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Bryan Jones

A collection of mini manifestos. (even more, here)

Posts

  • July 21, 10:03 AM

    polaroids from the edge

    It’s an unwritten rule that when you take a family vacation to the beach, at some point you must get the family dressed up and head to the shore for the group pics. I used to dread this event. With. A. Passion. When the kids were younger I had to resort to scary big daddy voice in order to get them to line up and smile. I mean, smile at the same time. In the same millisecond. Instead of handing them a story to remember, I handed them a nightmare to run away from. It didn’t work out the way I wanted.

    So we changed. We’ve only got a few years with these dearies before they leave our hive, so let’s not waste a chance for an awesome memory. Now we give the kids more freedom, and they give us this:

    If you want to see the real photo essay of our trip, Sarabeth has a great series running here, here, here and here.

    I’m out of words now…


  • July 19, 06:48 PM

    being malcolm gladwell

    I am very thankful for Malcolm Gladwell. Thankful for his mind (the things that he finds fascinating) and his heart (the way he shares about those fascinating things).

    Gladwell’s latest publication, What The Dog Saw, is a collection of essays that he has written for the New Yorker. The content may not be new, but it carries a sense of timelessness about it. I think that is due to how much interest he has in the subject about which he is writing. He is highly passionate without being intrusive, a truly amazing feat, and he is careful without being reserved; equally impressive.

    I’d like to show you what I mean. Take this article written in 1999 for example, True Colors. Do you see it, too?

    I’m out of words now…


  • April 29, 01:54 AM

    zombieland

    I blame @ghidotti

    #LRTweetup killed my blog.

    Before I gave myself fully over to the microblog, I was cranking out three posts a week to wholebrevitything.com, but then the 140-character miracle took over my social life, and I found a truer whole brevity thing. Okay, maybe it didn’t kill this blog, but I need someone/something to blame. I love to blog, but as far as time investment goes, Twitter is just way too easy.

    I joined Twitter in the fall of ’07, but I did not really become an active user until the following summer when I got hooked on @Loopt. Loopt was the bridge that moved me from Facebook to Twitter. I went from tweeting once or twice a month to tweeting like ten whole times a week.

    The Little Rock Twitter scene raised it’s head above water in the fall of ’08, and then really took off in the Spring of 2009 – I blame Lance Turner and his LR Twitter directory. Yes, back then, there were so few Little Rock folks using Twitter that Lance could house all of our names in a single blog post.

    Soon, the idea of this crew getting together in person started churning and then this happened:

    I jumped in with a two word commitment

    I’ll save you the chronology of the next twelve months of this community’s growth, but that first night was an awesome experience of having drinks with a competitor, meeting amazing young talent, discovering how hilarious @robertblake truly is, and learning that there really was a person behind the pseudonym, @tsudo.

    If it doesn't have a hashtag, it didn't happen

    It has been very difficult for me to put into words how LRTweetup has crossed Twitter over from an online chat into real world relationships, so let me get all PowerPointy on you:

    • This has turned my colleagues into my friends.
    • This has nurtured kindred spirits out of profile pics.
    • This has shot the hell out of Dunbar’s number.
    • I have hired two people because I first got to know and trust them through this local Twitter community.
    • This community have shown me real, tangible love and concern.
    • My heart goes out to these folks when their lives get sideways, and I really do smile with them when they stumble into happiness. (however, I will never LOL)

    It is surreal how real these LRTweetup connections have become. I feel very lucky to have found a place with these friends. Maybe I can get these folks to help me kick start this blog back to life.

    I’m out of words now…

    (ps. If you haven’t been following #LRTweetup Stories, I think that it would really be worth your time to do so.)


  • November 17, 12:22 AM

    a simple twist of fa(ith)

    This entire day has felt sideways. It’s as if my reality has shifted a bit. Strangely, it feels eerily similar to when we first brought our newborn daughter home from the hospital a dozen years ago. I clearly remember how impossible it was to sleep that first night. I was so worried that at some point in the night that she might stop breathing. Burned into my memory from that night was the realization that my strength has some very definite limits. That night I learned the meaning of faith. “Please, dear God, let my daughter live through the night. Please keep my little angel safe from harm.”

    There was no reason to fear that something bad would happen, her body was very strong and healthy. The problem was with me – I had no power to control the situation. I could make sure that she was in safe surroundings. But that night, that was all that I could control, and I was not prepared for such a realization.

    The reason that this day has had a similar feeling is because yesterday I spent the day in two different – and I cannot stress how different – hospitals with a broken child. My little angel had fallen to the ground while playing a game at church and when she reached for the ground to brace for the fall, her arm twisted awkwardly causing three major fractures. I was standing nearby when the accident happened so I scooped her up as quickly as I could and within moments I was holding her in the back of a dear friend’s minivan as we raced across town to an Emergency Room. With every bump in the road her pain intensified and each scream was soul-wrenched. I was helpless to ease her pain, and with each wail, I lost a day of my life.

    I did what I could – I stroked the tears from her face, I held her body as steady as possible, I called the ER to let them know that I was bringing in a badly injured girl. None of it was enough. She was in incredible pain and she desperately wanted it to stop, but Daddy couldn’t make it stop.

    When we rushed into the reception area of the ER, I expected to be met by a team of trauma nurses, not an admissions clerk who was solely focused on keeping the situation calm. As Elizabeth screamed, we filled out the appropriate paperwork and then stood alone in the empty waiting room…just waiting. I studied the place trying to find the right doors to tear off of their hinges so that my daughter could receive medical attention. Eventually we were taken to an exam room where a group of polite nurses, and an attending physician let us know that their hospital could not take care of my daughter, and that we would have to move her to Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

    Our time at ACH was a blur of compassion and healing. Many doctors met with us to determine what had happened and what would be best for her restoration to full health. We consulted with the anesthesiologist and wheeled Elizabeth into the surgery center. One of the state’s top pediatric orthopedic surgeons performed the operation, and within a span of four hours our family was on our way home.

    Now after a day has passed, Elizabeth is resting well and her three broken bones are healing. My healing is taking place in a different way. I think that I’ve been broken for a while and this window into the reality of control (or lack thereof) may make things right. With that, I’ll say goodnight.

    I am exhausted. I had no idea how tiring not-ripping doors off hinges and not-strangling people could be.

    I’m out of words, now..


  • October 06, 01:51 AM

    saving silverman vol.46

    Nick Drake

    Your reaction to the discovery of Nick Drake’s music may have been different than mine. I had always been a music lover, but this was different music. This music was organic, and it was real. The words that he sang were his words. The music that he played was written by his hand. Not only that, but the music was delivered bare – stripped of production – without gimmicks and layers to hide behind. This music was what I needed to wash away the taste of Lita Ford and Vanilla Ice.

    I found Nick Drake through a David Wilcox bootleg tape that had been passed around my college campus. At the end of a trip to see Wilcox perform live, I walked up to the stage following his show and talked to him as he packed away his gear. I didn’t want to be a fanboy that gushed about how wonderful his performance had been (and it was incredible) so I asked him about Nick. I wasn’t just trying to be cool, I really wanted to know who Nick Drake was. This was B.G. (Before Google) and the answer to every question wasn’t available at your fingertips.

    Wilcox’s eyes lit up when he answered, “Nick Drake was an amazing musician. He was a dreamer living in a world that didn’t have room for dreamers. He was run over by the train that he couldn’t stop.”

    Beck covers Which Will originally recorded by Nick Drake.

    I’m out of words now…

    (not-so-hidden easter egg)


  • August 24, 08:23 AM

    saving silverman vol.45

    The Ode to Saving Silverman has moved to Monday!

    Fearless Fighters of Foo

    I love that are selfless men in this world ready to fight foo at a moment’s notice. They don’t ask why. They don’t do it for glory. It’s just about people helping people. Foo needs to be fought, and they are the chosen ones for the fighting.

    Paramore covers My Hero originally recorded by Foo Fighters.

