

Truly, Truly, Truly Outrageous!!! If you don't know who these awesome late-80s rival band leaders are, you are dead to me.

Moving Day: I thought leaving the city after 14 years would be more heartbreaking, but I am so much happier now and cannot wait to come home after work. I walk a lot more too and am excited to report my waistline is a lot slimmer now than in the picture so envision me as the svelte vixen I am.

If you want to know how AMAZING my family and friends are check this: Dad & Geri helped me load up everything so we could do it in one trip and Mom and Thea set up my kitchen, Sis and Ann arranged my living room and even emptied most of the boxes at my new digs.

Given the pic above, I spared my sis in this one. Rockin’, right?

Bust a Move! A fuzzy picture but what do you expect after a 12-hour day?

Dollar Daze: These days I am exploring new places like the dollar store and it really is a one-stop shop for household items, large-print word search books, gift wrap, decorations and anything else you may or may not be looking for.

Miss Croco. If You're Nasty.

Ally-gator. I couldn't resist.

Stocking Stuffers? Look closely.

Chocolate Love: Amid all the craziness I invested in myself this year and took a three-month Professional Chocolatier’s Course. I learned why chocolates differ in taste, developed signature chocolates, practiced new techniques for molding, dipping, shaving and filling chocolate, recipes for creating other candies as well as how to write a successful business and operation plan. I’m proud of myself for coming in at the top of my class. A+, baby!

Dark Chocolate Whiskey Truffle.

Honey Nougat. Shut your mouth!

Yum and Yum.

**Tasty goodies for sale soon! Ooh la la.**

It’s time to retire, finally. My cozy bed is beckoning, the train is whistling in the far distance and the rain is falling in melody.

Hope you enjoyed my kooky photos and even laughed a little, too.

At least the candy won’t be too annoyed with me. xo

The first press clippings are coming out about the Advance. What’s curious is that the DPV Central Committee just happened to meet in Staunton on the same day, and writers can help but compare the two events. But first, the Advance, from the RTD:

In a celebratory mood, Virginia Republican activists hailed their conquering heroes yesterday after several years of discouraging defeats.

“Isn’t it great to have an Advance where we can actually celebrate?” said Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling. “The last few years have been like wakes.”
“We’re happy, hopeful and energized,” said Del. Benjamin L. Cline, R-Amherst, who for the first time carried the college town of Lexington.

…..

McDonnell, who drew a standing ovation and loud huzzahs, spelled out why he thought the VRepublicans won: “We stuck to our conservative principles, while providing practical solutions.”

McDonnell said voters wanted solutions to the everyday economic problems confronting them, and the Republicans offered those solutions. McDonnell said that by 2014, when he leaves office as Virginia’s 71st governor, he wants Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast; government to be careful about spending taxpayers’ money; more “privatization, innovation and consolidation;” merit pay for teachers; and all highway rest stops reopened.

The Post was also there on Day One:

Tonight was mostly about socializing.

Republicans walked from one hospitality suite to another where they sipped drinks from open bars, munched on cheese and crackers and picked up more stickers.

Most suites were hosted by 2010 congressional candidates including Scott Rigell , Ken Golden and Ben Loyola who are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Glenn Nye (D) and Feda Kidd Morton running for U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello’s (D) seat. Keith Fimian, who is opposing U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly for a second time, also made the trip.

And Day Two:

McDonnell, visibly relaxed and seven pounds heavier since the election, individually thanked many of his supporters and volunteers.

“The Republican resurgence has begun in the Commonwealth of Virginia,” he said.

McDonnell talked about how Republicans won the election — by offering solutions to everyday problems — but his loudest applause came when he promised to uphold the conservative issues he rarely talked about on the trail.

“I was a pro-life attorney general for Virginia and I will be a pro-life governor,” he said. “I was a Second Amendment attorney general for Virginia, and I will be a Second Amendment governor.”

