Lag BaOmer In Northern Liberties

Last night I attended the Annual Crazy Bonfire and Music Festival at the Jewish Center of Northern Liberties. It was the best Lag BaOmer scene I've seen outside of Israel. It was a who's who of the Philadelphia Jewish Scene: friends, fellows, frenemies and colleagues were all there.



The music was led by Rabbi Menachem Schmidt, wailing away on an electric guitar, after being released from the hospital that day. He is an inspiration to me both as a Jew and a Rocker.

lo rotzim? lo tzarich! the mennu method celebrates Israel's 61st Birthday and Tel Aviv's 100th

I just finished making a mix in honor if Israel's 61st birthday. 

You can download it as a zip file here, or as a wma here. You can find them both on the mix page.

Here's the picture that inspired the title.

Anyone who's seen The Big Lebowski knows Herzl's famous quote about the possibility of a Jewish State, "If you will it, it is no dream." In the picture here, he says, "lo rotzim, lo tzarich..."  It translates as "you don't want?  you don't need!"  It's the kind of thing that an Israeli teacher might say to his class when they are acting up.  Kind of like, "if you don't want you recess, you don't need your recess!"  In this case, I think Herzl is saying this to a new generation of Israelis: You want to complain about the state?  You don't want a state?  Then you don't need one.

On the physical CD, I've been trying to graft on a few more pictures. One of them is of Golda Meir (on the right) wearing a party hat, but that's from Israel's 60th birthday last year. She looks thrilled to hell.  It almost looks like she's giving me a disapproving look about the mix.

What I really wanted on the CD was this picture of the sun setting over Tel Aviv. The lightscribe that burns images onto CDs doesn't really do this picture justice.  I took the picture from the roof of my friend's apartment building this past January.  He lives in Kerem haTemanim, right near Shuk HaCarmel.  His street is called Najara, which I looked up in my Guide to Street Names of Tel Aviv.  Here's what I learned:

Israel Najara (1555-1625) was a kabbalist, rabbi and poet who lived in the land of Israel.  Born in Damascus where his father was a rabbi, he moved to Tzfat and then eventually settled in Gaza where he served as a rabbi for the rest of his life.  His most well known poem is "Ya Ribon Olam VeAlmaya," which is commonly sung on Shabbat morning. 

So happy birthday Israel!  And Tel Aviv, I don't care how old you are, you'll always look young to me. Shine on!

SXSW 2009

I just returned from South By Southwest.  Birthright Israel NEXT and JDub Records sponsored an event called Rest Stop.  Alan Jay Sufrin and Miriam Brosseau of Stereo Sinai did a great writeup of that day. Check it out here.

Oops, I'm Doing It Again

Once again I will be serving as DJ for the Richter Brothers Purim Party.

El Taller.

Purim.

Richters.

Need I say more?

Have something to eat after megilla reading and head right over.

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International Jet Set at Cosa Nostra

The past few times I've visited Tel Aviv, I end up DJing a party for my good friend and host, Howard Glanzman. This time, instead of trashing Howard's apartment, we decided to have the party in a bar. On the right is a picture of us at a local bistro, still in our pajamas, having a conversation about the party over coffee. And so we decided that we would have the party at Cosa Nostra, this Saturday night, January 31, 2009 from 8:30PM until, like, whenever. Cosa has agreed to let me handle the music that night. So it's gonna be good.

I'm going to spin some Israeli alternative along with some other international selections. I've already managed to pick up new music from Haim Laroz, Lemmus Lemmus and The Apples.

Yesterday I bought the second Braad Sessions album. The guy who makes them is a hair stylist named Collie. On the website, it lists a phone number to call if you want the new album. I called it and Collie invited me to pick it up from him in the salon. I've been enjoying it and plan on giving him some positive feedback before I leave.

Also, while buying discs in Krembo, I ran into Kutiman. I told him that his music is awesome and that he's a big hit among my friends. When I asked if he would be on tour, he said no. He prefers to work in the studio. The road is not for him. Oh well.

I'll have lots of new music to share when I return.

