castle playlist 4/30/10

underworld - essgee
dub trees - a way of being free
grand tourism - les courants d'air
hooverphonic - 2wicky
battery - gangstas paradise
orb - blue room
mylo - in my arms
royksopp - happy up here
david guetta - this is not a love song
phil kieran - cut copy waste
timo maas - first day
she wants revenge - all wound up
bloc party - one more chance (al metric mix)
the big pink - dominos
gorillaz - stylo
wolfmother - california queen
the cult - lil devil
pixies - hey
butthole surfers - pepper
folk implosion - natural one
marilyn manson - tainted love
muse - supermassiveblack hole
modeselektor - cash
bjork - army of me
moby v chemical brothers - extreme galvanized ways
gary numan - are friends electric (and gray mix)
franka potente - believe
ferry corsten - radio crash
deadmau5 - clockwork
dennis ferrer - hey hey
mason - exceeder (felguk remix)
depeche mode v bowie - unnamed
zuper blahq - im in the house
junkie xl - cities in dust
autokratz - stay the same
bowie benassi - dj (alex gopher remix)
fatboy slim v benni benassi - star 69 situation
electrixx - tetris
spektrum - kinda new (dirty south mix)
young mc - bust a move (ravekid remix)
peaches vs tone loc - wild thing
the chemical brothers v rammsteain - du hast mich again
nitzer ebb - join in the chant
nightwatchers - insomnia
lady gaga v metallica - enter telephone
dunproofin - alphaboot
le roux v garbage - bulletproof paranoid
kraftwerk - the telephone call
cabaret voltaire - sensoria/do right
kim wilde - kids in america
billy idol - dancin w myself
the ramones - i wanna be sedated
the klf - doctor who
the art of noise - close to the edit
electrokingdom f peter gabriel - big time
lottergirls - never say never
talking heads - this must be the place
harvey danger - save it for later
john auer - love my way
scott weiland - but not tonight

castle playlist 4/23/10

thanks to mike carlton (mc) aka sumatra 71 for helping out
it's an abbreviated list however

blue states - walkabout
portishead - cowboys
howie b - take your partner by the hands
flying white dots - a hazy shade of purple
pixies - wave of mutilation
human league - being boiled
lionrock - peace repackaged

mc in the house

rr
health - die slow
miss kittin - professional distortion
metric - help im alive
ladytron - destroy everything you touch
lady gaga v bananarama - just summer

mc

rr
she wants revenge - tear you apart
blaq audio - stiff kittins (morels pink noise mix)
autokratz - stay the same
mandy v booka shade v laurie anderson - o superman

screw it

castle playlist 4/16/10

thanks to jason barco (jb) for helping out

rr
lusine - everything under the sun
little axe - ride on
asian dub foundation/sinead o'connor - 1000 mirrors
david holmes - james bond theme


jb
zoot woman - we wont break
cut copy - going nowhere
midnight juggernauts - this new technology
iamx - think of england
shiny toy guns - ricochet!
crookers feat steed lord - transylvania
par-t-one vs inxs - i'm so crazy

rr
the futureheads - skip to the end
heaven 17 - let me go
happy mondays - bob's yer uncle
hollow men - beautiful sun
the runaways - cherry bomb
madonna v the sex pistols - ray of gob
generation x - ready steady go


jb
the bloody beetroots - warp
kmfdm - megalomaniac
rammstein - pussy
the prodigy - baby's got a temper
art vs science - parlez vous francais
make the girl dance - kill me


rr
she wants revenge - all wound up
blaqk audio - stiff kittins
autokratz - stay the same
coburn - we re-interrupt this program (jan driver mix)
the whip - blackout
css - lets make love from death from above

jb
interpol - pda
editors - papillon (tiesto remix)
she wants revenge - tear you apart
depeche mode - enjoy the silence (reinterpreted)
de/vision - rage
ashbury heights - spiders
tiesto feat tegan and sara - feel it in my bones

rr
dunproofin - groove is in the girls
deadmau5 v duran duran - ghosts on film
paul van dyk - for an angel (filo and perri mix)
goldfrapp - rocket (richard x 8 4 remix)
junkie xl - cities in dust
my robot friend - 23 minutes in brussels

jb
bloc party - ares (villians remix)
the bloody beetroots - cornelius
marilyn manson - sweet dreams
nine inch nails - only
tears for fears - pale shelter
the sisters of mercy - more
duran duran - planet earth
a-ha - the sun always shines on tv