As I mentioned, the Dems held a meeting, but the mood wasn’t nearly the same for Creigh Deeds’ victory, I tried my best guys, I really did, I’m sorry speech. From the WaPo:

Looking rested and wearing an open collar shirt under his blazer, Deeds was greeted warmly by his fellow Democrats and spent long moments huddled with longtime senate pals Mary Margaret Whipple and Dick Saslaw. The crowd of more than 100 gave Deeds a standing ovation when Gov. Tim Kaine recognized Deeds as “one of the finest people I know in public life.”

Still, quietly, a few activists said they blame Deeds for the breadth of the party’s losses in November, believing his hesitancy to embrace the agenda of Democrats at the national level left the party unenthusiastic about his effort.

And of course, leave it up to Virginia Democrats to throw more bad after bad:

With many party members convinced November’s losses came because Democratic office seekers did not clearly enough set out policy positions that distinguished them from Republicans, the party took the unusual step of adopting a resolution on a policy issue: With little discussion the central committee voted to encourage all of Virginia’s Democratic members of Congress to support a health care reform bill that includes a public option.

Seriously?? Adopt THAT in a part of the state that CLEARLY repudiated you? When the Republicans just succesfully reamed you by showing what a charade your “reform” package is? Of course, in their words of their House leader:

“A lot of it was apprehension about what’s going on in Washington, make no mistake about it,” Armstrong said.”People say they want change–right up to the moment it shows up.”

That’s right–If I ordered a $20 dollar steak and got a bill for $100, I’d be pretty pissed off too.

But perhaps my favorite line comes from the WaPo blog’s preview of the weekend: “GOP prepares to Celebrate, Dems to Commiserate“

Christian Herr

I’m sorry everyone.  (except gray ponytail lady)

Movie Review time!!!

If you are looking for a pick-me-up movie to watch on Friday night I suggest not renting “Up”. The movie Up is one of the latest films from the folks at Pixar.  The movie starts off soft and melancholy as we see a nerdy young boy who dreams of adventure sitting in a theater.  Then he hooks up and gets married and that is where the happiness ends.  It starts with a miscarriage of a baby, death of his wife, developers trying to take his home, and getting sent to an old folks home. Then sprinkle in an orphan wood scout, rebuked bitter explorer, talking dogs and an almost extinct species of bird and the recipe of sadness is complete.

I may never recover from this movie!

My porcelain screen broke. I was trying to fit it into the biggest kiln last night until 2 am, building precarious towers to hold 30 pound shelves over some other girl’s work (that also weighed about 30 pounds). In short, months of work broke into several pieces as I awkwardly slid it onto the top shelves, uneven and held up by about 24 quivering posts… Fuck ceramics. Fuck kiln 7. Fuck other girl’s heavy cloud basin things taking up the bottom 3/4 of the kiln. Fuck building something the maximum size possible. From now on I’m throwing nice bowls, the occasional mug and nothing fancy.

Speaking of porcelain screen, I have been thinking about questions one would ask to other people, or answers one would give to questions like ‘what are you guilty of?’ or ‘why are you so rich?’. I am building a booth for subversive questions. It will contain a porcelain screen to be installed within different situations for public interaction. I will present my work to a lecture hall full of people in under two weeks. What kinds of destabilizing questions would you ask someone-stranger or friend?

The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism

Hold on to your video card…this post is going to be photo heavy. I started Second Life back in early 2006, before there was such a thing as Flexi hair. Men’s styles were nearly unheard of and if you could find something  prim that did not look to girlish, it was a blessing. I am a confirmed hair collector and nearly all of it is red, but i will be merciful and only show the collection highlights.

Like most guys back then, I started with the system hair. It was red of course and long. I have always been a long haired red head, even back then. So…this was my hair of choice back in 2-06, a LL original.