And now, the links: International Jet Set at Cosa Nostra Facebook Event Page, Cosa Nostra on Facebook and MySpace.

A Quick Post Before I Split

I was asked to construct an alternative Shabbat morning service. Here's a traditional Shabbat morning song accompanied by a guitar:


And here's my plane landing in Newark:


And the Jet-Set DJ is up in the air again...

New Year's Day Vastation

Boppy New Year! I'm about to be out of town for a month. During the month I am away, I will be in New Orleans, New York, Passaic, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. So, before I go off to my travels, I just wanted to unload some of my latest observations and projects which have been accumulating for the past few months.

Sondre Lerche

I recently saw Sondre Lerche in Philadelphia. In the past four years, I've seen him 5 times in four states. And Sondre is only 26 years old. My nephew went to see him in New York the Thursday before I saw him in Philadelphia, and they took this picture:
I printed the picture and had it signed by Sondre and myself:

Then I gave the picture to my nephew:
My nephew was upset that they wouldn't let him record Sondre and Sylvie Lewish doing Modern Nature. So I filmed it. Here it is:

Sondre Lerche & Sylvie Lewis - Modern Nature
At The World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on November 25, 2008.



Recipes: Wicked Seitan

I've been hanging out with vegans again. Used to be a vegan myself at an earlier thinner point in my life. Here's one of my favorite vegan recipes. Click on the pic to go to the recipe page.

j.viewz

On Hanukkah, I sponsored a party where j.viewz played live. I will be brining them back to Philly sometime this summer. Not only are they awesome, but they leave a trail of goodness wherever they go. Here's two video clips:

Snow in Philadelphia:

And on New Year's Eve, it started snowing, but it wasn't just snowing, it was snowing sideways and upwards:


chairman

And I have a mix that I've been working on. I gave away a few preview versions and asked for feedback. Then I decided that I didn't really care for the feedback, and that I should just go with my gut as usual. I've taken in a lot of new music and I feel like I'm about to start on a new mix. So instead of confusing a mix that was made from June through November 2008, I'll start a new one. Here's the mix, I'm calling it Chairman.

The Israeli Alternative

This past summer, I went to see Dengue Fever at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia. I had just moved into an apartment in Old City after living outside Philly for 15 years. A college friend living in Boston had emailed me a track from Dengue Fever, and two days later I was at a sold out concert in what is now my favorite live music venue. The place started getting a little too hot so I went outside for some fresh air. That's where I met Ramon "el rock" Martinez who has a show on Y-Rock on XPN. The show, called Y-Rock Internacional, has a foundation of rock in Spanish, but Ramon also does shows on music from different parts of the world. I told him that I was an expert in Israeli music, particularly progressive rock, reggae, DJ mixes, samba, and any other alternative music. This summer we taped a show, which aired sometime in September.

I've been meaning to put a guide for that program on this site. My hope is that Y-Rock will make the show available as a podcast, or maybe I can get a good recording of it and post it on mennu.com. This Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 7:00PM, I'll be giving a similar talk on the same subject at Steinhardt Hall (215 South 39th St.) in Philadelphia. Click here for more info.

Here's the playlist with some notes on the selections. Where possible, I've linked the artist's name to their site or MySpace page. The album name, in parenthesis, has a link to a store where you can buy the album. At the end of the post I link to a few videos featuring some of the artists discussed on this page. Finally there are links to Amazon where you can buy some of the tracks on this list as MP3.

• Shem Tov Levi Ensemble - Celebration (Stations)

I am a huge Shem Tov Levi fan. (See previous post.) In 2007 he put out an album called Stations. I found out about this album because my father forwarded me a video clip of his ensemble at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat. I was hooked immediately. In the 1970's, Shem Tov set out to create a new style of music; in 2007 he succeeded. I don't know how to categorize this song or this kind of music.
Here's a clip from the Red Sea Jazz Festival:
mezzo performance of shem tov levy ensemble

• Sheshet - Left Foot Samba (Sheshet)

• Karni Eldad - Tell Me (Red)
  

• Funk 'N' Stein - Funky Mission (The Band)
  

• Kutiman - Losing It (Kutiman)

Kutiman brings together a lot of the goodness on the Israeli music scene. See some of the videos below where he orchestrates a collaboration between Funk 'N' Stein and Karolina.

