indescribable.

tonight I had an hour long conversation with a Pakistani cab driver about his Hindi wife and their refusal to let racial and religious differences prevent them from being married. he gave up his family for the sake of love and has not seen them in over 20 years. he has given his children the freedom to decide which religion they wish to pursue, if any. his daughter is 8 years old and already understands the concept of an "aura" and a universal link between all people of all races. in all honesty, there were many points where this man's story brought me nearly to tears. i felt so moved and so inspired by his story. he was willing to forsake his family and his religion for the one he loved, and taught his children to do the same. he has encouraged his youngest daughter to pursue dance, and has still maintained his connections to his wife's Hindi family, describing his mother in law as a "soft patient wonderful woman". never have I been so moved from a random meeting with a stranger, but this man has perhaps inspired my thesis. something I have thought about at great length, the science behind "race", the history behind "religion", and how both are used to exploit ethnic groups in the advertising world. also, more importantly, how advertising can be used to help eliminate or mitigate racism in the post-modern American world.

summer 2008

This is probably the exact playlist I had on my iPod when I was 19 and living in Philly still. This reminds me of riding bikes and smoking blunts in South Philly.

1. Buggin' Out - A Tribe Called Quest
2. McNasty Filth - Jaylib
3. Respond React - The Roots
4. Plastic - Prefuse 73
5. Still D.R.E. - Dr. Dre
6. Final Frontier feat. Blueprint - RJD2
7. Halftime - Nas
8. Rather Unique - AZ
9. Street Struck - Big L
10. Passin Me By - The Pharcyde
11. Eye Know - De La Soul
12. Kidney Thief - P.O.S.
13. No Kings - El-P
14. People Places and Things - MF Doom
15. Gimmesumdeath - Leak Bros.
16. Way of the Light - Gift of Gab


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kvlt

This weather sucks so I made a mix of angry hardcore and some stoner doom bands. I haven't listened to many of these bands in a long time, I'm feeling kind of nostalgic.

1. Ghost Town Anthems-Black Teeth
2. Year of the Pig-Coliseum
3. The Flaws in Self Help-Black Ships
4. Magic Fingers-Cursed
5. Molten Universe-Kyuss
6. Knife Wound-Doomriders
7. Self Medication Blues-Eyehategod
8. Between Silence and Sound-Kylesa
9. Negative Two Point Five-Cursed
10. Access Denied-Witch Hunt
11. If You Can See the End, It's Already Over-Backstabbers Inc.
12. Well Fed Fuck-Born Against
13. Divine Reich-From Ashes Rise
14. End Up in Pain-Victims
15. Epidemic-His Hero is Gone
16. Deaf and Disbelieving-Tragedy
17. Makes Me Choke-Wolfbrigade

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upbeat crappy mathy druggy noise

So it's pretty hot and gross outside, but it is Friday and I think I potentially got a job. Definitely something to be happy about. Arab on Radar and Black Eyes are easily two of my favorite bands to listen to in the summer... so here is an upbeat mix for what promises to be a good day.

1. African Rhythms-Mi Ami
2. No Allies-Double Dagger
3. Slayer-Brainbombs
4. Cafeteria Bananas-Hella
5. Screaming Bloody Murder-USAisamonster
6. The Question Is-These Are Powers
7. You Drink a Lot of Coffee for a Teenager-Don Caballero
8. Dressed to Get Blessed-The Chinese Stars
9. Fabricated Progression- XBXRX
10. Tomhanks'ses' (Em) Antics'es's-Giraffes? Giraffes!
11. Speaking in Tongues-Black Eyes
12. Human Type 2-Arab on Radar
13. Hey Boner-Ex Models
14. Smell the Medicine-Melt-Banana
15. Swallowed By the Earth-Mindflayer


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the beginning.

I have never been good at blogging. I have tried so many times and failed because I never have anything interesting to say. Two of my friends suggested I start a music blog so I figured I'd give it a shot. The game plan is to make daily mixes (hopefully) and to blog about any new records I buy. The latter part of the plan seems kind of pointless as I get most of MY music from blogs. Whatever, it's not like anyone will read this shit.

Right, so music. As it is currently 3:30AM, I figured it is only fitting to post a mix to fall asleep to. Some post-rock, and some shoegaze... pretty self explanatory.

1. Southbound to Marion-Rachel's
2. Post Mortem-God is an Astronaut
3. Voice in Headphones-Mount Eerie
4. If I Only-Do Make Say Think
5. Are You There?-Mono
6. Subtle Disaster-Ghastly City Sleep
7. This City Moans-Redjetson
8. Swallow's Tail-Hrsta
9. Demons Sing Love Songs-Unwound
10. Easy Pieces-Pterodactyl
11. Needle In The Hay (Elliot Smith cover)-Nadja
12. Souvlaki Space Station-Slowdive
13. Crutch-Pinback
14. Julie and Candy-Boards of Canada
15. Chord Simple-Broadcast
16. Soon- My Bloody Valentine

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