The hunt began soon after. I knew I wanted a long hair with out braids or curls or other girly sort of style flair. This was surprisingly hard to find. At last I tracked down my very first Prim hair. Created by HTC (Here Comes Trouble) back in “05″ it was a style called “The Warrior”and was made for men. It didn’t work.  I got called “miss” and “she” a lot in this hair. That had me shopping again fast.

There were many trys and fails but this next  hair I stuck with awhile. It was made for women, but I liked it and some people could even guess I was a guy (Male skins were way worse back then.) It was created in late ‘06″ by Goldie Locks and was called the “teased hair”. It was my style until the flexhair arrived.

Hair that moves!  I went broke. Designers were not all instantly talented with flexi…but I didn’t care. Flowing hair! I bought stuff.  Like this long haired wonder by (Belive it or not) Cake.

And this nice ruffian look by Goldie Locks again.

Cake was the winner to me  tho and I spent a great deal of  money in their store and a long time in SL wearing their styles …even going fully over the top with this wonder by Cake called “Riven”. I got mistaken for a girl in this hair a lot too but it was so fun to wear and moved so grandly I did not really care.

By now  I was starting to think I had a decent and somewhat unique personal style going. It was mid to late ‘07″ and I thought it was time to try my hand at a SL modeling career.

Casting call after casting call i went to. Some of them I would be the only guy not picked. I had noticed I was half the size of these guys, with a realistic build instead of the refrigerator with a head build. I also noticed I was  the only red head and the only long hair in the auditions but surely that would work in my favor. Right? Right??!

Wrong. I was repeatedly told to lose the red hair, go with a short style and bulk up my avatar. I settled for one out of 3 and for awhile…*gasp* I cut my hair. This look the “001 hair”  by B R LY1 N became my first choice for casting calls.

As well as this little Full Perm charmer, the “Rebel” by “Boo Hoo” for days when I was feeling a bit resentful about the whole having to cut my hair in order to model demand.

Hadn’t anyone looked at the covers of any romance novels? Nearly all those guys had long hair.  Lucky for me, a little upstart Modeling agency called “Opium” agreed to hire me, long red hair, slim body and all. Feeling more validated, i started sliding back into the long styles. Short hair is just not me. It was about then I discovered Calico and spent alot more money.  The “Connor” by Calico ….

And the “Fossarius” also by Calico were my main hairstyles when I was not on the runway.

Recently however…they have all been replaced by my latest love, The “Stone Fox” by Exile. This may well be the hair I have been looking for all along. But then I have thought that before.

Well..thats the history of my glorious red hair. Now..if you all will excuse me, its time for my beauty sleep. All this writing  and hair styling has just worn me right out.

Hold on to your video card…this post is going to be photo heavy. I started Second Life back in early 2006, before there was such a thing as Flexi hair. Men’s styles were nearly unheard of and if you could find something  prim that did not look to girlish, it was a blessing. I am a confirmed hair collector and nearly all of it is red, but i will be merciful and only show the collection highlights.

Like most guys back then, I started with the system hair. It was red of course and long. I have always been a long haired red head, even back then. So…this was my hair of choice back in 2-06, a LL original.

The hunt began soon after. I knew I wanted a long hair with out braids or curls or other girly sort of style flair. This was surprisingly hard to find. At last I tracked down my very first Prim hair. Created by HTC (Here Comes Trouble) back in “05″ it was a style called “The Warrior”and was made for men. It didn’t work.  I got called “miss” and “she” a lot in this hair. That had me shopping again fast.

There were many trys and fails but this next  hair I stuck with awhile. It was made for women, but I liked it and some people could even guess I was a guy (Male skins were way worse back then.) It was created in late ‘06″ by Goldie Locks and was called the “teased hair”. It was my style until the flexhair arrived.

Hair that moves!  I went broke. Designers were not all instantly talented with flexi…but I didn’t care. Flowing hair! I bought stuff.  Like this long haired wonder by (Belive it or not) Cake.

And this nice ruffian look by Goldie Locks again.

