so, i have compiled a gigantic playlist of songs that would
be amazing to listen to on the jukebox in a shitty dive bar, while drinking pitchers of shitty beer. nevermind that most of these songs aren’t even available on most jukeboxes; i think you get the idea of the vibe i’m going for. think acousticy/ballad type stuff that makes everyone else want to kill themselves that sounds so so so amazing at 1 a.m.

i know i am missing a bunch, so if you can think of any amazing stuff that fits the vibe here, let me know. notably, neil young (i can never remember the names of the songs by him i like). i also need more guided by voices (also always forget the names of my favorite pollard songs (there’s so damn many)). and bright eyes. as much as i have tried to hate them over the years, i still admit that there are some bright eyes songs i really like. there’s an amazing fugazi (“epic problem” maybe? i think it was off the argument, but i have no fugazi albums here at work to check) and possibly some les savy fav songs that would also fit in well here, but i absolutely cannot remember the names of them. some older beck, rocky votalato, chuck ragan, jim white, the mountain goats, m. ward (shit, i really need to start remembering song names), etc. etc…. and, any oldies i don’t have listed?

add to the list, dear readers! here are several hundred (i will try to upload some of the lesser known tracks for you to enjoy and drink beer to):

against me! – violence

andy williams – hawaiian wedding song

ariel pink’s haunted graffiti – ghost town
ariel pink’s haunted graffiti – strange fires
ariel pink’s haunted graffiti – haunted graffiti

the band – the weight

the beatles – happiness is a warm gun
the beatles – hey jude
the beatles – let it be
the beatles – norwegian wood
the beatles – octopus’s garden
the beatles – girl

beck – youthless

the bees – who cares what the question is?
the bees – left foot stepdown

belle & sebastian – funny little frog
belle & sebastian – white collar boy

the beta band – dry the rain

big star – the ballad of el goodo
big star – thirteen

the black angels – the first vietnamese war

black rebel motorcycle club – rifles
black rebel motorcycle club – salvation
black rebel motorcycle club – weight of the world
black rebel motorcycle club – sympathetic noose

boat – (i’m a) donkey for your love

bob dylan – tangled up in blue
bob dylan – subterranean homesick blues
bob dylan – hurricane
bob dylan – like a rolling stone

bob mould – new #1

brian jonestown massacre – maryanne
brian jonestown massacre – stolen
brian jonestown massacre – open heart surgery
brian jonestown massacre – malela
brian jonestown massacre – salaam
brian jonestown massacre – wisdom
brian jonestown massacre – (david bowie i love you) since i was six
brian jonestown massacre – ballad of jim jones
brian jonestown massacre – fucker
brian jonestown massacre – the devil may care (mom & dad don’t)
brian jonestown massacre – (baby) love of my life

charles manson – look at your game girl

chris isaac – wicked game

the church – under the milky way tonight

the clash – should i stay or should i go
the clash – london calling

conor oberst – cape canaveral

crystal skulls – airport motels

danzig – she rides
danzig – mother
danzig – tired of being alive
danzig – sistinas
danzig – lilin
danzig – cold eternal
danzig – let it be captured
danzig – thirteen

david bowie – sunday
david bowie – cactus
david bowie – afraid
david bowie – space oddity

dax riggs – didn’t know yet what i know when i was bleeding
dax riggs – terrors of nightlife

deadboy & the elephant men – evil friend

the deadly snakes – there goes your corpse again

the decemberists – july, july!

dinosaur jr. – lightning bulb
dinosaur jr. – what if i knew

elliott smith – needle in the hay
elliott smith – between the bars
elliott smith – southern belle
elliott smith – the biggest lie

the faces – ooh la la

frank black – los angeles
frank black – i heard ramona sing
frank black – hang on to your ego
frank black – white noise maker
frank black & the catholics – i’ll be blue
frank black & the catholics – dog in the sand

guided by voices – everybody thinks i’m a raincloud (when i’m not looking)
guided by voices – chicken blows

