I know, I know...

Another "sorry I haven't been keeping up with the blog" post.

It's not that I haven't had anything to say, it's just that I haven't had the time to say it. I know that my hearty presence on all of my other social networks would lead one to wonder why I couldn't just, y'know, update my blog with the same frequency I update facebook and/or tweet, but I submit that those social networks are much more easily accessible via my iPhone's awesome pocket computer-ness than any real blogging platform worth fucking with. Also, I insist upon having a real, physical keyboard attached to my real, old-timey desktop PC and a quiet room in order to do any kind of thinking worth blogging. Sadly, I am rarely home often enough to do that, so...

Speaking of "other social networks," I've joined the herd and got into both Google+ and Spotify. (I'm awwpeaches on both, naturally.) The former, I'm not so sure about just yet--too few early adopters to be useful right now--but the latter...WOW. I've been on such a music bender since Spotify came into my life, which is ridiculous because my life was pretty much already a music bender without it. I guess Spotify is my newest, most amazingly persuasive pusher is what I'm saying.

But anyway and anyhow: I do feel bad for neglecting this here blog, my oldest creative presence on the web. I'm going to be doing a lot more posts about music in the near future, and I'm even considering resurrecting my Saturday Mix Series posts, with downloadable ZIPs of the awesome playlists I make, which I used to do on here way back in 2007/2008--that's right, Spotify! I'm an O.G. playlist-sharer.

I do have plenty more things to say about non-music topics as well, and I hereby promise I'll do better at giving them the time they deserve to be said properly.

Seacrest out.

Couple things before bed...

1: I just made a new muxtape--which apparently means I had to delete the old one from last week...ugh, thanks muxtape, the 12 song limit was getting lonely on the lame shelf--for Rene. It's super cheesy but that's cool. I think.

01. Devendra Banhart - I Feel Just Like A Child
02. Okkervil River - Black
03. Rocky Votolato - White Daisy Passing
04. Psapp - Tricycle
05. The Avett Brothers - Left On Laura, Left On Lisa
06. Lefty Frizzell - I Want To Be With You Always
07. Gruff Rhys - Candylion
08. Akron/Family - Don't Be Afraid, You're Already Dead
09. Buffalo Springfield - Kind Woman
10. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
11. Now It's Overhead - Nothing In Our Way
12. The Dodos - Lily

2: I plan on winning Chris Cooley's beard-growing competition.

Today was a good day.

Finished the mix CD I've been working on for Rene today. Pretty happy with the flow of it:

1. M. Ward - To Go Home
2. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall (Oasis cover)
3. Burial - Archangel
4. Califone - Spiders House
5. Feist - Mushaboom
6. Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes
7. Elliott Smith - Ballad Of Big Nothing
8. Townes Van Zandt - Columbine
9. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
10. Cat Stevens - Hard Headed Woman
11. Badly Drawn Boy - Year Of The Rat
12. The Tough Alliance - 1981
13. Paavoharju - Valo Tihkuu Kaiken Läpi
14. Laura Veirs - Galaxies
15. Bright Eyes - Light Pollution
16. Radiohead - Nude (Holy Fuck remix)
17. Super Eagles - Love's A Real Thing
18. Dawn Landes - Young Folks (Peter Bjorn & John cover)
19. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
20. Tim Fite - Mascara Lies
21. Sufjan Stevens - For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti

(The bold-ed songs are the ones I was able to fit onto my new muxtape, which I just made for the purpose of uploading songs to this blog. Gonna try the muxtape style for a while. See if it fits... Check out my mux--this mix--at http://awwpeaches.muxtape.com/)

Oh yea! And then I went hiking with Andrew and Kristin today...WE SAW A DEER!!! LIKE 10 YARDS FROM US!!!

Fuck it, the ALG Devastation Mix...

Siigh. It's one of those days that calls for a hefty dose of that "depressing" music I'm so oft criticized for liking. Besides, you didn't think I was gonna let last Saturday's Dance mix be the lead music post on this here blog for, like, a whole week, did you?

Download here. Then google the lyrics to track 14.