rr
visage - fade to grey
yaz - situation
copycat - a smalltown monday solution
expose - come go with me

jb - oingo boingo - dead man's party
michael penn - no myth

rr
coco electrik - tainted love
silver convention - fly robin fly

castle playlist 4/9/10

time to catch up

mum - behind two hills
golden palominos - the ambitions are
blue states - walkabout
bomb the bass/sinead o connor - empire
hanuman care kit - aural exciter
gus gus - desire
lamb - fly
greater than one - ich liebe dich mein prinz
chakachas - jungle fever
clinic - walking with thee
kasabian - club foot
gossip - heavy cross
folk implosion - natural one
inxs - guns in the sky
she wants revenge - tear you apart
poesie noire - marian
sisters of mercy - gimme shelter
vex - it could be sunshine
chemical brothers v rammstein - du hast mich again
depeche mode - personal jesus 2207
goldfrapp - rocket (tiesto mix)
metric - help im alive
mstrkrft - monster hospital (metric mix)
lcd soundsystem - drunk girls
the runaways - cherry bomb
teddy bears - punk rocker
chemical brothers w the klaxons - all rights reversed
autokratz - stay the same
wolfsheim - touch
garbage - number one crush
mgmt - time to pretend
billy idol - eyes without a face
inxs - devil inside
eurythmics v basement jaxx - sweet motorcycle dreams
blaqk audio - stiff kittins (remix)
tomcraft - loneliness 2010
deadmau5 v duran duran - ghosts on film
ac slater - banger
bsod - this is the hook
fatboy slim v benny benassi - star 69 situation
beatles n nine inch nails - come closer
bowie - fame 90
pixies - gigantic
kings of leon - sex on fire
dj morgoth (prodigy v judas priest)- youve got another firestarter comin
loo and placido - betty got jacked
d mode - enjoy the silence (rob dust rmx)
copycat - a smalltown monday solution
zombie nation - kernkraft 400
daft punk - technologic (digitalism mix)
pop will eat itself - can u dig it?
ting tings - thats not my name
santogold - lights out
gorillaz - 19/2000
black eyes peas v boston - i got more than a feeling
chemical brothers - star guitar
fatboy slim - praise you
moby - southside
portishead - sour times
blood sweat and tears - spinning wheel

my eulogy

The intent of this blog has always been musically driven, and although I'm well past of the age of going out every night to listen to and dance to music, I had hoped that my daily experiences with music, however mundane, would have translated better to this blog.

Unfortunately, I have not posted with the frequency or the eloquence that I had originally hoped, instead often just posting my playlists as a lame documentation of my musical endeavors.

Call it laziness or self doubt.

There is an event in my life I do feel worthy of documenting, however.

A week ago my best friend died...not just died, but hung himself. I've been struggling with a flurry of emotions the last week...from sadness and sorrow to anger and disbelief. Suicide takes so much from the people who are connected to that person, it's incalculable.

He and I shared many musical memories together. From trips to Miami to enjoy the Winter Music Conference, to concerts such as Roger Waters, to many many hours behind a microphone at WMNF. When I went to share my grief with his friends and family at his house the day before the viewing, I became keenly aware how unique and personal most of my memories were, as many of theirs were collective ones from years ago. Even the almost daily text messages that became games of trying to complete song lyrics were deeply personal and forever lost. I know my data usage on my cell phone is going to drop dramatically.

I was asked by his family to create a CD to be played during the viewing and before the service.

Several of the songs were family requests that had special significance. The others I chose either because I knew Trey loved the song or I felt it somehow described him or our friendship. In fact, the first song I chose (MGMT's "Time to Pretend") kept playing in my head before I made the CD. It's a song about wanting to be rock stars, but many of the lyrics also now seem to reflect the loss of life.
----

I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.

Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives.
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars.
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.

Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew.
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models, everything must run it's course.

We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

----

Instead of the original version, I chose a recent version by Jonsi Birgisson, the vocalist from the amazing Icelandic band Sigur Ros. You can hear it here.

It's obvious that he doesn't have a strong command of the English language, but I think it makes the song even more poignant as he glosses over some words and emphasizes others. It serves as my eulogy to my best friend.

