librarave

hey you guys it was a great time, thanks to nathan johnson for getting all of this together, philip vanderleest para el speakers (look at him up there lookin great like a real DJ), GTR Pro for the tubes, all of my good tube friends for helping with the formations (y'all were great), and the library for being very open minded about all of this. the people there were awesome, no, YALL WERE AMAZING. it was super scary having my mix up there for 10 minutes and I had NO control over it.

(All photos courtesy of Blake McCollum)

libraRAVE Mixtape (follow link)

01. Justice - Genesis (Datsu Remix)

02. Daft Punk - Television Rules the Nation/Crescendolls

03. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Tiesto Remix)

04. Fake Blood - Mars (Dave Nada Hood Remix)

05. Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (DiscoTech Remix)

06. M.I.A. - Boyz

07. Crying Soul

08. Tune Up - Raver's Fantasy

09. Douster - King of Africa

10. Daft Punk - One More Time

a heartfelt answer instead of my technical one.

every now and then i'll get the question and insta-retort "why do you guys do something like once a month instead of every week? people would be more likely to come once a month" it's a question that grows wearying, but i must admit is fair seeing as it has been demonstrably true. the easy answer has always been to simply say that "our only real option where we aren't under the sway of the schedules of sororities and fraternities" which we are very truly subject to in a once a month schedule. given that there is the very real possibility that we can be pre-empted by the awkward and white, we might as well go for boogie bytes 4 out of 5 thursdays a month instead of maybe once.

but the reason deep down why boogie bytes exists and why lazy pixel existed before it is not to necessarily give people a party or a reason to go nuts, its to give them a regular option to do so. that may seem to be two of the same thing contradicting each other, but if you want to really reach out to people, you have to meet them halfway and this can in fact mean on their schedule. plus if you want to give people who will support the music and the scene already, why not give them a reliable, regular alternative instead of a rare party then having us all go back into our holes? this gives us a unique opportunity because this simply does not exist other places in starkville (and if you say dave's i will politely beg to differ.) and we're just glad to have been given the chance.

that being said, we've received a really fantastic response from people, who have come out and invited their friends to create a perpetually growing group of people and excitement. i'm continually surprised at how we add members and really excited to see where we can go over the next few months.

he died with a felafel in his hand

films aren't what i usually talk about on the blog. i mean, i'm not a critic about everything. following the life of a writer, danny (played by noah taylor) as he bounces around shared houses in australia under a constantly changing identity, trying to keep the police one step behind him as they engage him in their mundane chase. also following him is a cast of core characters, namely a german pagan lesbian with a taste for chaos, a love interest with all-the-wrong interest in stability, and a heroin junkie named flip, as well as the absurdity that follows when these folks and the law intersect.

this film is extremely well balanced. its sense of absurdity anchored in a cast of characters who exist in our realm of people. it moments of sadness ended with moments of endearing human decency. the writing in this film is another source of balance, masking its depression with riotously funny dialog. also the directing in this film, handled by richard lowenstein, there is a special importance to the houses where he lives and who he ends up living with.

also, this song is fantastic (same one from the trailer, by the stranglers:

want to get married?

no, i've got to go out later.

concert schedule

hey, i know you're all pumped about girl talk tomorrow, its gonna be the show of a lifetime here in little ole starkville, buttttttt.... what about future plans? well, here we come to help you guys out!

bottletree cafe (bham!)
10/09 - Rain Machine
10/11 - david bazan
10/16 - monotonix
10/22 - art brut (i will likely be there)
10/24 - a fine frenzy (yeah, don't go to this show)
10/28 - WHY? yes!
10/29 - Pomegranates
10/30 - Islands and toro y moi (jemina pearl will be there if she feels like it.
10/31 - sugar and gold if you aren't at the princess, be here.
11/05 - king khan & the bbq (unless i have a test my ass is there)
11/11 - times new viking/ the axemen

the thirsty hippo (hattiesburg)
10/10 - BLK JKS
10/16 - jim flanigan
11/02 - the gay blades

the lyric (dbagsford)
10/09 - ghostface killah
10/23 - drive-by truckers
11/07 - son volt
11/13 - the four tops (awesome, yes, but stupid expensive)
12/02 - camera obscura

so yeah, you guys have tons of options over the next few months! also, look and see what else is out there and let us know. oh and when you go, let everyone know where you're from so they know that little ole starkville exists! and let your bar owners know that their risks on less known but just as awesome bands will pay off. USE GIRL TALK AS EXHIBIT A!