    I’m out of words now…

    (not-so-hidden easter egg)


  • August 21, 10:29 PM

    (two thousand) seven pounds

    Whole Brevity Thing - Summer '07

    While loading up the magic phone with music for this unexpectedly awesome weekend, I discovered a mixtape that never made it to the blog. It was a sad realization. (I held the tears at bay with a promise to post it over the weekend) I’ve been listening to this playlist all day, and it still serves. I hope you enjoy this two-year step back in time. …

    [download whole brevity thing - summer 2007 mixtape]

    1. Be Your Husband / Jeff Buckley
    2. Searching for the Ghost / Heartless Bastards
    3. Hospital Rooms Aren’t For Lovers / Bear Colony
    4. 10 A.M. Automatic / The Black Keys
    5. Baby Fratelli / Fratellis
    6. Hang Me Up to Dry / Cold War Kids
    7. Side with the Seeds / Wilco
    8. Faberge Falls For Shuggie / Of Montreal
    9. Forget Myself / Elbow
    10. 23 / Blonde Redhead
    11. Naive / The Kooks
    12. Back to the Life / Spoon
    13. We’re from Barcelona / I’m from Barcelona
    14. Fake Tales of San Francisco / Arctic Monkeys
    15. Lazy Eye / Silversun Pickups
    16. 7/4 (Shoreline) / Broken Social Scene

    For the rest of the mixes available via whole brevity thing, here’s the link: original soundtrack

    I’m out of words now…


  • August 21, 01:27 AM

    saving silverman vol.44

    Go West

    Jumping back into the series known as Ode to Saving Silverman with a nice little cover of a song off of the soundtrack to Pretty Woman.

    William Fitzsimmons covers King of Wishful Thinking originally recorded by Go West.

    I’m out of words now…

    (not-so-hidden easter egg)


  • August 14, 09:32 AM

    road(trip) to wellville

    Whole Brevity Thing - Summer 2009 Mixtape

    School supplies have invaded my house, and so has the sadness that comes with the realization that summer is not immortal, and that soon my tan will fade. But I’m not ready to give in to the darkness of reality – not as long as there is a windows-down road trip to be had.

    So, if there is going to be a road trip, we must have a soundtrack, right? …Cheers!

    [download whole brevity thing - summer 2009 mixtape]

    1. No One Said It Would Be Easy / Cloud Cult
    2. Heavens To Purgatory / The Most Serene Republic
    3. Vacationing People / Foreign Born
    4. Heart It Races (Architecture In Helsinki Cover) / Dr. Dog
    5. Broken Hearts Sounds Like Breakbeats / Los Campesinos!
    6. Quiet Dog / Mos Def
    7. Too Many Rappers (feat. Nas) / Beastie Boys
    8. Percussion Gun / White Rabbits
    9. Summer Grof / The Spinto Band
    10. Stillness Is the Move / Dirty Projectors
    11. Red F / Dan Deacon
    12. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) / Jay-Z
    13. Two Weeks of Hip-Hop (by The Hood Internet) / Dead Prez vs. Grizzly Bear
    14. Young Adult Friction / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
    15. Harold T. Wilkins Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time – Fanfario
    16. Natural Man / Harlem Shakes
    17. People C’mon / Delta Spirit
    18. Friends / Luke Top
    19. Coast of Carolina / Telekinesis
    20. Eleven Saints / Jason Webley
    21. Can I Kick It? / A Tribe Called Quest

    For the rest of the mixes available via whole brevity thing, here’s the link: original soundtrack

    I’m out of words now…


  • July 27, 10:17 AM

    (don’t) say anything

    Here is my unofficial guide to attending your wife’s 20-year reunion:

    7:46 AM Jul 20th
    This weekend, @sarabethjones has her H.S. 20-Year Reunion. (and I have the pressure of being a trophy husband.)

    2:08 PM Jul 24th
    White Trash Story – Casey Donahew Band: Perfect song for @sarabethjones’s 20YR Reunion. #DogtownNeverDies http://tr.im/tTxd

    7:15 PM Jul 24th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : Don’t pretend that you went to school with these people. It confuses them, and pisses off your wife.

    7:38 PM Jul 24th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : DO NOT BRING YOUR 6-MONTH OLD ( dear God, why!?!)

    8:41 PM Jul 24th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : DO NOT introduce youself to other dudes, and then ask, “So, have you ever kissed my wife?”

    9:10 PM Jul 24th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip     Just stop! (about an hour ago) @ Sticky Fingerz Rock and Roll http://loopt.us/_OmeOw.t

    10:53 PM Jul 24th
    #TrophyHusbaaamfirjdudjdjsjs

    12:00 AM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip     Leave the party with your dignity intact.    12:00 AM Jul 25th from Birdfeed

    11:12 AM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip     What she said ☞ http://tr.im/tZTV

    12:40 PM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip     For the family picnic, dress your Little Dudes better. (apparently I’ve chosen poorly)

    4:37 PM Jul 25th
    Photo: ReunionTrophyHusband To be honest, this whole trophy relationship is the other way around. http://tumblr.com/xlx2grb75

    6:30 PM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : Wear Polo cologne and see if anyone gets the joke. @ Home : North Little Rock, AR http://loopt.us/AQ3tQw.t

    7:54 PM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : Be less obvious when spiking your punch. Unsexy.

    8:57 PM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : Dancing. Remember your lessons from “Hitch” – No Freestyling. You are not Jiggy. @ Lit… http://loopt.us/1cVL9Q.t

    9:28 PM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : “Let’s do the wild thing” is a song lyric, not permission.

    10:28 PM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : Relax. (Frankie says so!) @ Little Rock, AR http://loopt.us/zTYHig.t

    10:49 PM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : Eventually, you will have to dance. Just bite lip, and shuffle – a la Eddie Murphy.

    11:40 PM Jul 25th
    #ReunionTrophyHusbandTip    : @sarabethjones‘s 20YR Reunion is over. 16YR Marriage is still intact. Win!

    I’m out of words now…



  • May 13, 02:04 AM

    photo booth

    My Home Screen #2

    I love photography. ( It runs in the family ) I love to trap a moment, and hold onto it forever. If you are patient and curious you can collect some very special slices of life. One of my favorite things about the magic phone is that it makes sharing these moments so very easy to do. I send a lot of pictures to the web from my little, hand held friend.

    The magic phone is ultra-capable  – you may have heard, there an app for just about anything. The ability to edit pictures on the iPhone is a really cool feature, and one that I take advantage of all of the time. Here is a quick look at the apps i use to style my mobile pics. …

    CameraBag: This is a one-stop shop of awesomeness. One of my first photography apps for the iPhone and still one of my favorites. This $3 application offers nine different styles which can be applied to any image housed on the phone, or the styles can be applied as the photgraphs are made through the application. I really like the square ratio that is delivered by the “Helga” and “Lolo” styles. It reminds me of my old Hasselblads.

    CameraBag for iPhone

    TiltShift: A fun $2 application for manipulating perspective and depth of field, TiltShift allows for a lot of creative expression. I don’t use TiltShift as much as I use the other photography apps, but when I do, I’m always pleased with the results.

    TiltShift / CameraBag for iPhone

    FocalLab: Similar in service to TiltShift, FocalLab offers the ability to alter the appearance of an image’s depth of field. FocalLab also offers the ability to ad faux-motion to an image with multiple “blur” options. FocalLab carries a price tag of $2.

    CameraKit: The easiest to use of all of the photography applications that i own. CameraKit, another $2 application, makes it very easy to add vignetting, saturated processing, and a slightly softened focus to any image.

    Photogene: The swiss army knife of iPhone photography applications, Photogene offers a user-friendly interface for performing several essential photo-editing tasks. I use this $3 app for adding a slight white border to my images.

    FocalLab / CameraKit / Photogene for iPhone

    ToyCamera: I was too much of a creative snob to buy ToyCamera when it first came to the app store. It was a toy for the folks who didn’t know how to use the legitimate tools – at least that is what I thought back then. A few weeks ago, a friend at work showed me some shots that he had taken with this $1 app, and I was floored with how cool they looked. I use ToyCamera to deliver random processing effects for cool antiqued photographs.

    ToyCamera / Photogene for iPhone

    QuadCam: Another one of the painfully simple to use applications, QuadCam produces some incredible stories. The images captured with this $2 application allow the viewer to see a moment from several different perspectives enabling the imagination to create a unique narrative. I am a big fan of QuadCam.

    QuadCam for iPhone

    I’m out of words now…


  • May 05, 09:46 AM

    el segundo man

    Over the last two months I’ve been doing a ton of traveling. Austin/Memphis/L.A./NYC/…the travel fairy just keeps sprinkling her magic dust on me, and sending me on my way.

    planes, trains and automobiles

    In that time, I missed the 2-year birthday of wholebrevitything. So…hey, we’re two!

    On to the now, I don’t want you to miss these two things:

    1. Sarabeth has a great post about our 42 hours in New York.
    2. I’ve awakened Flairification.

    I’m out of words now…


  • May 04, 11:32 AM

    another another tweet over the cuckoo’s nest

    Following up on a follow up of another one of my posts about the magic birdie.

