tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371578512011-07-08T02:36:11.946-04:00Mike Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824481762030831656noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37157851.post-49357573031949024662010-01-26T22:17:00.007-05:002010-01-26T23:28:20.526-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/S1-4RU2zWoI/AAAAAAAAALE/JxYTzovxvU8/s1600-h/Picture+1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/S1-4RU2zWoI/AAAAAAAAALE/JxYTzovxvU8/s400/Picture+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431262283427961474" /></a><br />This playlist gets progressively less fun over the course of thirty-nine minutes.<br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?nqtwemzjy2m">download</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/religiousgirls">religious girls</a> - <a href="http://religiousgirls.bandcamp.com/track/canary">canary</a><br /><a href="http://nitejewel.com/">nite jewel</a> - <a href="http://gvsbchris.com/weak4me.mp3">weak for me</a><br /><a href="http://twinsistermusic.com/">twin sister</a> - <a href="http://twinsistermusic.com/media/uploads/music/ginger.mp3">ginger</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/activechild">active child</a> - <a href="http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new_active_child__she_was_a_vision_107241.html">she was a vision</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/hypheewilliams">hype williams</a> - <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/sssqt8s1xv">untitled (emerald pools)</a><br /><a href="http://www.formerghosts.com/">former ghosts</a> - <a href="http://nonotfunnotno.blogspot.com/2010/01/f-g.html">the same mistake</a><br /><a href="http://www.xiuxiu.org/">xiu xiu</a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDMC57GEF-Y">mean, childish and boring</a><br /><a href="http://wholly-other.com/">charalambides</a> - <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Charalambides/_/Regret">regret</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/grouperrepuorg">grouper</a> - <a href="http://endhits.portlandmercury.com/endhits/archives/2009/03/11/grouper_rising_height">rising height</a><br /><a href="http://holymountain.com/artists/yoga/">yoga</a> - flying witch<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37157851-4935757303194902466?l=thelesseroftwo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mike Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824481762030831656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37157851.post-40422503315834313652010-01-04T01:28:00.004-05:002010-01-04T02:00:33.427-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/S0GKug_evII/AAAAAAAAAK8/AN6MFYy8n0o/s1600-h/Picture%2B1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/S0GKug_evII/AAAAAAAAAK8/AN6MFYy8n0o/s400/Picture%2B1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422767958065593474" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ozzx2xm3z0n">download.</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/alphabetsabc">alphabets</a> - moan roar squawk yelp...<br /><a href="http://www.juliannabarwick.com/">julianna barwick</a> - sunlight, heaven<br /><a href="http://www.notnotfun.com/past200.html">matrix metals</a> - flamingo breeze<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/naturalsnowbuildings">natural snow buildings</a> - all animals...<br /><a href="http://www.pointnever.com/">oneohtrix point never</a> - format and journey north<br /><a href="http://railcars.tumblr.com/">railcars</a> - passion of saint edmund (rebirth)<br /><a href="http://www.s4lem.com/">salem</a> - legend<br /><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Skaters">the skaters</a> - part vi<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/teeeb">teebs</a> - untitled<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/xterrorbirdx">terror bird</a> - shadows in the halls<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37157851-4042250331583431365?l=thelesseroftwo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mike Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824481762030831656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37157851.post-36393530553477511232009-12-09T22:28:00.018-05:002009-12-09T23:11:06.226-05:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">10.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ducktails - Ducktails</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBr4JWmeRI/AAAAAAAAAJk/PIXQG1dFoRY/s1600-h/T.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBr4JWmeRI/AAAAAAAAAJk/PIXQG1dFoRY/s400/T.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413445364426897682" /></a><br /><br />Fun, hazy, laid back, tropical lo-fi pop. What I wanted my summer to be like.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">9.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dan Deacon - Bromst</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBsak6BX-I/AAAAAAAAAJs/YYG0_cUrhIk/s1600-h/bromst2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBsak6BX-I/AAAAAAAAAJs/YYG0_cUrhIk/s400/bromst2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413445955938770914" /></a><br /><br />Makes me want to sleep over at your house and stay up and be friends and eat sugar and watch cartoons...<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />8.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Emeralds - What Happened</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBthodbjZI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/BTM6paPo3YU/s1600-h/2Zqi.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBthodbjZI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/BTM6paPo3YU/s400/2Zqi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413447176663305618" /></a><br /><br />...and when you understandably tire of me and grow up I will hide behind layered walls of ambient sound and you’ll forget but I’ll remember.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">7.