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October Teen

About Me

I'm not really interested in writing endlessly about this band or that band, I'll leave the reviews to others. Most of the bands/artist that you will find in my "friends" list are bands that I've enjoyed over the years, some recent discoveries and some that found me through MySpace.
The styles vary quite a bit, there's alot of wonderful music out there. Far to much good stuff to be a music snob or to get stuck on one style. So please, take some time to look around, hopefully you'll find something new you like.
About my Podcast:
I've always put together mixes for myself and friends, hoping to introduce people to artist that they might not be familiar with. I'm definately not as aggressive about finding new music as I once was. I'm still very interested in hearing new things, whether it's actually new music or just new to me.
So I started making these "podcast" mixes for for fun and to share with friends, most of them are 40 to 50 minutes and are under 50 megs to download. (The free filehost that I use has a 50 meg limit on uploads. Which is fine, it still allows plenty of room to get 10 songs or so.) Being free it can be a little flaky at times.
Because of all the controversy surrounding the sharing of music files, I decided to treat these podcast as I would a cassette mix. In other words, it's one long track, they aren't tracked individually (so you can't just download a single song). I really try to create a flow with each mix with the intention that they should be listened to straight through. Each can be downloaded or just listened to from the blog post.
These compilations have been put together with love and respect for the artist on them.I just want to share some of the joy that their music has brought me. If you like what you hear, please support the artist...buy a CD, go see them live if you can.
Obviously there's no way I could ever get permission to use any of this material. So if you happen to be one of the musicians that appear on any of these podcast and there is an issue with me putting it out there, just contact me and I'll take it down.
This is a recent framing project I did for a friend of mine. Serigraph + two inch Wilco figures + LED light = fun
A regular customer mine who collects movie props brought in "The Pick of Destiny" (one of four that were handmade for the movie). The 12 inch vinyl picture disc of the soundtrack and a battery powered LED light.
He said "Do what you want, have fun!" So I did....
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My Blog

Podcast 9 - The Love Me Nots...Live...8-1-08

The Love Me Nots were kind enough to let me record their CD release party for the album "Detroit". If you ever get the chance to see them live...DON"T MISS THEM! They put one one of the best live show...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:15:00 GMT

Podcast 8 - Working Title Revisited

I've recently started re-reading "A Confederacy Of Dunces" written by John Kennedy Toole. It's one of my all time favorite books, if you haven't read it, you should! If you have read it, read it AGA...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:33:00 GMT

Podcast 7 - ...and...

Not a whole lot to say about this mix, I just thought it would be fun to put together a bunch of "..... and ....." songs. With these "theme" compilations I usually try to use songs where the lyrics ap...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Podcast 6 - Pop Misery

This mix was inspired by the opening sequence from the movie "High Fidelity", in which John Cusack questions the connection between pop music and his misery.It also happens to feature the great song "...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:09:00 GMT

Podcast 5 - Monochrome Distraction

While working on my Synesthesia podcast I realized just how many "blue" songs I had. Not to be confused with "Blues" songs, just songs have "blue" in the title/lyrics. So that was the inspiration for ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:22:00 GMT

Podcast 4 - Mother Hips 2-12-08

I'm doing something a little different with this podcast. This is a recording I made of a live performance by the Mother Hips (acoustic) It was recorded at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson AZ. The Mother ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:48:00 GMT

Podcast 3 - The Magic Number

Over the years I've often thought it would be a fun challenge to put together a mix where each song on it was the third track on the original album. When it came time to start working on my third podc...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:43:00 GMT

Podcast 2 - Merry Christmix

So this is a last minute mix I did with some Christmas music I had on my computer. It's one of my guilty pleasures.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!He's Gonna Take Away Our Christmas * Robert Goulet...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:31:00 GMT

Podcast 1 - synesthesia

synesthesia: from the Greek (syn-) union , and (aesthesis) sensation ; is the neurological mixing of the senses. A synaesthete may, for example, hear colors, see sounds, and taste tactile sensations. ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:30:00 GMT

So what's up with all the cover songs?

I've got a special place in my heart for a good cover song. Over the years I've collected quite a few. Some are better than others, some outright suck! But you never know till you hear it... I'll buy ...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:12:00 GMT