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Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle

This was my jam in fifth grade.

my gut reaction to this was “this was my jam in 9th grade,” but google indicates this came out in 1994, which makes it the jam of my sophomore year. 1994 marked the success of learning out how to get into my locker using the shitty walgreens combination locks on the first try. to counter that adrenaline rush, i was also met with the burden of the tits i had grown over the summer (late bloomer) and infinite sadness that i could never again braless in public (under my mothers roof).

in 10th grade i also developed a crush on a guy that did not go away for two years, ate a pretzel (with a packet of mayo) with a coke for lunch every single school day ($1.15 for both), and discovered Douglas Coupland in the school library.

in 2001, after hydroplaning on I-95 whilst listening to Marvin the Album on the way to see Avail in Gainesville, I made a pact with my roommate that we would never to listen to the entire album in a car again. 

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Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle

This was my jam in fifth grade.

The Parliaments - That Was My Girl 

This is George Clinton’s 50’s doo-wop band. Eventually the same band got into soul, innovated funk, and provided an eternal backbeat to west coast hip hop. 

I know I’ve said this before, but George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic need to be given the same acclaim as The Beatles or The Beach Boys for starting as simple pop bands and emerging into experimental artists carving the future of music.  

stepped on wet asphalt… all hail gravel sandal

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Foxygen gets it (and so does Alex Litel)

HEL : LER :: 039 : Straight-Laced til ‘68

1. Bobby Goldsboro – Honey - 1991 - Remaster
2. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Real (This Is Real)
3. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers – The ABC’s Of Love
4. Parliament – That Was My Girl
5. Mel & Tim – Keep The Faith
6. The Box Tops – Cry Like A Baby
7. Gladys Knight & The Pips – Yesterday
8. The Shangri-Las – Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)
9. Los Stop – Cuanto Tiempo He de Esperar
10. Czeslaw Niemen – Hej Dziewczyno Hej
11. The Turtles – You Showed Me
12. Fever Tree – Imitation Situation 1 / Where Do You Go?
13. Black Widow – An Afterthought
14. The Move – Message From The Country - 2005 Digital Remaster
15. People – Prayer - Pt. 2
16. Traffic Sound – Marabunta

HEL : LER mixes are part of my workflow for discovering music. I get inspired by what I hear from DJ mixes, friends playlists, the radio, 50¢ records I bought at a thrift store, or tracks I just found perusing the Internet.

In Spotify I star the songs that I casually like and put them together into album length playlists, like the mixtapes I’d make for girls in college (that I casually liked.

I curate the music so each track is somehow relevant to the next. My taste is “eclectic” which is likely the result of growing up listening to KCRW. 

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You can listen to my Spotify profile here.

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brianvan:

Keep in mind that there is a pretty wide circle of people in the Tumblr user Venn Diagram who:

• Are more or less happy with Tumblr the way that it is
• Have nothing specific to fear with a change of management or ownership, or even a modest change in dashboard behavior
• May find it appropriate and…

They’re going to make you login with yr yahoo email account from 7th grade!

As seen on TV / on Instagram http://bit.ly/10ZHTNn

I strongly support the separation of aesthetics and state!

The kind of art you like does not need to have any bearing on the kind of politics you like!

It’s OK to be politically opposing the extravagance of neoliberalism, while still appreciating the lavish flourishes on your favorite album!

It’s OK to live the simple life as a sustainable homesteader, while having a healthy obsession for the excesses of Rococo architecture!

That would be pretty weird though, imagine an organic farmer who lives off-the-grid in a replica of The Rococo Basilica at Ottobeuren!

Yo, but I bet he’d have the best parties on the commune.

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18 moments every backpacker experiences http://bit.ly/13B4nUa

Almost there! 

heyveronica:

soon

Why Yahoo Might Pay $1 Billion For Tumblr Even Though It Only Has $13 Million In Revenue

Rap over Simon + Garfunkel samples, why don’t you?

The homie Sal made this pretty incredible playlist of Classical for Beginners  for me because I love music, but don’t know anything about Classical music. It’s in chronological order more or less.