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| full name | OSBORNE, A. |
| age | 35 |
| location | DC, CA, USA! |
| gender | male |
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Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
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The Bronze Badge
Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2007-01-13
The Bronze Badge
Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2007-04-15
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Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2006-12-01
The Bronze Badge
Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...
awarded on 2007-06-10
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osborne's Mixtapes
1872 points (Level 4) · 8/19/07 12:48am
66 West Portal avenue, est. Time: 12:30 post Meridian
computer battery Life: 22 min (8%) remaining
it's been a while since I last went record rummaging. Today I went with the ladyfriend to a neat little hole-in-the-wall somewhere in San Francisco, the kind of place that sells Laserdiscs and 20 baseball Cards for a dollar. right Now I'm listening to an original Bob Dylan bootleg from the 1960s, and thinking about the Uselessness of correct capitalization. these selections are from the records/cassettes I bought Today.
the Artwork was an x-Ray of some rats, or guinea pigs, but I guess the answer is "wait for 2.0," right?
computer battery Life: 22 min (8%) remaining
it's been a while since I last went record rummaging. Today I went with the ladyfriend to a neat little hole-in-the-wall somewhere in San Francisco, the kind of place that sells Laserdiscs and 20 baseball Cards for a dollar. right Now I'm listening to an original Bob Dylan bootleg from the 1960s, and thinking about the Uselessness of correct capitalization. these selections are from the records/cassettes I bought Today.
the Artwork was an x-Ray of some rats, or guinea pigs, but I guess the answer is "wait for 2.0," right?
2409 points (Level 5) · 7/3/07 12:15am
When producing vinyl LP's, it is possible to cut parallel grooves with a special sort of lathe. This way, depending on where the needle is dropped, two entirely different sides can be placed less than a millimeter next to each other.
In the little pretend world that I frequent, I have one of these lathes. Depending on where the needle is dropped, you will hear either "Heavy Heavy" (the odd-numbered tracks) or "Mush Mouth" (the even-numbered tracks) from start to finish.
This mixtape is dedicated to all the moms and pops in the room tonight.
1. A favorite album opener.
2. A song from a movie.
3. A song that the Wu-Tang Clan would make fun of.
4. A song used in a TV commercial.
5. A song where the title of the song is not in the lyrics of said song.
6. A song by a 'grunge' band.
7. A song by a two-hit wonder (or a one-hit, this one is hard...).
8. A song that your parents would probably disapprove of.
9. A song that references the internet / computers.
10. * Guilty pleasure wildcard *
11. A short song.
12. A song for listening to while playing the original Zelda.
13. A theme song for your personal montage.
14. Teenage angst.
15. My, that's a funky-ass bassline you have there.
16. Fuck this, I'm leaving.
In the little pretend world that I frequent, I have one of these lathes. Depending on where the needle is dropped, you will hear either "Heavy Heavy" (the odd-numbered tracks) or "Mush Mouth" (the even-numbered tracks) from start to finish.
This mixtape is dedicated to all the moms and pops in the room tonight.
1. A favorite album opener.
2. A song from a movie.
3. A song that the Wu-Tang Clan would make fun of.
4. A song used in a TV commercial.
5. A song where the title of the song is not in the lyrics of said song.
6. A song by a 'grunge' band.
7. A song by a two-hit wonder (or a one-hit, this one is hard...).
8. A song that your parents would probably disapprove of.
9. A song that references the internet / computers.
10. * Guilty pleasure wildcard *
11. A short song.
12. A song for listening to while playing the original Zelda.
13. A theme song for your personal montage.
14. Teenage angst.
15. My, that's a funky-ass bassline you have there.
16. Fuck this, I'm leaving.
2368 points (Level 5) · 6/11/07 5:06am
Once upon a time, a man known as T-bag 'round these here parts made a mix for me (well, it was about my mother, but that's neither here nor there). I've gone several months without returning the favor, so here you are, T-bag. In true hate-mix fashion, this took about 6½ minutes.
This isn't really about the music at all. The beauty lies in the song titles.
This isn't really about the music at all. The beauty lies in the song titles.
2103 points (Level 5) · 6/6/07 10:04pm
On Friday my father's picking my brother up from the airport (he's taking "artsy" classes at a university in Pennsylvania). Usually we listen to the music on the radio, but this time I plan to take advantage of the car's tape deck.
Side A, or "PHL → OAK", is for the ride to the airport. It's nearing twilight, pretty hot for a summer night in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the tape runs its course. This mix is forty-five minutes long because I am using a ninety minute audio cassette tape, and if there are two sides to an audio cassette tape and the recording time is split equally on each side, then how much time will there be for one side of the tape? (Word problems were never my forte either, so I'll even do the next step for you: 90 ÷ 2 = ?)
Side B, or "OAK → PHL", is for the ride from the airport, with overcaffeinated brother in tow. That side probably won't make it onto the Mixtape Collective, as it is peppered with classics by Journey, AC/DC, and Dragon Force.
This mix is for me. Oh, and for my brother. He's pretty OK.
Side A, or "PHL → OAK", is for the ride to the airport. It's nearing twilight, pretty hot for a summer night in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the tape runs its course. This mix is forty-five minutes long because I am using a ninety minute audio cassette tape, and if there are two sides to an audio cassette tape and the recording time is split equally on each side, then how much time will there be for one side of the tape? (Word problems were never my forte either, so I'll even do the next step for you: 90 ÷ 2 = ?)
Side B, or "OAK → PHL", is for the ride from the airport, with overcaffeinated brother in tow. That side probably won't make it onto the Mixtape Collective, as it is peppered with classics by Journey, AC/DC, and Dragon Force.
This mix is for me. Oh, and for my brother. He's pretty OK.
