DRAWING BORED

so, um, yeah, i made you a mixtape. you can download it here.

01 : quits :: chasing ghosts
02 : the oh hellos :: hello my old heart
03 : sean bones :: united
04 : the boy least likely to :: i’m glad i hitched my apple wagon to your star
05 : hey marseilles :: rio
06 : frightened rabbit :: i feel better
07 : feed me + crystal fighters :: love is all i got
08 : features :: another one
09 : pacific air :: float (fat rat remix)
10 : papa :: put me to work
11 : the little ones :: argonauts
12 : cody chesnutt :: don’t wanna go the other way
13 : purity ring :: belispeak ii
14 : yellow ostrich :: stay at home
15 : big boi (featuring phantogram) :: lines
16 : macklemore :: thrift shop
17 : mystery pills :: anti-pattern
18 : houndmouth :: penitentiary
19 : the head and the heart :: beacon hill
20 : neil halstead :: full moon rising
21 : modest mouse :: blame it on the tetons

so, yeah, i made you a mixtape.

back to skull, disc one

01 : matt costa :: sunshine
02 : they might be giants :: welcome to the jungle
03 : blue scholars :: may day
04 : nirvana :: all apologies (sound remedy remix)
05 : harlem shakes :: natural man
06 : 17 hippies :: jolies filles
07 : dawes :: the way you laugh
08 : jeremy fisher :: jolene
09 : band of horses :: the funeral (sound remedy remix)
10 : mumford + sons :: i will wait
11 : big gigantic :: fantastic
12 : fm belfast :: delorean
13 : xaphoon jones :: oui got it wrong
14 : saint motel :: 1997
15 : limousines :: flaskaboozendancingshoes
16 : purity ring :: fineshrine
17 : alt-j :: fitzpleasure (dave sitek remix)
18 : jj :: 10
19 : irrepressibles :: in this shirt (royksopp remix)

back to skull, disc two

01 : architecture in helsinki :: yr go to
02 : suburban kids with biblical names :: funeral face
03 : irrepressibles :: splish! splash! sploo!
04 : turtle giant :: we were kids
05 : huey mack :: settle down
06 : first aid kit :: king of the world
07 : black moth super rainbow :: windshield smasher
08 : handsome furs :: serve the people (young galaxy remix)
09 : dan deacon :: true thrush
10 : john talabot :: lamento
11 : emancipator :: ares (big gigantic remix)
12 : santigold :: the keepers (knocks remix)
13: ou est le swimming pool :: dance the way i feel
14 : night panther :: fever
15 : matt + kim :: good ol’ fashion nightmare
16 : slow club :: palms
17 : morning benders :: waiting for a war
18 : beatles :: don’t let me down (gramatik remix)
19 : first aid kit :: you’re not coming home tonight
20 : zongamin :: bongo song

so, um, yeah, i made you a mixtape.

there’s some new stuff, some old stuff, some wobbly bass for kitten, some banjo for cricket, but mostly stuff for nerd one.

resolve, disc one

01 : irrepressibles :: in this shirt
02 : mutabaruka :: dis poem
03 : badly drawn boy :: the shining
04 : blondie :: the tide is high
05 : rogue wave :: eyes
06 : babybird :: you’re gorgeous
07 : belle + sebastian :: wrapped up in books
08 : miike snow :: devil’s work
09 : bird and the bee :: polite dance song
10 : deer tick :: these old shoes
11 : breeders :: cannonball
12 : ringside :: tired of being sorry
13 : first aid kit :: you’re not coming home tonight
14 : born ruffians :: this sentence will ruin / save your life
15 : bishop allen :: things are what you make of them
16 : blake mills :: wintersong
17 : blitzen trapper :: god + suicide
18 : connells :: motel
19 : petula clark :: downtown
20 : slow club :: half drunk
21 : peter gabriel :: solsbury hill

resolve, disc two

01 : gary jules :: mad world (manic focus remix)
02 : neil diamond :: cracklin’ rosie
03 : lightning seeds :: pure
04 : blow up v yoko ono :: everyman everywoman
05 : golden silvers :: arrows of eros (shoes remix)
06 : project jenny, project jan :: negative
07 : 3lau + acetronik :: journey without you (journey + usher)
08 : mika v red one :: kick ass
09 : cfcf :: snake charmer (young galaxy remix)
10 : carbon leaf :: the boxer
11 : little ones :: there’s a pot a brewin’
12 : robotic pirate monkey :: front range feeling
13 : men without hats :: the safety dance
14 : new order :: krafty
15 : crystal castles :: crimewave
16 : tiesto :: mission impossible theme
17 : simon + garfunkel :: cecilia
18 : benny benassi v dallas k :: satisfaction front back
19 : violent femmes :: blister in the sun
20 : drop goblin :: make yur head bounce
21 : too much joy :: king of beers

so, yeah, i made you a mixtape. i debated posting this earlier, but i know christmas tunes (even when they’re as amazingly awesome as these) have a way of wearing out their welcome fast. i figure posting it now will give you just enough time for a few good listens before all the hubbub is over. enjoy!