• MC Karolina - No Blame (Karolina & Funset)

• Braad Sessions - Keep Moving (Braad Sessions 01)

The second disc is finally out, but it seems like you need to call to ask for a copy. I'll do this next time I'm in Israel. Here's a link their MySpace page.

• Papa Project - Can You Feel? (Dub On the Moon)

• J. Viewz - Your Country (Muse Breaks)

I'm such a big fan of this album and this band, that I am bringing them to Philadelphia for a concert at the North Star Bar on December 27, 2008.

• Panic Ensemble - Jewish Women (Panic Ensemble)
  

• Eatliz - Attractive (Violently Delicate)
  

• Lemmus Lemmus - Chameleon Mood Swings (Chameleon Mood Swings)

Great news: The second Lemmus Lemmus album is out. You can download it as MP3 at Amazon.

• The Flying Baby - Another Toy (Inner World)

Here's a bunch of fans singing along with the band:

• Katamine - Kick The Kill Higher (Lag)

These guys have played Rome, Barcelona, Spain, New York and Tokyo. I think they may be ready to play Philly.

• The Apples - Jewfro (Mitz)

New Release for 2008: Buzzin About

• Radio Trip - Gambling Man (Music Heads)

• Babaganooshka - Back Jam (Dada Beatz)

• Laroz All Stars - Move Your Soul (Laroz All Stars)

• Mister Vibes feat. Daga Levi - Addis Vibes (Subconscious a sub-a-delic journey into dub)

• Itamar Ziegler - Kroto (Itamar Ziegler)

• Charlie Megira - Live At The Hotel Diplomat

• My Second Surprise - Meeting's Over (My Second Surprise)

And now for some videos:

Shem Tov Levi Ensemble - The City


J.Viewz Rehearsal - Under the Sun with Yossi Fine


The Apples - Killing In The Name Of (Rage Against The Machine Cover: Live!)


Kutiman and Karolina - Music Is Ruling My World
Video:

Live:


Buy these tracks on Amazon:

March of the Living 2008: Videos

March of the Living 2008

I finally uploaded my March of the Living pictures.

Click here to see the album:

March of the Living

Preparing to Move

The Six Day War in MP3

A two record documentary about the 6 Day War by Kol Yisrael and Galei Tzahal.

The documentary is in Hebrew. I did my best to clean up the audio quality, but you will still hear some of the clicks and pops from the record.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Yom Yerushalayim is on June 2, 2008.

Shem-Tov Levi Day

Wow! What an absurd day!

When I was thinking about my vacation time in Israel, I set a number of priorities. Most of them were musical. I wanted to get new excellent Israeli music. Spend quality time in record shops. Try to get to my favorite station, Kol HaCampus. And hear some good music: live. But who would I see. If I had my druthers, I would see Shem-Tov Levi. He's one of my all time Israeli favorites. Also on my list would be the Girafot: one of the best bands in Israel today. There's a much bigger list, but lets leave it here for now.

So, as I was perusing the concert listings on the City Mouse, I found a listing for Tzlil Mechuvan, or Tuned Tone, at Kamelot in Herzliya. Tuned Tone is the name of a group, who put out an album, with a title track of the same name. The group consisted of Shem-Tov Levi, Shlomo Yidov and Yitzchak "Slow Hand" Klapter, who is also known as Churchill. I was totally psyched to go. Shem-Tov and Shlomo Yidov were together on Ktzat Acheret or No Names, one of the finest Israeli Progressive albums of the 1970s. But one of my favorite Israeli Progressive albums ever is called "Waking Up" by Shem-Tov Levi.