1424 points (Level 2) · 3/9/07 3:49pm
ˈtʃæptər XXXI: MCMLXXX - MCMXCIX, ðə ˈdɔnɪŋ ɒv ðə ˌtɛknəˈlɒdʒɪkəl eɪdʒ
ˈsɛkʃən II: ˈeɪnʃənt ɑrt - ˈmyuzɪk ˌkɒmpəˈleɪʃən ɪn ˈpriviəs ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃəns
eɪ fôrms ɒv ˈænlˌɔg rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ænd ˌriprəˈdʌkʃən bɪˈkeɪm tʃip'ər ænd lɛs ˈtaɪmkənˌsumɪŋ, ðə ækt ɒv hoʊm ˌri'rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈɒntu əˈfɔrdəbəl mægˈnɛtɪk teɪp kəˈsɛts bɪˈkeɪm ˈikwəli sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt tʊ ˈpɒpyələr ˈkʌltʃər. ˈoʊnli wʌn ə́v ðíz téps hǽz sərvájvd áwər mɛ́ni wɔ́rz, ðə rɛ́st wər dəstrɔ̀jd ʃɔ́rtli ǽftər wə́rld wɔ́r' IV. ðɪ́s tép ɪ́z é kjʊ̀riɑ́səti, ǽz ɪ́t kəmprájzəz nó mɔ́r ðǽn twɛ́nti fájv sɛ́kəndz ə́v ə́rθ tájm ǽnd kənsɪ́sts ə́v é stréndʒ wájnɪŋ nɔ̀jz. ɪ́f wí kʊ́d ən sə́m wé dɪ̀skə́vər wə́t ðɪ́s tép wəz ɪ̀ntɛ́ndəd tú bí júzd fɔ́r, wí kʊ́d gén sə́m ɪ́nsɑ̀jt ɪ̀ntú ðə lɪ́vz ə́v ðə pípəl ə́v ðǽt ɛ́rə. ɪ́t ɪ́z é mɪ́stəri.
ˈsɛkʃən II: ˈeɪnʃənt ɑrt - ˈmyuzɪk ˌkɒmpəˈleɪʃən ɪn ˈpriviəs ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃəns
eɪ fôrms ɒv ˈænlˌɔg rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ænd ˌriprəˈdʌkʃən bɪˈkeɪm tʃip'ər ænd lɛs ˈtaɪmkənˌsumɪŋ, ðə ækt ɒv hoʊm ˌri'rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈɒntu əˈfɔrdəbəl mægˈnɛtɪk teɪp kəˈsɛts bɪˈkeɪm ˈikwəli sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt tʊ ˈpɒpyələr ˈkʌltʃər. ˈoʊnli wʌn ə́v ðíz téps hǽz sərvájvd áwər mɛ́ni wɔ́rz, ðə rɛ́st wər dəstrɔ̀jd ʃɔ́rtli ǽftər wə́rld wɔ́r' IV. ðɪ́s tép ɪ́z é kjʊ̀riɑ́səti, ǽz ɪ́t kəmprájzəz nó mɔ́r ðǽn twɛ́nti fájv sɛ́kəndz ə́v ə́rθ tájm ǽnd kənsɪ́sts ə́v é stréndʒ wájnɪŋ nɔ̀jz. ɪ́f wí kʊ́d ən sə́m wé dɪ̀skə́vər wə́t ðɪ́s tép wəz ɪ̀ntɛ́ndəd tú bí júzd fɔ́r, wí kʊ́d gén sə́m ɪ́nsɑ̀jt ɪ̀ntú ðə lɪ́vz ə́v ðə pípəl ə́v ðǽt ɛ́rə. ɪ́t ɪ́z é mɪ́stəri.
2241 points (Level 5) · 2/25/07 6:33pm
A week or so after I submitted my entry for the fifth mixtape contest, this idea worked its way into my brain. About a month later, I decided it was plausible, and after another month, I discovered it was possible. Two months later I began to work on it, and since then I've lost track of time.
The basic premise is to connect two Pattons - one, a revolutionary country bluesman, the other, a revolutionary I-don't-know-what-exactly. Early drafts were heavily rock-oriented - I originally planned to link Buzz Osborne (bass player of Fantômas) to Nirvana to something-or-other, but as I fleshed it out, it became an avant-jazz behemoth ending in a bit of hip hop. Although I was willing to sacrifice transition for substance, none of it is too abrasive and the mix is suitable for casual listening. I reckon I'm very proud of what I've accomplished here.
On a side note, this mix is dedicated to Pete Grant (known by most on this website as "johnny_luddite"). His "Crosby to Crosby" mixtape was responsible for this mixtape's conception, which unfortunately missed both the fifth and the ninth mixtape contest deadlines. Thanks, Pete.
The basic premise is to connect two Pattons - one, a revolutionary country bluesman, the other, a revolutionary I-don't-know-what-exactly. Early drafts were heavily rock-oriented - I originally planned to link Buzz Osborne (bass player of Fantômas) to Nirvana to something-or-other, but as I fleshed it out, it became an avant-jazz behemoth ending in a bit of hip hop. Although I was willing to sacrifice transition for substance, none of it is too abrasive and the mix is suitable for casual listening. I reckon I'm very proud of what I've accomplished here.
On a side note, this mix is dedicated to Pete Grant (known by most on this website as "johnny_luddite"). His "Crosby to Crosby" mixtape was responsible for this mixtape's conception, which unfortunately missed both the fifth and the ninth mixtape contest deadlines. Thanks, Pete.
2635 points (Level 6) · 1/23/07 9:03pm
Ten years ago, I would wake up to the percolation of the coffee machine and the syncopation of the dishwasher. I would wake up to the soft crackle of pancake batter on griddle, to the rapid spring of burnt waffles rushed from their grid-iron home to be buttered and drowned in Safeway® syrup. If the crackles and the springs of joy were nowhere to be found, alas! the glazed donuts would be glistening in the warm kitchen lights. Ten years ago, my family, my youthful family of five, would talk of the wonderful afternoon that would follow that wonderful morning, and of the wonderful dreams that preceded it. Ten years ago, Pinky and the Brain would broadcast on the Warner Brothers network. Ten years ago, there was a Warner Brothers network. Ten years ago I was happy.