Cake was the winner to me  tho and I spent a great deal of  money in their store and a long time in SL wearing their styles …even going fully over the top with this wonder by Cake called “Riven”. I got mistaken for a girl in this hair a lot too but it was so fun to wear and moved so grandly I did not really care.

By now  I was starting to think I had a decent and somewhat unique personal style going. It was mid to late ‘07″ and I thought it was time to try my hand at a SL modeling career.

Casting call after casting call i went to. Some of them I would be the only guy not picked. I had noticed I was half the size of these guys, with a realistic build instead of the refrigerator with a head build. I also noticed I was the only red head and the only long hair at these auditions but surely that would work in my favor. Right? Right??!

Wrong. I was repeatedly told to lose the red hair, go with a short style and bulk up my avatar. I settled for one out of 3 and for awhile…*gasp*… I cut my hair. This look the “001 hair”  by B R LY1 N became my first choice for casting calls.

As well as this little Full Perm charmer, the “Rebel” by “Boo Hoo” for days when I was feeling a bit resentful about the whole having to cut my hair in order to model requirement.

Hadn’t anyone looked at the covers of any romance novels? Nearly all those guys had long hair.  Lucky for me, a little upstart Modeling agency called “Opium” agreed to hire me, long red hair, slim body and all. Feeling more validated, i started sliding back into the long styles. Short hair is just not me. It was about then I discovered Calico and spent alot more money.  The “Connor” by Calico ….

And the “Fossarius” also by Calico were my main hairstyles when I was not on the runway.

Recently however…they have all been replaced by my latest love, The “Stone Fox” by Exile. This may well be the hair I have been looking for all along. But then I have thought that before.

Well..thats the history of my glorious red hair. Now..if you all will excuse me, its time for my beauty sleep. All this writing  and hair styling has just worn me right out.

Soul brother number one, KSA brings the warmth and humility with his usual high standards of soul-jazz surprises. Always recommend. Via his website. Go man, go.

1.Ted Ford – Real Soul (Budd)
2.Darrow Fletcher – My Young Misery (Groovy)
3.Johnny Talbot – Whatcha Wanna Do (Red Fire)
4.JJ Callier – It’s Be Such A Long Time (Maison De Soul)
5.Debbie Taylor – Last Laugh On The Blues (Decca)
6.Dee Edwards – You Say You Love Me (Tuba)
7.Mark Murphy – Why Don’t You Do Right? (Riverside)
8.Lonnie Hewitt – You Gotta Git (Fantasy)
9.Neal Kimble – You’re Sure got A Funny Way (Venture)
10.Andrew Brown – For Liz (Four Brothers)
11.Ronnie Forte – Whiskey (Talking Tarx)
12.Sterling Magee – Oh She Was (Pretty Tangerine)

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It’s been a while since I posted my ‘Angle mixes here, which is kinda funny, as showcasing them was the reason I set the blog up in the first place! So here’s not one, but two new creations that I hope will bring you some joy. Volume 37 is chock full of brand new material from Massive Attack, Joy Orbison, Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins, Real Estate, Andy Weatherall and more. Pass it around on facebook, your blogs or to friends – i’d really appreciate it. – Meatskull

Fjordne – Torn Out
Pingarosa – Temprano
Falty DL –  Paradise Lost
Shlomo –  Ghosts Pt.2
E.R.P – Lament Subrosa
Vincent Gallo – Honey Bunny (Desert People Remix)
Larry Gus – Shackled (Kids)
Massive Attack – Bulletproof Love (Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid Remix)
Lake – Madagascar
Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins – The Name Game
Real Estate – Pool Swimmers
MF Doom feat. Apani B Fly – Can I Watch
Broadcast – Innocence In Orbit
Meanest Man Contest – Carpal Twist
Pete Astor – The Lovers
Loftus – Penguin Boy’s Love Story
Lady & Bird – Forward & Reverse (Live)
Andrew Weatherall – Built Back Higher
Steel Pulse – Macka (Dub)
Joy Orbison – J.Doe
2562 – Lost
Orbital – Belfast/Wasted
Bert Jansch – The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)

LINK

omfg. i dont know why i waited soo long to see this movie, but i just did (at the dollar movie) AND ITS AMAZING. we all know im a little bit of baby in life, and in movies. but i cried legit tears during this one. a teeny adorable grandpa man, and the cuutest chubby little asian boy? check and double check.