01. Emitt Rhodes - Lullabye
02. Modest Mouse - Sleepwalkin' (Santo & Johnny cover)
03. Cat Power - Good Woman
04. Bright Eyes - Gold Mine Gutted
05. The Cranberries - No Need To Argue
06. Mark Kozelek - Love Hungry Man (AC/DC cover)
07. Chris Botti - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)
08. The Wading Girl - Amber Waves
09. Radiohead - Fitter Happier
10. Elliott Smith - Everything Means Nothing to Me
11. The Lancaster Orchestra - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Smiths cover)
12. Townes Van Zandt - Dead Flowers (live Rolling Stones cover)
13. Ai Phoenix - The Party's Over
14. Swans - God Damn The Sun

Saturday's Ridiculation Shall Be Unbounded...Part Two: The Aftermath/Dance Party

You know you wanna download it. (all mp3s in one .rar file, as usual)

01. C & C Music Factory - Everybody Dance Now
02. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Solly Remix)
03. MSTRKRFT - Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.) [Extended Version]
04. Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her (TS Brooklyn Fire re-touch)
05. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop (Mike Mago Edit)
06. Kanye West - Stronger (A-Trak Remix)
07. The Champs - Tequilla (Pistel Mix)
08. Hilary Duff - Come Clean (Trance remix)
09. Dead Presidents - Bigger Than Hip-Hop (Flufftronix Ghetto House Refix)
10. Love Is All - Busy Doing Nothing (Tapedecic Remix)
11. Radiohead - Reckoner (lovetongueattack remix)
12. Dragonette - Take It Like A Man (RAC Mix)
13. Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. Health)
14. The Sounds - Tony The Beat (Tommie Sunshine 12" Maxi Vocal Mix)
15. Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance (Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Re-touch)
16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control (Faint Remix)
17. Daft Punk - Around The World (Kid Dub Remix)

Nothing but jams.

I Know It's Been A While But...

Tomorrow Is Saturday...

01. Panacea - Intro
02. Go West - The King Of Wishful Thinking (Wendy And Lisa Mix)
03. Nina Simone vs. Groovefinder - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (Radio Edit)
04. Jumbling Towers - Asian Car
05. Cannibal Ox - Atom (Ft. Alaska and Cryptic)
06. British Sea Power - Elizabeth and Mary Meet The Pelican
07. Elf Power - Needles In The Camels Eyes..... (Brian Eno cover)
08. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
09. Los Campesinos! - 2007, The Year Punk Broke (My Heart) (BONUS TRACK)
10. DJ Mikey Vader - The Contours - Do You Love Me (Mikey Vader Remix)
11. Neon Neon - Dream Girls
12. Out Hud - It's For You
13. The Dodos - Chickens
14. The Raveonettes - Twilight
15. Delorean - As Time Breaks Off
16. The Cinematic Orchestra - Familiar Ground
17. Peel - Sliding Doors
18. Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow

Better late than never...

Between work (semi-bummer), a family member's passing (bummer), Hillary taking New Hampshire (bummer), the Redskins having lost last Saturday and losing their coach this week (mega-bummers), and spending a good amount of time with a particular new friend (mega-NON-bummer!) well, I've been busy. But I promised a belated Saturday Mix, so here it is...

This week features a running theme of hilarious sound clips from the documentary Jesus Camp (which are all mis-tagged in the MP3s as "Bible Camp",) some SICK remixes/edits (esp. "Baba O'Riley" and "1234",) a very cool--although repetitive--Al Green sample ("Lovin' Cali",) a crazy spazz-out song from the man who became last year's AWK ("Death Is Forming",) and one of my all-time oldies-but-goodies ("You Need Love Like I Do, Don't You?"). Enjoooy!

DOWNLOAD: A Lonely Ghost Saturday Mix 7.57 [all MP3s in one .rar file]

01. Dragonette - Take It Like A Man (RAC Mix)
02. Bible Camp - Kickin' It For Christ (clip)
03. Sunset Rubdown - I'll Believe In Anything You'll Believe In Anything
04. The Who - Baba O Riley (RAC Edit)
05. Feist - 1234 (VanShe Technologic Remix)
06. Bible Camp - Rolling Stones Magazine (clip)
07. Oneida - Did I Die?
08. Gladys Knight & The Pips - You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You?)
09. Bible Camp - Dancing For The Flesh (clip)
10. Adam Tensta - My Cool
11. Free Speech - Lovin' Cali
12. Bible Camp - The Truth (clip)
13. Ted Leo / Pharmacists - Me And Mia
14. Love Is All - Felt Tip
15. Jay Reatard - Death Is Forming
16. Bible Camp - Speaking In Tongues (clip)
17. The Thermals - A Pillar Of Salt
18. Xiu Xiu - 20,000 Deaths For Eidelyn Gonzales, 20,000 Deaths For Jamie Peterson
19. Your Heart Breaks - Mixed Tapes

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Series #6

In lieu of a traditional top songs of the year list, all the songs on this week's Saturday Mix are from 2007 albums that you may or may not have overlooked...y'know: "sleeper albums." I'd count all these songs as among my favorites from the year; and if you haven't heard them yet, each is well deserving of a listen.