Now, I just wake up.
Now, I just wake up.
1375 points (Level 2) · 1/4/07 8:29am
The conception of a new mixtape theme never comes easy. Which is precisely why the gods have unloaded this beastly burden (known as "Popozão" to the less fortunate) upon us. I have taken up this burden.
1976 points (Level 4) · 12/9/06 9:11pm
Each song title consists of the word "little" and one other word.
The entire mixtape does not exceed twenty minutes.
Tell me this isn't long enough and I will gouge your eyes out with an industrial-sized paper comb. Don't question me.
The entire mixtape does not exceed twenty minutes.
Tell me this isn't long enough and I will gouge your eyes out with an industrial-sized paper comb. Don't question me.
2358 points (Level 5) · 12/9/06 2:24pm
"If music is frozen architecture, then the potpourri is frozen coffee-table gossip... Potpourri is the art of adding apples to pears.” -Schoenberg, A.
1. Your Favorite Album Opener
2. A Song About Animals
3. A Song That Makes You Want To Commit A Felony
4. A Song About Sex
5. A Song Michael Bolton Should Cover
6. The Worst Song In The World
7. Wildcard: Your Guilty Pleasure
8. "If Snoop Dogg's 'Doggystyle' Came Out In 1944"
9. A Song 10. A Remix Better Than The Original
11. A Song From The Last Record You Purchased
12. A Song That References Video Games
13. A Song With A Swear Word In The Title
14. The Song That Got You Through High School
15. Your Favorite Album Closer
1. Your Favorite Album Opener
2. A Song About Animals
3. A Song That Makes You Want To Commit A Felony
4. A Song About Sex
5. A Song Michael Bolton Should Cover
6. The Worst Song In The World
7. Wildcard: Your Guilty Pleasure
8. "If Snoop Dogg's 'Doggystyle' Came Out In 1944"
9. A Song 10. A Remix Better Than The Original
11. A Song From The Last Record You Purchased
12. A Song That References Video Games
13. A Song With A Swear Word In The Title
14. The Song That Got You Through High School
15. Your Favorite Album Closer
1986 points (Level 4) · 11/16/06 4:59pm
The title was inspired by a phrase I coined several months ago.
Music fit for a night of promiscuity, with the help of alcohol.
Hell, you'd need alcohol just to make it through the first track.
Three-Way Sidewalk ©2006 Brandon Stone.
Music fit for a night of promiscuity, with the help of alcohol.
Hell, you'd need alcohol just to make it through the first track.
Three-Way Sidewalk ©2006 Brandon Stone.
2904 points (Level 6) · 11/8/06 10:41pm
Lacking a tangible rhyme or reason, to aid a vapid landscape.
Drawing heavily upon the dystopic future of the past and present.
Music of the city streets and the examination of a clear conscience.
"Bird in Broken Window" © 2004 Brandon Stone.
Drawing heavily upon the dystopic future of the past and present.
Music of the city streets and the examination of a clear conscience.
"Bird in Broken Window" © 2004 Brandon Stone.
2627 points (Level 6) · 11/1/06 3:26pm
Down the rabbit hole.
"Twas brillig, and th' slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; all mimsy were th' borogoves, and th' mome raths outgrabe." -Lewis Carroll
My parents continue to surprise me with their knowledge of music.
Especially my father, who approached me one day with the words,
"Bob Dylan's coming to San Francisco, do you want tickets?"
Instead of traversing the obvious route of the producer-collaborator mixtape, these songs are linked by the anecdotes of my youth.
Don't complain to me about following directions. The prompt was vague.
"Twas brillig, and th' slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; all mimsy were th' borogoves, and th' mome raths outgrabe." -Lewis Carroll
My parents continue to surprise me with their knowledge of music.
Especially my father, who approached me one day with the words,
"Bob Dylan's coming to San Francisco, do you want tickets?"
Instead of traversing the obvious route of the producer-collaborator mixtape, these songs are linked by the anecdotes of my youth.
Don't complain to me about following directions. The prompt was vague.
2567 points (Level 6) · 8/7/06 2:08pm
i'm so great, i couldn't resist creating a mixtape to sing my own praises. i really deserve it, i'm like a saint but better. and i'm humble, too, i'm the most humble person you'll ever meet. i might be the most humble person in the world, but no one knows it because that's how humble i am.
3223 points (Level 7) · 8/6/06 12:12pm
The mixtape treads through ambience, techno, blues, pop, folk, country, rap, and Captain Beefheart. For some reason, it flows really well. OK, so there may not be bands with less than three listeners or anything like that, but it's familiar. I like familiar.
Tag Board (207)
The MTC Romance Badge
he is definitely definitely a southpaw.
I WOULD SLAY TO SEE THEM LIVE
I WOULD SLAY TO SEE THEM LIVE
11/28/07 10:12pm
The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
Why thank you for noticing ... my cut-&-paste skills are world renowned.
10/22/07 11:06pm
The Yay! Badge XII
hey they, I am ultra retard with sendspace, just ask Bea, but I am still trying to put it together.
9/19/07 7:08am
The Yay! Badge XII
Hey there, will do! I also love that sloppy perfection with 13th Floor and Roky. It's how it should be.
9/16/07 5:45pm
Team Monster - Third Place
THEM THAT SAY.
DIRECTIONS TO THE SPIRIT WON'T REMAIN CLOUDY.
DIRECTIONS TO THE SPIRIT WON'T REMAIN CLOUDY.
9/13/07 10:24am
Team Robot Member
I had an ok birthday mate. We gigged in Exeter and the audience was a little odd. I have an old English school friend coming for tonights show which I am excited about. Turning fifty feel weird but I'll get over it!