Hey hey, we’re the meatheads…please be seated and be served some sensuous jazz from Miles Davis, another great track from the David Lynch worshipping Mashed In Plastic creation, brand new music from Flaming Lips and Kings of Convienience and some headphone friendly dubstep via Untold and Faib. All that and more. Stay safe.

Meatskull

Demdike Stare – Extwistle Hall
Sven Weisemann – Limaro
Ben Klock – Subzero (Function-Regis aka Sandwell District Mix)
Bark Cat Bark – Jardin du Ranelagh
Thomas Koner – 42 7n 19 6e_(Hour Eleven)
Colatron – I’ll Be There In Twin Peaks
Untold – Bones
Faib – Whisper Of Trees
Kings Of Convienience – My Ship Isn’t Pretty
Loftus – Theme From Loftus Nine
Terre & Funk Shui – Superbonus (Superedit)
The Flaming Lips – The Impulse
The Gentleman Losers – Laureline
Yim Yames – My Sweet Lord
Broselmaschine – Nossa Bova
Nelson Angelo & Joyce – Vivo ou morto
Miles Davis – Someday My Prince Will Come
Michael Giles – Sunset
Common – The Light feat. Erykah Badu (Freddie Joachim Remix)

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Another Angle can be heard every Monday night from 10.30 – Midnight on 2SER FM 107.3 Sydney or online at www.2ser.com/stream

Toke-tastic set of Canyon rock via the ever popular Aquarian Drunkard

“The genesis of this post goes back to the end of 2006 via a longtime AD reader. If you’ve been around a minute you may remember L.A. Burnout from January of 2007.  As I mentioned a couple of years ago, these are the tunes I was spinning while reading both Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood and Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of CSN, etc.

L.A. Burnout is made up of the sounds floating around Los Angeles in the late ’60s and ’70s; a faded aural imprint of the canyons, beaches, wildfires, neighborhoods, late-nights and early mornings of a bygone L.A.” – AQD

Loudon Wainwright III :: Hollywood Hopeful
Johnny Darrell :: Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood
The Mamas & The Papas :: Safe In My Garden
Standells :: Riot On Sunset Strip
Jackie DeShannon :: Laurel Canyon
The Fun & Games :: Topanga Canyon Road
John Mayall :: Laurel Canyon Home
Spirit :: Topanga Windows
Mama Cass Eliott :: California Earthquake
The Birds :: Precious Kate
Albert Hammond :: It Never Rains In California
Jack Nitzsche :: Lower California
Guy Clark :: L.A. Freeway
Thomas Jefferson Kaye :: L.A.
The Beau Brummels :: Bless You California
LOVE :: Maybe The People Would Be
Gene Clark :: Los Angeles
The Byrds :: Bad Night At The Whiskey
David Soul :: Topanga
Neil Young :: L.A.
The Mamas & The Papas :: Twelve Thirty
Neil Young :: Sweet Joni
Joni Mitchell :: For The Roses
Jackie DeShannon :: L.A.
Mickey Dolenz :: Beverly Hills
Flying Burrito Brothers :: Sin City
Dennis Wilson :: Pacific Ocean Blue
Gene Clark :: From A Silver Phial
Jackson Brown :: Before The Deluge
Neil Young :: Revolution Blues
Warren Zevon :: Desperadoes Under the Eaves
Phil Ochs :: The World Began In Eden And Ended In Los Angeles [Live]
Flo & Eddie :: Keep It Warm
Steely Dan :: Babylon Sisters
John Phillips :: Topanga Canyon
John Phillips :: Malibu People

use the ‘download them all‘ function to grab the set

I just had a listen back to this week’s ‘Angle and I know you’ll enjoy it whatever the occasion. Ok, I wouldn’t throw it on at  a party or high energy gathering, but if unloading a bowl or hanging with your lady/man/ladyman is on the cards, then look no further, dear listener. From neo-classical piano to sub heavy dub and beyond, Vol 33 is a winner all the way.

