This mixtape was created for you by Chris Vawter Stewart, a Psychic Tuesday veteran mixmaster ... and if you missed on his other excellent mixes, they are right HERE & HERE ... and WOW! I'll be damned if this brand new one he's made isn't one of the best playlists to ever hit this blog's airwaves! Here, here Chris!!! It's not only very musically consistent and thematic, but also brings together a perfect bunch of songs to really warm one up during these absolutely freezing icy cold days ...
Here's Chris himself to further explain =
"My mix is dedicated to William Gilbert, an English physician from the late 1500's, who is widely considered to be the father of electricity and is credited as originating the term itself. So my mix is full of electronic gems from the last 5 decades. They are mostly upbeat, danceable songs. It's driving beat makes it easy to work to, great for (only the coolest) parties, or just cruising around. If your head isn't bobbing to this one, then you may want to go to the hospital, or at least therapy, because you are either dead, or severely unhappy. Enjoy!
-Chris"
Hey ... Just dig that tracklist! =
1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
2. Fingerbib - Aphex Twin
3. Schubertalamode - Somethingalamode
4. Terminally Chill - Neon Indian
5. Behind The Mask - Yellow Magic Orchestra
6. Light of Love - Miracles Club
7. Lipton Service Boy - Eero Johannes
8. Dispicable Dogs - Small Black
9. Hot on the Heels of Love - Throbbing Gristle
10. Nothing To Fear - Depeche Mode
11. Trois Gymnopedies [First Movement] - Gary Numan
12. The Moog and Me - Dick Hyman
13. Monosynth - Joy Electric
14. Feel It All Around - Washed Out
15. Party Machine - Bruce Haack
Now put on yer toe-warmin dancin shoes ... cuz HERE IT IS!!!
And if that isn't enough, Chris also sent along a myriad collection of whacky, beautiful and bizarre videos ... Thanks, again Chris!!!
In random news, I just wanted to spread the word that Chris' brother Andy and my good friend Colin Blanton and Anthony Mack have an awesome new split EP out (awkward silence / mackone / urbandy split) and you canDOWNLOAD IT HERE
Also, Justin's sweet wife, Lisa Cordes posted this great link that I highly enjoyed lookin at (thanks, Lisa!) =
In homestead news, Peter and I finally broke down and turned our gas heating on, cuz there's no doubt about it ... it's COOOOOOOLD these days!!!
Charley quite liked our decision =
We also decided to put up the tree and decorate and be festive and all that =
Speaking of festive, I was in Montgomery last weekend visiting the ever-wonderful RYAN and he drove us to this house that was totally and completely smothered & covered with yuletide spirit ... They even had a donation box to help cover their electric bill ... haha ...
And in case all those nutty videos that Chris provided us with weren't enough for ya, well worry no more! Ahead is a shit-ton more!!!
GET READY, Y'ALL!!!
1st up, Jess Marie Walker sent me this awesomely strange and colorful video for The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" to pay tribute to the immortal soul of John Lennon last Wednesday on the 30 year anniversary of his death (Dec. 8th) ... thanks, Jess Marie!!! =
Speaking of colorful, Ryan ... who knows my intense love of crayons, sent me this lovely clip explaining excatly how they're made (my favorite part is the "secret powder"!) ... thank you, Ryan!!!!! =
Ryan also sent me this stunning animated piece by David O'Reilly via Antonio (cheers!) =
And here's one just for Ryan ... Laurie Anderson, take it away! =
This one by The Soft Moon is pretty rad =
A nice "unofficial" one by my favorite band of 2010, Candy Claws =
And here's a live video by them as well =
Neon Indian's latest (and very dreamy) video =
This one by Xray's visually makes me think of the 80's band, Cabaret Voltaire =
Some underwater adventures from Porcelain Raft =
The Radio Dept's newest =
And now ... dessert time!
Tom Bonner posted this recently and it makes me laugh every time! (thanks, Tom!) =
Ryan posted this 'un of shoppers gettin trampled at Target on Black Friday =
He also sent me this, which is 100% ridiculous! "Like ice cream" !!! =
And finally, if that wasn't bizarre enough, Eileen sent me (thanks!) the Eat Da Poo Poo remix! =
A. Getting excited about getting & giving presents
B. Decorating yer tree and house
C. Driving around on very chilly days
D. Gazing at brightly-colored lights
E. Kicking back with a big glass of egg nog
So I made a rather moody "Cold Weather Mix" with the suggestive help of many of my amazing friends on facebook, but I decided that with the days getting so frightfully cold that a little "holiday cheer" was immediately necessary to postpone any early wintertime gloom that sometimes tends to sneak into all of our heads and hearts with a healthy dose of blazing yuletide spirit!!!
