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A Wild Combination

A Few Opening Remarks

- Irish coffee has become my new favorite drink. Besides being a great tasting beverage, it's also a great way to give those boring white t-shirts a hip, I-just-spilled-a-hot-beverage-on-myself-why-oh-why-the-fuck- did-I-get-out-of-bed-this-morning look!


- GreenpointUSA has its own webpage! And on it there is a link to something called a "pet dick" (yes, it is exactly what you are imagining it to be) and (man oh man it just keeps getting better) you can buy yourself one for a mere $13.69 + $5 S&H. This work of fine art is handmade in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, or as the locals prefer to call it, "the art capital of the world." Please, foax, act quickly coz supplies will not last!

- Serpico reminded me how good Al Pacino used to be. And, whatinthehell, the real Frank Serpico has a blog?

- Praise Allah! X-mas is over. Phew!

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What You All Came For

Here's a few tracks, some old, some new. Enjoy! Another mix if forthcoming, by the weekend if all goes as planned. Also, some sort of year-end type-of-thing will appear here soon--hopefully before the new year actually arrives.

Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis [A Hundred Birds Bestless Mix] // DEFECTED

Arthur Russell - In The Light Of The Miracle // SOUL JAZZ

Ellen Allien - Your Body Is My Body [Troy Pierce Sharing Is Caring Mix] // BPITCH CONTROL

Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) // SIRE

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Certain characteristics will be shared, others will be unique.

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It's freezing outside, so I stayed inside and made this mix. It's full of some favorites, some which have been put up here, and then some newer ones. Here's the tracklisting and download link:

Axel Stranger - 'Devil Went Down to Disco' Mix - 45:22

1) Discothèque - Disco Special // ENVIRON
2) Octet - Euro vs. Dollar (Pilooski Edit) // NOT ON LABEL
3) Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis // VULTURE MUSIC
4) Whirlpool Productions - From: Disco To: Disco (Mike Monday Dub) // GREAT STUFF RECORDINGS
5) New Order - Blue Monday (Hawtin Mix) // LONDON RECORDS
6) Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Heartthrob Rework 2) // MUTE RECORDS LTD.
7) Wolf + Lamb - Holding Her And Loving You // WOLF + LAMB MUSIC
8) Audion - Mouth to Mouth // SPECTRAL SOUND
9) Oscar - Freak Inside (Gui Boratto Remix) // CONFUSED RECORDINGS
10) Pheek - Untitled // WE ARE
11) Und - Rodeo (Crowdpleaser Remix) // TRAPEZ
12) Pantytec - Maybe Not // PERLON
13) Monolake - Plumbicon (Live in Osaka) // MONOLAKE
14) Seph - Ghoul // STOCK5
15) Jichael Mackson - Used // PHICTIV RECORDS
16) Jan Jelinek - A Concept For Television // ~SCAPE

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PS - if you're around Greenpoint tomorrow night, you may want to head over to Studio B on Banker Street to dig some decadent disco from the boys of DFA, Tim Sweeney, and a couple others. I went last time they all spun there, and so long as you can stand paying $9 a drink and being packed in with a bunch of Polish club kids, it's a guaranteed good time.

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Raving In The Third Reich's Phases

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It's been a while since we last spoke. I guess I've been busy--I feel exhausted. Also, a large book arrived in the mail a couple weeks ago, and that has been taking up most of my spare time.

If you have not listened to Optimo's Essential Mix, which the ill-ec-tro-nic linked to a few weeks ago, and apparently brought Pitchfork's servers down sometime yesterday, then you must do that quickly as it is essential (duh!).

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Here are a few songs culled from Optimo's mix mentioned above that I've got a thing for.

Bumblebee Unlimited - Lady Bug (Larry Levan Mix)

Everyone loves this song. How could you not? It must on at least four or five DJ mixes that I've heard in the past few months. It seems to pop up everywhere and for good reason, too. (Apologies for the low bitrate. It's nearly impossible to find a copy of this song not ripped from a DJ mix.)

Hansepferd - BismarckE

I have no idea who Hansepferd is/are or what the hell is going on in this song...Where's the bunker? Nazi raves? WTF? It's silly, really, and I can't explain it, but I kinda like it.

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I've never really been one for making lists, but I hope to have some sort of year end compendium up within the next few weeks. I have a good idea of what will be on it, but there are still a few more weeks left, and I would have to short-change anyone that releases something before the year is over.

I might post some more songs later on today...but we'll see.

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