oh yeah, and the best option there is, BOOGIE BYTES! where we'll be on so many occasions. like every thursday night! oh and halloween, YES!

new sufjan, really?

thank goodness for ithacan technostapo's! they bring us three.... one two THREE new sufjeezy tracks. they are definately less constructed, but before i say anymore i want you guys to listen to them and comment below and i'll report back your findings!

one day only!

since i likely won't be playing this ever again, here is a song i've been playing all over. its up for a single day, so it won't be here tomorrow, get it now!

FATBOYSLIMVSSHAGGY

museum mouth

museum mouth has a very special place in my heart. it contains three of my very best friends, karl savannah and graham. they've been together for less than a year now but man are they promise central. singing pop punk songs with, i must say pretty unique lyrics, they keep it simple, fast and full of genuine emotion. you may recognize the guy on the far left (not the cats) from a way earlier post about k. kuehn. but here its clear that sav is the lead singer, lending a sweeter and ultimately catchier tunes!

Habit (demo)

No Braino

their myspace

sunday

if you ever get an opportunity to see the documentary, danielson: a family movie, please do. if not for yourself, for your family. no slight against my own family or anyone elses, but i've never seen a group so devoted to each other. and its completely genuine; they invest themselves into the dreams of each other, dressing up in nurses outfits and singing songs that your average person wouldn't even bother to take seriously.

but there is a very serious message here. the man behind it all, daniel smith, fell in love with the idea of the bible salesman that he doned a simple suit, and sold (or a least) the ideals of christianity to a public that was mostly just amused at him and the spectacle, that included selling items such as hand crafted heart shaped blinders. all of this is just a part of the vision that he says God shared with him. its a really wonderful vision.

his secretly canadian website

Danielson Famile - Lord, Did You Hear Harrison?

Danielson - Did I Step On Your Trumpet?

boogie bytes and a youtube obsession of mine.

our second boogie bytes is tonight. come say hello!

alright, now its time to enter vitas. it's going to be hard to pick just a few videos because they are all so good, but i think its only prudent that i start off with the first video, introduced to me by the born ruffians blog. check out his facial expressions, the crowd reactions, and his amazing, not at all gimmicky chorus.

next up is probably my favorite, it sounds like the fifth element song with a BLBLBLBL thrown in for good measure. notice the bicycle disco dancer get up that is simply too too much.

now check the melodrama littered in this one. the snow, the funeral suit, the intense facial expressions. oh lordy!oh yes, watch from 1:55 on for some silly faces and spins

next to finally is an offering that seems oddly hispanic to me. the emphasis on family. the constantly slow motion. the pointless narrative (if you can all it that). at 3:12 he flies! he flies, for no reason! no reason at all!

finally is the music video for the performance above. it has all the facial overdoing it but without an audience, and the addition of the contemplation of suicide. the second time the chorus come in (about 1:50 he shakes a violin.)

miike snow

miike snow (with the e pronounced, and the second i as well) has been tearing things up lately. the singer and two producer group out of sweden make cool, synth-y-horn-y jams. i also want everyone to know that they use drums very well. the mark ronson (he's one of my favorite producers btw, and brother of samantha ronson, lindsay lohan's lesbian lady) remix throws a low fi veneer on it and makes us clamour for a lily allen vocal to join in, but you're always satisfied, it also does some good stuff to vocals, very very poppy. the vampire weekend song up is a wonderful glitchy, the kind you can't tell is glitchy. don't question just enjoy.

Animal (Mark Ronson Remix)

Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand a Chance (Miike Snow Remix)

faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake blood!

you guys may not know it yet, but you really seem to looooove fake blood. everytime they get played, you guys start moving and sweating, and it becomes a real fun time. the first time i was introduced to fake blood, the hooded deer blasted out the dave nada remix of their classic mars, i and everyone else was in awe of the hard synth and drum line mixed with the hip hop hook OOOOOOOOOWWWWEEEEEEE, y'all. this newer track from them off the fix your accent EP is in my opinion a very good, disco dancy addition to their smooth repertoire, it almost feels as if d.a.n.c.e. and daft punks "crescendolls" came together and had a child. its awesome. links below!