    For some reason there are now 300+ people following me on the Twitter. Alas, only half of them want me to buy Viagra. Here is a quick snapshot of the poor unfortunate souls who’ve chosen to listen to what I have to say:

    …

    Get your twitter mosaic here.


  • April 20, 12:18 AM

    the good, the bad and the awesome vol.9

    Crayon Art by Christian Faur

    The last two months in awesome: sorry for slackin’, folks.

    I’m out of words now…


  • February 27, 12:31 AM

    saving silverman vol.43

    Bob Marley

    I posted this one on extraawesome earlier in the week, and it’s just too nice to not post here.

    Jason Mraz covers One Love originally recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers.

    I’m out of words now…

    (not-so-hidden easter egg)


  • February 24, 12:22 AM

    the good, the bad and the awesome vol.8

    NYMecca

    The week in awesome: links open in new tabs

    I’m out of words now…


  • February 23, 04:04 PM

    another tweet over the cuckoo’s nest

    Following up on my other post about the magic birdie, these are the folks that I follow on the twitter:

    Get your twitter mosaic here.


  • February 19, 12:37 AM

    sweet and (s)lowdown

    Savinelli Slowdown (B-Side)

    The original playlist was comprised of 103 tracks. In the spirit of the CD, I try to limit my mixes to be burnable for the standard car stereo. So Savinelli Slowdown was a version, my best version, of a CD for mellowing a bit.

    But after a couple of days passed by, I thought “man, I wish ‘x’ would have been on there.” And, “Gah! I can’t believe that I cut ‘z’ from the list.”

    So Here is the B-Side to Savinelli Slowdown – the regrets.

    Cheers, friends! …

    [download savinelli slowdown b-side]

    1. Empty (Live) / Ray LaMontagne
    2. Typical Situation (Acoustic) / Dave Matthews Band
    3. Come Down (Acoustic) / Bush
    4. Straight To Hell (the clash cover) / Josh Rouse
    5. Out to Get You / James
    6. Re: Stacks / Bon Iver
    7. Dreams (fleetwood mac cover) / The Morning Benders
    8. Looking For The Heart of Saturday Night (tom waits cover) / Shawn Colvin
    9. Speed of Sound of Loneliness (john prine cover) / Amos Lee
    10. How Can I Tell You (cat stevens cover) / Ben Taylor
    11. My Love (justin timberlake cover) / Tender Forever
    12. Kid A (radiohead Cover) (live) / John Mayer
    13. Albion (Acoustic) / Pete Doherty
    14. Sting – Roxanne (Live) / Sting
    15. Rocket Man (elton john cover) / Jason Mraz
    16. Hello (lionel ritchie cover) / Blackbird Harmony
    17. These Days (jackson browne cover) / Denison Witmer
    18. Hallelujah – Live (leonard cohen cover) / Ari Hest

    For the orginal version, here’s the link: the big easy

    I’m out of words now…


  • February 15, 04:32 PM

    the good, the bad and the awesome vol.7

    Sad Vader

    The (last two) week(s) in awesome: links open in new tabs

    I’m out of words now…


  • February 13, 01:58 AM

    the big easy

    Whole Brevity Thing: Savinelli Slowdown

    There are days.

    There are always days.

    There are days when I’m thankful for traffic jams that stretch the drive home at the end of the day from the normal 15 minutes to 30 or so. It’s not a sadistic pleasure, this is a decompression necessity. I love The Dramatic and the Little Dudes and Dudette, and I think that it’s best that they not see me when I’m frustrated by the immovable objects that exist at my place of employment.

    On those days, rather than driving home to the jaunty rhythms of Los Campesinos! or the good ol’ Beasties, a more mellow vibe is needed. So my good friend Mr. Savinelli and I meander home via the long way with the chilled Savinelli Slowdown mix.

    Because you may also have the need for an attitude adjustment from time to time, I’m sharing the goods. Not Mr. Savinelli, the tunes, man…

    [download savinelli slowdown]

    1. Details In The Fabric (Feat. James Morrison) / Jason Mraz
    2. Float On (Live Modest Mouse Cover) / Ben Lee
    3. Be Be Your Love (Live At KCRW) / Rachael Yamagata
    4. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (Live In Studio) / U2
    5. In the Middle / Mat Kearney
    6. No Envy No Fear / Joshua Radin
    7. Dance, Dance, Dance / Lykke Li
    8. Heretics (Early Version) / Andrew Bird
    9. Love Vigilantes (New Order Cover) / Iron & Wine
    10. Modern Love (David Bowie Cover) / The Last Town Chorus
    11. Running To Stand Still (U2 Cover) / Elbow
    12. Naked As We Came (Iron & Wine Cover) / MDL
    13. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (The Postal Service cover) / Jonna Lee
    14. You Really Got A Hold On Me (The Miracles Cover) / She & Him
    15. All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down (Hank Williams Jr. Cover) / Elliott Smith
    16. Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me) / The Flaming Lips
    17. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (Paul Simon Cover) / Julie Doiron
    18. She Says (One-U2) / Howie Day
    19. To Zion / Lauryn Hill

    For the rest of the mixes available via whole brevity thing, here’s the link: original soundtrack

    I’m out of words now…


Whole Brevity Thing

Posts

Audio

  • Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National
    10 plays
  • I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (Prince Cover) - Eels
    30 plays
  • Cake-The Distance (via kiokojennifer)
    150 plays
  • Mahna Mahna (Muppets Cover) - Cake
    20 plays
  • Hallelujah Here She Comes - U2
    20 plays
  • Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional (because @donaldG just reminded me of this #extraawesomeness)
    21 plays
  • copycats: Nothin’ On You remixed by Villains ft. Bei Maejororiginally by B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars(posted by Nathaniel James) Los Angeles duo, Villains, recently served up a remix of B.o.B’s hip-hop/pop crossover hit “Nothin’ On You,” and it breathed new life into a single that has been making its rounds on the radio for the past couple months. The remix definitely adds a little bit of punch to the song while throwing in some electro-hip-hop sensibilities to the mix. You can hop over to their blog to download the joint. —NJ (via nathanieljams)
    2690 plays
  • Nothing On You - B.O.B. ft Bruno Mars (via cheetahstripes : kissyoface : slambang)
    40 plays
  • Badfish/Boss DJ by Jack Johnsonoriginally by Sublime (via copycats)
    1760 plays
  • Hot In The City - Billy Idol
    5 plays
  • Kids Don’t Stand A Chance (Mike Snow Remix) - Vampire Weekend
    41 plays
  • How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
    7 plays
  • Good Ol’ Fashion Rump Shaker (Beastie Boys vs Matt & Kim) - The Hood Internet (via)
    17 plays
  • BUN B vs THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERSABX - Move It For Pimp (Bun B vs The New Pornographers) Download: direct via Raptorhideout | drop.io | Soundcloud (via hoodinternet)
    16 plays
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Posts

  • November 11, 02:20 AM

    No, The Client Is Not Always Right.

    Why does it feel so wrong to say the client is not always right? Take a job in advertising, and if you don’t learn this fact by the end of your first month, you are probably too much of a people pleaser and you should move on to another career. I’m not trying to be caustic, it really would be for your own good.

    When it comes to their business objectives and goals, the client is most definitely right – except for when they’re not right there either, and in those cases Darwin’s Law seems to work things out. The role of a marketer is to help the client achieve their goals through strategic creative executions. (As I typed that last line, In my head I could hear John Cleese reading it aloud with his mocking tone, chastising me for falling into MBA speak.)

    The job of a commercial persuader is not all cocktails and coloring books. This is a legitimate profession. Everyday we struggle with the science of behavioral economics, and the talent of charming an elusive muse to delight us with creative inspiration. Research and analysis. Immersion and transmediation. Each campaign – each message – is a hard-fought journey.

    Thankfully, people pay us for our unique ability to influence others, and it is because of that fact that the client is not always right. When a client chooses to partner with an advertising agency, the de facto agreement is this: “We trust that you know more about the craft of commercial persuasion than we do. We would like to pay you to help us.” Simple enough. The client trusts the agency to do good work, and in exchange, the client’s business will reap the benefits of strong results.

    But what happens all too often is a shift from a simple results-based relationship to a new, more complex relationship mired in politics and ego gratification. The work loses its place of value in favor of maintaining the client/agency relationship. It may seem like the right thing to do, making the client happy, but in the end everyone involved will be dissatisfied and disappointed.