john’s traditionally untraditional christmas mix, disc one

01 : big dee irwin + little eva :: i wish you a merry christmas
02 : commander cody + his lost planet airmen :: daddy’s drinking up our christmas
03 : waitresses :: christmas wrapping
04 : bobby sherman :: christmas is (make it sweet)
05 : james brown :: santa claus is definitely here to stay
06 : little cindy :: happy birthday jesus
07 : rita faye wilson :: sleigh bells, reindeer, and snow
08 : akim + the teddy vann production company :: santa claus is a black man
09 : emmy rossum :: carol of the bells
10 : shamus m’cool :: santa’s little helper, dingo
11 : tiny tim :: rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
12 : canned heat :: christmas blues
13 : homer + jethro :: nuttin’ fer christmas
14 : royal guardsmen :: snoopy’s christmas
15 : carpenters :: merry christmas darling
16 : roy wood + wizzard :: i wish it could be christmas everyday
17 : jimmy donley :: santa! don’t pass me by
18 : dean martin :: a marshmallow world
19 : bill anderson :: po’ folks christmas
20 : chris garneau :: christmas song

john’s traditionally untraditional christmas mix, disc two

01 : t rex :: christmas bop
02 : killers :: boots
03 : buck owens :: christmas shopping
04 : john denver :: please, daddy (don’t get drunk this christmas)
05 : melanie :: merry christmas
06 : roger christian :: little mary christmas
07 : gilbert o’sullivan :: christmas song
08 : homer + jethro :: santa claus, the original hippie
09 : stan + doug :: christmas goose (snowbird)
10 : billy beau :: santa’s coffee
11 : pogues :: fairytale of new york
12 : carla thomas :: gee whiz it’s christmas
13 : milton delugg :: hooray for santa claus
14 : kay martin + her bodyguards :: santa’s doing the horizontal twist
15 : hugo winterhaller :: the christmas cha cha song
16 : coctails :: first snowfall
17 : ella fitzgerald :: god rest ye merry gentlemen
18 : disco belles :: auld lang syne
19 : abba :: happy new year
20 : hurts :: all i want for christmas is new years day

so, um, yeah, i made you a mixtape.

gobble gobble, disc one:

01 : gobble gobble :: boring horror
02 : kitchens of distinction :: prize
03 : trampled by turtles :: victory
04 : ringside :: sleep well, jeff
05 : pat jordache :: phantom limb
06 : macklemore :: and we danced
07 : iron horse :: a different city
08 : monster rally :: cuban velvet (superhumanoids remix)
09 : lesbians on ecstasy :: mortified
10 : space lady :: ballroom blitz
11 : foster the people :: life on a nickel (mansions on the moon remix)
12 : fndty :: never die
13 : spectral park :: l’appel du vide
14 : mochipet :: dessert search for commodor 64
15 : smokey robotic :: s.r.
16 : robotic pirate monkey :: party animal
17 : clive tanaka y su orquesta :: all night, all right
18 : don juan dracula :: take me home
19 : trampled by turtles :: it’s a war
20 : edith piaf :: non je ne regrette rien (nilow remix)
21 : gobble gobble :: wrinklecarver

gobble gobble, disc two:

01 : gobble gobble :: lawn knives
02 : alabama shakes :: on your way
03 : trampled by turtles :: new orleans
04 : macklemore + ryan lewis :: make the money
05 : sea pinks :: autumn song
06 : chiddy bang :: ray charles
07 : mike posner :: long time
08 : you won’t :: who knew?
09 : iron horse :: third planet
10 : pat jordache :: get it (i know you’re going to)
11 : space lady :: born to be wild
12 : kisses :: johnny and mary
13 : clarence “gatemouth” brown :: up jumped the devil
14 : mochipet :: oh, just another bomb track
15 : bill baird :: hard so hard
16 : mean lady :: lonely
17 : ringside :: criminal
18 : dead trees :: back to l.a.
19 : hands :: warm night home
20 : trampled by turtles :: still in love with you
21 : gobble gobble :: nikki

i know there were a few of you out there who doubted me and thought there was no way i was going to put out one of my monthly mixtapes this month. this is all i have to say to people of that ilk: day. and a half. to spare.

so, um, yeah, i made you a mixtape.

i know, i know. it seems like i just gave you the september mixtape and bam, here’s another. but this one has some halloween-appropriate tunes (songs about monsters and serial killers and ghosts and zombies and whatnot) that i thought might help get you into the holiday spirit. and, you know, that’s a good thing.

click here to download jacked.