Gossip - Love Long Distance (Fake Blood Remix)

Mars (Dave Nada Hood Remix)

back!

so it ended up being a bit longer than a few days, i understand that, but we've been busy and we're back now so whats the difference? so what have we been up to? WELL I'LL TELL YOU!

first up was:

man was this a wicked fun homecoming. coming off an 11 hour drive i wasn't sure how i'd feel, but it felt great gettin all the hugs from people i hadn't seen in frankly too damn long. but somewhere amongst all the meetings i had to deej with blaine and that i did.

Photo thanks to Brenna Phares

of course in typical pyroglyphics fashion, we just had to screw something up. this time we did it by ending a WHOLE HOUR EARLY. not very punk rock we know, but there was so much confusion and we ended the confusion, and everything else. yes, it was a real good time filled with much heat and much learning, but it was just the beginning. next up was the granddaddy of the year so far: 20,000 beats under the sea!

this gig was supposed to feature the group cockfight club, but by a case of addition through subtraction (well, "by means of" might be a better word than "through") we were able to add elektrogeezus to the ticket. we already had matthew ess out of memphis on the ticket, so needless to say, it was fiyahhhh. a real highlight of the night IMO (damn right i got opinions, its a blog!) was when he played this remix of the MGMT classic:

Time to Pretend (Bass Weasel Anthem Mix)

photo compliments of Andrew Le

finally, is our last of a three show run at the princess theater in downtown columbus. this was the official first gig of elektrogeezus and man did drunk columbus come out in force. but so did some friends and we are mega grateful that they came!

so yeah, thats a kinda exhaustive recap of where we've been the last few weeks. there will be more pictures up and maui wowi thats it for now.

a few days off

in preparation for leaving north carolina and heading to mississippi where i will be joining blaine and the lovely princess theater to host our first dance party there: BEACHES vs. TEACHES (i might bring some peaches). peep the poster below and let me know what you think about the event.

lightspeed champion

i think i'll start with the whole history of dev hynez's music career. it all started with what might be the only hardcore band i ever really liked. it was an absurd mix of smart musical construction, hilarity, and SHARKS! yes, it was three guys going balls out and promising never to return.

but after a brief hiatus, dev came back going back to his roots, western country pop? yep, with the help of saddle creek's mike mogus, the newly named lightspeed champion found his sound somewhere between hank williams and elvis costello. he also brought along his cute cute cute friend emmy the great.

Lightspeed Champion - Tell Me What It's Worth (Daytrotter Session)

Lightspeed Champion - Happy Birthday (Live at Paradiso)

tooesday mixtape!

hey, here's the first official tuesday mixtape. i like it, i might try to mega mix it with some help from more qualified individuals.

Tuesday Mayday Heyday Mixtape #1

Major Lazer - Pon de Floor (Ernold Sane Remix)

Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix)

Sammy Bananas - All the Girls

N.A.S.A (Whatchadoin (Villains Remix)

Mase - Mo Money Mo Problems (Laidback Luke Bootleg)

hey, i'm on a musical island

and graham forgot to bring his external hard drive. but he did bring some thoughts.

his take: this reminds me of how talentless i am.

his take: so i magine the fight between beowulf and grendel like.....

his take: its delightfully and frighteningly surreal.

we're gonna be moving the monday mixtapes to tuesdays. this should be a permanent move. also, playing at the princess on the 13th, SO BE READY!

New Weekend Mix

here's another weekend mix with some good jams for the soul. ENJOY!

Weekend Mix 7

The Wright Specials - Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do

Wallpaper ft. Jacob Safari and Kid Static - Pool Party

River - Akron/Family

Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side

The Shins - Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields Cover)

Danielson - Did I Step On Your Trumpet

Dent May & His Magnificient Ukulele - Howard

Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night

some new jens

jens lekman is basically my favorite. he's funny, he's sweet, he's utterly heartbreaking and if my heart could write songs they'd prolly sound an awful lot like anything off of night falls over kortedala. he's also brutally honest. he wants to burn down his home, he hates his crime ridden city, but he's scared, and he really wants to impress this girl. WHATEVER WILL HE DO WITHOUT A LIGHTER? must have done something right, the past perspective gives us this indication.