The cover of Waking Up has Shem-Tov Levi sitting with a red tee shirt at Cafe Tamar on Shenkin Street in Tel-Aviv with a cup of coffee and a croissant. I always wanted to take a picture in the same pose at the same place. I thought it would make a great album cover for an Israeli Progressive mix. I thought of calling it "Progressiveness," or in Hebrew Hitkadmut. For the past three years I've been trying to stage the photo, but with no success. But once I booked a ticket for an actual Shem-Tov Levi show, I knew that I would have to go through with the picture. And besides, I had a willing partner. My friend Sarah Godfrey had some time off work and told me she would take the picture. Here's Sarah doing her Shem-Tov Levi impression:

And here's the album cover in question:

After taking about 20 different pictures, we settled on one in particular. I printed up the picture at my friend Howard Glanzman's apartment. Howard, his friend Rachel and I were going off to the Tuned Tone show together, but Howard wanted to stop at Tel Aviv University for Student Day. A friend of a friend's boyfriend was playing in one of the bands on the second stage. I figured, why not? It's on the way.

When we walked into the campus, it sounded like the DJ was playing Girafot. As I got closer to the stage, I realized it wasn't a DJ at all, but it was the Girafot. What amazing luck! I stumbled into a Girafot show unintentionally. (See clips of the show on the embedded YouTube playlist.)

From there we went to see Tuned Tone at Kamelot. To make the day even more awesome, they were playing Steely Dan before the band came on. I was urged by Rachel to get my pic signed by Shem-Tov. After all: that's one of the reasons for all that silliness with the picture. I tried to get backstage, but saw that there was no backstage: instead I found the musicians in a tiny, bare room near the kitchen. Shem-Tov was pleased to sign my picture. I tried not to gush too much.

The inscription reads:

Dear Adam,

Keep progressing.

-Shem-Tov Levi

Here's some video clips from that day: 

Mincha at Langerado with Matisyahu

Purim 2008

So, the Richter Party was awesome as usual.
The next day I made a feast. Here's the dishes and the preparation:
Ramen Noodle Soup with Sliced Bison:

I really wanted to make this in a miso soup, but couldn't track down miso paste in time.
Ingredients:

• Beef Bullion
  
• Ramen Noodles
• Bison
  
• Mushrooms
• Soy Sauce
• Asparagus
• Scallions
• Parsley
• Snow Peas
• Lime
  

Method:
Marinate bison in soy sauce for half an hour.
Roast bison. Let cool then slice.
Saute mushrooms in a frying pan.
Boil some water with beef bullion cubes. Add asparagus.
Chop parsley and scallions.
Add ramen noodles to soup.
Put noodles into a bowl with some asparagus, top with snow peas, mushrooms, scallion and parsley, pour some soup over it, squeeze a lime.


Lamb Chop with Mint Couscous

Ingredients:

• Lamb Chops
• Persian cucumbers
• Fresh Mint
• Curry
• Lemon
• Lime
• Pink Grapefruit
• Couscous
  

Method:
Squeeze the juice of half the pink grapefruit, a lemon and a lime into a ziploc bag. Add curry, mint and lamb chops and marinate.
Make couscous, garnish with fresh mint leaves. (Note: add mint right before plating. If you put the mint into the still-hot couscous, the leaves will turn black.)
Roast the lamb chops.
Plate the lamb chops with a scoop of couscous, topped with fresh mint, a sprig of mint on the side, and sliced persian cucumber with sea salt.

Beef Rib with Sweet Potato Fries

Ingredients:

• Beef Ribs
• Chipotle powder
• Harbanero pepper
• Basamic Vinegar
• Red Wine Vinegar
  
• Sweet Potato
• Baby Carrots
• Houmous
• Olive Oil

Method:
Chop half a harbanero pepper, throw into a ziploc bag with beef ribs, chipotle powder, balsamic and red wine vinegar. (Note: when working with hot peppers, it's always best to use surgical gloves. Otherwise you hands, and anything they touch, will burn.)
Cut sweet potato into fries. Pan fry them in vegetable oil. Add sea salt after removing from the pan.
Roast beef ribs.
Plate ribs with sweet potato fries, baby carrots, houmous with olive oil and a dash of chipotle powder for color, sliced persian cucumber and parsley.
I added parsley to the plate to foreshadow the next festival.

the sixth mix

The sixth mix in this six mix series is done. Now I'd like to rest, maybe watch a movie or read a book and generally take it easy. Well, that is until this weekend when I will be at Langerado!