9/1/07 9:34am
The Lotto Badge
I...guess that's true. Aw man, that SUCKS. I mean, POKéMON and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers were actually cool. I just googled this Montana chick, and even though I've never watched a single episode, I can tell she's not the real deal. Annoying smile on her face, she reminds me of that Lezbie McGuire, and her brother's name is Rod Stewart? Er. My point is, I don't want to be one of those people who in 5-10 years time misses Hannah Montana. I really don't. :(
8/11/07 2:39am
The Lotto Badge
Well, screaming girls exist in all ages, er, heh.
"Which is tailor to the prepubescents too angsty for High School Musical." - I can't stand those "angsty" little kids - they wear silly clothes and they try and anti-bond with everyone, they think they need to die, they want rats for pets (WTF, mate), and they are only in 6th grade - they don't know what global warming is, and they've never heard a single Bowie song. As I said, I can't stand them emo kids. I generally can't stand kids, hm.
My younger cousins LOVE Disney's High School Musical, they think it's a very realistic picture. And I suppose you're right, MCR are too angsty for their likes. It's either "Hang 'em high, kid", or it's "K-k-keep your head in the game" (I think that's a line from the "movie"-- I mean, er, "musical"...
"Which is tailor to the prepubescents too angsty for High School Musical." - I can't stand those "angsty" little kids - they wear silly clothes and they try and anti-bond with everyone, they think they need to die, they want rats for pets (WTF, mate), and they are only in 6th grade - they don't know what global warming is, and they've never heard a single Bowie song. As I said, I can't stand them emo kids. I generally can't stand kids, hm.
My younger cousins LOVE Disney's High School Musical, they think it's a very realistic picture. And I suppose you're right, MCR are too angsty for their likes. It's either "Hang 'em high, kid", or it's "K-k-keep your head in the game" (I think that's a line from the "movie"-- I mean, er, "musical"...
8/10/07 10:40am
The Lotto Badge
Hey, that's awesome. Did I recommend it to you? Yay that you (may start) like them, again. :) I think they are terrific. The only reason I don't think it's "cool" to be an MCR fan anymore, is that the average age of participants at the concert in April was 12, at least. :(
8/9/07 12:40pm
Team Robot Member
You could enter with multiple entries of Joanathan Richman playing 'The Bells On The Bus'...
7/29/07 1:03am
The Level 10 Badge
haha thanks. you seem pretty cool yourself.
7/25/07 8:28am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
you mean "G" as in G-rated descriptions, right? :)
7/5/07 2:59pm
The Lotto Badge
Awesome. I don't think the name exists actually, I was more thinking Asbjørn, but yeah... Osbjörn is wicked-y cool!
7/3/07 4:26pm
Team Robot Member
Of course God would spend all his/her/it's time on MTC! As for Meester Young, I have been revisiting Buffalo Springfield stuff recently.
I went through this craze about a year ago of trying to find all the different live versions of down by the river from all phases of his career that I could. There is a great TV version on youtube from CSNY and there was an even better version by them from the Big Sur folk fest but that doesn't seem to be up there anymore.
I went through this craze about a year ago of trying to find all the different live versions of down by the river from all phases of his career that I could. There is a great TV version on youtube from CSNY and there was an even better version by them from the Big Sur folk fest but that doesn't seem to be up there anymore.
7/3/07 12:30pm
The Yay! Badge IX
That just shows you are as awesome as me!
We should be called the Super Awesome Bros.
We should be called the Super Awesome Bros.
7/3/07 12:53am
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
For some reason I really want to start calling you Osbjorn
7/1/07 10:24am
The Lotto Badge
I like the word lewdies randomly, that's also pretty horrorshow!
7/1/07 2:10am
The Lotto Badge
A Clockwork Orange is the most wicked, coolest book, I've ever read. The movie is also good. And that dictionary in the back is completely fun to memorize. Alright, I can't believe I never rated you.
6/30/07 2:32pm
The MTC Romance Badge
so....tape deck ghosts? basically my wet dream. thanks brother.
6/25/07 11:11pm
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
sure thing - i'll try for later tonight or tomorrow!
6/16/07 4:22pm
Team Robot Member
what did you think of John Martyn...that collection was very much just skimming the surface
6/16/07 1:31pm
Team Robot Member
I know you will buy stuff when you can. In the meantime, I will sendspace some John Martyn things to you, including a couple of very hard to get things.
6/14/07 5:29pm
Team Robot Member
Battles, I will seek that out. I had a friend called Paul Battles who had a withered hand, but that has nothing to do with anything. Modern and sounding like Tago Mago. That sounds made for me. In return, I will recomend something very old, the album "Inside Out" by John Martyn. Jazzy bluesy incomprehensible in places and very very wonderful! Martyn used most of the band Traffic as session guys on this, plus Danny Thompson on standup bass. In part it is inspired by his hero Pharoah Saunders. Not easy listening, but among the best albums I have ever heard. It is available in an expanded version these days, and that is the one to get.
6/14/07 4:51pm
Team Robot Member
but to answer your question, back in the day I talked to Cave for about three minutes, and I can't remember what either of us said. I talked to him briefly at a book reading in Brighton, England around 1990, but I asked stupid questions, and he showed the politeness of a man selling a book. I have found that it is not always a good idea to meet your heroes!
6/14/07 4:44pm
Team Robot Member
I was in a lot of bands, the one I was in when we supported the Birthday Party was called Carbon, and was very short lived, I think we did twenty dates or less. Others included The Poorboys, The Reginald Simpson Trio (we were on the same bill as loads of Punk bands that were remembered where we were not) Leap Of Faith, F-Monster and many many more you will never have heard of. I have played on a few albums as session musician, and released some singles and EPs in differing guises. Now I am playing again, My blues band are doing a CD to sell at gigs, but the bass player and I are writing songs for an acoustic album. I am going to listen to your stuff later today by the way.
My friends here in the US think its funny to mention that I still talk of "WaxCylinders" Bastards!
My friends here in the US think its funny to mention that I still talk of "WaxCylinders" Bastards!
