Whew, it’s been a hot week. Rollin’ with the top down isn’t quiet so awesome when it’s 95+ degrees outside- not that it stops me from puttin’ the top down anyway. I’ve been taking a few days off here to soak in some of that hot Atlanta sun by the pool with an old friend. We’ve already blown through half of 2009, and it hardly seems like it. Next week, look for the “Best Of The First Half Of 2009 Squirrelfood Friday Mixtape”. I’ll come up with a better title by then.

Tracklisting:
A.A. Bondy – When The Devil’s Loose
Dappled Cities – The Price
Ha Ha Tonka – Close Every Valve To Your Bleeding Heart
New Villager – Rich Doors
Noah And The Whale – The First Days Of Spring
Pete Yorn – Don’t Wanna Cry
Sarah Jarosz – Song Up In Her Head
Spiral Stairs – Maltese Terrier
The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
Wheat – HOTT (Half Of The Time)

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This week’s image comes from Jason Armstrong.

Although it’s the biggest entertainment & music story of the year, I’m not really going to cover this. The Internet and media in general will be saturated with stories, so I’ll leave it to them. I’m not cold hearted, just on vacation. I’m a child of the 80′s and will always remember Jackson as he was when I was seven, and he was cementing his solo place in music history. The Thriller release, the ground-breaking video for the title track (that I had to watch at a neighbors because we didn’t even get Mtv), the glove… Rest peacefully in your Neverland Michael Jackson.

I’m stoked on the new Beastie Boys:

from Nah Right

Check out this video for David Ford’s Go To Hell- Recorded live in one take:

Thanks to Mel for pointing me to this little bit of awesome.

www.davidford.mu

buy the song (one of my favorites) on Amazon

Damn, I tried to blog this week, but as you can see, I failed. Big fail. There’s a lot on my plate lately. But hopefully, by the time this auto-posts at 5:30pm, I’ll be very relaxed, and in a situation similar to this week’s cover art. Yep, new car. With the new payments and summer gas prices, I’ll probably be spending a lot less time out, and more time at home blogging, so look for an improved post rate in the coming months. For now though, I’m on the road! Weeeeeeeee.

UPDATE: Friggin’ yeah, I’m driving a new (to me) car, top down, with a “Best of SFFM” Mp3 mix in the Harmon-Kardon.

Tracklisting:
Allie Moss – Corner
David Mead – Last Tain Home
Emilie Mover – Brand New
Memory Tapes – Bicycle
Modest Mouse – Autumn Beds
The Lovers of Modern Art – We Can See the Morning Come
Thomas J Speight – This House
Trashcan Sinatras – People
Twin Berlin – Fake It Well

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This week’s image comes from Kevin Kemmerer.