Tiny Mix Tapes

November 20, 2009

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Jeff Milo

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Most Recent Writing

INTERVIEWS: Computer Perfection - "If I tried to swing the microphone it would hit me in the balls."

INTERVIEWS: A Sunny Day In Glasgow - "People are like unicorns: they’re not born, they just appear…"

INTERVIEWS: Skygreen Leopards - "It’s just, this is our bid for a pop album."

INTERVIEWS: Papercuts - "I think I’m more focused now on trying to deliver a defined world for each record."

MUSIC REVIEWS: Zoos of Berlin - Taxis

INTERVIEWS: Anni Rossi - "I don’t want there to be any unused space in the recording."

INTERVIEWS: Akron/Family - "All our ‘stylistic’ shifts were just snapshots of us experimenting, trying ideas, playing with them."

INTERVIEWS: Cryptacize - "Nothing interests me in sparseness anymore than fullness."

INTERVIEWS: Bill Callahan - “All music is an attempt to escape seclusion.”

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Film

⇒ FILM REVIEWS:

Frontier of Dawn

Dir. Philippe Garrel

⇒ DVD & DELOREAN:

Dir. Ronald Bronstein

by Kevin Greene

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• The End of Poverty?

Dir. Philippe Diaz

• One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur

Dir. Curt Worden

⇒ TMT CERBERUS:

TMT Cerberus 09

The Heart is a Droney Hunter

by Jspicer, Mangoon

⇒ ALL THAT IS SOLID:

All That Is Solid 08: Foundation Myths

What’s So Funny ’Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?

by Brian Richardson

⇒ JAPAN THE BEATS:

by David Morris

tiny mix tapes cassette

• As I Sweep up The Last of the Leaves

• I have been stalking my Ex-Girlfriend for three weeks and I need something to listen to while sitting outside her work.

• Soundtrack to the Bible, Oxford’s King James Version, to keep this agnostic awake and reading. And, of course, to enhance the experience.

• I’m just going to sit and obsess over you since I have zero balls to ask you out

• Fuck you meth head ex-neighbours, I’m moving into a real house with a porch and a backyard!!! Boo-ya!

News

Friday, 11-20-2009

• Ecstatic Sunshine Ready Yesterday’s Work, Push Back Today’s Work Until Tomorrow

• Joan of Arc Announce New Album for 2010 Will Feature 41+ Members

• Your Daily Dose of Disappointment: Method Man, Ghostface, and Raekwon Collaboration, New Redman Record Pushed Back to 2010

• MySpace Buys imeem: Welcome to the Unholy Trinity

• Vampire Weekend Announce 2010 Shows to Coincide with The Twilight Saga: New Moon’s DVD Release... Oops, I Mean Their New Record... Oops, I Mean Your Life

Thursday, 11-19-2009

• Future Islands Sign to Thrill Jockey, Prep New Album for Spring; We Hope This Helps Dan Deacon’s Back Heal a Little Bit

• Ticketmaster Accused of Holding Back Tickets for Taylor Swift and Keith Urban Concerts

• Reprise Records Retroactively Decides That Wilco’s Being There Isn’t Selling So Hot Anymore 13 Years After Its Initial Release and Drops Wilco All Over Again!!! OMG!!! Wait, But Then Nonesuch Releases It on Vinyl + CD + MP3 and Everyone Agrees All Over Again That Wilco Are “Edgy” and “Underdogs” and “Awesome” (The Word “Handsome” Is Still Rarely Used)

• John Lydon Discusses Public Image Limited Tour, New Material, and the Delicious Taste of 100% British Butter

• Judge Rules in Favor of RIAA in Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit

Wednesday, 11-18-2009

• Belle and Sebastian Hint at New Album

• WFMU Needs Your Money Right Now; Seriously!

• Graham Lambkin Releases New Album, Book

• New Lightspeed Champion Album Due Out Early 2010; Time to Start Guessing How Weird the Cover Art Is Going to Be the Second Time Around

• It’s Almost 2010! Enjoy 704 Sweet Days of Listening to the New Clipd Beaks Album Before the Horror and Devastation of 2012

Tuesday, 11-17-2009

• RIAA Copyright Notices Being Tested by Verizon

• All Reunites for East Coast Tour; Milo Getting Seventh College Degree, I Guess

• The Pirate Bay Extinguishes Its Torrent Tracker

• Midlake Emerge from the Forest, Reveal New Album Details, Tour

• The Brian Jonestown Massacre Announce New LP Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?

Monday, 11-16-2009

• Pixies and Pavement to Headline Primavera Sound Festival, and The ’90s Have Never Been More Awesome

• Four Tet Receives Nobel Peace Prize for Announcing New Album, Tour Details, Merely Existing... Oops, I Mean for "His Extraordinary Efforts to Strengthen International Diplomacy and Cooperation Between Peoples"

• The Music Tapes’ Julian Koster And His Singing Saw to Go Caroling Again This Year

• Antares Successfully Auto-Tunes Their Own Intellectual Property’s Illimitability; “App For That” Coming Soon

• Oneohtrix Point Never Gets Stoked on Back to the Future Trilogy; Decides to Try Own Hand At That Whole Trilogy Thing; No Fun Issues Rifts

Mix Tape

• Chocolate Grinder Mix 22: "Dream Is Destiny"

=Eureka!=
Richard Ramirez / MSBR

Negative/Offensive

by Chizzly St. Claw

A Sunny Day In Glasgow

⇒ INTERVIEWS:

Runzelstirn & Gurgelst�ck

"THIS HAD TO COME. HERE WE GO. GOSSIP."

by Andy Ortmann

Headlights: "You know, get a job and all that stuff."

Computer Perfection: "If I tried to swing the microphone it would hit me in the balls."

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⇒ LIVE BLOG:

[Ryerson University; Toronto, ON]

• Fuck Buttons / Growing / Chen Santa Maria

[Bottom of the Hill; San Francisco, CA]

• Future of the Left / Ume / Team Band

[Bottom Lounge; Chicago IL]

DeLorean

Bleach [Deluxe Edition]

by Joe Hemmerling

Sad and Dangerous

by Laura Holmes

Eureka!

Richard Ramirez / MSBR

Negative/Offensive