6/14/07 4:42pm
Team Robot Member
Being a musician myself (one who was in a band on the same bill as The Birthday Party many moons ago) I always buy the albums! (Yes, I still call them albums!)
6/14/07 4:19pm
The Patton Badge
yes, he was a crazy old fellow... indeed.
also, my roommate and i enjoy making lists of 90s pop songs and playing the tracks for unsuspecting visitors... it's always fun to surprise guests with a little Soul Asylum or OMC... how bizzare!
also, my roommate and i enjoy making lists of 90s pop songs and playing the tracks for unsuspecting visitors... it's always fun to surprise guests with a little Soul Asylum or OMC... how bizzare!
6/12/07 10:16am
The Patton Badge
in high school, my history teacher showed us a powerpoint presentation about native americans soundtracked by 'indian reservation.' i was amused and disgusted at the same time. it was great.
6/11/07 4:09pm
Team Robot Member
I generally want to hear the mixes you make, which is a very good thing
6/7/07 10:51pm
The Patton Badge
a wonderful device for wasting hours and hours looking up strange things on the internet...
6/6/07 7:51pm
The Yay! Badge IX
Yeah, I don't think it would have me down for those bands yet because since I got it, I've ojnly been listening to the music that is on my new laptop. There is supposedly a plug-in or something you can download that adds the stuff from your ipod's rec ently played when you plug it in, but I havent gotten around to that yet.
6/5/07 7:07pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
Clever liner notes, and favorites list. Very cute.
6/1/07 6:06pm
Team Robot - First Place
miranda july [the actress/writer/drirector/artist] has a new book out of short stories.. ive read a few of them while browsing around b&n.. it's worth a read if you're looking for something interesting to fill your mind with :)
5/30/07 8:48am
Team Robot - First Place
those are pretty much my sentiments... it feels more like one of her performance pieces than an actual film... and i dont think ive ever empathized with a character more than how i felt for the dad. it's a sublimely perfect movie, imo.
5/30/07 8:47am
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Rockin. I look forward to maybe seeing you there.
5/23/07 9:22pm
The Lotto Badge
Thanks for the tag on my recent, and second, mix. Yeah, I know most people don't appreciate MCR that much, but I felt like, this song is part of my mixtape, why would I want to exclude it. But I feel you, and thank you for the warning, hehe.
Btw. I dig your liner notes, big times. They make you wanna smash somebody's head in the wall, no?
Btw. I dig your liner notes, big times. They make you wanna smash somebody's head in the wall, no?
5/15/07 8:37am
The Lotto Badge
Thank you. And will do! Just have to think of something cool to put up... Then again, THAT must prove me not-the-least-bit-cool in the first place. Oh what to do...
5/4/07 10:08am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
ha ha... well, tonight they became just the third team in nba history to upset the #1 seed (they are the last placed seed). some are calling it the greatest upset in the history of the nba. i had a good time watching it.
5/3/07 11:15pm
The Patton Badge
i hope you enjoy; however, if you don't.... i like your new lists. stellar, champ!
5/1/07 11:49pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
i like your FAVOURITE REASONS NOT TO MAKE FAVOURITE LISTS list. you get +++++ for it. that's how much i liked it. plus i'm feeling generous today
5/1/07 9:40pm
Team Robot Member
Modern man (and woman) can't exist without lists. As long as you don't turn yours into a TV show on the "E" channel complete with unfunny qoutes from "F" list celebs, you are cool my friend!
4/26/07 4:01pm
Team Robot Member
One thing I love about this new amp (apart from the fact that it is light enough for the old man in me to carry and loud enough for the young punk in me to annoy people with) is that despite the high tech aspect of the whole thing (tons of pre sets modelling, etc) the speaker is a lovely 12" Celestion, pretty much the same as the 12" Celestion in that old AC30 I was rattling on about. What guitars do you play? I have a cheap Washburn Delta Blues King, a Gibson semi knock-off that is exceedingly playable, and which is working for me on stage. I do need to use heavy gauge strings with it, but the sound I get using them is bloody lovely. I am sorry if this veers into techie talk, I usually steer clear of that, and cite the quote "The English don't like music, they just like the sound it makes", but I have to say, I am pleased with this little monster.
4/26/07 3:59pm
Team Robot Member
It would do! I remember when I started playing, I bought a Vox AC30 and a Vox 'madolin' guitar, like the one Brian Jones played in the Stones. Even before I plugged it together, I just sat and looked at it for about an hour. Thre guitar played like shit actually, but the amp was nice!
4/25/07 11:27pm
The Yay! Badge XII
Sorry about Cristopher Cross. He is like a pimple. Unexpected and it is a complete thrill to squeeze out of your system. Unless it's like one of those zits on your back that are painful and hard to get to. ok what was I talking about? oh sorry
4/21/07 1:58pm
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
gasp! how dare you! i would never! but thanks for the vote?
:(
:(
4/20/07 6:35pm
The Yay! Badge IX
Sorry, bro. I wasn't referring to you. The 0's don't really bother me, plus you always write nice things on the mixes.'
You are a-ok in my book.
You are a-ok in my book.
4/20/07 1:10am
The Yay! Badge IX
I uploaded my last mix. the link is on the tagboard for the mix.
4/16/07 1:04am
The Yay! Badge IX
I'll upload it when I get a spare moment. Thanks for being interested.
4/12/07 8:09pm
The Patton Badge
get your hands on a copy of the first season of twin peaks. i tried to hate lost... then i enjoyed the first season after much hinderance... then i watched the rest and was thoroughly unimpressed. if that makes any sense at all. either way - go out and rent twin peaks season one over anything else. it's genius.
4/6/07 1:47am
The Patton Badge
aw thanks! and yeah, now that you mention it... i think there are some! shoot! i was just at that point in the series and thought it fit. oh well. that's kind of funny, though. i've made it a point to rate almost every single mix on this site, so i've probably even seen them!