Click here for the sixth mix as a zip file.

Here's the playlist:

1 - Eels - Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
2 - The Fiery Furnaces - My Egyptian Grammar
3 - The Conchords - Foux Da Fafa
4 - Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen - Oh My God
5 - "I'm not really a horse."
6 - "I am truly surprised."
7 - Eggstone - Good Morning
8 - Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
9 - "Friday night. Always a good night for some Sabbath."
10 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
11 - Filter - Take A Picture
12 - Hooverphonic - 50 Watt
13 - Supreme Beings of Leisure - This World
14 - Erlend Øye - Every Party Has A Winner And A Loser
15 - "The chicken catastrophe and the eggs overwhelming."
16 - Fleetwood Mac - World Turning
17 - Revolvo - Too Cool For School
18 - Maserati - Synchronicity IV
19 - Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You


Notes:

• The album art has a picture of me with my new guitar. A group of very good friends, from all around the country, collaborated and conspired to get me a gift that I really wanted. I took home my new guitar yesterday and practiced until my fingers were sore. It's about time I learn an instrument.
• Track #3 cracks me up to no end.
• I read a really interesting interview with Mark Ronson, so I decided to seek out his music. Turns out it's really good.
• Tracks # 5 & 6 are taken from an episode of Family Guy called "15 Seconds of Shame."
  
• Track #8 is an Israeli singing in English.
  
• Track #10 is on this mix because I read an article about Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel in Slate. Turns out he wrote this album after reading Anne Frank's diary. Now I have to listen to the whole album straight through a few times. This topic may find its way into a lesson plan of mine.
• Track #11: I've had this 90s ditty kicking around the old noggin for a while. I even asked my resident 90s expert for the artist and title twice before it sunk in.
• Tracks #12 & 13: Yes, Hooverphonic and Supreme Beings of Leisure are making music again.
• Track #14: I was going to take it out because I already have so many tracks by Erlend Øye on my mixes. I was going to delete it from the playlist when I got home, but I kept on humming the tune for the song as I thought of deleting it. Feel free to delete it yourself.
• Track #16: On the cab ride home from the Jet Set photo shoot, I the classic rock DJ introduced this song from the first Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham infused Fleetwood Mac album. The voice sounded like Carol Miller, a favorite DJ of mine from my youth. This track is awesome. Takes a while to build, but worth the patience.
• Track #19 is taken from a live recording of Herbie Hancock in Tokyo in 1978. A friend at work gave me that concert (and a couple other very choice concerts). I listened to the recording about 4-5 times in one day. Although I selected this track, all the rest of the tracks were equally incredible.
  

Technical Notes:

I'm relieved to present the final installment of my birthday fest series. I can tell that it's time for me to put an end to this project. When I arrived home and turned on my computer, I almost started my FTP program before opening a browser. That's geek talk for, "I was ready for this project to be done already." I've been playing a shell game with my various drives and computers. First, I should introduce the various players in the mix making process:

Computers:

• The Heap: A desktop computer that doesn't have any office software, but does have the GIMP image editing program. I seem to have managed to uninstall Internet Explorer, which isn't all that easy to do, and produces lots of other side effects. The Heap is unable to locate it's optical drives: so I can't really install any new software if it comes on a disc, and I can't burn or rip CDs with it. I tried attaching an external burner, but it can't seem to figure those out either. It has no problem working with the scanner or the USB turntable.
• The Blue Meanie: A five year old laptop that wheezes like a chain smoker whenever its on for more that 2.5 seconds. This computer has the mixmeister software, which I use to make the mixes. Mixmeister now has a number of other versions of the software, which I have tested, but call me old fashioned, I like version 5 (Pro). Anyhow, the computer's headphone jack is all facocked, so it doesn't take to external speakers too well. So when I have long periods of mixing to do, I plug in an external sound card, and jack the speakers into there. This computer has no problem using external CD/DVD drives, so long as they are not internal.