love to all,
Meatskull

Sven Weissman – Rootless
America – Holiday
Tanya Morgan – She Moved Outta Cincy
The American Dollar – Trancendance
Joachim Kuhn – Adagio, Concert In A Major
16 Bit – Stormy Weather
Bonny Prince Billy – Face Him
Red – Alls Fair
Clashing Egos – Aminjig Nebere (I Trusted You) (Joakim’s Afrobot Remix)
Rob Sparx – Vagabund
Light Of Saba – Sabayindah
Cosmic Metal Mother – I Think…
We Are The Arm – Togetherness
Lemongrass – Evolution/Laura Rivers – That’s Alright
Hungry Ghosts – I Don’t Think About You Anymore, But I Don’t Think About You Any Less
SeaLifePark – Panel Beater (Live)
Neil Young – A Man Needs A Maid
Various Production feat. Gerry Mitchell – The Invisible Lodger Pt.1
Isolee – Rockers
Datassette – Fletche

LINK!

Massive 4hr mix exploring the production genius of  Trevor Horn from the good folks at D*ruffalo Online Magazine.

Horn has shaped the sound of bands from within and as an outsider, and the list is huge – ABC, The Buggles, The Art Of Noise, Seal, Cher, Grace Jones, Seal, Propaganda, Tina Turner, Lisa Stansfield, Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, Simple Minds, Eros Ramazzotti, Mike Oldfield, Marc Almond, Charlotte Church, t.A.T.u, LeAnn Rimes, and Belle & Sebastian.

“If the D.H.S. or any other member of D*ruffalo should drop whilst in the club from contamination, put them outside, but remember to tag them first for identification purposes. Ours is the last mix that you will ever hear. Do not be alarmed.”

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A real heady mix this week from me. Something for the mind, the feet and everything inbetween. Brand new cuts from Air, Flying Lotus, Risil and Pepe Bradock which are guaranteed to please, as well as some older gold from Spain and the wondrous Rah Band as well as the must hear spiritual reggae tune, Run Come Really from Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus.

Flying Lotus – Auntie’s Harp (Rebekkah Raff Remix)
The Gentleman Losers – Gold Dust Afternoon
Carlos Y Gaby –  Sugar Flowers (Ecstatic Transform)
Pillow Talk – What Does It Take
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus – Run Come Really
Bugge Wesseltoft – Greensleeves
Ass – I’ve Been Here
16 Bit – Shallow
Bounce – A Made Up Sound
The Rah Band – Clouds Across The Moon (DJ Koze Moonboots Kicks Ass Mix)
Pepe Bradock – Path Of Most Resistance
Chris Connor – Spring Is Here
Olafur Arnalds – lokaßu augunum
Spain – Dreaming Of Love
Air – Do The Joy
DJ Enne – The Impatient Man
Risil – There Has To Be
Headdress – Blanket Of Gold
The Inner Banks – Darling

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Cover photo courtesy Amy Tamblin, 2009.

Why does it feel like my heart is on my sleeve and my head is on a stick?

Must. Get. Out. Of. This. Funk.

NOW!

From Tycho’s wonderous iso50 blog comes this mix from the stellar producer Bullion, taking a look over the shoulder into past glories as diverse as The Moody Blues, Joni Mitchell and Smokey Robinson. Stylin’!