Do You Remember The Riots (Orchestral Version)

New Directions (Live)

p.s. jens was at sxsw watching comedians the whole time i was seeing stupid bands. stupid me.

monday tuesday mixtape

so, to express how slow and funky this process was, i decided to make this weeks monday mixtape a bit more of a.... disco themed event.

Monday (Tuesday) Mixtape #8 (#1)

Blaqstarr ft. Rye Rye / Young and Company - Shake it to the Ground (Arthur King Remix)

The Virgins - Rich Girls (Hemingway Remix)

LeLe - Disco Vraiment

Daft Punk - Around the World (Laidback Luke Remix)

Empire of the Sun - We are the People (Kotchy Remix)

OMC - How Bizarre

theres a delay!

so, there's been a delay with recording my monday mixtape, it'll be up tomorrow banning itunes doesn't foil me yet again. in any case, here's all the old ones! enjoy!

Monday Mixtapes, the lot of them!

weekend mixtape

here's another weekend mixtape, enjoy i hope!

Weekend Mixtape #6

Art Brut - Moving to L.A.

Atlas Sound - Quarantined

BORN Ruffians - I Need A Life (Four Tet Remix)

The Horrors - Do You Remember

Matt & Kim - Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare

Mustang - El Submarino Amarillo

Of Montreal - Jimmy (M.I.A. Cover)

The Rolling Stones - I'm Free (Hot Chip Remix)

Sufjan Stevens - The Star-Spangled Banner (Live)

friday feels

for some reason i thought that i had dome this some time ago, but i felt it necessary to let everyone know that our awesome friend will bryant has been doing some siiiiiick friday feel mixes that bring the funk and psychodelic vibes and are a great way to just know whats up in music now a days. it comes on the blog porch of the mystics which is will and a few of his super hip fellow austin residents. so check out all the friday feels here, or just go to the homepage!

emil & friends

you know this guy, he went vroom vroom in speed racer, was a nice young'n in Milk, fell in love with a girl next door, and had a dangerous life as an altar boy; any guessers? you prolly got it right, its emile hirsch! and he's got this new project out called emil & friends. its not too groundbreaking (no songs of his own) but he does do some pretty sweet remixes and covers. i especially like these two, they're fun, and in my opinion pretty daring. its not everyday you hear someone completely re-imagine how a michael jackson could sound, or take one of the bigger singles of the year and turn it into this odd but refreshing mix of rock, disco, and electronica. you may not have sold me yet, but this is a fantastic start. and yes, if there is a superlatives at the end of the year, i would imagine that this wins as "most likely to appear in an issue of nylon."

Girlfriend on Girlfriend (Pheonix x Michael Jackson)

Electric Feel (MGMT Cover)

p.s. emil and friends has apparently denied being associated with emile hirsch, that being said, there is so much cheekiness going on i'm gonna go ahead and go with my original statement. emile is a trained musician with a musical history and the dude is funny as shit, so yeah.

warm heart of africa

so, the whole world has been going coocoo for this pretty good collaboration between panda bear and atlas sound called walkabout. but being the blog we are, i thought we might look at a different huge collabo between some other big names. ezra koenig of the now huge vampire weekend and the very best did a sweet song called "warm heart of africa." just listen to it and wonder why everyone else isn;t listening to it, then fix it.

The Very Best Ft. Ezra Koenig - Warm Heart Of Africa

the other thriller

aniki just about krilled it. (krill is grahams attempt at starting a newslang term) anyway, this track is sick as all get out. twistin time, crazy ass bassline, its schtick is pretty sweet too! i really do like how a solidly built electronic track can mix with hip hop elements. anyway, here it goes!

Aniki -- Hip Hop Thrilla (original mix)

monday mixtape classic rock yo!

this one is a collaboration of a time i'm a bit burnt out on but reluctantly love, the 70's. yes its rockin hard so just enjoy and do whatever you like to do to dance music. oh, this ones a bit pg-R. i just wanted you to know in advance.