Drives:

"my little blue book"
500 gigs. Nearly full. Primary music library.

"the backup drive"
500 gigs. Supposed to have the exact same data as my little blue book, but doesn't.
Doubles as the travel library.

"slartibartfast"
2 gigs. It's also my mp3 player. As a flash drive, it's very slow.

"only one gig"
1 gig. (der!) Very speedy transfer rate, but limited storage capacity.

"old stick"
256 megabytes. Very small capacity, but sometimes the other drives are full or in use. Comes in handy from time to time.

So when I say I've been playing a shell game, I mean that sometimes information is on one drive and not another, and I'm not always sure what's where. So, for reasons I won't go into now, the sixth mix, will not be available as a wma file, and the songs will not be mixed. This may present some kind of problem since many of the songs build up slowly. Some of my fans/critics might welcome this change, since they don't like the way I impose samples on other tracks, or move the beginning or end of a track to make it mix better.

One last thing:
Thank you for listening!
For all my complaining above, I really enjoyed working on this project.
I hope you enjoy listening to the music.
Maybe, just maybe, these songs will accompany you in your own life.
Through the good times, and the bad.
When you're surrounded by loved ones, or when you're all alone.
Through your youth, and into your old age.

"The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime."

Dear Israeli Brother

On this day, March Second, in 1988, I entered the Israeli army. Three years and one day later, on March 3, 1991, I was released. I've always celebrated my release date, and this year, I am celebrating it by releasing my third introspective mix of this series.

Click here to download Dear Israeli Brother as a zip file.
Click here to download Dear Israeli Brother as a wma file.

Here's the playlist:

1-Shalom Hanoch-Lielot Shketim (Mellow Nights)
2-Shem-Tov Levy-Lifamim Ba`Shaot Hameochrot (Sometimes Late At Night)
3-Sussita-Shir Shalva (Tranquil Song)
4-Tamuz-Holech Batel (Loafer)
5-Tuned Tone-Lokeach Hazman (Taking My Time)
6-Arik Einstein & Shalom Hanoch-Tafasti Rosh Tov Al Habar (Got F-ed Up At The Bar) (Live)
7-Danny Ben Israel- Hantareesh (Enough With The Hash)
8-Rami Fortis-HaMavet Eino Mechusar Avodah (Death Is Never Unemployed)
9-Ktzat Acheret-Guru
10-Girafot-Kasheh Li (It's Difficult For Me)
11-Tippex-Ksheanee Livad Anee Lo Ganuv (When I'm Alone I Am Not Cool)
12-Shmulik Krauss-Al Tasimu Lev Elai (Just Ignore Me)
13-Lord Filmnap-Lo Mevin Yoter (Don't Understand anymore)
14-Rockfour-HaIsh ShehRa'ah Et Hakol (The Man Who Saw It All)
15-HaBiluim-Ballada L'Em Chad Horit (Ballad of the Single Mother)
16-Apocalypse-Haiav U'Moto Shel Mar Guskin (The Life and Death of Mr. Goskin)

international jet-set playboy dj

This next mix exemplifies what happens when electronica collides with samba.

Click here to download international jet-set playboy dj as a zip file.
Click here to download international jet-set playboy dj as a wma file.

Here's the playlist:

1-Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66-Mais Que Nada
2-Guilherme Vergueiro-A Sangue Quente
3-Nicola Conte-The Dharma Bums
4-Sheshet- Samba BeRegel Smol (Left Foot Samba)
5-Astrud Gilberto-Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness)
6-Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66-One Note Samba/Spanish Flea
7-Nouvelle Vague-Ever Fallen In Love
8-Herb Alpert-A Taste of Honey
9-Marmalade Winter-Love's At Home
10-Quantic-Mishaps Happening
11-Cal Tjader-Shoshana
12-Renovation Unlimited/Roy Ayers-Antonata [TKN Re-Edit]
13-Scott Grooves-Organ Nights, Pt. 2
14-Aaron Bingle-The Sunshine Ease Your Love
15-Blanco-Cinnamon & Clove II
16-Continental-Thanks for Flying and Turn on Your Cellphones

Cashing In This Ten Cent Life For Another One

This next installment is another introspective mix. It describes how I'm feeling right now if I could only express myself through Steely Dan songs. I could also say that my whole life has been a Steely Dan song. Don't expect to find "Reeling In The Years" on this mix. Not only is the song far too cliché for a mix like this, but you can hear it by turning on your local classic rock station.