    Back in the summer of 2005, Dan Wieden of W+K took on this beast in a speech to his team as they reset the course of their business:

    In big agencies, the client/agency relationship is the most sacred thing. The difficulty seems to be that the work then serves the relationship, and everything becomes political. And when things get political, the work suffers. And when the work suffers, the business suffers, then the client agency relationship suffers, and you suffer. In creative boutiques, the ego is supreme. The work is there to enhance personal reputations. If I said the work is wonderful, the work is wonderful. Shut up and sell it. Problem here: again, the work slip is, the client agency relationship goes south. When we say the work comes first, we are saying that things work best when everyone – client and agency alike – are focussed on whether or not this is great damn work. Politics aside. Egos aside. Is this hot shit, or not? …

    … And when we say the client/agency relationship is second to the work, that doesn’t mean it isn’t important. Because the work is a direct reflection of the quality of that relationship. If it is strained, the work shows it. If people are having fun, it shows. If people are bleeding, it shows. If people are just trying to turn other people on, it shows. And that’s when it’s most effective.

    The irony of it all is that the work is what wins the client’s business in the first place. The message from Wieden to his tribe should be championed by all commercial persuaders. Serve the client with good work and naturally the relationship will thrive.

    (nod to AdPulp for granting me clarity long ago)

  • September 09, 10:47 AM

    Why Social Media Marketing Is Not For You

    Here is the modern version of advertising’s dirty little secret: Social media marketing is not for you. OK, that is not entirely accurate – let me temper the statement a bit: Most likely, social media marketing is not for you. It is time to put the brakes on the rush to go social – at least it should be, but with the projections of companies increasing their their investment in social media marketing by 34% over the next five years, such a pause for a reality break is not likely.

    When you combine business leaders’ fear of falling behind their competitors along with a void of knowledge about the cultural revolution known as the social web, you find a goldmine for shady communication firms. It’s a simple equation: Smoke + Mirrors + Desperation = Big $$$ every time. “Anyone can do this. Social is cheap. Social is easy. You must go social!”, they say, but those are all lies told by lying liars who lie. There is significant cost and labor involved in effectively engaging the social web. My message to clients is that they need to know the truth about what will be required of them if they want to market via social media. These are the questions that I ask clients when they decide that it’s time to get engaged:

    • “Can You Be Honest?” – Learn everything that you can about the reputation of your business and brand. Your brand is not defined by what you say; it is defined by your actions, and what your customers say about you. Customers are not a target audience – they are now participants in your marketing. Speak with a voice that is consistent with your brand, and let your personality flow through.
    • “Can You Be Relevant?” – Treat people with respect. The social web is not for public relations, it is for personal relations. Consumers now choose the marketing to which they want to be exposed. Do not try to force your message into a conversation where it does not fit. Look for opportunities and join the conversation when opportunities naturally arise.
    • “Can You Be Amazing?” – Create amazing goods and services. If your are not special, you will be invisible on the social web. Have a voice people value, and give people a reason to want to know what you have to say.
    • “Can You Be Generous?” – Focus on the needs of your customers and the community that surrounds your brand. Share insight, information and benefits.

    If they are dealt with seriously, these questions do not produce answers that fall into the categories of easy, cheap or made for everyone. If they are skipped over, organizations can cause major damage to their reputations. If a client can answer the questions well, that tells me that they are one of the few that do not fall into the most likely category, and that this really is for them.

    Then I show them our pretty presentation:

    [View presentation on SlideShare]

  • June 11, 02:17 AM

    Advertising Shortcuts: Cheating Songs


    Clorox Fashionably Clean : Featuring : Thao – Bag Of Hammers

    I fall for it every time. There is no denying the fact that it is cheating, but I still fall for it: A commercial rolls onto the screen and it carries a friend of mine along with it, and I’m hooked. I connect. Advertising that works is all about connecting. People don’t really want to be sold anything, but they do want to feel like they are a part of something larger than themselves. A vibe. A coolness. So, being a people, I fall into this trap when a clever advertiser borrows an artist’s hard-earned cool for a commercial.

    This is how my thinking goes:

    “(gasp) How did they know about that song? It’s such a cool/indie/obscure/totally-not-radio-friendly-omagodiloveit song! And someone at Clorox likes it, too! Clorox gets me! They understand me! I love Clorox!”

    Rational? There is not an ounce of lucidity in that stream of consciousness. It wears off, eventually, but now I have a new affinity for the product when I’m shopping. Employing cool songs for instant connection is one of my favorite advertising shortcuts. Here is a collection of a few well-flaired cheating song commercials that are currently airing in living rooms across America: …


    “New Lobby” Courtyard by Marriott : Featuring : Throw Me The Statue – Lolita


    GE Today: Healthymagination : Featuring : Joshua Radin – Brand New Day


    Summer Costs Less at Walmart : Featuring : Zee Avi – Bitter Heart


    Parking Garage Honda Insight : Featuring : Rabbit! – Together


    Miller Chill’s Summer Serenade : Featuring : The Dodos – Fools

    And the spot that sparked my desire to become a professional persuader:


    Nike “Revolution” : Featuring : Beatles – Revolution

  • May 19, 10:11 AM

    How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You That It’s Bad to Drink and Drive?

    I love It!

    I love when clients understand that the heart is what matters in advertising. People do not connect over reason, they connect over feeling. Sure, stating a compelling argument (price, quality, service) has proven to be an effective tactic in mass communication, but in our era of consumer control, businesses need to focus on relating, not educating.

    I first saw this ad a week ago, and I wanted to stand up and cheer. Rather than using overwhelming statistics or shameful intimations, Heineken allowed Wieden + Kennedy, Portland to go for a real connection to deliver the message that it is better to let someone else drive if you’ve had too much to drink. People know that it is wrong to drink and drive, but reminders are still necessary. This reminder connects on a personal emotional level, and as a result it will save a few lives from tragic destruction. I love it.

    (alternate via YouTube)

  • May 08, 03:49 PM

    Almost Everything I Know About Social, So Far….

    …Can be found in these amazing presentations that aren’t mine.

  • May 07, 10:13 AM

    Sometimes Half is Enough

    A big budget + a trusting client willing to take creative risks = the dream project. We live for it in advertising. They are rare, and they are precious.

    Last week, I met a couple of guys who are living half of that dream, working on micro-budget projects that are seriously funky. Rhett&Link are the ones behind The Red House Furniture spot that is not quite as contagious as Swine Flu hysteria, but close. It is sensational, and it is real. Watch this “making-of” video to see what I mean:

    Is it a publicity stunt, yes, but it is real and true to the client. It is entertaining as hell, and it sticks with you like Mr. Whipple squeezing the Charmin. This little furniture store in North Carolina is having their commercial played across the globe. I know that someone in Tokyo is not going to buy a sofa from The Red House (Can you say it without singing it?), so that obviously is not the target audience, but the local publicity that this store has received totally exceeds their wildest imaginations.

    Well flaired. I’m seriously jealous.

    As a bonus, you need to meet Rudy of TDM Auto Sales:

    Update 05/08/2009 – My boss told me that none of the above videos come anywhere close to the one below.

  • May 05, 01:36 AM

    Long Live Engagement

    I’ve been following this idea around my head for the last week: “All media is social.” It did not start out as a mantra, it started as more of a “i think i think this” kind of idea. Clear, huh?

    A year ago, I began speaking on the topics of social networks/social media/social influencers and from that point I’ve been a sort of social enthusiast, evangelizing the lost to enter into this new world of connectedness. In the advertising world, where I spend most of my life, this is THE sexy genre of the moment, so it pays for me to lead the cheering as much as I can. But every once in a while, I have to stop, and let everyone know that THIS IS NOT NEW.

    Media, defined as “a set of tools for communication” has always been social. There cannot be communication without a sender and a receiver. Simple enough. Newspaper – social. Movies – social. TV commercials – social. Radio spots – social. The weekly Target circular – social. Message sent/message received/message shared, the criteria for social has been met.

    And none of these communication channels are new. The new channels are the ones that know-it-alls like me champion as the new era of social media. Do I need to mention them by name? Just watch the 10 o’clock news and you will hear at least one mention of Twitter or Facebook…that’s one mention per segment. I don’t care how much I love Twitter, if I hear about it on again on TV, a warranty is going to get cashed in.