01 : dead man’s bones :: in the room where you sleep
02 : new moods :: playtime
03 : trampled by turtles :: never again
04 : giana factory :: bloody game
05 : kitchens of distinction :: 4 men
06 : saul williams :: list of demands (reparations)
07 : white lies :: unfinished business
08 : monogold :: spirit or something
09 : teeth :: flowers
10 : not the 1s :: silverstein status
11 : lloyd :: dedication to my ex (miss that)
12 : arms :: fleeced
13 : body language :: seeds of sight
14 : air review :: america’s son
15 : giraffage :: moments
16 : icewater :: i know that dream
17 : drum :: euthanasia
18 : unicorns :: ghost mountain
19 : luke temple :: more than muscle
20 : sufjan stevens :: john wayne gacy, jr.
21 : trampled by turtles :: wait so long
22 : dead man’s bones :: my body’s a zombie for you

so, um, yeah. i made you a mixtape. and i sort of got carried away (but not quite as badly as in the past). please to enjoy.

oh, about the name: poppies are one of the three “official” flowers of the month of august. they also happen to be a certain someone’s favorite.

poppies, disc one

01 : john wesley harding :: the red rose and the briar
02 : beausoleil :: parlez-nous a boire
03 : anathallo :: hanasakajijii (four - a great wind, more ash)
04 : get cape, wear cape, fly :: collapsing cities (jakwob remix)
05 : beirut :: the shrew
06 : clap your hands say yeah :: love song no. 7
07 : dr. dog :: later
08 : placebo :: the never-ending why
09 : spoon :: got nuffin
10 : tomorrow tulips :: casual hopelessness
11 : go home productions :: smells like rockin’ robin
12 : teddybears :: get mama a house
13 : elite gymnastics :: if u love me
14 : scott matthews :: be human
15 : marina + the diamonds :: bad kidz
16 : santah :: white noise bed
17 : cure :: in between days
18 : sea wolf :: song for the dead
19 : fallulah :: give us a little love
20 : gotye :: somebody that i used to know

poppies, disc two

01 : suburban kids with biblical names :: trees and squirrels
02 : eels :: flower
03 : alexander :: truth
04 : sufjan stevens :: chicago
05 : david guetta :: titanium (featuring sia)
06 : coconut records :: it’s not you it’s me
07 : oh no! oh my! :: i have no sister
08 : fun :: be calm
09 : matt + kim :: spare change
10 : marvin gaye :: what’s going on (nit grit remix)
11 : ray charles :: let the good times roll (opiuo remix)
12 : gorilla warfare tactics :: rewind rhyme
13 : ac/dc :: back in black (samples remix)
14 : cold war kids :: something is not right with me
15 : fight like apes :: jake summers
16 : vampire weekend :: run
17 : matt costa :: mr. pitiful
18 : dawes :: when my time comes
19 : bombay bicycle club :: always like this
20 : huey mack :: closing
21 : cults :: you know what i mean

poppies, disc three

01 : her space holiday :: japanese gum
02 : andrew bird :: fake palindromes
03 : architecture in helsinki :: heart it races
04 : fm belfast :: i can feel love
05 : michael franti + spearhead :: say hey (i love you)
06 : delta spirit :: children
07 : the girls can hear us! :: i know this song
08 : avicii :: fade into darkness
09 : glitch mob :: warrior concerto
10 : marlena shaw :: california soul (skillz remix)
11 : john denver :: take me home, country roads (pretty lights remix)
12 : foster the people :: pumped up licks (skeet skeet remix)
13 : bob marley :: mr. brown (robotic pirate monkey remix)
14 : hoodie allen :: james franco
15 : teddybears :: devil’s music
16 : head and the heart :: ghosts
17 : we cut corners :: go easy
18 : devotchka :: the clockwise witness
19 : sea wolf :: neutral ground

so, um, yeah. i made you a mixtape.

