Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, “The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.”

He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature.

So does genius entail intelligence, or sensibility?

Love,

Thrill Collins

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TRACK LISTING:

1. Street Fighter (Intro) – Frank Ocean
2. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
3. Her Hollow Ways – Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
4. Walk At Night – Cults
5. Family Tree – Lohio
6. Soul Caliber (Interlude) – Frank Ocean
7. Too Right – Bullion
8. Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me) – Ford & Lopatin
9. Echoes – Washed Out
10. Jet (Interlude) – Laws & Paul McCartney
11. Hanging On – Active Child
12. Air Cal – Com Truise
13. Treetop – Clams Casino
14. Bitches Talkin’ (Interlude) – Frank Ocean
15. Little By Little (Caribou Remix) – Radiohead
16. Nightlight – Little Dragon
17. When We’re Dancing – Twin Shadow
18. Alsatian Darn – Panda Bear
19. Fright Night (Nevermore) – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
20. In For The Kill – La Roux
21. Quantum Leap – John Maus
22. Front Parlour – Paul McCartney
23. Knuckle Down – Man Man
24. You Hold The Water – How To Dress Well
25. Amazing and Wonderful – Peaking Lights
26. Lightworks (instrumental) – Raymond Scott
27. Approximate Sunlight – Bright Eyes
28. My Shoes – Ida Maria
29. The Rose With The Broken Neck (feat. Jack White) – Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
30. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane

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Looking for some summertime music?  Stuff that makes one want to lay on the beach, tan, and listen to the ocean breeze / seagulls cackling??  Well look no further than Thrill Collins’ “Sweaty Lasagna”!!!  Featuring hits by your all-time favourite artists such as Peaking Lights, Clams Casino, Cold Cave, Friendly Fires, Washed Out, Yelawolf, Work Drugs, and more!

Hipster?  No problem, Panda Bear is here in all his furriness!

Gangsta?  We got your Wiz Khalifa drinking Gin and smoking Sin!

Hippie?  Well, My Morning Jacket‘s latest and greatest is here, although it’s really hot out so you probably won’t need a jacket!!!

Wowie Zowie I am on a roll!  Or am I on a role?  Will let YOU decide by texting THROLL or THROLE to 555-2628

Anyway, what’s a summer without a heaping serving of sweat drenched Italian food??!

Not a very good one, I would imagine

Love,

The Artist Formerly Known As Bret RoXiN

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TRACK LISTING:

1. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
2. Wrong Door In(tro) – Bullion
3. Holy Are U – The Breaks
4. KDOD 4 – Puro Instinct
5. Summertime – Peaking Lights
6. Icons Of Summer – Cold Cave
7. Vanished – Crystal Castles
8. Blue Cassette – Friendly Fires
9. Surfer’s Hymn (Actress Primitive Patterns Remix) – Panda Bear
10. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
11. Eyes Be Closed – Washed Out
12. Call Me Tomorrow – A.T.
13. The Day Is Coming – My Morning Jacket
14. Is David Bowie Dying? – The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian
15. Supercollider – Radiohead
16. Gorilla – Clams Casino
17. Hostess: Twinkies – Raymond Scott
18. Knocking at the Door (Intro) – Laws & Paul McCartney
19. Knocking at the Door – Laws & Paul McCartney
20. So Appalled (Feat. RZA, Jay-Z, Prynce Cy Hi, Pusha T & Swizz Beatz) – Kanye West
21. On My Level (Feat. Too $hort) – Wiz Khalifa
22. Pop the Trunk – Yelawolf
23. Rebecca Black  – iLLA
24. What U Doin? – Big Sean
25. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
26. Champagne – Monster Rally
27. Youth Knows No Pain – Lykke Li
28. Beverly Kills – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
29. Golden Sombrero – Work Drugs
30. You’re So Right – The Strokes
31. Bowl Cut (Feat. Cults) – DOM
32. Summer Mood – Best Coast
33. Perth – Bon Iver
34. Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes
35. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
36. Tristate of Mind Suite – Tristate

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Hello earth view, sounds far-fetched at the moment…

This is a cold war, do you know what you’re fighting for?

He’s a warrior, a warrior, here’s a little bitch coming at him, your eyes running through my head…

I remember making love on a Sunday.

Do you die in your dreams, I don’t even have them, you check the charts, and start to figure it out.

I’m not stupid, despite how it seems, I know anyone goes any damn place they like…

You don’t own the road, will you take the pain I will give to you again & again?

