Down is the new UP

hrrrthrrr: Holy crap you guys! Just picked up the mail and...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:11:00 -0500

holy mail!

Megan (MI) --meganonthetrain.tumblr.com

Jake (IL)-- midwestloveaffair.tumblr.com

Laura (WA) -- earltheturtle.com

Julien (CA)

Cello (MD) -- cello143.tumblr.com

Robert (NH) --robertocf.tumblr.com

hrrrthrrr:

Holy crap you guys! Just picked up the mail and found a whole buttload of mixes! Thank you so much and I cannot wait to listen to all of them. I’ll be sending yours out tomorrow.

I’ve always had a passion for making mixes. I spend waaaaay too much time putting them together, because I like them to be perfect. From having the opening track grab your attention, to making sure each transition is flawless, and to making sure each song stays within a particular atmosphere.

So, I sent hrrrthrrr my most recent mix, Tunnelvision. While it’s not best mix, this one still took me two weeks to find songs and about three days to put it all together.

I hope she likes it.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:10:00 -0500

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Tunnelvision

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:05:00 -0500

“All For the Best,” - Thom Yorke “Fun That We Have,” - Julian...

Melissa and Megan.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:46:41 -0500

Melissa and Megan.

You Don’t Have A Clue - Röyksopp You’re hiding from...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:37:31 -0500

You Don’t Have A Clue - Röyksopp

You’re hiding from yourself,
Yes you are, yes you are
Like golden rays of sun in the cloud

I will make you see
Haven’t you got, haven’t you got it yet?
Just lay down for a while, next to me

Didn’t mean to make you panic, didn’t mean to put you off
Baby it’s the way that you’ve got me
I listen to my heart and it takes you high
And you ask me how, can I show you how?
I need your love right now, now, now.

That Look You Give That Guy - Eels I never thought that I could...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:09:12 -0500

That Look You Give That Guy - Eels

I never thought that I could be so bold
To even say these thoughts aloud
I see you with your man; your eyes just shine
While he stands tall and walkin’ proud

That look you give that guy
I wanna see
Lookin’ right at me
If I could be that guy instead of me
I’d never let you down

Photo

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:00:58 -0500

Lindsay and Laura.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:57:19 -0500

Lindsay and Laura.

Cat interrupts game of beer pong.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:55:19 -0500

Cat interrupts game of beer pong.

(via ambika) Um… okay?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:37:01 -0500

(via ambika)

Um… okay?

hrrrthrrr: Working on a new mixtape (I do one every month for a...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:19:23 -0500

hrrrthrrr:

Working on a new mixtape (I do one every month for a couple friends back home).

I think it’d be fun to start exchanging mixes with people more often. I love getting new music! Maybe I’ll make up a few extra to send out to some of you guys…but only if you send me one back. Music and actual mail…what could be better?

It has been a really long time since I’ve made a mix, but I would definitely be up for this. My friends have always told me that I make great mixes (with awesome transitions) and it’d be nice to have someone I don’t know judge my mix. If you’re interested in sending one, I’ll definitely send one right back.

E-mail: robertocfblog at gmail dot com.

One of many shots I don’t remember from last night.

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:29:06 -0500

One of many shots I don’t remember from last night.

Nearly zombified!

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:40:46 -0400

Nearly zombified!

somethingfortheladies: Dark Was The...

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:23:48 -0400

somethingfortheladies:

Dark Was The Night

Beirut

Mimizan

After several months, I am still finding myself captivated by Dark Was The Night, the Red Hot compilation of blooming independent artists arranged by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National. The compilation examines the traditional techniques of music and showcases how people like Zach Condon are applying them to fresh compositions. This Beirut song is one of the many highlights from the selection, and it’s also an indicator that these songs were collected over a span of several years.

Boston Bruins.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:14:37 -0400

Boston Bruins.

tuneage: Thom Yorke - “Hearing Damage” Full disclosure: I...

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:06:00 -0400

tuneage:

Thom Yorke - “Hearing Damage”

Full disclosure: I don’t like Radiohead very much. When some other web-publication named Kid A the number 1 record of the past decade, my emotional reaction was best described as “resigned outrage.” Perhaps I developed this attitude because most of my musical maturation occurred after their Lightyears-Ahead-Of-Their-Time electronic experimentation had been well absorbed into the indie-rock landscape, or perhaps it came about because I’m sick of people telling me how brilliant they are. Regardless, I have a tough time sitting through an entire Radiohead LP.

Also, vampire familiarity has bred vampire contempt.

Together, these factors must ensure that “Hearing Damage,” the Thom Yorke mood-piece for the forthcoming New Moon soundtrack, is a sonic splinter to my heart. Right? Not this time. This track expertly exploits the minimalism/ maximalism contrast that defines his solo work. There are exactly two chords in the entire song. The synths are so dirty, you can hear their individual bits. The lyrics, written down, wouldn’t fill the front page of a Twilight notepad. But Yorke takes these simple ingredients and layers one on top of another, building them into something more. Drums artfully glitch and skitter. Synth pads sweep and multiply. Reverb freezes and reverses. In these manipulations, Yorke constructs a towering monument to isolation, a perfect soundtrack for Bella’s months in Jobian exile. Not that I’m in to that.

Why did Thom do a song for the New Moon soundtrack?

Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses - Thom Yorke Awwww, yeah! [via...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:43:12 -0400

Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses - Thom Yorke

Awwww, yeah!

[via Vague Space]

U2.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:06:43 -0400

U2.

oh, okay

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:52:38 -0400

me: i think i'm building up a resistance to red bull someone with very bad advice: because you've...

Long Division - Death Cab for Cutie His head was a cityOf...

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:24:08 -0400

Long Division - Death Cab for Cutie

His head was a city
Of paper buildings
And the echoes that remained
Of old friends and lovers
Their features bleeding
Together in his brain

And once it started was harder to
Tell them apart

He was always distracted
By the very mention
Of an open door
‘Cause he had sworn not to be what he’d been before

To be a remain remain remain remainder