Free Spirits Intro
Sweet And Innocent – Express Your Love
Iron Butterfly – It Must Be Love
The Moody Blues – I Don’t Mind
The Manhattans – Follow Your Heart
Birtha – Feeling Lonely
The Bee Gees – To Love Somebody
ELO – Telephone Line
Joni Mitchell – Solid Love
The Four Tops – Still Water (LOVE)
Let’s Kiss – Blonde Coeds Interlude
Adrian Baker – Is This Love
Ned Doheny – A Love Of Your Own
Tony Grey – She’s My Love
The Koobas – Woe Is It Love My Dear?
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – More Love
Free Spirits Outro

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I have been toying with the idea of a poem called “I am the alone” for a long time but I don’t think I’ve ever concretely put it to paper (if I did, it has long since escaped me and succombed to the dank clutter of my belongings).  I sort of feel as though the “the alone” is one of multiple personalities, or perhaps an anthropomorphized phantom portion of myself that both stands by itself and exists within me at the same time.

The Alone, capital letter to denote its identity and importance, is my own personal purgatory. At times I seek it like an addict, shutting out everyone and everything else so that the only sensory perceptions I allow are ones that I can tolerate. Other times, mostly around holidays or anniversaries or other important dates that are usually categorized by socialization, I feel like it clings to me with the rotten stench of a dirty street urchin, pawing at me to remind me of its miserable existence, persisting in making itself present to me and anyone who cares enough to look.

Last Christmas I got a single card in the mail. I never get many, despite being an ardent lover and giver of cards – I never put my return address on the ones I send because I’ve felt as though the “pity card” that comes a few days after the receipt of yours is to be avoided at all costs. No, if it is to be genuine and true, the intent already fixed in the mind of the sender, the card should find its way to me regardless of moves, neglect or some other event that caused emotional or physical distance between the sender and me.

The one card I received was addressed to someone else. I opened it as I am in the habit of doing when I see something interesting land on my doorstep, and it was one of those family portrait cards – mother, father, two or three adorable kids (I forget; I could easily look as I still have it but it would hurt too much). I put the card on my windowsill next to the couch that I rarely left, where I huddled on cold winter nights when my unheated apartment was being overtaken by mice that lived on the cream of wheat packets I couldn’t bear to pick up off the floor, and I pretended this family knew me and loved me. On Christmas Day when I was alone and snow was on the ground and I could hear my landpeople downstairs getting ready to head out to spend time with their loved ones, this random family smiling at me was almost more than I could bear. The bond they had to each other escaped me. The bond they had with the intended recipient of the card escaped me. The Alone was all I really had.

This week, Meatkull’s very own series Another Angle invites you to sink into the ambient bath that is Brock Van Wey aka Vbdub’s new 2 CD creation entitled White Clouds Drift On & On – a truly superb highlight album of 2009. Elsewhere, we’ll hear offerings of devilishly lo-fi independence via the new Lefse Records compilation, some amazing screwy dubstep from James Blake (Mount Kimbie), acoustic joy from the new Ass release My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went and much, much more. Dig it late at night!

Family Portrait – Super Cool
Peter Broderick – Untitled
Bullion – Are You The One
Fontan – Neon Snakes
The Sugarcubes – Birthday (Justin Robertson’s 12” Mix)
Helixir – Peace Dub
The Everybodyfields – Lonely Anywhere
Bvdub – White Clouds Drift On & On/Intrusion Shape I
Alessandro Stefana – Fiori Campionati
Ass – You Think You’re Ugly But You’re Not
Peter Broderick – Walking-Thinking
James Blake – Air & Lack Thereof
Eric Lau & Dudley Perkins – Ill Invasion (feat. Rahel)
Pub – Hadzhiiska Mouth
The Flowers Of Hell – Past Tense
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Down On Mission street
Science Fiction Dance Party – Flirtation On Venus
Jesse Rose – Day Is Done (Hot Chip Remix)
Julian Lynch – onward Flour
Bullion – Time For Us All To Love
Take – Dusk Day

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Over in the states, the heat’s cooking up something firce, so those bods over at the much loved Gorilla vs Bear have created a summer mix to provide a bit of shade for the mind. Of course, it’s hipper than your grannie’s last surgical procedure, so be sure to check it out.

