Newport Folk Festival Mix

I spent this past weekend in Rhode Island at the Newport Folk Festival. I am pretty exhausted, but I wanted to get you kids this mix as soon as humanly possible. Which turns out to be close to midnight when

10 Songs For 100 Days Of Oil Spill

Tomorrow marks 100 days since the BP oil spill in the gulf. I know they “successfully” capped it, but as long as that sucker is still leaking, I’m saying there is still an oil spill. But this disaster got me

The Quintessential Fourth of July Mix

America Is Not The World by Morrissey came on my shuffle the other day, and I thought “Gee, that would be a humorous song to put on a Fourth of July mix, if only I had one of those.” And

A Token Of Gratitude

Last night I realized something awful. I had mistakenly deleted 22 folders of music. Permanently. This is what I get for procrastinating and working on mixes at 3am. I was raised to be a loyal PC girl, so no Mac

Top Ten Tax Songs

Taxes are no fun. But aren’t you glad you are all done with them? Because it means refund time! So consider this your first of hopefully several, a mix about money, taxes, and stickin’ it to the man. Here are

SXSW Bands I Saw (In The Order I Saw Them)

This year I saw 50+ bands while in Austin. It was pretty exhausting. More exhausting though? Writing this post. What follows is a recap, illustrated through video I took during the week, and soundtracked with two jam-packed mixes for your

SXSW10 Bands I Meant to See

I went to South By Southwest this year with a plan. It was a somewhat grandiose plan, with over 250 items on it for music alone, and when all was said and done, I saw 51 different bands perform. Granted,

Bands I Saw at SXSW10: Day #4

Day #4 of sxsw = last day. I saw 12 acts, if you include the one I have labeled “douchey punk band.” Things like that are what happen when your drinks:band ratio tips in favor of drinks. Plenty of bands

Bands I Saw at SXSW10: Day #3

Friday marked a full week that I had been in Austin, and thus I was a little strung out from lack of sleep and too much rock. (If that’s possible.) I tried to take it easy, and saw only 8

Bands I Saw at SXSW10: Day #2

The second day of SXSW music was my busiest by far. That day alone I saw 17 bands. Here are some standouts from Thursday’s insanity. This mix includes: Fanfarlo, Neon Indian, Local Natives, Nicole Atkins, jj, Lonely Forest, Drive-By Truckers,