[as always, all MP3s in one .rar file: click here. love.]

01. Elliott Smith - Whatever (Folk Song in C)
02. Keller Williams - Lil' Sexy Blues (featuring Sanjay Mishra & Samir Chatterjee)
03. Prints - Easy Magic
04. Gruff Rhys - Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru
05. Of Montreal - We Were Born The Mutants Again With Leafling [ALG song of the year finalist]
06. Charlie Louvin - Great Atomic Power (featuring Jeff Tweedy of Wilco)
07. Handsome Furs - Dead + Rural
08. Dj Doc Rok - Success / Moby Dick (Jay-Z vs. Led Zeppelin)
09. Bark Bark Bark - Pluto Never Forget
10. !!! - Bend Over Beethoven [ALG song of the year]
11. Klaxons - Totem On The Timeline
12. The Ponys - Everyday Weapon
13. A.A. Bondy - Killed Myself When I Was Young
14. Paul Duncan - Above The Trees
15. The Octopus Project - Truck
16. ...music video? - House of Cards
17. Loney, Dear - Carrying a Stone
18. Laura Veirs - Don't Lose Yourself
19. Kevin Drew - Back Out On The ...
20. Dawn Landes - Young Folks (Peter Bjorn & John cover)
21. Tunng - Soup [unclassifiable, yet certifiably *****]
22. Cocoon - I Don't Give A Shit [ALG song of the year finalist]

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Series #5

[all MP3s in one .rar file: click *here* to download!]

01. Johnny Mercer - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
02. Holy Fuck - Milkshake
03. Gigi - Gud Fella
04. Black Moth Super Rainbow - The Afternoon Turns Pink
05. Blonde Redhead - Spring And By Summer Fall
06. Dan Deacon - Pink Batman
07. Telephone Jim Jesus - Dice Raw
08. Gary Numan - Metal
09. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Song For David
10. Issa Bagayogo - Dambalou
11. White Rabbits - The Plot
12. Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee
13. T-Model Ford - Leave My Heart Alone
14. The Budos Band - The Proposition
15. Black Octopus Lipstick Project - Hot Summers
16. Seu Jorge - Hagua
17. Tom Morrell and The Time-Warp Top Hands - Velociraptor Rag
18. World / Inferno Friendship Society - Your Younger Man
19. Mekons - Psycho Cupid (Danceband on the Edge of Time)

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Series #4

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Series #4
(all mp3s in one .rar file: click here to download!)

01. Le Loup - Planes Like Vultures.
02. Brittle Stars - Tripping Me Up (Scott Schultz -Majestic remix)
03. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Funky Stuff
04. Mellow Drunk - Never Sleep At Night
05. Dwight Yoakam - Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash cover)
06. Aaron Neville - Hercules
07. The Gay - Vacation
08. McCarthy - The Procession Of Popular Capitalism (Album Version)
09. Ike And Tina Turner - Come Together (Beatles cover) [R.I.P. Ike...I think the kindest I could say is that you were just like everyone else: responsible for your fair share of good and bad. Peace. -A]
10. Ghost - Caledonia
11. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Be Easy
12. James White And The Blacks - Contort Yourself
13. The Real Tuesday Weld - Last Words
14. Orgone - Who Knows Who?
15. Japancakes - Westworld
16. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Fire
17. The Green Pajamas - These Are The Best Times
18. Lead Belly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Saturday Mix Series Vol. 3

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Series #3
[all songs in one .rar file: uh, click here to download, hooez]

1. Bright Eyes - Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
2. The Magnetic Fields - Washington, D.C.
3. Love Is All - Busy Doing Nothing
4. The Octopus Project - Ghost Moves
5. Sufjan Stevens - Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
6. The Affair - Anything But Disco
7. Super Eagles - Love's a Real Thing
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Honeybear
9. DD/MM/YYYY - Gentle Dudes With Muscles
10. Hot Chip - Boy From School
11. The Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose To Give It (Boy 8 Bit Dub)
12. Jumbling Towers - Asian Car
13. Dr. Dog - Ain't It Strange
14. Country Joe McDonald - I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag
15. Diplo - Diplo Rhythm (Featuring Sandra Melody, Vybz Cartel, and Pantera Os Danadinhos)
16. Eels - old shit/new shit
17. Calexico - Deep Down
18. Blitzen Trapper - Sci-Fi Kid
19. Sea Wolf - Middle Distance Runner

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Series, Vol. 2

haha! I bet you thought I'd forget to post this, didn't you!