I'll miss you, Trey.

castle playlist 3/26/10

An extra long night because the castle opened early to host the first annual toga pub crawl, brought to you by the people who brought you santa pub crawl

toga tunes

crystal castles - crimewave
felix da housecat - we all wanna be prince
moby - dream about me (booka shade mix)
greater than one - learn with pleasure
goldfrapp - i wanna life
nouvelle vague - master and servant
lenny kravitz - let love rule (justice remix)
skeelo & hutch - unkown
copycat -fade to pretty vacant
CCC - tax jam pollution
blondie v lilly allen - fair of glass
mr scruff - donkey ride
parov stelar - fleur de lille
daft punk - daftendirekt
alex gopher - time
wolfgang press - going south
gorillas - 19-2000 (soulchild remix)

regular night

golden palominos - ride
massive attack - pray for rain
placebo - pure morning (les rhythmes digitales mix)
garbage - the trick is to keep breathing
bjork - army of me (remix)
gary numan - are friends electric? (andy gray mix)
meat beat manifesto - now!
PIL - rise
the cure - hot hot hot
blaqk audio - stiff kittins
tegan and sara - hell
metric - help im alive
the big pink - dominos
mgmt - time to pretend
vex - it could be sunshine
jesus and mary chain - head on
david guetta - this is not a
love song
futureheads - skip to the end
the whip - blackout
fat boy slim - in heaven
the illuminoids - get it on at le disko
coburn - we re-interrupt this program (jan driver mix)
autokratz - always more
audio bullys - we dont care
copycat - a smalltown monday solution
deadmau5 - hi friend
NIN - only (richard x mix)
the smiths - bigmouth strikes again (david starfire mix)
kmfdm - more and faster
yer man - fast lane
coburn - papa stoned
dj not I - more cowbell
faithless - we come one
brainbug - nightmare
dj lobsterdust - pussycats gone to heaven
way out west - we love machine
goldfrapp - rocket
abc - the look of love (1990 mix)
fischerspooner v pink floyd - never win against the wall
green day - brain stew / jaded
rancid - ruby soho
cherry poppin daddies - zoot suit riot
puffy amiyumi - boogie woogie #5
billy idol - dancin with myself
kinds of leon - sex on fire
new v nirvana - smells like compton
beastie boys - sabotage
eurythmics v lady gaga - dance dreams
kylie v new order - cant you out of blue monday
claude von stroke - vocal chords
everyones a crook - love will tear us apart
sisters of mercy - lucretia
the cure - close to me (closer mix)
len - steal my sunshine
johnny cash - ive been everywhere

castle playlist 3/19/10

after a 2 week hiatus (fatherhood and all)

future sound of london - isdn sessions
future sound of london - my kingdom (part 1)
massive attack - pray for rain
fun da mental - mother india
gramatik - just chillin
gary numan - are friends electric (andy gray mix)
dave gahan - bottle living
future bible heroes - death opened a boutique
the chemical brothers - leave home
meat beat manifesto - now
jeans team - keine melodien
junkie xl - reload (xtd loaded mix)
the whip - blackout
the ting tings - shut up and let me go
franz ferdinand - take me out
tegan and sara - hell
kings of leon - use somebody
plastic bertrand - major tom
the damned - jet boy jet girl
generation x - ready steady go
dead kennedys - holliday in cambodia
mgmt - kids
fischerspooner - never win
metric - help im alive
everyones a crook - love will tear us apart
muse - supermassive black hole
the prodigy - poison
modeselektor - cash
autokratz - always more
fukkk off - rave is king
baby ford - children of the revolution
kurd maverick - blue monday
coburn - we re-interrupt this program (tonka mix)
boys noize - transmission
depeche mode - personal jesus - (dirty south mix)
lords of acid - i sit on acid
gruesome twosome - hallucination generation
vex - it could be sunshine
stereo mcs - connected
dj moule - come with us and shout
ladytron - predict the day
eurythmics v lady gaga - dance dreams
team 9 v stereogum - small town apology
white stripes - 7 nation army
clash v the killers - somebody rock me
black eyed peas v boston - ive got more than a feeling
the smiths - bigmouth strikes again (david starfire mix)
16b - escape (driving to heaven) ignas main mix
junkie xl - cities in dust
jean elan - wheres your head at (klaas mix)
doors v goldfrapp - la la love her madly
rare earth - i want to celebrate (remix)
mr scruff - music takes me up
dazz - brick
ohio players - love roller coaster