The last mix of 2013 is up and ready to go at sendspace.  I like this one.

01. Mirabilis - The Vastness
02. Sol Invictus - A German Requiem
03. Eraas - Old Magic
04. Gary Numan - I Am Dust
05. Lebanon Hanover - Canibal
06. Switchblade Symphony - Dissolve
07. Royksopp - Ice Machine
08. Crime and the City Solution - Goddess
09. Catholic Spit - Devil's Pact
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November's mix is ready to go at sendspace01. The Flesh Eaters - Pony Dress ( Read more... )

One more. Why not? This one's got minimal synth AND funeral doom. Ready at sendspace.01. Amon Tobin - The Killer's Vanilla ( Read more... )

IT'S A SNOW DAY! I can't believe it. The University of Minnesota canceled classes due to extreme cold. I don't think I've had an unexpected day off school since I was 10 or 11. It's the best.

So here's one of the many small tasks and projects I can get to before spring break, thanks to LIFE-THREATENING COLD: a monthly mix. It's ready to go ( Read more... )

Let the catch-up begin! New mix ready to go at sendspace01. The Knife - Wrap Your Arms Around Me ( Read more... )

I didn't do a great job of choosing recreational reading in 2013. I've spent too much time grazing at the genre fiction buffet, and though I read some good SF, I feel I've shuffled past the point of diminishing returns. I'll read more greens with my sweets in 2014 ( Read more... )

June mix up and ready to go at sendspace.

In June I read The Island of Dr. Moreau, which is maybe not so good a book. It's possible that my judgment was prejudiced by the fact that every time the manimals did their ominous ritual chants, I heard their words to the melody of Devo and Oingo Boingo songs, which punctured the atmosphere ( Read more... )

I hereby give up on trying to blurb the summer's mixes. Freedom!

May mix is ready to go at sendspace. Maybe not the catchiest of all possible listens ( Read more... )

New mix freshly uploaded to sendspaceWardruna's album will probably turn out to be the best of 2013. Lebanon Hanover records frigid coldwave that I've tried and failed to get enough of. Ulterior apes the Sisters, at least on this track, to good effect. Decadance is Italo-disco I can tolerate. (Who am I kidding? I like it.) Bal Pare, in the ( Read more... )

March mix ready to go at sendspace. Eclectic and misleading ( Read more... )