Well: the rules have changed--and what good would they be if they didn't!? Sadly, Sara and Matt finally came back to the Bacino/Watson/Temple household to re-claim their beer pong table. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that I announce that the Saturday Mix Series will no longer be explicitly a soundtrack for beer pong, but rather, a soundtrack to general debauchery, and also just a place for me to post music, newly discovered and long-treasured, that I love and want you to love too.

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Series, Vol. 2 [.rar file]

01. Elvis Costello - Human Hands
02. Dressy Bessy - Better Luck
03. Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia
04. Black Mountain - Stormy High
05. British Sea Power - Atom
06. My Little Airport - My Little K and J
07. Tilly and the Wall - Urgency
08. The New Pornographers - Three Or Four
09. Green Day - She
10. Bob Dylan - The Man in Me
11. M. Ward - Neptune's Net
12. Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
13. Comets On Fire - Got A Feelin
14. Cloud Cult - A Good God
15. Pearl Jam - Big Wave
16. The Helio Sequence - Let It Fall Apart
17. Yeasayer - 2080 [*HUGE contender for my favorite song of '07*]
18. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Talk-Action=Shit
19. Asobi Seksu - Umi De No Jisatsu
20. Thee More Shallows - Post-Present
21. Thistle - Love Not Dead (Daniel Johnston cover)

byah, anyone?

Q: How does a music-nerd mourn his sports-hero's premature death?

A: He makes a sad, sappy playlist and shares it on his blog. This shit is seriously sad stuff. Even if you don't know/care about Sean Taylor or his story, I dare you to listen and be unmoved.

A Lonely Ghost: Sad Songs for Sean [.rar file]

01. June Tabor - In My Life (Beatles cover)
02. Grant-Lee Phillips - Boys Don't Cry (Cure cover)
03. Paul Duncan - Oil in the Fields
04. Sigur Rós - Hljómalind
05. Grandaddy - Underneath the Weeping Willow
06. Do Make Say Think - Auberge le Mouton Noir
07. Kirsti Huke - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover)
08. Elliott Smith - Georgia, Georgia
09. The Twilight Singers - Hyperballad (Björk cover)
10. The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon
11. Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet
12. Cat Power - The Greatest
13. Old Crow Medicine Show - We're All in this Together
14. Tim Fite - Mascara Lies

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Series, Vol. 1

I'm gonna start a new, hopefully regular feature on this here blog. You see, here at the Bacino/Watson/Temple household, we play a lot of beer pong. Especially on Saturday nights. Sooo...every Saturday, I will post a playlist of the hype music to which Mon and I destroy our competition in the hopes that it will brighten some of your Saturday nights in some way.

For your downloading convenience, I've purchased bandwidth on sendspace, so no nasty ads or click-thrus to bother with, just sweet sweet jams...enjoy!

A Lonely Ghost: Saturday Mix Vol. 1 [.rar file]

01. Tom Waits - Goin' Out West
02. Tomoyasu Hotei - Battle Without Honor or Humanity
03. Darondo - My Momma and My Poppa
04. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
05. Fashion Victims - Hey (Pixies cover, Double Dragon remix)
06. DJ Copy - Emotions (Mariah Carey remix)
07. British Sea Power - Apologies to Insect Life
08. Toots & The Maytals - Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)
09. !!! - Heart of Hearts
10. Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (live, from Stop Making Sense)
11. Koushik - Battle Rhymes for Battle Times
12. Tom Green - My Bum Is On Ya Lips
13. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
14. Ryan Adams - To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
15. The Feelies - Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Beatles cover)
16. DJ Earworm - Since U Been Gone/Photographic (Kelly Clarkson vs. Depeche Mode)
17. The Heptones - Cool Rasta
18. Sondre Lerche - The Tape
19. Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
20. Eagles of Death Metal - Chase the Devil
21. The View - Same Jeans
22. Annie - Helpless Fool For Love (Patrick Wolf remix)