“Here’s a summer mix, inspired mainly by this oppressive heat haze we’ve been experiencing in TX over the last week or so. Seriously, kids can’t even go to a baseball game here these days without almost dying. Featuring a bunch of stuff I’ve been listening to a lot lately”: – GVSB

01 best coast :: sun was high (so was I)
02 pearl harbour :: sunburn
03 HIGHLIFE :: F KENYA RIP
04 mor thiam :: ayo ayo ne ne
05 vibes :: night court
06 map of africa :: bone
07 dem hunger :: police rasta
08 sun araw :: horsesteppin
09 arch m :: 21st union
10 family portrait :: mega secrets
11 toro y moi :: talamak
12 the mayfair set :: already warm
13 dara puspita :: to love somebody
14 smith westerns :: be my girl

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Noob: NU! XYRIN DUN QUIT! J00 ARE COOLER DAN H4X!

I have to quit… Under circumstances I will return. I am still a staff… SO INVITE ME TO THE MEETING COOL!  I can come up with ideas… But no posts… Until a while… So…. And I’m glad kunfu got my job… I wasn’t good at it… So anyway… Bai…

~Xyrin~

Meatskull is proud to present another 90 minute selection of head musik designed to put you in the “other place” via ambient spaces, twisted beats and gentle reminders of how good music can be. Featured this week is the absolutely mindblowing new creation from Buddy Peace entitled Late Model Sedan. I’ve included 3 tracks from this release, as it’s so so good.

New material also, from former Mazzy Star chanteuse Hope Sandoval, Mount Kimbie remixing The Big Pink, and a previously unheard demo from Manc legends, The Stone Roses taken from the new 4cd set commemorationg the 20th anniversary of their debut album. all this and the kitchen sink.

Thanks for listening - Meatskull.

Koen Park – This Earth (Corey Fuller Remix)
Buddy Peace  - Buddy You Look Sick
Joker – Psychedelic Runway
Marco Bernadi – Mystery Of Nazerus (Version 2)
Bvdub – Only The Willow Remains
Ghost Cauldron – Ambient Skit (Superpitcher Ambient Mix)
The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation – Strange Dreams
Auburn Pelog – Buddy Peace
Aisere I Love You – Yamasuki
The Big Pink – Velvet (Mount Kimbie Remix)
Richard Youngs – Collapsing Stars
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Message To Bears – Hidden Beneath
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions – Blanchard
Wigald Boning – Mali
The Heavy Blinkers  - The Night And I Are Still So Young
George Harrison – Let It Down (Version)
Dr. Buzzard’s Savannah band – Sunshower
Christian Loeffler – Heights
The Stone Roses – Jam
Buddy Peace – Court Order Blue

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Another twee/sunny pop selection to ad to the ever popular selection of such compilations here on Meatskull. This one comes courtesy of the gentle folk over at There And Back Again Lane, purveyors of all things pristine and POP!

01. Charlotte´s Web – Delicious Pain
02. Some Other Day – Sad But True
03. The Gravy Train – All Fall Down
04. Cumbersome – Billie
05. How Many Beans Make Five – I Could Well Believe That
06. Jesterbells – Bordighera
07. The Stolen Picassos – Time Will Tell
08. The Doris Days – Another Day
09. All Over The Place – Tired Of Being Alone
10. The Singing Curtains – While The Children Build Sandcastles
11. The Penny Candles – No Doubt
12. Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes – The Rain Fell Down
13. La Sintesis – Shouting Out
14. Charlotte´s Web – Heart Trouble
15. Bouquet – Forever
16. Nervous Curve – Your Idea Of Heaven
17. The Penelopes – Please Listen To Me
18. The Penny Candles – Memory Box

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