4/5/07 10:50pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
yep, it happens.
that article is amazing, I think.
that article is amazing, I think.
4/5/07 7:16am
The Level 5 Badge
That is neat! What year-major? I'm a sophomore-film.
4/4/07 8:32am
Team Robot Member
I had a tee shirt with your current avatar, but underneath it said (No it isn't, the music industry is!)
3/21/07 11:11pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
Yeah it's okay, It's kind of funny---I think---
3/16/07 7:49pm
The Patton Badge
i thought i had added you long ago - stupid me. you have great taste.
3/14/07 10:59pm
The Level 5 Badge
Oh man, if you do listen to some of those bands, lemme know what you think. There is nothing more thrilling than introducing people to new music... except like, spelunking or something.
3/12/07 10:17pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
Im playing around with this concept, Im going out to the art supply store to buy some drawing paper. I think im going to do a frank frazetta type drawing of myself holding a sword, boombox with a wench holding my leg---anyhow the story goes like this, I saved a mixtape and my my great grandson times 30 or whatever finds a map I left behind and he goes on a mission to find this secret mixtape---because he has the boombox? I just started thinking about this---bear with me---he fights with future wizards and all of this crazy shit so he can spread music to whats left of hummanity. I've got like 6 tracks I want to put in to decribe his journey. Rjd2, final frontier, ghostwriter, are some.
3/9/07 3:02pm
The Bronze Badge
C.S. Lewis is one of the best christian authors ever!
3/5/07 10:28am
The One Year Anniversary Badge
I'm in a school of ministry in Oregon (Bible college, basically) and we went to Biloxi...last April or May, I wanna say. I think it was one of those two months of '06
2/25/07 9:07pm
The July Fourth Badge II
hey man, thanks for the welcome. are you wating for jeff m. to come back too?
2/25/07 7:57pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
Thanks. It was a great day - couldn't have asked for anything to go better.
2/25/07 4:28pm
The Beta Badge II
Thanks for the welcome. I feel so warm and...welcomed inside.
2/21/07 5:17pm
The Badge of Mystery
Don't get a VD on V-Day! Which might be hard when you play this mix for others... just be very, very selective.
http://www.s endspace.com/file/c85pm3
http://www.s endspace.com/file/c85pm3
2/12/07 8:34pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
just making sure I was guessing properly...
was I?
or did I confuse it with Killing Yourself to Live?
(the section on your liner notes)
was I?
or did I confuse it with Killing Yourself to Live?
(the section on your liner notes)
1/30/07 4:12pm
The Time Badge
Hey I just noticed the comment you left from like a week ago. I'm in the band Esskyma (http://ww w.myspace.com/esskyma)
1/28/07 2:08am
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Heh, funny story. I took you up on your suggestion, and just posted a morning mix for the contest. Unfortunately, I forgot to enter the right keyword stuff and so it isn't recognized as a contest mix. Shit.
1/27/07 10:31pm
The Newbie Badge
Hi, thanks for the welcome. Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, The Microphones, +3.
1/27/07 7:28pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Perhaps... Too much school, though, for it to be a definite. =(. Still, anything's possible.
1/25/07 9:20pm
The Yay! Badge VII
I have to find my motivation for the new contest. Sorry, no mix yet. Unless that is good news.
1/25/07 11:38am
The Yay! Badge VIII
Wow. You got me. I'm retarded. Luckily, I have database access!
1/22/07 8:30pm
The MTC Romance Badge
+ for silversun pickups and death from above.
1/21/07 9:01pm
The Level 5 Badge
Thanks for the comment. Posting a mix for the first time is scary!
1/13/07 12:12pm
The MLK Badge
I saw them open for Bob Dylan, too... it was pretty awesome, even though I was one of the only ones who knew them.
12/29/06 9:36pm
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
classy roster of songwriters you've got there, mate! dylan comma bee, period.
12/16/06 12:08pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
understood. i didn't mean to discourage you. you did a good job
12/14/06 11:07pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
what's up man?
what's going on with that "bonanzasteve" stuff?
what's going on with that "bonanzasteve" stuff?
12/12/06 10:08pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
This is me. Andrew Osborne. I just logged into this profile.
What is up with this?
What is up with this?
12/11/06 6:57pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
sup osborne
hows life?
hows school?
hows life?
hows school?
12/10/06 9:26pm
The Bronze Badge
Because most of the bands in a selected mix I havent heard of. And if your nuetral towards a band why give them +?
12/9/06 10:05pm
The Bronze Badge
ARe you on crack? Yours is the only one in this contest ive voted -5.
12/9/06 6:56pm
The Bronze Badge
Because I dont like that Led Zeppelin song, Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree is classic, Gin and Juice sucked as a song, Bad Artic Monkeys song, and i dont like billy joel. Thats -5.
12/9/06 6:25pm
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
Mmm. The Borat soundtrack is nice. All the Goran Bregovic and stuff! (that is so not Kazachstan though)
12/3/06 2:28am
Team Robot Member
I will sendspace it and let you know the link!
11/26/06 8:32pm
The Yay! Badge VI
Boo! I live for the day I can find an American (or indeed anyone) who has watched The Mighty Boosh. Best TV show ever.
11/26/06 7:06am
The Yay! Badge VI
You get ++++++++++++++ points if you can tell me what the refeerence is, rather than thinking I'm doss and don't have a clue about anything.
11/25/06 2:39am
The 6/6/6 Badge
as usual, badges go out after midnight... depending on how tired I am, they might go out tomorrow
11/23/06 8:01pm
Team Robot Member
Happy thanksgiving yourself. I am still getting used to the whole thanksgiving thing.
11/23/06 12:05pm
The MLK Badge
And bird fly south maize pilgrim to you, too, my friend.