this one is meant for the ears of a really awesome friend who’s about to start an amazing new chapter of his life in new york city. all of you are welcome to listen and enjoy, of course, but this definitely goes out to one monkey in particular.

he’s helped me through a lot of shit lately and i hope he can say the same about me. disc one reflects trying times, working through them, and catharsis. but that’s the past. disc two is all about the future and embracing it. his life is about to change in ways he can’t even contemplate and i know that he’s excited and scared and sad, all at the same time. i want him to see what’s coming with both eyes open and be ready for the sheer joyful bigness of an open horizon.

independence day, disc one

01 : nico :: the fairest of the seasons
02 : wilco :: hummingbird
03 : hot water music :: bleeder
04 : josh joplin group :: here i am
05 : sea wolf :: wicked blood
06 : ray lamontagne :: meg white
07 : blind pilot :: one red thread
08 : josh joplin group :: i’ve changed
09 : rural alberta advantage :: don’t haunt this place
10 : head and the heart :: sounds like hallelujah
11 : harlem shakes :: strictly game
12 : marty party :: come with me
13 : i’m from barcelona :: we’re from barcelona
14 : syd matters :: to all of you
15 : peter sarstedt :: where do you go to my lovely?
16 : jeremy fisher :: scar that never heals
17 : clap your hands say yeah :: clap your hands!
18 : mother mother :: the stand
19 : copenhagen collaboration :: funeral
20 : fm belfast :: i don’t want to go to sleep either
21 : ludovico einaudi :: dietro casa

independence day, disc two

01 : matt bauer :: florida rain
02 : sea wolf :: i don’t know if i’ll be back this time
03 : paloma faith :: new york
04 : john denver :: leaving on a jet plane
05 : wombats :: moving to new york
06 : harry nilsson :: i guess the lord must be in new york city
07 : ad libs :: boy from new york city
08 : moe :: new york city
09 : b.o.b. :: new york, new york
10 : vampire weekend :: white sky
11 : bruno mars :: somewhere in brooklyn
12 : billy eichner :: forest hills state of mind
13 : pogues :: fairytale of new york
14 : josh joplin :: empire states
15 : bobby darin :: sunday in new york
16 : ace frehley :: new york groove
17 : kills :: what new york used to be
18 : arthur godfrey :: sidewalks of new york
19 : simon + garfunkel :: the only living boy in new york
20 : samuel :: i heart ny
21 : newsies ensemble :: king of new york
22 : frank sinatra :: new york, new york
23 : bee gees :: stayin’ alive (teddybears remix)

so, um, yeah. i made you a mixtape. and i didn’t go overboard this time.

clickity click here to download: junebug

01 :: beausoleil :: j’ai ete au zydeco
02 :: violent femmes :: used to be
03 :: emancipator :: anthem
04 :: david byrne :: a million miles away
05 :: hans zimmer :: you’re so cool
06 :: beirut :: postcards from italy
07 :: dr. dog :: heart it races
08 :: clap your hands say yeah :: is this love?
09 :: grouplove :: colours (xaphoon jones remix)
10 :: her space holiday :: something to do with my hands
11 :: redwalls :: summer romance
12 :: faded paper figures :: north by north
13 :: john wesley harding :: infinite combinations
14 :: noah + the whale :: tonight’s the kind of night (rac remix)
15 :: fruit bats :: being on your own
16 :: sea wolf :: middle distance runner
17 :: josh joplin :: better days
18 :: anathallo :: hanasakajijii (one: the angry neighbor)
19 :: shawn lee’s ping pong orchestra :: kiss the sky
20 :: teddybears :: cardiac arrest

so, um, yeah, i made you a mixtape and it totally got out of hand. i hope you like it despite it’s unwieldiness.

disc one

01 : cocorosie :: lemonade
02 : hoodie allen :: you are not a robot
03 : the girls can hear us! :: drugs, dancin’
04 : audio bullys :: only man
05 : i blame coco :: self machine (chew fu robotix fix)
06 : chiddy bang :: the opposite of adults
07 : phinz :: run forrest
08 : fm belfast :: underwear
09 : busdriver :: me time (with the pulmonary palimpsest)
10 : don juan dracula :: take me home (johan ageborn remix)
11 : white lies :: unfinished business
12 : say hi to your mom :: blah blah blah
13 : david karsten daniels :: falling down
14 : puscifer :: the mission
15 : gobble gobble :: where is my mind? (pixies blasphemy)
16 : loney dear :: i will call you lover again
17 : first aid kit :: when i grow up
18 : camille :: home is where it hurts
19 : everything everything :: photoshop handsome
20 : yann tiersen :: comptine d’une autre ete: l’apres-midi

