Orange + Green Mixes

These mixtapes were created for you by Ryan Hora & myself ... well, sort of ...

We "originally" made them for eachother, but they got all shuffled and mixed up and switched around so now you have 2 different definitive Ryan & Paul (Paul & Ryan) mixes, each one named for our favorite colors (you get to guess who's is who's) ...

Btw, it's not only the 1st time in Psychic Tuesday history that collaborative mixes are being presented, but it's also the 1st time that 2 mixes have landed on the same day!

Now that's something to celebrate! haha

So here is the ORANGE MIX ...

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here is the GREEN MIX ...

ENJOY!!!

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Well, 1st off, I need to admit that lately I indeed feel very lucky ... not only to have someone like Ryan, but also to be a member of such an incredibly bad-ass softball team as the Bad News Bearons ...

come out to George Ward TONITE!!! We have a DOUBLEHEADER !!!

Most recently I feel truly lucky that a new brewery in town, Avondale Brewing Company are having me not only design their logo, but also designing each one of their different beer labels!

Whaaaaat?!!

I even got to sample some of their IPA yesterday evening and it was nothing short of phenomenal!

The future looks bright indeed ...

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Next up, Peter and I's yard got a "haircut" ... which coincides nicely with the complete shaving off of my beard to celebrate Summer ... whoopee!!!

Technically, our realty company is supposed to cut the grass ... I guess they forgot to or SOMETHING cuz it slowly but surely turned into a very Addams Family type yard ... and Peter and I are both deathly allergic to poison ivy, which grows rampant in both the front and back yards, so ... um ... HELL NO we weren't touching it!

Anywaaaaay, a few days ago we suddenly found this official note on our door saying that Alabama Power was going to do some "vegetation maintenance" (!) on our yard ...

and they did! Thanks, Alabama Power! Now maybe we can qualify for the Southside Beautification award ...

Witness these Before & After photos:

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And holy shit this past weekend was GREAT! I got to spend 3 whole days with Ryan and his amazing friends in Montevallo ...

There was creek swimming, fireflies, beer drinking, full moons, junk store adventures, long and crazy "deep" conversations, music nonstop, actually fun porch-cleaning (!) and just a perfect feeling of synchronicity the entire time

... sigh ...

Here's Jennifer, Weston & Ryan fresh from an epic creek swim:

Here's Ryan's unbelievably charming kitty, Nico:

And here's Ryan himself plus me:

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Oh yeah! I've been working on a July art show called "Black Sheep" at Crestwood Coffee Company ... Try to make it to the opening ... it'll be Saturday July 10th ...

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HOLY SMOKE!!! ... get ready for an absolute onsalught of videos ...

I can't get over how great this song ("Nature Boy") is ... and Nat King Cole is pretty damn hypnotic in this performance as well:


I'm still swooning over Wild Nothing's new album, "Gemini" ... and here's a nice live version of a song from it ("Summer Holiday") :

May I now present to you 4 very creepy-themed videos ...

1. Crystal Castles create graveyard mania:

2. Medieval nightmares, compliments of Woods:

3. NSFW!!! adventures from Tobacco:

4. And a bizarrely sexy drug-riddled tale by Interpol:

Walker turned me onto these guys ... wish they were still kickin out the jams:

Ah, Jonsi ... yer fashion (AND music) is beyond compare:


Stuart posted this great performance by The Box Tops (thanks, Stuart!) ... I dig how totally UNserious they're taking themselves:

Charlie (Sanders) posted this(thanks, Charlie!) ... love it:

Going through Ryan's music, I now have a deep appreciation for what Adam & The Ants were doing in the late 70's:

The next video is not only hilarious, but an entire documentary film was shot, using it as a "diving board" ... behold the infamously foul-mouthed Winnebego Man (thanks, Candice!)

(word: Bottletree will actually be screening it TONITE!!!)

And for dessert, Keith posted a rather tasty treat with a surprise ending (wait for it!) haha ... thanks, Keith!!!