here’s a mix to get your week going in a positive dancey direction. it’s some punk rock songs (or at least punk-inspired) mixed with some dance songs. what a crazy idea! they’re mixed together dj-style, so play the tracks without a pause between to get the mix effect. it’s a wonderful selection of songs. enjoy!

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funny thing, the internet — things move so fast! when i woke up this morning, i added a post about quarterbar’s remix of the l.a. dream team’s “the dream team is in the house” (previously discussed here) to the blog. i did a google search for “l.a. dream team,” hoping to find an info page of some sort to link to, and came across dream team member snake puppy’s so, i messaged him with a link to the remix, and by the time i got in to work today, snake puppy had left us (with a really sweet dedication to rudy pardee and lisa love, r.i.p.). wow. when i was ten years old, practicing breakdancing to la dream team songs, i sure as hell could never have imagined i’d someday be able to magically talk to one of the rappers over a computer box. insane and wonderful stuff.

related links:
discogs’ (some real classics on there)

dream team music for sale on and (i don’t see any digital music services that sell dream team’s music — if you see any, please leave a comment here)

— chris “snake puppy” wilson’s video production company

as is being reported sneakmove friend william goggins died yesterday. i worked with bill at wired for several years, and it is no exaggeration to say that he was one of the smartest and friendliest people i’ve ever met. in my first few weeks on the job, when i was a mere intern, bill was the one person who always made sure to go out of his way to say hi to me. that may not sound like too much of a big deal, but it really made a lasting impression on me. there’s not much more to say about this sad news right now, except that bill will be missed by the many, many people who knew him.

normally the eustachian tube is closed, but if it does open it is to equalize pressure between the middle ear and the outer ear. the outer ear maintains the same pressure as the atmosphere, but sometimes, as at altitude, say in la paz, the highest capital in the world, the middle ear and outer maintain differing pressures. things go better with a equalized pressure within the structure of the ear. also, things also go better with rjd2 and blueprint–cleveland, ohio natives, you know, the town that brought you boys your premium 13 y/o spank material, the victoria’s secret catalog. i think that rjs beats are big and layered and blueprints storytelling is well-developed, despite the fact that blueprint couldn’t write a hook if it meant that the cleveland indians would win their first championship since 1948. but if there ever was a reason to smile, and turn up the earbuds loud enough to make the eustachian tubes bleed, it is:

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as an added bonus for my tardiness, 2001 late-night release of the orphanage freestyle. the golden age of rapping about science projects and acid-washed denim:

a late night of exploring chicago’s hipster bars and drinking beers on apartment stoops leads me to the next day of the pitchfork music festival. doing what i can to get vids and pics but the coronas i’m sucking down make it hard to stay focused.

here’s a montage of bands for your viewing fancy: silver jews (headliners from saturday night); jens lekman (with his cutie swedish girl band); bonde de role (dancy radness from brazil and easily my favorite group so far–the last clip has them on stage with css after marina hurt her arm in a crowd surfing accident) and the national, wrapping up a fantastic set.

tonight i’m pumped to see spoon, diplo, and os mutantes.

has a concert dvd produced by the folks coming up. there’s also a cd that comes with it. peanut butter wolf put together a mix including some of the songs from the cd. the mix is available . an unreleased diamond d track feat. percee p? i’ll take that. various other madlib-related stuff? i will also take that.

tracklist:
Quasimoto – Greenery | from “Further Adventures of Lord Quas”
Guilty Simpson – Clap Your Hands | from “Chrome Children”
Madvillain – Meat Grinder (Madlib Remix) | unreleased
Percee P – Rappers Flee | unreleased
Madlib – Take it Back | from “Chrome Children”
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Melanin | from “Olesi: Fragments of an Earth”
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Because | from “Olesi: Fragments of an Earth”
Jaylib – No $ No Toke (aka Blaze Up) | from “Chrome Children”
Koushik – None in Mind | from “Chrome Children”
Aloe Blacc – Long Time Coming | from “Shine Through”
MED – All I Know | from “Chrome Children”
Roc C – Dont Stop | from “All Questions Answered”
Oh No – Oh Zone | from “Chrome Children”
Quasimoto – Hydrant Game (Jaylib Rmx) | unreleased
Diamond D – An Untitled Percee P Joint | unreleased
Jaylib – The Ruckus | unreleased
Dudley Perkins – That’s the Way it’s Gonna Be | from “Expressions”

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