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBt3tvkEfI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/TW0KcePlLJs/s1600-h/lp-floodlight-front.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBt3tvkEfI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/TW0KcePlLJs/s400/lp-floodlight-front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413447556038660594" /></a><br /><br />I prefer this over Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. Reverb-drenched shoegaze pop that somehow emits both warmth and melancholy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jeans Wilder - Antiques</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBuRm_kmII/AAAAAAAAAKE/f77it2ea2rI/s1600-h/jeanswildertape.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 289px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBuRm_kmII/AAAAAAAAAKE/f77it2ea2rI/s400/jeanswildertape.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413448000903354498" /></a><br /><br />Quiet, sad, slow, lo-fi bedroom pop. What my summer <span style="font-style:italic;">was</span> like.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBuhmAK1SI/AAAAAAAAAKM/MvIGAy24pA0/s1600-h/Tarot_Sport-Fuck_Buttons_480.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBuhmAK1SI/AAAAAAAAAKM/MvIGAy24pA0/s400/Tarot_Sport-Fuck_Buttons_480.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413448275515331874" /></a><br /><br />This would be the best ride at Alt Disney World.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie - Marlone</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBu8lLPkYI/AAAAAAAAAKU/BHhbuiXqfMs/s1600-h/tkapb-marlone-album-art.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBu8lLPkYI/AAAAAAAAAKU/BHhbuiXqfMs/s400/tkapb-marlone-album-art.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413448739149812098" /></a><br /><br />Mix Cocteau Twins and Beach House. Add darkness.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Former Ghosts - Fleurs</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBvPJxUNXI/AAAAAAAAAKc/UohPcSyFNYM/s1600-h/fleurs1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBvPJxUNXI/AAAAAAAAAKc/UohPcSyFNYM/s400/fleurs1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413449058210821490" /></a><br /><br />Downer synth pop influenced by Ian Curtis and This Mortal Coil. “I Wave” is like having a new (good) Xiu Xiu song.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Super Minerals - Clusters</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBvkEmyf8I/AAAAAAAAAKk/xt8rORJv10k/s1600-h/Clusters001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBvkEmyf8I/AAAAAAAAAKk/xt8rORJv10k/s400/Clusters001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413449417601744834" /></a><br /><br />Fucking beautiful authentic minimalist piano drone. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBwYYv7ApI/AAAAAAAAAKs/yTQSKh1f1WM/s1600-h/146944.146724.merriweather_0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SyBwYYv7ApI/AAAAAAAAAKs/yTQSKh1f1WM/s400/146944.146724.merriweather_0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413450316361958034" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37157851-3639353055347751123?l=thelesseroftwo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mike Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824481762030831656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37157851.post-54754302404491218892009-07-24T19:43:00.002-04:002009-07-24T19:47:52.801-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SmpHrbu2GbI/AAAAAAAAAI8/M0v2st8nhNc/s1600-h/pbr.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SmpHrbu2GbI/AAAAAAAAAI8/M0v2st8nhNc/s400/pbr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362177117842184626" /></a><br />(Donald Sutherland in MASH)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37157851-5475430240449121889?l=thelesseroftwo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mike Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824481762030831656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37157851.post-75972112365122848482009-07-24T19:37:00.005-04:002009-07-24T19:42:52.106-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SmpF_hbxiEI/AAAAAAAAAI0/wR1sXIw_ZIs/s1600-h/w4ZBzlfTEq9ulcdvbauJK56Mo1_400.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uFqeZCalucc/SmpF_hbxiEI/AAAAAAAAAI0/wR1sXIw_ZIs/s400/w4ZBzlfTEq9ulcdvbauJK56Mo1_400.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362175263946934338" /></a><br /><br />1. Ear-damaging/terrible music/noise<br /><br />2. Awful books by awful people who smile at me on the cover<br /><br />3. Overwhelming influx of library materials (simultaneously a good thing)<br /><br />4. Elitist narcissist pricks (“They only kill their own”)<br /><br />5. Most television and commercials<br /><br />6. Religion (though often hilarious)<br /><br />7. ≈Three clicks into Youtube related videos/Youtube comments<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37157851-7597211236512284848?l=thelesseroftwo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mike Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824481762030831656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37157851.post-1615286105115255522009-07-24T19:31:00.005-04:002009-07-24T19:36:22.575-04:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">“ The way to come to power is not always to merely challenge the establishment, but first to make a place in it and then challenge and double-cross the establishment. You have to set your sights and be unscrupulous."</span> -Francis Ford Coppola (<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=codQ42093roC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s">via</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37157851-161528610511525552?l=thelesseroftwo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mike Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824481762030831656noreply@blogger.com1