    In our fascination with the new, and the race to be a part of social media, we sadly neglect the most valuable asset of communication – Engagement. “Who cares?” and “Why?” need to take precedence over “Where?” and “How fast can we get there?” Engagement is addressed by asking the right questions. Can a newspaper be a platform for effective engagement? Dear God yes, just look at the letters to the editor following the printing of a well-crafted insightful article. Can Twitter be a platform for effective engagement? Post something about Dell, and you’ll quickly find the answer to that question. How about a flash mob in a train station?

    The point of engagement is this, are people being treated as people? Are they being drawn in to be a part of an exchange of ideas or an experience? Are they benefiting in such a way that they feel like their life is better as a result of associating with a product/service/brand? Adopting the new tools is easy. Using them to make a difference is the challenge.

    Faris Yakob brilliantly sums it up this way:

    “The key is to produce something that both pulls people together and gives them something to do.”

    And on that note, I’m off to Tweet something to my wife who is sitting across the room.

  • October 23, 09:41 AM

    Exactly What It Needs To Be

    T-Mobile’s first TV spot for the G-1 was released this week, and it is exactly what it needs to be.


    Find more videos like this on AdGabber

    No comparison with other devices. No unrealistic claims of spectacular service. A simple statement about why we love the Google: clean and simple access to info.

  • September 18, 12:27 PM

    Indirect Authenticity

    Waggener Edstrom flack Frank Shaw confirms that Microsoft is not going on with Seinfeld, and echoes his underlings’ spin that the move was planned. There is the “potential to do other things” with Seinfeld, which Shaw says is still “possible.” He adds: “People would have been happier if everyone loved the ads, but this was not unexpected.” unexpected.” (via Valleywag)

    And with that, the Microsoft/Seinfeld/CP+B party has been canceled. During the campaign’s brief life there was quite a bit of angst over the disconnect between the company’s identity and the image presented in the episodic commercials. Now, though accidentally, Microsoft has reconnected the presentation with their true persona: Big Budget/Big Hype/Big Fail.

    Just as Vista slipped off the stage to a cavalcade of cat calls, Jerry and Bill have left the building.

  • September 12, 11:31 AM

    revenge of the nerds

    And I’ve been won over. I could lie and say that I wasn’t, but I watched all 4:30 of the (not a commercial) episode and thought,

    A million people are going to watch this today.

    Here’s the pitch: You could have a beer and a brat’ with Bill.

    Bill Gates – Everyman. A billionaire everyman.

    There are still miles to go with the campaign, but we are all on board anxious to see where we stop next.

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  • July 08, 11:48 AM

    DJ Jazzy Jeff + Mick Boogie: “Summertime: The Mixtape”

    (via wadeaustin)

  • June 22, 06:23 PM

    Captain Obvious: The Covers Mixtape XXV

  • June 04, 04:15 PM

    TGIM! Of course you put Bow Wow Wow on a mix with Van Halen and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Thanks @mattowenmatt.

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Summer One
    1. 911 / Delta Spirit
    2. The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    3. Holland, 1945 / Neutral Milk Hotel
    4. Panama / Van Halen
    5. Tell ‘Em / Sleigh Bells
    6. Walcott / Vampire Weekend
    7. Red Socks Pugie / Foals
    8. Sweet Disposition / The Temper Trap
    9. Girlfriend / Phoenix
    10. Cecilia Ann / Pixies
    11. All You Fascists / Billy Bragg & Wilco
    12. Hang On / Dr. Dog
    13. Dance Music / The Mountain Goats
    14. Cat People (Puting Out Fire) / David Bowie
    15. Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix) / Bow Wow Wow
    16. My Girls / Animal Collective

    [download the zip]

  • May 28, 06:26 PM

    Happy Hot Tub Time Machine Memorial Day weekend on the lake. Let the jet ski racing begin. TGIM!

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Cassingles
    1. Kiss Me Deadly / Lita Ford
    2. Three Lock Box / Sammy Hagar
    3. Beautiful Girls / Van Halen
    4. Lonely Is The Night / Billy Squier
    5. Highway To Hell / AC/DC
    6. I Want You To Want Me / Cheap Trick
    7. Pour Some Sugar On Me / Def Leppard
    8. Cum On Feel The Noize / Quiet Riot
    9. Once Bitten Twice Shy / Great White
    10. Talk Dirty To Me / Poison
    11. Wait / White Lion
    12. Seventeen / Winger
    13. Cherry Pie / Warrant
    14. Fire Woman / The Cult
    15. Here I Go Again / Whitesnake

    [download the .zip]

  • May 25, 11:31 AM

    Versus – Debut Album « The White Panda

  • May 14, 04:01 PM

    This is what I’ve got folks. These are some songs I’ve been listening to lately and thought you all might want in on that. I’m going out to the woods this weekend in Elizabeth, AR. Hope you have a good one!

    Thank God It’s Mixday - What I’ve Got
    1. I Was A Teenage Anarchist- Against Me!
    2. Boxer- The Gaslight Anthem
    3. You Don’t Miss Twice (When You’re Shavin’ With A Knife)- Murder By Death
    4. Rill Rill- Sleigh Bells
    5. Strangers (Paranoid)- Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli, DJ Hi-Tek ft. Bun B)
    6. Cigarettes and Liquor- Murs and 9th Wonder
    7. Sinister Kid- The Black Keys
    8. Your Petty Pretty Things- The Get Up Kids
    9. Danielson- Tigers Jaw
    10. What’s Wrong With Everything- Balance & Composure
    11. Sinking- Daylight
    12. No Reason Why- Gorilla Biscuits

    [download the .zip] 

  • May 13, 04:05 PM

    Can’t Hardly Wait - The Replacements

    An 80’s TGIM! is on the way, here’s a taste.

  • May 07, 06:08 PM

    Happy Baby Mama Day! TGIM!

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Mama
    1. You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly / Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
    2. Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys / Willie Nelson
    3. You Never Even Called Me By My Name / David Allan Coe
    4. Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother / Jerry Jeff Walker
    5. Your Mama Don’t Dance / Loggins & Messina
    6. Bohemian Rhapsody / The Flaming Lips
    7. Hey Me, Hey Mama (Live) / Ray LaMontagne
    8. Tie Your Mother Down / Queen
    9. Stacy’s Mom / Fountains of Wayne
    10. Volvo Driving Soccer Mom / Everclear
    11. Always On The Run / Lenny Kravitz
    12. Mother We Just Can’t Get Enough / New Radicals
    13. Take Your Mama / Scissor Sisters
    14. Hey Mama / Kanye West
    15. Mama Said Knock You Out (Edited) / LL Cool J
    16. When Baby Mamas Collide (Qualo vs Chin Up Chin Up) / The Hood Internet
    17. A Song for Mama / Boyz II Men
    18. Ya Mama / The Pharcyde

    [download the .zip]

  • April 09, 06:10 PM

    Thank God It’s #Mixday: Chris Earls

    (via beingryanbyrd)

  • April 09, 05:55 PM

    The latest additions to the delicious music library of Nicole Boddington. TGIM!

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Recently Added
    1. Explosion by Eli Paperboy Reed (from Come and Get It, out August 10)
    2. Shades of Blue by Dirty Streets (from Portrait of a Man, released 2009)
    3. Your Hands (Together) by The New Pornographers (from Together, out May 4)
    4. Hurricane J by The Hold Steady (from Heaven Is Whenever, out May 4)
    5. I’m Sorry But I’m Beginning to Hate Your Face by Eagle Seagull (from The Year of the How-To Book, released March 29)
    6. Excuses by The Morning Benders (from Big Echo, released March 9)
    7. Thieves by She & Him (from Volume Two, released March 23)
    8. Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National (from High Violet, out May 11)
    9. The Mermaid Parade by Phosphorescent (from Here’s to Taking It Easy, out May 11)
    10. Shadow People by Dr. Dog (from Shame, Shame, released April 6)
    11. Flash Delirium by MGMT (from Congratulations, out April 13)
    12. Lil Freak by Usher (from Raymond v. Raymond, released March 30)
    13. I Learned the Hard Way by Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings (from I Learned
    the Hard Way, released April 6)
    14. Bowery by Bill Callahan (from Rough Travel for A Rare Thing, released March 23)
    15. Arkansas by Damien Jurado (from Saint Bartlett, out May 25)

    [download the .zip]

  • April 02, 09:10 PM

    mixtapemadness:

    tylercoates:

    KINDNESS PREVAILS (download here!)

