i'm working. sue me.

as difficult as it has been to get my proverbial shit together, i do appreciate people hounding me for not having my mix up. apparently, when you work, your free time goes out the window. i did manage to catch little miss sunshine yesterday, and i highly recommend it, as well as the soundtrack which is sampled below. and as buck pointed out, i did laugh about 10 times as hard any time steve carrell was involved.














without further ado, i present august '06, a fine mix in my estimation. keep a look out next month for the best of other people's mixes that i have received in the last few months... keep 'em coming!

1. it's a surprise! no, it is not a snakes on a plane reference.
2. tv on the radio - wolf like me
3. the roots - game theory
4. tv on the radio - snakes & martyrs
5. ratatat - wildcat
6. css - let's make love and listen to death from above (spankrock remix)
7. tv on the radio - dreams
8. m. ward - to go home
9. devotchka - how it ends
10. soltero - the priest
11. common - be
12. herbert - moving like a train
13. youngblood brass band - waiver
14. emily haines & the soft skeleton - the lottery
15. patton oswalt - death bed
16. m. ward - chinese translation
17. matt pond pa - bring on the ending

download august '06 here: http://www.bazoomercom.com/ari/August%20'06.zip

track 1 isn't really a big deal; just a rare glimpse of power at work. every morning on the T on the way to work, i dance to tv on the radio's wolf like me, and am tempted to howl along with the end of the song. man, the roots sound as amazing as i've ever heard them on game theory, a song with an intro as long as the actual verses and well worth it. if you hadn't figured out yet that i'm trying to beat you over the head with how great tv on the radio is, then here is another track, featuring antibalas and a fela kuti-esque groove. i know a lot of you are supremely excited about ratatat's upcoming new album, classics. anyone who went to that show while at midd knows how fun they are (except for coons), and i've never seen a band that played at midd sell more copies on an album just by showing up. everyone say it with me now: reeeoeooaaarroor! you'll know what i mean when you listen to wildcat. css is just fun. that's it; no story. nothing like a spankrock remix to boot. continued beating of tvotr. m. ward covers daniel johnston on his new album, and it is fantastic. can't wait to finally see him live. this devotchka track is the one i mentioned in the intro, the one that accompanies most of the soundtrack to little miss sunshine. thanks to shara, jeff, tommy et al for constantly telling me how cool they are. it finally sunk in. i just found out about soltero in reading an interview with the magnetic fields' stephen merritt, who mentioned a different song of theirs, but the priest is pretty damn cool. not that common needs my help to sell more albums, especially since knef just informed me that his album be just went platinum, but this is a great track that i thought i had put an an earlier mix. herbert's moving like a train is prince for the new millenium. his organic dance tracks make me feel better about what music will sound like when the lights, ehem, go out. damnit, if you don't like youngblood brass band, i don't know what's wrong with you. emily haines from metric is coming out with a solo album, and it sounds incredible. ok, ok, ok, with snakes on a plane finally coming out, i had to throw in a tangential reference, so here is a joke from patton oswalt show about shitty movies. more new m. ward (i feel like my mixes are somewhat repetitive... i apologize), and the lyrics are phenomenal. when i first heard matt pond pa's bring on the ending, i was surprised to learn that it was the first track on its respective album, but it makes for a good last track too.