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Shut Up... Play The Hits

Got asked for a playlist of music I 'was really listening to'. So...; http://www.letsbespecific.com/2014/10/shut-up-play-the-hits/

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I dunno if that count was true when it said 301 views but at least 8 or 9 of those were me just now!

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Love every part of this so f'n much... the orchestra, the production, the way Finn goes for it with the vocal. Last little (long) while, I just keep doubling back to listen to this over and again.

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Number One Media Brand In Australia Is A Radio Show But Still, Radio Is In A Real Battle.... "Radio Is About What Happens Between The Songs."

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The Tortoise And The Leopard

"The leopard had been looking for the tortoise and hadn’t found him for a long time. On this day, on a lonely road, he suddenly chanced upon Tortoise, and so he said, “Aha! At last, I’ve caught you. Now get ready to die.” Tortoise of course knew that the game was up and so he said, “Okay, but can I ask you a favor?” and Leopard said, “Well, why not?” Tortoise said, “Before you kill me, could you give me a few moments just to reflect on things?” Leopard thought about it — he wasn’t very bright — and he said, “Well, I don’t see anything wrong with that. You can have a little time.” And so Tortoise, instead of standing still and thinking, began to do something very strange: he began to scratch the soil all around him and throw sand around in all directions. Leopard was mystified by this. He said, “What are you doing? Why are you doing that?” Tortoise said: “I’m doing this because when I’m dead, I want anybody who passes by this place to stop and say, ‘Two people struggled here. A man met his match here." - from 'Anthills Of The Savannah' by Chinua Achebe

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This is for those people who thought I was setting a snare trap for 'em with my last music dump. So gw'on you beautiful weirdos... nod your tinfoil hat wearin' heads; Curtis Harding - Keep On Shining (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi6HgHgISws) Big Data - Dangerous (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8b4xYbEugo) Mayday x Murs - Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3BrvB4L_l4) Pujol - Circles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBSkhlRRFfc) Seinabo Sey - Hard Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgdOs5-3VWQ) Porches - Leather (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCa0rLiNtc4) Chet Faker - Blush (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZxxnQwakBI) Kwabs - Something Right (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLSpfW47pG0) Alex Wiley - Vibration (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhlVCywnUuw) Josef Salvat - Every Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x325yRxqSdY) Kate Tempest - Lonely Daze (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BQBOUnF0So) Sharon Van Etten - Every Time The Sun Comes Up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDW-W2J84Hc) Kelis - Bless The Telephone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNQuA24WDqA)

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Lots o' people askin' me to pass along some summah' music past few weeks. So, instead of some big long list of links, I figured on trying this bit of dropbox-y business; https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1qhz8tsfvt96qq4/AADNZhu3UV7ohvWSKQddVg81a

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Docs about weird alternative life choices seen in the rearview mirror are my jam!

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Yeah I'm posting a slo-mo baby video... watch these little dudes and dudettes eat their slo-mo lemons and make their slo-mo scrunchy faces and then judge.

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It's probably a day or two from bein' a beer or body spray commercial but 'til then I'll keep noddin' my head to this short sweet rocker.

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Dunno how this got past me but, these dudes put on a hell of a show. 1,2,3... push our pelvis to me!

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Jon Benjamin... Nintendo graphics.... silly, immediately dated technical words.... Jon Benjamin.... Jello Salad... I love everything about this! Huzzah, and there was much rejoicing.... until about 7:30 pm.

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Ah.... Ah.... Ah-Chunes!