11/23/06 11:25am
Team Robot Member
I started playing guitar when I was 12, could actrually play by 16, first paid gig when I was 19, went pro at 22
11/17/06 10:52pm
Team Robot Member
Love the Citizen Kane thing. I have done some CD sleeve notes, reissues mostly, and I write for a UK based music mag now and then, but mostly I am working on the new book, doing a few musicians web sites, teaching guitar and now starting to gig again. It would be nice to be paid for doing mixtapes. Actually, last year, a guy back in England paid me to make up a multiple CD set of the top ten US singles on his birthday dating back to the mid fifties to the early eighties. I found it so hard not to leave the crap out and reprogram the whole thing. Mixtaping is addictive.
11/17/06 2:16am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
hey man, what's happening in san francisco-ish?
what'd you mean by "how is this possible?", just curious.
what'd you mean by "how is this possible?", just curious.
11/14/06 7:40pm
Team Robot Member
Just as Tulsa backwards is A Slut, and Bolton is Notlob!
11/11/06 4:52pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
i looked it up on wikipedia... that site is hilarious.
11/10/06 7:20am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
i'm not a Hyphy person. but you know, it is what it is... no hate here.
you?
you?
11/9/06 7:39pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
cool, i'll get the mix to you.
and just so you know, these artists have worked with people like wu-tang, gang starr... they're legit.
and just so you know, these artists have worked with people like wu-tang, gang starr... they're legit.
11/9/06 7:06pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
that's too bad.
do you like hip hop? what "kind"?
you want to hear this mix? the french one.
do you like hip hop? what "kind"?
you want to hear this mix? the french one.
11/9/06 7:02pm
Team Robot Member
If I had any spare copies of the book, I would send you one.
11/5/06 10:44pm
Team Robot Member
You might be able to get it cheaper. The publisher is not a good bet. He ships from England and it costs a lot. I am also in the process of putting together a new web site which will feature published and unpublished music writing and other stuff.
11/5/06 5:46pm
Team Robot Member
Here is the amazon link for the book I wrote with Dick Heckstall Smith. http://www.amazon.com/Bl owing-Blues-Personal-History-British/dp/1 904555047/sr=8-7/qid=1162769996/ref=sr_1_ 7/102-9602442-2231348?ie=UTF8&s=books In fact, it is a reprint of Dick's earlier book, 'The Safest Place In The World' but with a new 100 page second section and discography written by me. If you decided to get a used copy, make sure it has the CD with it. The CD is of mostly unreleased live material. Financial containts meant it was mastered on my computer, so the sound quality is not brilliant, but some of the music is. I am working on a new music book for June/July next year.
11/5/06 3:46pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
It is done. One bona fide foe mix for you my friend. I mean foe.
11/4/06 3:05pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
Nobody who speaks like yoda is a friend of the T-bagger.
11/4/06 12:17am
The Level 21 Badge
Funny request. I rate all mixes that come down the pipe.
11/1/06 3:34pm
Team Robot - First Place
THIS WILL BE A SHORT LIVED BATTLE.
only 1500 characters allowed in liner notes.. 1500 cartridge returns will be pretty annoying, and i dont know if im willing to go there.
you go there, you win.
only 1500 characters allowed in liner notes.. 1500 cartridge returns will be pretty annoying, and i dont know if im willing to go there.
you go there, you win.
10/27/06 4:12pm
The Bolton Badge
Understood. However, 1) Why then is the first requirement for posting a mix having just one song? That's all that's required on this "MIXtape" website. One song. And 2) with the advent of modern technology, aka the repeat function on cd players, my one song can turn into an infinite number of songs. I can put itunes on repeat and select, say, a two second transition, and create a virtual mix of my one song. Have you never liked a song so much you put it on repeat? I didn't make this for anyone here, and that's the point. I made it for my trip and decided to post it.
Thanks for the points.
Thanks for the points.
10/24/06 10:26pm
Team Robot - First Place
and uhm, youre getting +5 JUST for that pun :D
10/24/06 8:22pm
Team Robot - First Place
hahahahahahahaha
i so completely didnt get that pun. ZING!
i so completely didnt get that pun. ZING!
10/24/06 8:22pm
Team Robot - First Place
i dont know if it's exactly rudimentary to survival to know what type of rock comes from different situations...
they should, however, teach us to hunt & skin animals for when the nuclear winter comes and we all have to start fending for ourselves.
they should, however, teach us to hunt & skin animals for when the nuclear winter comes and we all have to start fending for ourselves.
10/24/06 8:21pm
The Level 21 Badge
10/13/06 3:36pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Dude...
There's gonna be this kickass triple feature at the Castro on this Friday (the 6th). The whole thing costs $10. It's part of a series that they do called Midnites for Maniacs.
7:30 Return of the Living Dead
9:45 Sid & Nancy
Midnight: They Live!
It's gonna be frickin sweet. You should go.
There's gonna be this kickass triple feature at the Castro on this Friday (the 6th). The whole thing costs $10. It's part of a series that they do called Midnites for Maniacs.
7:30 Return of the Living Dead
9:45 Sid & Nancy
Midnight: They Live!
It's gonna be frickin sweet. You should go.
10/2/06 9:04am
The Audiobiography Badge
you have interesting hair... it's good of it to flip up at the bottom so it doesn't hang in your eyes.
10/1/06 2:20am
The Yay! Badge IV
# Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
# The Royal Tenenbaums.
# The Shining.
ROCK
# The Royal Tenenbaums.
# The Shining.
ROCK
9/29/06 7:15pm
The Family Badge
it's true but in a perfect world it would, that's why we have mixtapes
9/27/06 11:15am
The Yay! Badge VI
Dischordant but somehow melodic. Delightful.
9/26/06 1:14pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
you better let me in to your jap stoner rock group. i could totally play gong.