Click here for cashing in this ten cent life for another one as a zip file.
Click here for cashing in this ten cent life for another one as a wma file.

Here's the playlist:

1-Do It Again
2-Night by Night
3-The Caves of Altamira
4-Your Gold Teeth
5-I Got The News (demo version)
6-Bad Sneakers
7-Here At The Western World
8-Any World (That I'm Welcome To)
9-Midnight Cruiser
10-FM
11-The Nightfly
12-Black Cow
13-Things I Miss the Most
14-Doctor Wu
15-Through With Buzz
16-Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More
17-What A Shame About Me (live)
18-Deacon Blues

Notes:

• The title of this mix is taken from Track 2.
  
• The cover art is the bull from the famous cave painting in Altamira and is inspired by Track 3, which was inspired by the cave painting.
  
• Track 11 isn't a Steely Dan song: it's a Donald Fagen solo song. Close enough. It's about a late night radio DJ, that's why it's there and that's why it's juxtaposed with Track 10.

Schooners

This next mix is dedicated to my good friend Admiral Chuck Rettig. Chuck has been a good friend of mine for the past 25 years, and I figured I honor him with a mix. The mix has nothing to do with Chuck per se, but I used a picture of us as the album art. Chuck's birthday is February 28, so, we've always celebrated our birthday together. The fest continues!



Click here for schooners as a zip file.
Click here for schooners as a wma file.

Here's the playlist:

1-Memphis-Incredibly Drunk On Whiskey
2-Prints-Blue Jay
3-Kompis & Erlend Oye-All Ears
4-Sondre Lerche-Airport Taxi Reception
5-Timo Räisänen-Sweet Marie
6-beat radio-what i love the most
7-Andrew Bird-Imitosis (Four Tet remix)
8-Laura Veirs-Cast a Hook in Me
9-Kathleen Edwards-Titled Untitled
10-Neko Case-Deep Red Bells
11-Yeasayer-2080
12-Kula Shaker-Dr. Kitt
13-Panda Riot-Like Flowers At Night
14-Panda Bear-Bros
15-Grizzly Bear-Little Brother
16-Minus The Bear-Throwin' Shapes
17-The Bees-The Russian
18-Guster-Ruby Falls

Notes:

As usual, I have a bunch of scandahoovian artist on the mix, as well as some female vocalists. I also have a bunch of bears on this. Some of my friends got evaluation copies of this mix earlier this month. I had a little difficulty with the bear segment of the mix. I realized that the electric version of Little Brother by Grizzly Bear was a little too slow. So for as much as I liked it I had to swap it out for the original version. I had only recently gotten turned on to Minus the Bear, and wanted to have one of their tracks on the mix. There were a number of other songs either by Bear Bands or about bears that didn't make it in, but I feel I should mention them here in case the listener chooses to get more bears into their musical diet:

• Wax Fang - Bipolar Bear
• Bear Colony - Hospital Rooms Aren't For Lovers
• Bear Hands - Bad Blood
• The Bear Quartet - Carsick
• Grumpy Bear - World Full of Nothing
• Okkerville River - Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear
• Page France - Mr. Violin and Dancing Bear
• Kitty Hawk - Bear in the Morning
• Duke Ellington - Jack the Bear
• Elvis Presley - Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear
• John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - The Bear
• Radiohead - Hunting Bears
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Honeybear
• and a very bizarre mashup of The Knife and Grizzy Bear - Hearbeats vs. Knife

Check back tomorrow for another mix.