PG Mixtape #7: The Classic Rock One

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (Bird Peterson's Still Tippin For the USA Mix)

Manfred Man - Blinded By the Light (DJ Donna Summer Boot)

Journey - Don't Stop Believing (DYYL Quick Mix)

The Outfield - Your Love (Toy Selectah Remix)

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (Soulwax Re-Edit)

AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long

The Beatles - Twist And Shout (Pat Swayzak Remix)

weekend mixtape

here's another weekend mixtape. capped off with a couple ama-zing songs and starts with a super cool bang. i'm really excited, you should be too!

weekend mixtape 5

The Surfs - Tu Seras Mi Baby

Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love

M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Diplo Street Remix Ft. Bun B & Rich Boy)

Emil and Friends - Girlfriend on Girlfriend (Pheonix x Michael Jackson)

Black Kids - I Underestimated My Charm (Again)

Bright Eyes - A Perfect Sonnet

Delroy Wilson - This Life Makes Me Wonder

The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa

Mayer Hawthorne and the County - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

Anamanaguchi - So Bored (Wavves Cover)

Jens Lekman - Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death

OCDJ

ocdj is somewhat of an anomally. he runs with that crazy as hell crew that guys like dan deacon run in but he does his stuff with a uniquly baltimore club feel, WHAT GIVES? listen and it makes sense and totally lives up to his one man genre of candy crunk. its 8-bit crazy and bmore fresh. give it a listen with this rich boy infused jammy jam.

PLS STP TH HSTL

more huger hits

here's perhaps the mosty universal jam we've put up on pyroglyphics, its the bird peterson of project pats ubsurdulous hit keep it hood. listen to that awesome bassline (i'll admit, i lose it whenever pat comes back after oj's verse. i'm gonna throw up a second track because i think the spirit of america is still in the air after the fourth, still by bird peterson, its him provin he's still in support of the USAAAAA. ironically with a protest song, but a badass protest song so its all good.

Project Pat -- Keep it Hood Bird Peterson Remix

Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Fortunate Son (Bird Peterson's Still Tippin For the USA Mix)

monday mixtapes return!

i've been gone for a little over a week in a land called bermuda where the men dress like this....

and i'm back with a monday mixtape. i'm gonna get proactive about some hijinx, and my sunburn. so here goes nothing. bermuda was fun.

PG Mixtape 6

John Legend ft. Andre 3000 – Green Light (Diplo Dade County 1988 Mix)
Santigold – Brooklyn We Go Hard (Solly Remix)
The Hood Internet – Crank that Pogo (Digitalism vs. Soulja Boy)
The Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance (Crookers Remix)
Diplo & Afrojack – How I Like It
Bonde do Role – Gasolina Crookers Crunk

shake n bake

this originally ran as a bonus as a post but thanks to good timing and a lot of hype, this became a pretty highly downloaded track, enjoy. do the ricky bobby y'all. i love the chorus. for real. oh and j money got big.

j money - shake n bake

UHMURICUR

sup america, its your birthday, you got a bunch of guys together who agreed on one (and one thing only) thing, screw the king. happy times! here's a mildly romantic note. for all you american girls here is a true classic by a real classic act.

tom petty and the heartbreakers - american girl

and for all you american boys:

the hood internet - shut up american boy (the ting tings vs. estelle)

holy ghost in the club

holy ghost is in the club, feel the spirit all kinds of funky. sorry for the sparseness in the last few posts. i've been puttin money in the bank. i'm on it though. while i'm gone i'll be posting a lazy pixel favorite every night, so be on the lookout.

Claire Hux - Holy Ghost in the Club (Bird Peterson Remix)

monday mixtapes memorial night

i won't even mention his name (i already got slapped with a dmca warning once) but i feel like this is what would have happened had we had lazy pixel tonight, so here it is. the track listing is with the file so look it up whenever you get it, its in the "comments" section on itunes. enjoy. next week it won't be so covert i promise. i will be on a boat however, so yeah.

PG Mixtape #5: Memorial Edition

another video day, but man is it a good one

the first couple of these put sweet new tracks to classy old time videos. furthermore, the charleston is due for a comeback. the first track is around the world (as god help us all if you don't know by now) by daft punk, the second is the milk's gone bad by ocdj.

alright, next up is a really sweet track composed of parts of alice in wonderland. like wow, the song and video work together so perfectly. fantastic. bouncey and bright but haunting. the track is pretty simply named alice by pogo

finally, is this happy slice of psychaburbia by siebren versteeg set to sufjan stevens "palm sunday tornado hits crystal lake. this track really is simply too sublime to ignore. fantastic really.

have a wonderful day.

