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Photo: 3652 Days: #67: Florence Hartigan @ The Mint: Los Angeles, CA.

March 8 2010

For some people, stage fright just doesn’t exist.

Video: Freeze – “AEIOU”: My Youth Revisited.

I remember sitting in my cousin Javi’s room, ransacking his Art Laboe and Eastside Story cassettes, finding his Funk CDs and listening to this track over and over and over again. I was eight. I’d never seen the video to this song until finding it last night. Pop and lock, foo…and have a nice day.

Song Of The Day: Be Patient With This Track: Black Van – “Yearning”

Look, guys! I’m posting something other than “3652 Days!”

I had never heard of Black Van before listening to their single “Yearning” on KCRW. But once I heard this cut, I began sliding my hand through the air like if I was polishing my nails on an imaginary buffer. Black Van is comprised of Kris Menace [...]

 
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Music: Broken Bells: “Sailing To Nowhere”: Leaving NYC For Florida.

The sun is rising above the buildings on St. Johns Pl. The wind has stopped its howling but the murmur outside is now of clanking heels and speeding vehicles. I always expect there to be less liveliness so early, but the world out there is bustling at the crack of dawn. Why don’t I awake [...]

 
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Music: Jay Reatard: “Oh It’s Such A Shame”: Bang Bang Bang!!!

I’d advise you to either turn your headphones down or get ready to make your eardrums bleed. This comes from Jay Reatard’s 2006 release “Blood Visions.” Oh, it’s such a shame you’re not going to be contributing guitar riffs like this to Punklandia anymore. Bang bang bang away to this, friends. It’s going to be [...]

 
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