A Curated Christmas 2009

A Curated Christmas 2009

Hope you have a fun, safe, and better 2010! Get these jams.

TRACK LISTING

  1. Gene Kelly & Betty Noyes – Would You?/End Title
  2. Jens Lekman – Run Away With Me
  3. Crooked Fingers – What Never Comes
  4. Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum, & Durr – You Can’t Blame Me
  5. Devo – Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy)
  6. Prince – U Got The Look
  7. Dâm Funk – Mirrors
  8. BK-One featuring Aceyalone, Myka 9, and Abstract Rude – Mega
  9. UGK – 7th Street/Texas Ave (Uncleared Sample)
  10. Talking Heads – The Big Country (Alternate Version)
  11. Solange featuring Bilal – Cosmic Journey
  12. R. Kelly – Be My #2
  13. Aural Exciters – Paradise
  14. Sparks – I Married Myself
  15. Roxy Music – Avalon
  16. Sleater-Kinney – Modern Girl
  17. Camille Saint-Saëns – Aquarium
  18. Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me
  19. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Way Over There
  20. Prince Buster – Ghost Dance

The New Romantics – Volume II

The New Romantics - Volume II

The second part of an incomplete survey concerning sexuality in urban music. Parental advisory, explicit lyrics. Download here. The first volume may be found here.

TRACK LISTING

  1. Maxwell – Bad Habits – 2009
  2. Jay-Z – Girls, Girls, Girls – 2001
  3. Little Brother featuring Lil’ Wayne – Breakin My Heart – 2007
  4. Prince Paul featuring Breezly Brewin and Heroine - The Other Line – 1999
  5. Destiny’s Child – Say My Name – 1999
  6. R. Kelly – Real Talk – 2007
  7. Aaliyah – Are You That Somebody? – 1998
  8. UGK featuring Outkast – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) – 2007
  9. Tray Loc – Once Upon A Freak – 1995
  10. A Tribe Called Quest – Find A Way – 1998
  11. Murs – The Pain – 2004
  12. Lauryn Hill – Ex Factor – 1998
  13. Grand Puba featuring Sadat X – I Like It (Blend Mix) – 2000
  14. Nas – Poppa Was A Playa – 2002
  15. Ghostface Killah featuring Carl Thomas and Raekwon – Never Be the Same Again – 2001
  16. Janet Jackson – Any Time, Any Place – 1993

The New Romantics – Volume I

Volume 1

An incomplete survey of sexuality in urban music. Parental advisory, explicit lyrics. Download here.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Sisqo – Thong Song (Acapella) – 2000
  2. Splack Pack – Shake That Ass Bitch – 1993
  3. Kelis - Milkshake (Remix) – 2003
  4. J-Kwon – Tipsy – 2004
  5. Outkast – We Luv Deez Hoez – 2000
  6. Lil’ Wayne (Featuring Static Major) – Lollipop – 2008
  7. David Banner – Play – 2005
  8. Ludacris (Featuring Shawna) – What’s Your Fantasy – 2000
  9. Khia – My Neck, My Back (Lick It) – 2002
  10. LL Cool J (Featuring LeShaun) – Doin It – 1995
  11. Dr. Dre (Featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg) – Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang – 1992
  12. Missy Elliott - Work It – 2002
  13. Lil’ Jon & the Eastside Boyz – Get Low – 2002
  14. The Notorious B.I.G. – Big Poppa – 1994
  15. Young Money – Every Girl – 2009
  16. T.I. – Why You Wanna – 2006

Post Script: Requiem for Resuscitation

After posting Requiem for Resuscitation, I learned of a Austin Historic Preservation Office report on the building that has a more complete and accurate history (PDF). Sorry about not getting all the details correct.

On Monday, April 27, 2009 the Historic Landmark Commission voted to initiate historic zoning on the property.

Requiem for Resuscitation

405 W. 18th Street, Guadalupe Entrance
405 W. 18th Street, Guadalupe entrance.

Let me begin by saying that rehabilitating 405 W. 18th Street will not turn hay into gold, much less save the city in one fail swoop. However, I have grown some fondness—in part due to the seemingly unnecessary neglect—for the building located at the address and feel like I should make some defense of it.
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The world is not flat

And location is still everything.

Sammy Gets Away

The crook of his right elbow cradled his head while the other hand cupped his ear from the din of bullshit. Orange planes of light leaked across the room from windows up high, obscuring the old movie on his TV hanging from the far wall of the bar. He let out a sigh to remind himself that he was breathing.

The Eagles scored on an opposite screen and the din became louder-fuck yeahs, claps, mugs hitting the shellacked oak.
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Goodbye and good riddance.

Adios, arrivederci, deuces you dog, you.

Country & General Stores

Following is a slideshow of selected country and general store images. All of the following photos were found on the site of the Library of Congress.

Click.

A Curated Christmas 2008

Small grab of A Curated Christmas coverDOWNLOAD HERE or HERE
Hi again! I’ve made a mix for this holiday season because A) I’m still cheap and B) like the idea of mixes. If you want even more me approved non-holiday holiday music, you should feel free to complete the collection with A Curated Christmas 2007 and/or A Curated Christmas 2005 (alternate link).

I hope your (economically affordable) holiday season is going most excellent and that the new year is way more bodacious than the last. [Read more →]

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