9/13/06 8:52pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
9/9/06 7:59pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
you had left a comment about my hip hop High School Beatdown mixtape.
here, finally, is the sendspace link:
http://www.s endspace.com/file/az8gj4
here, finally, is the sendspace link:
http://www.s endspace.com/file/az8gj4
9/9/06 2:09pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
http://www.se ndspace.com/file/6b282y
no arrested development this time, but it's my sad mix... 'sick heart'
no arrested development this time, but it's my sad mix... 'sick heart'
9/5/06 7:29am
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
8/27/06 6:04pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Lindy says to now only call you:
Ozzy Boo Boo, Andoo doo, Andizzle, or Andoo Boo Boo
Ozzy Boo Boo, Andoo doo, Andizzle, or Andoo Boo Boo
8/25/06 6:39pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
This is the story of how I met Griffin:
This past school year I was an 8th grader at Aptos M.S. I decided to apply to SOTA for Creative Writing. When I went for my audition the other applicants and I had to wait in the hallway for a while. While sitting there, this motley crew of other kids came over. They introduced themselves, and one of them was Griffin. I remembered a friend of mine (who was already attending SOTA) who had told me about a friend of his named Griffin, so I asked if this was he. When he replied in the affirmative he stole my iPod for a few seconds, looked at the groups I had, and proclaimed me one of his heroes for having such great music. Later that evening I found Griffin's myspace and asked to be his friend.
That's about it. He's an awesome guy.
Anyway, where do you go to school? I got into SOTA, so I'm going there.
You also seem to dig good music. I've never met anyone else who likes Howlin' Wolf.
This past school year I was an 8th grader at Aptos M.S. I decided to apply to SOTA for Creative Writing. When I went for my audition the other applicants and I had to wait in the hallway for a while. While sitting there, this motley crew of other kids came over. They introduced themselves, and one of them was Griffin. I remembered a friend of mine (who was already attending SOTA) who had told me about a friend of his named Griffin, so I asked if this was he. When he replied in the affirmative he stole my iPod for a few seconds, looked at the groups I had, and proclaimed me one of his heroes for having such great music. Later that evening I found Griffin's myspace and asked to be his friend.
That's about it. He's an awesome guy.
Anyway, where do you go to school? I got into SOTA, so I'm going there.
You also seem to dig good music. I've never met anyone else who likes Howlin' Wolf.
8/17/06 9:21pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Hey man, I don't know who you are, but I've seen you on myspace. I saw whatever comments you left on Griffin's page.
8/16/06 9:14pm
The Yay! Badge IX
anchorman -- now that is something i like to see.
8/10/06 11:02pm
The Serendipity Badge
Well let's hope if anyone reads it they go over to my profile and check out the conversation. Otherwise we're screwed ):
8/8/06 4:19pm
The Serendipity Badge
Agreed. Pirates suck dick but Elephants are hardcore!
Them sucka's can knock you down with their trunk and stab you with their tusks! I saw it on a documentary ;p
Them sucka's can knock you down with their trunk and stab you with their tusks! I saw it on a documentary ;p
8/8/06 4:10pm
The Serendipity Badge
I gave you +5 but to be honest it was more to do with everything else than the elephant. Although the elephant did play a part in it.
8/8/06 3:51pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
There were horses, a guy on fire, and I killed a guy with a Trident!
8/8/06 10:55am
The Serendipity Badge
I should give you a +5 just for the elephant avatar
8/8/06 7:02am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
((("the labelling of christian rock makes me cringe. music deserves only one label, and that is music. the end.")))
to this point, it's interesting how "Christian Rap" is placed in a special section, or more often, separate stores and treated seperately from "normal" rap/hip hop. On the contrary, the Islamic INFLUENCE on hip hop has been felt from day one (from Afrika Bambaataa, to Rakim, to Wu-Tang, to Jurassic 5, etc etc etc) and has populated mainstream stores and music charts-- with no special LABEL given.
to this point, it's interesting how "Christian Rap" is placed in a special section, or more often, separate stores and treated seperately from "normal" rap/hip hop. On the contrary, the Islamic INFLUENCE on hip hop has been felt from day one (from Afrika Bambaataa, to Rakim, to Wu-Tang, to Jurassic 5, etc etc etc) and has populated mainstream stores and music charts-- with no special LABEL given.
8/7/06 11:47am
The Beta Badge II
your movie selection has a funny range, but they are all good.
also, i too stopped playing video games in the 7th grade....
and i didnt pick them back up in 8th grade and continue playing til now. that is a lie. never happened.
also, i too stopped playing video games in the 7th grade....
and i didnt pick them back up in 8th grade and continue playing til now. that is a lie. never happened.
8/7/06 9:40am
The 6/6/6 Badge
pee-wee's big adventure... too bad tim burton didn't do "big top"
8/5/06 4:45pm
The Level 5 Badge
Well, sir, not only have I not read Adverbs, but I haven't even heard of it. Unless you are talking about, you know, just plain old adverbs themselves, but the would be a hard thing for one to accomplish. So, yeah...
8/2/06 11:21am
The Festivus '08 Badge
Hey everybody... come see how good I look.
7/22/06 10:19pm
The Newbie Badge
I really like what you had to say about labels of music. Dig
Trav
Trav
7/22/06 5:26pm
The Beta Badge II
i am also from san francisco. and i like that you have your top five favorite noises.
7/19/06 3:32pm
The Yay! Badge VIII
Whoa, the first one with the serendipity badge. Congrats.
7/14/06 10:38pm
The Badge of Mystery
Heck yes, Buddy Guy.
And your lovely profile reminds me that I STILL need to see 'Coffee and Cigarettes'.
And your lovely profile reminds me that I STILL need to see 'Coffee and Cigarettes'.
7/14/06 10:17pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
way to be cool.... I really love Trout Mask Replica.
7/13/06 8:30pm
The MLK Badge
Nice music sometimes, and books, although the Torah is where it's at. ;) J/k.
7/12/06 12:35pm
The Yay! Badge IX
+3 just for Mudhoney alone. plus the other cool stuff too. Good job being cool.
7/12/06 12:21am
The Yay! Badge VIII
Welcome to the Collective! Let me know if you have any questions.
Happy mixtaping!
Happy mixtaping!
7/11/06 11:10pm