disc two

01 : diamond rings :: all yr songs (gobble gobble remix)
02 : miniature tigers :: japanese woman living in my closet
03 : happy mondays :: hallelujah
04 : jukebox the ghost :: under my skin
05 : geographer :: kites
06 : edith piaf :: la foule
07 : edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros :: home (whole z remix)
08 : mgmt :: kids (datsik remix)
09 : vitalic :: second lives
10 : ladytron :: destroy everything you touch
11 : huey mack :: firework
12 : starfucker :: rawnald gregory erickson the second
13 : mndr :: cut me out
14 : tapes ‘n tapes :: freak out
15 : avalanches :: frontier psychiatrist
16 : stepdad :: my leather, my fur, my nails
17 : casiokids :: fot i hose
18 : catherine :: god help the girl
19 : hooded fang :: laughing
20 : autokratz :: opposite of love (les petits pilous remix)

disc three

01 : infected mushroom :: converting vegetarians
02 : boomtown rats :: i don’t like mondays
03 : dirty projectors :: two doves
04 : pixies :: head on
05 : the boy least likely to :: every goliath has its david
06 : alexander :: let’s win!
07 : housemartins :: happy hour
08 : peter bjorn + john :: breaker breaker
09 : beck :: beercan
10 : band of horses :: the funeral (butch clancy remix)
11 : dj shadow :: six days
12 : clap your hands say yeah :: upon this tidal wave of young blood
13 : architecture in helsinki :: escapee
14 : pulp :: common people
15 : love spit love :: am i wrong
16 : 17 hippies :: atchafalaya
17 : soft cell :: tainted love
18 : benny benassi :: cinema
19 : richard cheese :: come out and play
20 : autoerotique :: turn up the volume

disc four

01 : coconut records :: is this sound okay?
02 : joy division :: love will tear us apart
03 : yeasayer :: o.n.e.
04 : matt + kim :: yea yeah
05 : dears :: stick with me kid
06 : limousines :: very busy people
07 : jack beats :: elevator music
08 : foster the people :: pumped up kicks
09 : sounds :: better off dead
10 : harlem shakes :: sunlight
11 : raleigh moncrief :: ms. miller
12 : passion pit :: sleepyhead (xaphoon jones remix)
13 : martin solveig :: ready to go
14 : phantogram :: running from the cops
15 : kate nash :: foundations
16 : purity ring :: ungirthed
17 : france gall :: l’echo
18 : mondrian :: things that money can’t buy
19 : digitalism :: 2 hearts
20 : gobble gobble :: seizure to the metronome 

so, um, yeah. i made you a mixtape.

spring, she has sprung, and these are the tunes the changing weather makes me want to listen to.

disc one

01 : vampire weekend :: the kids don’t stand a chance (chromeo remix)
02 : the naked + famous :: punching in a dream
03 : rizzle kicks :: down with the trumpets
04 : mark ronson + the business international :: record collection
05 : gobble gobble :: end of days
06 : darwin deez :: radar detector (xaphoon jones remix)
07 : france gall :: cet air la
08 : huey mack :: popular
09 : phinz :: stereohype
10 : golden bug :: assassin
11 : bike month :: tide came in
12 : martin solveig + dragonette :: hello
13 : shitsez :: slow motion
14 : arms :: heat + hot water
15 : 17 hippies :: son mystere
16 : mansions on the moon :: glimpse of the future (xaphoon jones remix)
17 : slow club :: it doesn’t have to be beautiful
18 : antlers :: bear

disc two

01 : skream + example :: shot yourself in the foot again
02 : limousines :: internet killed the video star
03 : les savy fav :: let’s get out of here
04 : miike snow :: the rabbit
05 : run toto run :: this is a lull
06 : mondrian :: tofu farmer
07 : matt + kim :: where you’re coming from
08 : alexander ebert ::  in the twilight
09 : phantogram :: when i’m small
10 : mstrkrft :: beards again
11 : kissed her little sister :: i am ben franklin
12 : robotic pirate monkey :: i came as a rat
13 : raleigh moncrief ::  lament for morning
14 : yeasayer :: ambling alp
15 : maps + atlases :: israeli caves
16 : tallest man on earth :: love is all
17 : chemical brothers :: the devil is in the beats
18 : daft punk :: derezzed (glitch mob remix)

 please to enjoy.