    1. Rilo Kiley - “With Arms Outstretched”
    2. Pavement - “Gold Soundz”
    3. The Ark - “Trust Is Shareware”
    4. Big Star - “The Ballad of El Goodo”
    5. Lou Barlow - “Too Much Freedom”
    6. Drive-By Truckers - “The Fourth Night of My Drinking”
    7. Patti Smith - “Till Victory”
    8. Liz Phair - “Closer To You”
    9. Judee Sill - “There’s a Rugged Road”
    10. Mirah - “The Sun”
    11. Simon & Garfunkel - “April Come She Will”
    12. Basia Bulat - “If It Rains”
    13. Beach House - “Master of None”
    14. Joanna Newsom - “Esme”
    15. Fang Island - “Davy Crockett”
  • April 02, 05:15 PM

    TGIM! Where would we be without the world wide webs? Would we still hang out at Sound Warehouse on Friday nights listening to the latest sounds via some nasty, old, demo headphones? We need the magic pipeline. We love the magic pipeline.

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Thanks For The Internets (via @bryanjones)
    1. Go Outside / Cults
    2. Cold Hands/Chapped Lips / Hot Panda
    3. Wash on By / La Strada
    4. Animal / Neon Trees
    5. Ceremony / New Order
    6. Real Life / Tanlines
    7. Giving Up the Alp (Immuzikation Blend) / Vampire Weekend VS Yeasayer
    8. Decalogue (The Hood Internet vs The 2000s) / The Hood Internet
    9. Love Is A Dirty Word / Jason Collett
    10. There Are Listed Buildings / Los Campesinos!
    11. Drunk Girls / LCD Soundsystem
    12. Rock & Roll Queen / The Subways
    13. Evacuate / The Boxer Rebellion
    14. Titus Andronicus / Titus Andronicus
    15. Bronzage / dd/mm/yyyy
    16. Life Coach / Fang Island
    17. Swim Until You Can’t See Land / Frightened Rabbit
    18. Promises / The Morning Benders
    19. Curse This City / Hockey
    20. It Doesn’t Have To Be Beautiful / Slow Club
    21. I Love You 5 / NeverShoutNever

    [download the .zip]

  • March 29, 09:37 AM

    I love how the right song’s can speak to me… cheer me on… remind me that things will be better.

    It’s like Spring Cleaning. After a long and difficult year sweeping away some of the filth refreshes us just like that perfect song.

    1. Mardy Bum / Arctic Monkeys
    2. Why Don’t You Get a Job? / The Offspring
    3. Hate (I Really Don’t Like You) / Plain White T’s
    4. I’m Not Over / Carolina Liar
    5. Not Meant to Be / Theory of a Deadman
    6. Love Lockdown / Kanye West
    7. Cheated Hearts / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    8. Love Drunk / Boys Like Girls
    9. Run / Snow Patrol
    10. Gives You Hell / The All-American Rejects
    11. Goodbye to You / The Veronicas

    Listen Here via: Adam Birkner

  • March 26, 04:26 PM

    TGIM! While some of us endured the long days and nights of panels and parties that is SXSW Interactive, @olsoncaleb waited for the original sweetness that is the music festival, SXSW. He braved five days of sonic vibrations and sore feet so that he could come home and share this mixtape of his favorite tunes from Mecca.

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Skinny Jean City
    1. Deadbeat Summer / Neon Indian
    2. Blessa / Toro Y Moi
    3. When I’m Small / Phantogram
    4. Oh! Centra / Javelin
    5. Cult Logic / Mike Snow
    6. Finish Line / Fanfarlo
    7. Crown On The Ground / Sleigh Bells
    8. There Is XXXX (Within My Heart) / You Say Party! We Say Die!
    9. Bad Choices / Shout Out Out Out Out
    10. Kiss Your Feet / The Sandwitches
    11. FootShooter / Frightened Rabbit
    12. Top Drawer / Man Man
    13. Matter Of Time / Solid Gold
    14. Real Life / Tanlines
    15. Grey X Sage / Theophilus London
    16. Too Too Too Fast / Ra Ra Riot
    17. Tom Cruz / Plants And Animals
    18. Shape Shifter / Local Natives
    19. Finally Moving / Pretty Lights

    [download the .zip]

  • February 19, 04:15 PM

    Diet TGIM! - less words, more protein. via @mattowenmatt

    Diet Thank God It’s Mixday
    1. Crown On The Ground / Sleigh Bells
    2. Strange Times / The Black Keys
    3. Cousins / Vampire Weekend
    4. Treat Me Like Your Mother / The Dead Weather
    5. Fools / The Dodos
    6. Wishbone / Architecture in Helsinki
    7. Shake Your Rump / The Beastie Boys
    8. Search And Destroy / Iggy & The Stooges
    9. We Are Not Alone / Karla DeVito
    10. Something is Squeezing My Skull / Morrissey
    11. Dilaudid / The Mountain Goats
    12. Take Me Away / Ween
    13. Kelly / Van She
    14. Hallucinations / Raveonettes
    15. Mis-Shapes / Pulp

    [download the .zip]

  • February 12, 04:46 PM

    We are back from Holiday break! And it makes us really happy to be back. So happy that we got all emotional and our bodies started feeling compelled to do something. But what should they do? How do bodies tell the world that they are happy?

    Finally, our bodies figured it out - they decided to bang thier hands violently together. Yup, when you’re body get’s happy it gets clappy.

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Happy Hands
    1. Clap Your Hands! / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    2. The Clap / Thao
    3. Citizens of Tomorrow / Tokyo Police Club
    4. Palmitos Park / El Guincho
    5. Illegal Tender / Louis XIV
    6. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp / Led Zeppelin
    7. Rock the Casbah / The Clash
    8. (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To / Weezer
    9. Don Gon Do It / The Rapture
    10. Hand Clappin’ / Red Prysock
    11. Hooked On A Feeling / Blue Swede
    12. Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough / Michael Jackson
    13. Stuck In The Middle With You / Stealers Wheel
    14. Suburbs With You / David-Ivar Herman Düne
    15. Body / Thao
    16. Huddle Formation / The Go! Team
    17. Connection / Elastica
    18. Particle Man / They Might Be Giants
    19. Private Eyes / Hall And Oates
    20. Head Over Heels / Go Gos
    21. Do the Whirlwind / Architecture in Helsinki
    22. Gobbledigook / Sigur Ros
    23. Kuala Lumpur / Bombadil
    24. Clap Your Hands / A Tribe Called Quest

    [download the .zip]

  • January 22, 07:13 PM
  • January 22, 04:55 PM

    I AM JUST A RAPPER Mixtape [Donald Glover]

    (via Childish Gambino)

  • December 22, 11:14 AM

    Download No Sleep Records Christmas compilation accurately entitled, No Sleep Till Christmas

    01. The Wonder Years - Christmas At 22 (featuring Laura Borucki)
    02. Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyer - This Briskness (Java)
    03. I Am Alaska - You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
    04. Matt Brasch - Christmas Means Nothing Without You (featuring Laura Borucki)
    05. La Dispute - The Night Before Christmas
    06. Into It. Over It. - Jingle Bell Broke
    07. Destroy Nate Allen - My Parents Managed Apartments
    08. Sophia - Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer
    09. Man Overboard - Decemberism
    10. Balance and Composure - Weak Man, Weak Boy (Christmas Edition)


    My favorite track is I Am Alaska covering You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

  • December 20, 01:28 PM

    mixtapemadness:

    thatguychad:

    2009 HOLIDAY TRAVEL MIX (minus actual holiday-themed songs)
    DOWNLOAD IT.

    There’s no specific order to any of these, so here you go:

    1. One Eskimo - Givin’ Up (remix)
    2. Islands - Heartbeat
    3. Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan
    4. Dr. Dog - Heart it Races
    5. Guster - Careful
    6. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream
    7. Sea Wolf - You’re a Wolf
    8. Greg Laswell - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (cover)
    9. Ben Folds - Not the Same
    10. Dr. Dog - The Beach
    11. Rob Thomas - Little Wonders
    12. Dynamite Hack - Boyz ‘n the Hood
  • December 19, 03:31 PM

    50 Songs of 2009 (2 of 2) | Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good: Weird in a good way.

  • December 18, 06:41 PM

    Thank God it’s #MixDay: Chip Taulbee - Chipmas Christmix

    #xmas

  • December 18, 06:38 PM

    Thank God it’s #MixDay: Justin Myers

  • December 18, 04:29 PM

    Nicole’s taste in tunes is excellent. [exhibit a] This is her holiday gift to you.

