http://www.mixmeamolotov.com you're so boring boring boring / always tape machine recording Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:03:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ahh summer....hope yours is great. sorry you haven't seen me in awhile. what little time I would spend here writing about songs I love is now spent playing songs I love on the radio. My show is called ANODYNE, its on KBOO here in Portland, and you can hear it ... http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2009/07/21/summer/ Robyn Hitchcock, Elvis Costello, and Nick Lowe April 9th, 2009 in NYC. http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2009/05/25/wow/ http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2009/03/01/peanut-butter-and-bollywood-time/ According to an article that appeared today at billboard.com, Robyn Hitchcock will be a featured guest on The Decemberists' forthcoming Hazards Of Love album. What this means is that The Decemberists are now at critical mass. Their next album (the one after HOL) must feature The Smiths (and that means all ... http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2008/12/10/signs-of-decembahgeddon-322/ Here, then, is my list of favorite albums of 2008. I'll say right off the bat that I only listened to about 80-90 releases this year, whereas in the few years before that I was at the 120+ mark. Out of those 80-90 that I listened to (and by LISTEN, ... http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2008/12/09/top-11-albums-of-2008/ http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2008/11/30/new-movie-from-dan-bern/ Here's the first bit of information to trickle down regarding The Decemberists' upcoming album "The Hazards Of Love". And here's a pullquote: It’s very different from The Decemberists’ 2006 major-label debut, The Crane Wife: Producer Tucker Martine is piecing together 16 or so segments into a continuous, hour-long narrative suite that riffs ... http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2008/11/18/first-trickle-of-news-on-decemberists-2009-album/ There's been alot of talk this past year about "MF Doom Is Dead", about fake Dooms taking the stage, and about Doomposter. When you like an artist that wears a mask, you've got to be prepared for an avalanche of fiction and misdirection. My plan is to watch this video ... http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2008/08/13/where-is-doom/ featuring a quote or two from Talkdemonic: Bands On The Run -- From High Gas Prices (written by Luciana Lopez; appeared in The Oregonian in June) http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2008/08/06/good-portlandy-article-on-the-economics-of-touring/ As mayor of mixmeamolotov.com, I'm declaring that today is officially Bernstein Day! Go out and celebrate: take the day off from work and go do something you've never done before. Ride your bike to a neighboring state, make a movie, write a song, do some fingerpainting, learn to play backgammon. ... http://www.mixmeamolotov.com/2008/08/05/film-et-mp3s-du-dan-bern/