MICHAEL JACKSON - DON'T STOP TIL YOU GET ENOUGH
by hushhush112

of montreal + diplo = BANG

hey, check out this sweet diplo remix of id engager, the first single off of montreal's latest record, skeletal lamping. oh man is this good, like so good. diplo has a way of writing lines that stand on their own, then putting them together in a way that works so well, but he can also strip the songs down with equal success.

Of Montreal - Id Engager (Diplo Mad Decent Mix)

e-603 has a new record out

remeet this kid, his name is e-603, he does things like girl talk does things, mix and mash-ups and does a pretty damn good job of mixing some of your favorite tracks (yes, he has more of an indie flair) with rap hooks and man is it a lot of fun. so anyways just grab the stuff below (its a full record, if you want a sample, check out his myspace. if you want to download the record that blog writer bforks tweeted as "giving feed the animals a run for its money." i must ask the question though, what money? the whole record is free and linked to right below! so enjoy your new best friend.

monday mixtapes: major lazer is danger

here is my fourth and final monday mixtape for ya (juss playin y'all). in any case, it is dedicated to the new major lazer record that i think could rejuvenate dance music and give it that creative feel it had (or at least i felt it had) a year or two ago. love the way it throws dancehall into the forefront of this musical chop suey. enjoy, have a wonderful monday night!

PG Mixtape #4: Major Lazer is Here Edition

Major Lazer - Pon de Floor (feat. VYBZ Kartel)

Major Lazer - Baby (feat. Prince Zimboo)

Fifth Dimension - Let the Sunshine In (Solly bmore edit)

Mixhell - Boom Da (Crookers Remix)

Bird Peterson - Pete Goes Off

AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Tittsworth Remix)

church sunday

where do waffles like to go to the beach?

san diego

that joke could very well have changed my life. it was told to me by half handed cloud himself, sorta.

john ringhofer is half handed cloud, definately one of my favorite things to ever come out of berkely ever. i like how he encrypts his faith into songs so bluntly. most of his songs (these can all be found at his asthmatic kitty page) feel more like sketches (most clock in under two minutes) than full compositions, buttttt that'd be completely unfair. for instance, this first song deals with the forshadowing of God sacrificing Jesus in the story of Abraham. hefty stuff in what, 6 lines?

animals are cut in two

i got a letter

we're very greatly loved

saturday summer weekend mix #3

i really want a coffee toffee twisted frosty. otherwise i'm pretty good. i have to work today so yeah. it won't be very relaxing for me, but i'll have a good day no worries. and watch the video below.

Summer Weekend Mix #3

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Rainbow

Eugene McGuinness - Disneyfied

Animal Collective - We Tigers

Belle & Sebastian - Roy Walker

BORN Ruffians - Kurt Vonnegut

Brian Wilson - Heroes & Villians

Devo - Disco Dancer

Gnarls Barkley - Open Book

The Horrors - I Can't Control Myself

Islands - Bucky Little Wing

furthermore, this is brilliant

sum dft pnk yll!

daft punk

i rememebr in sixth grade thinking about how i would bond with with older folks over the awesome music of daft punk. yeah, it seems dumb now, but thats just the way i thought i guess. when discovery came out, man was that a big deal for me, LIKE HUGE DEAL. it was my first foray into the not made by humans, and first legitimately good foray into modern music. now, i must admit the track face to face got by me for a while, that may have something to do with how its near the end of the record and more vocally based than the rest of the record. in any case, here's a pretty great remix of it by night drugs, i can only assume that this is the majority of the drugs out there. though i may be wrong.

face to face (night drugs rework)

i need human heat

frightened rabbit

HEY, SUPER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GOOD FRIEND OF THE DUO JOSEPH SHORT. GREAT GUY, ADD MORE WISHES YOURSELF.

excepting when blaine starts humping wildly on the dancefloor (classy not trashy friend), i like to think that we here at the pyroglyphics headquarters are pretty good about keeping our technosexuality (yep, you guessed it, that means absolutely nothing) to ourselves and we're proud of that. so it is with that little intro that i must break from that to discuss this next track. well, hold up, this track is by frightened rabbit, a scottish band. and the remix is by dj die young, a fantastic young dj out of beantown (thats boston for the uninitiated) here's the songs, but i'm gonna write something after it, so please keep on, i hope its decent enough to keep you reading.