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Chrismixday
    1. If Christmas Can’t Bring You Home / Reigning Sound
    2. Christmas Chimes / The Chills
    3. Snake Oil Tanker (Xmas) / Alkaline Trio
    4. Father Christmas / The Kinks
    5. Christmas Tree’s On Fire / Holly Golightly
    6. Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas) / The Decemberists
    7. Christmas Must Be Tonight / The Band
    8. Jesus Christ (Demo) / Big Star
    9. 2000 Miles / The Pretenders
    10. King’s Crossing / Elliot Smith
    11. Calling On Mary / Aimee Mann
    12. Fairytale of New York / The Pogues
    13. Traveling Salesman’s Young Wife Home Alone On Christmas In Montpelier, VT / Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
    14. It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop / Frightened Rabbit
    15. Lo, How A Rose E’re Blooming / Feist
    16. Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis / Tom Waits
    17. Did You Spend Christmas Day In Jail / Rev. J.M. Gates
    18. Christmas Means Love / Sam Cooke
    19. That Spirit of Christmas / Ray Charles
    20. Purple Snowflakes / Marvin Gaye

    [download the .zip]

  • December 18, 04:19 PM

    This is what happens when you find a cool graphic of a stocking blood bag: you make a mixtape.

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Vanessa’s Vampire Holiday
    1. Teeth / Lady GaGa
    2. Oh The Vampyre / A. A. Bondy
    3. Christmas / Ulver
    4. A White Demon Love Song / The Killers
    5. Enjoy the Silence / Anberlin
    6. Blood On The Bluegrass / Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers
    7. We Suck Young Blood / Radiohead
    8. Red Eyes and Tears / B.R.M.C.
    9. Vampire Blues / Loudon Wainwright III
    10. If I Was Your Vampire / Marilyn Manson
    11. Blood To Bleed / Rise Against
    12. Possibility / Lykke Li
    13. Change [In The House Of Flies] / Deftones

    [download the .zip]

  • December 17, 09:57 AM

    The TSURURADIO Community Presents… The 20 Voted Most Awesomest Communicastic Albums of 2009

  • December 13, 10:15 PM

    the 40th parallel

    the 40th parallel - a southern rock sampler [Download Link]

    This is my first contribution to #Mixday. It’s my take on some of the best southern rock ever recorded. You’ll find plenty of favorites I hope you discover a few new bands as well.

    I love all types of music but Blues, Jazz, and Southern Rock are probably my most loved genres. I really hope you enjoy this compilation.

    Download “the 40th parallel” .zipped MP3 complilation

    If you enjoy the music please consider purchasing the tracks from Amazon.com/MP3. I’ve provided links to the artists below.

  • December 13, 05:53 PM

    hunsonisgroovy:

    Christmas Express Way Deux

    It’s that time again… the time for a mix CD. I made a holiday mix CD last year and I decided to make another one this year. This is the Christmas Express Way Deux. I tried my best to try and not repeat any artists from my first one. 

    If you’re not seeing a song you especially like, download both mixes and combine it.

    [download#1] • [download#2] 

    Same file, two different locations in case one fails.

    Tracklist: 
    
01. Taylor Swift - Last Christmas
    02. Ryan Adams - Hey Parker It's Christmas
    03. Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - Winter Song
    04. Yo La Tengo - It's Christmas Time
    05. The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
    06. The Killers - Happy Birthday Guadalupe
    07. The Bird and the Bee - Carol of the Bells
    08. Sufjan Stevens - Joy To the World
    09. Stars - The Woods
    10. The Decemberists - Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
    11. Phantom Planet - Winter Wonderland
    12. Lifehouse - Silent Night
    13. Rilo Kiley - Xmas Cake
    14. Coldplay - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
    15. Rooney - Merry Xmas Everybody
    16. The Thrills - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    17. The Reindeer Selection - You Are My Joy
    18. The Perishers - Blue Christmas 
  • December 13, 05:51 PM

    bunkercomplex:

    Week 2 zip file

    Previously: Week 1 zip file

  • December 11, 04:00 PM

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Alternatwang

    The second TGIM! submission of Mr. Brian Kratkiewicz.

    1. Before I Break / Uncle Tupelo
    2. Another Town / Steve Earle
    3. Dead Flowers / The Rolling Stones
    4. Lookout Mountain / Drive-By Truckers
    5. Easy / Deer Tick
    6. Drown / Son Volt
    7. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville / R.E.M.
    8. Outtasite (Outta Mind) / Wilco
    9. Joe’s Head / Kings Of Leon
    10. Jagged / Old 97’s
    11. Slow Suicide / Blue Mountain
    12. Sacred Heart / Deadstring Brothers
    13. Range Life / Pavement
    14. Streetlights / Jason Isbell and th 400 Unit
    15. Firecracker / Ryan Adams
    16. Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town / The Killers
    17. Battleship Chains / The Georgia Satellites
    18. Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife / Drive-By Truckers
    19. Cajun / Gin Blossoms
    20. Miniskirt / The Sleepy Jackson
    21. Wooden Teeth / Two Cow Garage

    [download the .zip]

  • December 04, 05:10 PM

    TGIM! Matty Christmas to all, and to all a good weekend!

    1. Cuddle Fuddle / Passion Pit
    2. Bop Scotch / Stereolab
    3. Flakes / Mystery Jets
    4. Holiday Song / Pixies
    5. Morning Bell / Radiohead
    6. Hangin’ Tree / Queens Of The Stone Age
    7. Family Tree / TV On The Radio
    8. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want / The Smiths
    9. List of Demands / Saul Williams
    10. Red Water (Christmas Mourning) / Type O Negative
    11. Broken Toy / Keane
    12. Winter Wooskie / Belle & Sebastian
    13. This Year / The Mountain Goats
    14. New Year / The Breeders
    15. New Year’s Day / U2

    [download the .zip]

  • December 03, 04:57 PM

    A Very Bootie Christmas

  • December 03, 10:26 AM

    Opentape

    yvynyl:

    a free, open-source package that lets you make and host your own mixtapes on the web. Upload songs (via web or FTP), reorder, rename, customize the style, and share what you like on other sites with an embeddable player.

  • December 02, 05:30 PM

    TSURURADIO Presents... The 35 Most Awesomest Tsururific Albums Of 2009 Part I: The Opening Act Nos. 35 to 17 & Accompanying Mixtape!!!

  • December 01, 11:36 AM

    bunkercomplex:

    Winter Mix!

    1.  Sufjan Stevens - “Movement II: Sleeping Invader”
    2.  Elbow - “Weather To Fly”
    3.  Doveman - “The Best Thing [Feat. The National’s Matt Berninger]”
    4.  Little Dragon - “Thunder Love”
    5.  Josh Rouse - “NeighborHoods”
    6.  The Mountain Goats - “Genesis 30:3”
    7.  Juliette Commagère - “Skyscraper”
    8.  The Modern Electric - “London Loves Paris, 1988”
    9.  Devendra Banhart - “First Song For B”
    10. Volcano Choir - “Still”
    11. A Book About Elephants - “It’s Cold In This House”
    12. Kings Of Convenience - “24-25”
    13. Bleeding Heart Narrative - “As If Yearning Was All And More Than Enough”
    14. Sleeping At Last - “Naive”
    15. Le Loup - “Neahkahnie”
    16. Josh Ritter - “Song For The Fireflies (Acoustic)”
    17. Katie Herzig - “Jenny Lynn (Live)”
    18. Ben Woods - “We Remembered”
    19. The Mountain Goats + Kaki King - “Black Pear Tree”
    20. The Antlers - “Wake”

  • November 25, 11:08 AM

    This time of year calls for thankfulness. We gathered up some Pilgrims* to helps us create a mix of song we’re thankful for. If you got some traveling to do, download this and listen up. We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy this mix!

    *we encouraged these Pilgrims to give us a small sentence of why they were thankful for the songs, but not all of them did, so I (@donaldG) will make those people’s up.

    1. Panama / Van Halen
    Wade Austin - “Who isn’t thankful for this song?”

    2. Thou Shalt Always Kill / Dan LeSac and Scrobius Pip
    Andy Moreau- “‘Thou Shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be…’ does it get any better than that?”

    3. Good Ol’ Fashion Rump Shaker (Beastie Boys vs Matt and Kim)
    Bryan Jones- “There’s at least 20 years of extrawesomeness tied up in this track.”