Erik Hassle - Pathetic (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCu4dZHsk8w) Big Data - Dangerous (www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wyujF7yI4w) Aloe Blacc - The Man (Remix) feat. Kid Ink (www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XaVZDd1EU) Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better (www.youtube.com/watch?v=A81Z6hGjGJQ) Christopher Owens - It Comes Back To You (www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnNM-mjCSgc) Azad Right - All My Love (www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OU2YpbHzE0) BASECAMP - ATSW (www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZUcocdaQPM) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Simple And Sure (www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY8LDEZzNzU) Yumi Zouma - The Brae (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F-bghLhWrg) Hozier - Take Me To Church (ww.youtube.com/watch?v=MYSVMgRr6pw) Shamir - If It Wasn't True (www.letsbespecific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/If-It-Wasnt-True.mp3) Eagulls - Possessed (www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk7gwWbvdpA) Water Liars - Fake Heat (www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJwFfKfHBG8) Rick Ross - Sanctified feat. Kanye West & Big Sean (www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC0DVzvrez4) Posse - Shut Up (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS1uF5DvPpg) Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Collapse (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3kgS8f7u6k) Woods - Moving To The Left (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TydslHzRaMo) Asher Roth - Tangerine Girl (www.letsbespecific.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Tangerine-Girl.mp3) Meg Myers - The Morning After (www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8i0d4RdNWQ) Jamestown Revival - California (Cast Iron Soul) (www.youtube.com/watch?v=VidjX0j04og) Josef Salvat - Every Night (www.youtube.com/watch?v=x325yRxqSdY) Pharrell Williams - Hunter (www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9jN3ccO3hc) MO - Say You'll Be There (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KboZwGPDO7I) Brushy One String - Life Is For Every Man (www.youtube.com/watch?v=1inXm8qdd5c&feature=kp) Gesundheit.

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It's been a rough winter. So, for now, this abandoned Pellie - Bigbird - being taught to fly with a GoPro on his nose is the best I've got for a heart song.

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All you Kanye West haters. Everyone who can't seem to separate who this hard to take, jutted-out jaw of a person is... from what he makes; try to imagine that someone else - someone you respect - said this in response to an interviewer's question; INTERVIEWER (Director Steve McQueen): ....there's really no amount of money that could make you more influential than you are now. So my question is: What are you going to do with all of the influence that you have right now? WEST: Well, influence isn't my definition of success-it's a by-product of my creativity. I just want to create more. I would be fine with making less money. I actually spend the majority of my money attempting to create more things. Not buying things or solidifying myself or trying to make my house bigger, or trying to show people how many Louis Vuitton bags I can get, or buying my way to a good seat at the table. My definition of success, again, is getting my ideas out there. Now maybe that's an answer honed by a cat that spends many of his waking hours interviewing himself in every mirrored surface he finds but... come on, that's a pretty fuckin' good answer. Take a bow, you magnificent mental patient!

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Enigma's Return To Innocence Redux

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Weird Year, Good Music (Part 2,013)

Usually I just offer up my end of the year list as tribute to Listophilis, the ancient god of organizing stuff into lists, and possibly syphilis?

Just throw that shit into the mouth of the disinterested volcano that is internet and sleep better that night.

This year;  sure I'm doin' all that but also - more so - I'm sending this half way around the world to someone.

It's been a weird year but here's a big ol' dump of good feeling... in 5 minute bursts.

Le Trouble - Real Talk

Saint Motel - My Type

Har Mar Superstar - Lady, You Shot Me

Okkervil River - Down Down The Deep River

Bonobo Ft. Grey Reverend - First Fires

Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers

Bibio - A tout a l'heure

Laura Veirs - Sun Song

Pusha T ft. Kendrick Lamar - Nosetalgia

Houses - The Beauty Surrounds

London Grammar - Hey Now

Flume - Holdin On

Valerie June - Somebody To Love

The War On Drugs - Red Eyes

Misun - Battlefields

Majical Cloudz - Bugs Don't Buzz

SPIT SYNDICATE x JACKIE ONASSIS x JOYRIDE - SUNDAY GENTLEMEN TOUR

Plants and Animals - The End of That

Hiss Golden Messenger - Red Rose Nantahala

Sylvan Esso - Play It Right

Du Tonc - Surging Memories

K. Michelle - V.S.O.P.

San Fermin - Torero

New Politics - Harlem

Sir Sly - Easy Now

Josh Ritter - Joy to You Baby

Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop

Son Lux - Lost It To Trying

John Grant - GMF

Dawes - Most People

Milky Chance - Stolen Dance

Jason Isbell - Cover Me Up

Coasts - Oceans

Lorde - Tennis Court

Ben Khan - Savage

Typhoon - Young Fathers

James Blake - Retrograde

Jungle - Platoon

..... and there's more where that came from.