This particular Xmas mix was actually many moons ago and it's one of the very 1st official Christmas mixtapes I've ever made ... on an actual real live cassette tape! haha ... So it has that nice oldschool feel to it ... tape hiss and all ... I could have just "recompiled" it again with the mp3s of each track, but I found that ripping the original cassette just felt somehow "nostalgically warmer" and more endearing ...
The Holiday Craft Bazaar began Friday night and I spent what seemed like all day setting up in the Lake Building in Avondale (Coby & Cindy's place = I'm designing the logo and labels for their new beer company, Avondale Brewing Company) ... here's some of the stuff I did for it =
So the bazaar started at 5pm and it was a pretty low turn out that nite, mainly cuz Barehands were sadly having their very last art opening ever also ... I did make a few sales, though ...
Later that same nite was the Bottletree Midnight Sushi show, which was wild and wonderful and incredibly packed =
The sake was overflowing and the sushi was plentiful ... Ferocious Bubbles played 1st and they were pretty damned awesome =
My band, Nowhere Squares followed and it was a truly fun show ... somebody even gave me a big garbage bag of glow sticks to throw out to folks ... haha =
(photo by Gina Killingsworth)
I didn't get to bed til like 4 something and had to be back at the bazaar at 10am ... yikes! Luckily I only drank 3 beers and stayed away from the sake, so I felt pretty decent Saturday, which yielded yet another slow customer turn-out ... this time due to the Auburn game on TV and some extremely gloomy and grey "sleep-in" weather ...
I did manage to make some good sales (especially on Sunday) and traded some of my pieces for some great scarves by fellow artist Obie Travels and for some awesome shirts with David & Hayley, who had their Mayfield Vintage stuff set up right next to mine =
Hayley n David
David took this -un of yers truly
We also played many a hilarious round of Mad Libs and later my sweet man, RYAN drove up from Montgomery to visit which totally made my day ... I'm so glad I got to spend some time with him!
We dropped by Brian & Merrilee's place and watched a series of INSANE youtube videos (I included a bunch down below) ... they let us borrow their copy of Harmony Korine's absolutely bizarre movie, "Trash Humpers" ...
We watched it later that night and there really are no words to describe how enjoyably whacked-out it is ...
Here's the trailer, which pretty much says it all =
1st up, Justin posted this grrrreat drunk Santa video ... but before we get to that, I wanted to copy and paste what he wrote recently on facebook, which is pure gold:
"Brian Teasley 's 'catwoman post' reminds me of the fact that, when we were young boys, in the yard, pretending to be superheroes, it wasnt unusual for one us to be wonderwoman. it wasn't even weird. you had bracelets that deflected bullets."
Wow ... that rules so hard!
And now, Justin's Drunk Santa video (thanks!) =
My god ... I'm gonna spread these next few out (place them between other videos) ...
Ryan found a series of reeeally fucked up animation test videos by someone called Wendy ... again, pure gold (this goes for the music as well!) ...
Wendy 1 =
Whoopeee! My favorite band of the year, Candy Claws finally put out a video for their incredible dream pop album, "Hidden Lands" ... and I love it ...
Dig it ... "The Breathing Fire" =
Ryan likes this Wendy video the best ...
Wendy 2 =
Again, whooopeeeee!!! A video from another of my favorites from 2010, Tame Impala!!! Here here! =
Ryan digs the crazy hair in this one and I like how her lower body moves like a can full of Coke ...
Wendy 3 =
Chris Stewart posted this one (cheers!) and it simply makes me happy =
This is my personal favorite of the Wendy videos that Ryan sent me ... I love both the soundtrack and the expanding fur and everything else, really ... acid anyone?
Wendy 4 =
This 'un by Frankie Rose And The Outs is just beautiful =
And on a final Wendy note, Ryan sent me a "personal message" from the "creator and genius" behind it all ...
Wendy 5 =
HEY!!! It's dessert time!!! Remember I said that Ryan and I had gone to Brian and Merrilee's and watched a slew of really mental youtube videos? Well here are 2 of em ...
Merrilee showed us this funny yet disturbing one of a "German Rod Stewart" getting a mic accidentally shoved down his throat ... yikers! =
Brian showed us this psycho one where a crazed husband suddenly starts slapping his wife in mid-dance! haha =
Matt Goodin sent this hilarious News piece to Ryan on facebook (thanks, Matt!) =
Next, David Swatzell posted this terrible than terrible Pink Floyd cover video (thanky!) ... My brother said it made him feel violent & he wanted to throw one of those pumpkins at the singer ... haha! =
And last but not least, Pascal sent me this bit of intense feline drama (cheers!) =