guns ‘n’ roses – sweet child o’ mine
guns ‘n’ roses – november rain

the hold steady – how a resurrection really feels

j mascis and the fog – free so free

the jesus and mary chain – nine million rainy days

the jesus lizard – monkey trick

john lennon – oh yoko

john vanderslice – time to go

johnny cash – hurt
johnny cash – ring of fire

journey – don’t stop believin’

joy division – warsaw
joy division – no love lost
joy division – isolation
joy division – love will tear us apart
joy division – decades

kings of leon – taper jean girl
kings of leon – the bucket
kings of leon – knocked up

the kinks – shangri la
the kinks – a well respected man
the kinks – strangers
the kinks – lola
the kinks – this time tomorrow
the kinks – wall of fire
the kinks – nothin’ in this world can stop me worryin’ ’bout that girl

led zeppelin – going to california

the lemonheads – drug buddy

leonard cohen – famous blue raincoat
leonard cohen – waiting for the miracle

lynyrd skynyrd – tuesday’s gone
lynyrd skynyrd – free bird
lynyrd skynyrd – sweet home alabama

the magnetic fields – epitaph for my heart
the magnetic fields – i’ll dream alone
the magnetic fields – asleep and dreaming

meat puppets – roof with a hole

mike ness – i fought the law

modest mouse – never ending math equation
modest mouse – i came as a rat
modest mouse – cowboy dan
modest mouse – night on the sun

mohammed rafi – jaan pehechaan ho

the moldy peaches – anyone else but you

murder by death – fuego!
murder by death – ash
murder by death – ‘52 ford

neutral milk hotel – oh comely
neutral milk hotel – two-headed boy

nick drake – pink moon

nico – these days
nico – chelsea girls

nirvana – heart shaped box
nirvana – all apologies
nirvana – jesus don’t want me for a sunbeam
nirvana – the man who sold the world
nirvana – something in the way
nirvana – verse chorus verse
nirvana – you know you’re right

okkervil river – unless it’s kicks

old canes – life is grand

patti smith – gimme shelter
patti smith – smells like teen spirit

paul westerberg – it’s a wonderful lie
paul westerberg – even here we are

pearl jam – last kiss
pearl jam – soldier of love

the ramones – somebody to love
the ramones – sheena is a punk rocker
the ramones – the kkk took my baby away
the ramones – blitzkrieg bop
the ramones – judy is a punk
the ramones – rockaway beach
the ramones – teenage lobotomy
the ramones – she talks to rainbows

the replacements – alex chilton
the replacements – little mascara
the replacements – here comes a regular

richard hell & the voidoids – blank generation

rober plant & alison krauss – gone gone gone

the rolling stones – paint it black
the rolling stones – under my thumb
the rolling stones – sympathy for the devil
the rolling stones – gimme shelter
the rolling stones – wild horses

roy orbison only the lonely

ryan adams – wonderwall

seu jorge – life on mars?

shout out louds – the comeback
shout out louds – oh, sweetheart

silver jews – punks in the beerlight

sonic youth – (she’s in a) bad mood
sonic youth – superstar
sonic youth – tuff gnarl

the sound – winning

the stone roses – i wanna be adored

stone temple pilots – interstate love song
stone temple pilots – lady picture show

the stranglers – midnight summer dream
the stranglers – golden brown
the stranglers – all roads lead to roam

thurston moore – psychic hearts

van morrison – brown eyed girl

the vaselines – you think you’re a man

the velvet underground – pale blue eyes
the velvet underground – after hours
the velvet underground – venus in furs
the velvet underground – heroin
the velvet underground – here she comes now

violent femmes – blister in the sun

the walkmen – another one goes by

wire – reuters

xiu xiu – the leash

the zombies – leave me be
the zombies – tell her no
the zombies – the way i feel inside

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heyyyyyyy dude(tte)s,
some recent music stuff to check out are these:

• FINALLY ra ra riot’s first LP (rhumb line) is out. i have been waiting for this since their amazing EP came out last year. I am listening to it for the very first time right now, and so far it is damn good. 4 out of the 10 songs are originally from the EP (but sound much better here). “ghost under rocks” really is such an incredible song. highly recommend this album and/or band if you haven’t checked them out before.

