Friday Mixtape Volume 136
Jamie Kohns on September 7th, 2007
Short weeks are so confusing to me. last weekend was a holiday weekend, and felt like I just got an extra Saturday in it. Because of that, I've felt a day behind all week. I almost forgot that today would be Friday Mixtape day all together. But, I didn't- I've got your mmixtape right here. It's full of good stuff from people you know, like Gomez and Stereophonics and KT Tunstall. It's got one hip-hop track from Kanye, just because it was sitting in my playlist looking lonely beside the rest of the album tracks, and because I thought an even ten tracks would be good. It's also got some stuff by people you might not know: Maria Taylor, Jenn Grant, and locals The Manchester Orchestra who played Dave Letterman last night (if anyone's got video, PUT IT ON YouTUBE and let me know)! I added a new local band that I stumbled upon, and am diggin' on recently: The Love Willows are a young trio with a harmonious americana/country/pop thing going on. They're opening tonight at the Loft for Georgia and Corey Crowder.
Hamed Saber is from Iran, where government internet censorship attempts to prevent all internet users in the country from viewing images on flickr.com. As well as being a talented photographer, he has also cleverly written a Firefox plugin to allow users in his country (and others) to continue to use flickr.com, bypassing the county-wide internet filtering. His photograph of a single sunflower thriving amidst a sea of wilted peers is very cool, and this week's mixtape art. Read an interview with Hamed Saber, and check out the rest of his photos on flickr.
Download it here while you can!
Tracklisting:
Gomez - Moon and Sun
Mobius Band - Hallie
Athlete - 09.05 Speyside
Stereophonics - Crush
The Manchester Orchestra - Wolves at Night
Maria Taylor - A Good Start
Jenn Grant - Dreamer
KT Tunstall - If Only
The Love Willows - You Don't Even Know
Kanye West - Good Night ft. Mos Def
