my very best friends are the ones who left me empty and ready to be filled again
all i can do these days is make good on who i want to be. it's a good challenge, i put myself so far out that catching up is a revelation. my art, relationships, thought processes - all of it. All of it is in flux and it feels good to call it into question and rebuild it - a half written poem i come back to and want to complete from a new prospective. death and grief are other inspirations i can use. and really i'm just drunk and want to share a couple of mixes i made recently.
'la cumbia nueva'
i've been swept up by the many manifestations of modern cumbia and how regional takes on it incorporate local lore and taste while respecting the form as a whole. plus it's damn fun dance music
www.mediafire.com/download.php?mjw345ytylm
'diane cluck'
another obsession i've indulged lately is singer song-writers - the sparse tender arrangements and lyrical poetry speak a lot to where i'm at. Diane Cluck has floored me every time i get an another album. She's got the directness and vulnerability of early joni mitchell, the teetering rawness of cat power without the self destructive undertones and is really her own entity in music done wrong by drunk comparisons. Her music is not easily digestible, i tried to put these in an order that rewarded the patience it takes to hear her vision but can't objectively say if i managed cause i'm totally in love with it. Anyone in the bay area who has a taste for the slightly avant garde - she's playing at El Rio on oct 25th and i'm definitely there. give her a listen and support her.
www.mediafire.com/download.php?wjgw2nn2tj4
'la cumbia nueva'
i've been swept up by the many manifestations of modern cumbia and how regional takes on it incorporate local lore and taste while respecting the form as a whole. plus it's damn fun dance music
www.mediafire.com/download.php?mjw345ytylm
'diane cluck'
another obsession i've indulged lately is singer song-writers - the sparse tender arrangements and lyrical poetry speak a lot to where i'm at. Diane Cluck has floored me every time i get an another album. She's got the directness and vulnerability of early joni mitchell, the teetering rawness of cat power without the self destructive undertones and is really her own entity in music done wrong by drunk comparisons. Her music is not easily digestible, i tried to put these in an order that rewarded the patience it takes to hear her vision but can't objectively say if i managed cause i'm totally in love with it. Anyone in the bay area who has a taste for the slightly avant garde - she's playing at El Rio on oct 25th and i'm definitely there. give her a listen and support her.
www.mediafire.com/download.php?wjgw2nn2tj4