• i just recently saw that a new mercury rev album had leaked, which made me realize i have for some inexplicable reason not listened to mercury rev for what, like, 2 years or something? wtf. deserter’s songs and all is dream are such amazing records, i have no idea how i could have forgotten about them for this long. that said though, this recent effort, snowflake midnight just doesn’t seem that great to me so far. i’ll probably give it a couple more listens but at the moment i can’t say i’m a fan.

• speaking of bands i haven’t listened to in quite awhile, man… or astroman? has recently popped up on my playlist. damn, every time i listen to destroy all astromen i am re-amazed all over again at just how fucking awesomely original and fucking awesome that band was.

• how are the diamondbacks in 1st place with a losing record?

• why is tony pena jr still allowed to play shortstop on the royals? he pitched such an awesome inning the other night. he needs to be made a pitcher or released from the team.

• watch this amazing movie trailer. it is so beautiful:

• oh. there is a new okkervil river album out as well. i haven’t really listened to it much so far, but i must admit it was kind of underwhelming at the time.

• lastly, i watched bloodsport again for the first time in like fifteen or twenty years last night, and HOLY SHIT that movie is still one of the greatest movies ever. i am going to watch it again tonight absolutely

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my beloved dudes and dudettes: i am so sorry for failing to update this blog for like the past forever of time. i have been so busy drinking booze and hanging out with my babe i have ttly not even had time to write anything, ever.

also, i just bought rock band and omfg if i have not been playing that game and drinking tons of booze like non-stop for the past 3 days.

so here are some newsworthy things:

item #1: alan made me listen to the new beck album, modern guilt, and even though i don’t ever really listen to beck (like, ever), and have never really listened to beck, and never really got into any of his seminal work (even though i don’t hate him), this is a pretty good damn record i’m not going to lie. you should probably listen to it. thanks, alan. i love you (but you already know that)

item #2: the new albert hammond, jr. record is so atrociously fucking bad i am not even going to write more than this single sentence about it.

item #3: finally! new cansei de ser sexy (css). omfg i have been waiting for so long. unfortunately, the new album (called donkey aka a giant wtf @ that for a record title) is like 10x more boring than their last, but still it’s pretty good and i can’t say i’m not going to be listening to it a bunch.

item #4: new fucking walkmen, bitches. O.M.F.G. yes. it’s called you & me and it’s ttly good, and also, it gets better with each listen (it was like 100000million times better today than it was yesterday, which was still good). track #3, “on the water” is pretty much completely amazing.

item #5: fantasy baseball, i hate you. i hate you. why is my team so amazing when it doesn’t have to be, but when i just need like basically nothing to beat the worst team in the whole fucking league i can’t even manage 1 hr and 3 rbi’s for the entire week.

item #6: i can’t believe i just recently discovered tourette’s guy on youtube. best videos i have ever seen, ever. why has no one showed me these like 4 years ago!!! where are you people !??!

item #7: oh yeah. i made this new mix, for my new babe, which is pretty cool. you ttly might like it if you like chillaxed kite-flying sunday-afternoon type mixes with acoustic guitars and shit like that. you can download them, if you want.

1. this will destroy you – leather wings
2. mazarin – another one goes by
3. why? – the hollows
4. islands – creeper
5. yeasayer – wait for the summer
6. portugal. the man – shade
7. margot & the nuclear so-so’s – quiet as a mouse
8. voxtrot – kid gloves
9. murder by death – ash
10. meredith bragg – turns out you won
11. sparklehorse – hundreds of sparrows
12. okay – natural
13. beach house – d.a.r.l.i.n.g.
14. folksongs for the afterlife – dark room
15. mazzy star – halah
16. rocky votolato – silver trees
17. n.lannon – spy
18. wilco – impossible germany
19. modest mouse – willful suspension of disbelief
20. band of horses – lamb on the lam (in the city)

[download (73.7mb)] single file mp3
[download (73.6mb)] .zip with individual tracks

item #8: re-reading that tracklist, i realized i have never written about how AMAAZINGFLY AWESOME that new murder by death album (red of tooth and claw) is. so so good. go listen to it right now.

——i promise i will try to update you, dear readers, more often than this. i am a bastard. i am a douche.

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