    4. Roscoe / Midlake
    Caleb Olson- “I’m thankful because they’re coming to Little Rock in January.”

    5. Time to Get a Gun / Miranda Lambert
    Ginny Wilmuth- “I’m a girl, she’s a girl, I like guns, she likes guns.”

    6. Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? / Lloyd Cole
    Chris Cranford- “I have always loved this song and find it to be incredibly smart, literate, and achingly poignant, whatever that means. Why should you care? B/c Lloyd’s on the twitter! @LloydCole_News”

    7. Summer Samba (So Nice) / Astrud Gilberto
    Amy Frazier- “I am Thankful to slow it down and have a cocktail.”

    8. Love Comes And Goes / Lee Fields & The Expressions
    Nicole Boddington- “I am grateful for “Love Comes and Goes,” because Lee Fields puts it all on the line. You can hear raw emotion in his voice. You can see
    sweat on his brow. How can you not get behind that?    ”

    9. Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division
    Matt Owen- “I’m just thankful I get to cook for all my family.”

    10. The Sweat Descends / Les Savy Fav
    Shanon Williams- “This is one song I am very thankful for because it gets my ass going when I run.”

    11. 1901 / Phoenix
    Nick Brewer- “I’m thankful for this song because it makes me wanna dance in my chair.”

    12. Won’t Be Pathetic Forever / The Wonder Years
    Don Gaines- “I’m thankful for pop-punk and hardcore because I made some of my best friends through that music scene and because ‘…some nights i f’n love this town and some nights i f’n hate this…’”

    [download the zip]

  • November 20, 04:42 PM

    We experienced technical difficulties today which made getting together our ‘thankfulness’ mixtape fairly impossible. Look for that next week, but for now we’ve got Thankfully More Hip-Hop from @donaldG. Enjoy!

    1. Stakes is High/De La Soul
    2. Robot/Krs-One and Buckshot
    3. Hate (feat. Kanye West)/Jay-Z
    4. House of Flying Daggers/Raekwon
    5. Look Alive/Despot
    6. Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)/Blakroc
    7. Hypnotize (Jean Grae Version)/DJ Drama and Cookin Soul
    8. Country Cousins/Talib Kweli
    9. Priority/Mos Def
    10. Step Into The Relm/The Roots

    [download the zip]

  • November 13, 05:08 PM

    The Hood Internet Presents: THE MIXTAPE VOLUME FOUR

  • November 13, 04:59 PM

    Consequence of Sound: Friday Mixtape LXXXI

  • November 13, 04:47 PM

    T S U R U R A D I O: Even If We Yelled Outloud Our Voices Couldn't Penetrate The Clouds Mixtape!!!

  • November 13, 04:40 PM

    Thank God It’s #Mixday: Amanda Morgan

    (via beingryanbyrd)

  • November 13, 04:35 PM

    Thank God It’s #Mixday: Amber Brewer

    (via beingryanbyrd)

  • November 13, 10:28 AM

    A happy Hip Hoppin’, Body Rockin’, Do What It Do TGIM! from the #ExtraAwesome music library of Bryan Jones.

    Thank God It’s Mixday - Express Yourself
    1. Express Yourself / NWA
    2. It Takes Two / Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
    3. Hip Hop Hooray / Naughty By Nature
    4. The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) / Black Sheep
    5. Jump Around / House of Pain
    6. Just A Friend / Biz Markie
    7. Baby Got Back / Sir Mix-A-Lot
    8. Bust a Move / Young MC
    9. Run’s House / Run-DMC
    10. Hold It Now, Hit It / The Beastie Boys
    11. Check the Rhime / A Tribe Called Quest
    12. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) / Digable Planets
    13. Tennessee / Arrested Development
    14. Say No Go / De La Soul
    15. Beads On a String / Jungle Brothers
    16. The Rhythm / Kwame
    17. Children’s Story / Slick Rick
    18. Going Back to Cali / LL Cool J
    19. La Di Da Di / Doug E. Fresh

    [download the .zip]

  • November 12, 07:04 PM

    Whole Brevity Thing - LudaChristmas

    Festivus Maximus!

    1. Santa Claus And His Old Lady / Cheech & Chong
    2. I Don’t Have A Christmas Tree / Mark Mothersbaugh
    3. (Baby It’s) So Cold / The Apples In Stereo
    4. Come On! Let’s Boogie to the Elf Dance! / Sufjan Stevens
    5. Don’t Shoot Me Santa / The Killers
    6. Don’t Believe In Christmas / Pearl Jam
    7. All I Want For Christmas Is You / Heike Has The Giggles
    8. everything’s gonna be cool this christmas / Eels
    9. Lonely Holiday / Old 97’s
    10. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) / Death Cab For Cutie
    11. Do They Know It’s Christmas / Pete Yorn
    12. Winter Wonderland / Liz Phair
    13. Sleigh Ride / The Late Greats
    14. Feliz Navidad / El Vez
    15. Donde Esta Santa Claus / Guster
    16. Christmas / Blues Traveler
    17. When I Get Home for Christmas / Snow Patrol
    18. Christmas With Jesus / Josh Rouse
    19. Cold White Christmas / Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
    20. If You Were Born Today / Jimmy Eat World
    21. Christmas Time (Is Here Again) / The Beatles
    22. Twelve Days of Christmas / Bob and Doug McKenzie

    [download the .zip]

    (via wholebrevitything)

  • November 12, 06:53 PM

    Whole Brevity Thing - AcoustiChristmas

    Merry Ho Ho Ho!

    1. Season’s Greetings / SNL
    2. Someday At Christmas / Jack Johnson
    3. Silent Night / Ween
    4. Christmas Music / Daniel Johnson
    5. Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas (live) / Eels
    6. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town / Mason Jennings
    7. Christmas is Coming Soon / Blitzen Trapper
    8. Yeah, I Know, It’s Christmastime / Andrew Dost (Anathallo)
    9. Valley Winter Song / Fountains of Wayne
    10. All That I Want / The Weepies
    11. Snow Day / matt pond PA
    12. Winter In The Hamptons / Josh Rouse
    13. 25th December / Everything But The Girl
    14. Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas / Okkervil River
    15. All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue / Over The Rhine
    16. Winter / Joshua Radin
    17. Joy To The World / Clem Snide
    18. Come On Ring Those Bells / Phantasmic Feat. Tess Wiley
    19. The Holidays Are Here (and we’re still at war) / Brett Dennen
    20. It’s Christmas! Let’s Be Glad / Sufjan Stevens
    21. Winter Wonderland / Jason Mraz
    22. You’re A Mean One Mr Grinch / Sixpence None The Richer
    23. All I Want for Christmas Is You / Teddy Geiger
    24. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas / Coldplay
    25. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) / Maroon 5
    26. Paper Sleighs / (someone covering) M.I.A.

    [download the .zip]

    (via wholebrevitything)

  • November 06, 09:25 AM

    TGIM! Girl Crush, from the stellar music library of Nicole Boddington.

    Thank God It’s Mixday
    1. IRM / Charlotte Gainsbourg
    2. 2012 / The Gossip
    3. Zero / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    4. Satelite Mind / Metric
    5. Won’t Want For Love / The Decemberists
    6. Drive On, Driver / The Magnetic Fields
    7. Where Do You Run To / Vivian Girls
    8. Fall Straight Back / Eternal Summers
    9. Sooner / Asobi Sesku
    10. Close To You / Hesta Prynn
    11. Actor Out of Work / St. Vincent
    12. Reccomendation / Mirah
    13. Change of Heart / El Perro Del Mar
    14. The Pharaohs / Neko Case
    15. It Wasn’t Me / Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
    16. I’d Know / Bonnie Montgomery

    [download the .zip]

  • November 02, 05:26 PM

    TSURURADIO Presents... My Name Is Weezer Mixtape!!!

  • November 02, 05:17 PM

    hrrrthrrr:

    Working on a new mixtape (I do one every month for a couple friends back home).

    I think it’d be fun to start exchanging mixes with people more often.  I love getting new music!  Maybe I’ll make up a few extra to send out to some of you guys…but only if you send me one back.  Music and actual mail…what could be better?

  • October 30, 06:45 PM

    CMJ 2009: The Bands, The Music, The City, Vol. 3

    (Free Sampler via Amazon)

  • October 30, 06:42 PM

    WKND PLYLST!! So good its SCARY (39 songs)

    (via bored and beats)

Audio

  • Can’t Hardly Wait - The Replacements An 80’s TGIM! is on the way, here’s a taste.
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TGIM!