The Twist

The Twist (DJ Die Young Dub Edit)

dj die young

i don't know how to start this really, at what point can i put myself out there honestly and give myself the privacy i feel i deserve? without asking rhetorical questions over and over again. i guess before you read listen to the song, and give these here lyrics a good read. i will now attempt to answer the question, why do i feel bad for this guy? not pity, but genuinely empathize with him.

living in north carolina my whole adolescence i never really got a sense that anyone really cared about their virginity, its not like a modern day roman orgy or anything, but really, who waited? very few. why did they wait? the reasons varied from person to person much the same way that they varied among people who did have sex. funny thing is the excuses were ultimately the same: one friend of mine said to me "i'm just waiting for the right guy" then later, "i found the right guy and i'm happy with my decision" and most recently "he was such a tool." moving to mississippi i have found that the reasons kind of begin to narrow, but so does the discussion. people just don't talk about their sex lives in mississippi, i could assume that this is because in this culture it is more "taboo" to talk about, or simply that every conception in the state is immaculate. but i know this isn't the case.

what does this have to do with the song above, well in a way very little, in a way a lot. does the act of sex between two people really have anything to do with society? no, the singer doesn't even care that the girl knows his name. for him its all about the act, the contact. with a little religion thrown in there however, it becomes a much bigger deal, love and responsibility become the name of the game. the thought of sex as something to be desperate for is repulsive. i mean, lets not even get ahead of ourselves, there's desperation, and then there's just being horny, we really don't even know about that much. one could even argue that marriage is a trivial process, beverly hayman-polen would beg to differ and say marriage is a big deal to the two up there.

i think the biggest thing for me is simply that we need. at some point we all get driven into needing the things we want, or simply don't have. i like to think of it like how when i was a kid, i would need a toy, namely some probably badass batman toy accessories galore. did i have to have the toy? no. but as a kid, dammit i wanted it, i wanted it so bad that mentally, i just had to have it. in my limited capacity i associated the toy with love and affection, wrongly i would later come to appreciate. but i tricked myself into needing that thing i prolly would have been better without anyway. i think we as humans do that, and we know whats its like to want what we can't have, and in the end, need it. so i guess i don't associate really with his need for sex, but its just what happens when we idolize our "primal desires."

two inherently badass songs

first up is a song that is really badass, like, so badass it is like, the anthem of the badass states of america. thunderstruck. well, at the very least it is the national anthem of college football and the lovable fans of said nation. well this is the tittworth remix, meaning its an even more extremely testosteroned version but i'll be damned if it ain't fun and i'll be honest, its fun as hell, so lets just enjoy it alright?

AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Tittsworth Remix)

next up is an equally badass track, its my favorite song ever, sung by guess who? michael cera (someone will get that). its superbadass. its the best scene in the movie, and it can be, ON YOUR IPOD.

Michael Cera - These Eyes

U.R.A.Q.T. (diplo remix)

YOU BIG DUMMY. you guys have ssen diplo so many times on this blog, and its for good reason, he's great, such a sense of what works and what doesn't and why what doesn't work doesn't. he produced this track in the studio and made it even wackier. furthermore, maya's rap on this track is simultaneously badass and hilarious. so step up and grab it y'all. YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT SANFORD AND SONS SAMPLE RIGHT?

M.I.A. - U.R.A.Q.T. (Diplo Remix)

monday mixtapes championship edition

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this one goes out to a great lakers team! enjoy it yous guys, you will never read this, if you do, please let me know!

Monday Mixtape Number 3: Championship Edition

Blow - Your Head (DJ Eli Remix)

PNAU ft. Lady Hawke - Embrace (Fred Flake and Miami Horror Remix)

Nightrider - Solid Gold

El Guincho vs. Pitbull - Anthemillas (Hood Internet Mash-up)

Junior Senior - Happy Rap

Page France

Hey, it's sunday, and every sunday i'm gonna do my best to feature something kinda christian. lots of cool bands are christian and put out some cool christian stuff (modest mouse, sufjan stevens, cat power, and so many more). this week we have page france out of maryland who at times sound so small and at other times so big. these two songs do a lot to capture the spirit of worship as a happy occasion filled with a complex mix of emotions, all good. so listen, and we'll be back to the regular postings tomorrow. (p.s. this job is killing me slowly.) (furthermore, on a more official note, this isn't a "Christian blog," it just seems like cool territory to explore, no?)

Jesus

Windy