Suitcases on the sidewalk, all the sun that shines, shines for you.

Post-prime with nowhere left to go on a Sunday afternoon, bright lit blue skies, you’re full of lies.

Far off are perfect days, run away from me baby, runaway…

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TRACK LISTING:

1. KDOD 2 – Puro Instinct
2. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
   
3. Take Me To Your Violin Teacher – Raymond Scott
   
4. Drone – Panda Bear
5. Four Rooms, Earth View – N.A.S.A.
6. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
   
7. Cold War – Clams Casino
8. The Butcher – Radiohead
9. I Remember (Painted Palms Remix) – Yeasayer
   
10. Flares – Dntel
11. Villains Of The Moon – Cold Cave
12. All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem Cover) – Franz Ferdinand
13. This Means War – We Are Scientists
14. Taken For A Fool – The Strokes
15. You Don’t Own The Road – The Kills
16. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
17. Strangelove (Depeche Mode Cover) – Bat For Lashes
18. Written On The Forehead – PJ Harvey
19. What’s My MF Name? – Thrill Collins
20. Proven Lands – Jonny Greenwood
21. All The Sun That Shines – Peaking Lights
22. County Fair – Raymond Scott
23. California Shakedown – Puro Instinct
24. Bright Lit Blue Skies – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
25. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane
26. For Now – Twin Shadow
27. Strange Nostalgia For The Future – Cut Copy
28. Runaway (Feat. Pusha T) - Kanye West
29. Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor for Piano, Op. 35: III. Marche funébre (Funeral March): Lento – Frédéric Chopin
30. What’s Your Name? – Hurricane Jane

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Written by Mark Mitchell

Three years is a long time between releases. Not that Justin Vernon has been hiding away, he’s just been focusing on things other then Bon Iver. Without fail, I am always faced with trepidation regarding an album release when the amount of time has been large since the previous release. In this technological age, where instant gratification is everything, after three Bon Iver-less years will people care anymore? Will the artist have lost something? After listening to “Calgary” just once, the answer is a resounding absolutely not.

The lush orchestration that starts the song off instantly prepares you for the tranquil beauty that is the voice of Bon Iver. In my opinion, there aren’t all that many VOICES coming out of music these days. Before you start to curse me out mentally, let me explain that I am in no way suggesting that there is any lack of musical voices in current music. Plenty of songwriters, singers, musicians as a whole out there that are keeping the wheel on fire, collecting that proverbial torch passed on from generation to generation. Music is doing just fine.

What I’m saying is that there aren’t too many VOICES, singers whose voice splatters paint in all kinds of crazy, beautiful, esoteric images on the blank canvas of the mind. Singers whose voices can be recorded a capella, and not a guitar chord or piano key is needed to justify the recording. Bon Iver is one of those voices. What this song does is lull me to a dreamlike state, then take me on a journey to a place I have never been. It takes me to Calgary. Albeit not the Calgary on the map in the Midwest of Canada. No, this Calgary is in my mind. A land of snow covered mountains, leading down the sun soaked beaches where the women are beautiful, the water is calm, the view is spectacular, and all anyone can seem to give a shit about is being happy while they accept their most innate sadness.

A weird concept I agree, but it’s the juxtaposition of the emotions this song makes me feel in four minutes that is so attractive about not only this song, but about every song I’ve heard from Bon Iver. The most basic of human emotions, happiness and sadness, melded into one supreme moment of feeling truly, unequivocally alive. This is what a good song should do, and “Calgary” does it.

Initial Thoughts… A

Written By Conrad Rayden

Sing-along choruses?  Check.  Big, expansive riffs?  Check.  Arena-friendly?  Check.

Well, the essential components of a Coldplay single have all been addressed.  Although Coldplay have become one of the world’s biggest bands by following a tried and true formula, not much different than U2.  Hours after this single hit the online universe, accusations of plagiarism abounded.  Chris Martin addressed these claims and said that they were inspired by Mystic’s dance hit,  “Ritmo de la Noche”, which  sampled Allen and Anderson‘s 1976 tune, “I Go to Rio.”  Mystic’s song was used in a scene from Javier Bardem’s Oscar-nominated performance, Biutiful.  In the film, Bardem’s character goes through many a challenging phase in life, but in essence, he is seeking redemption past ways to pave the way for his kids and others in the future.  It’s a sad movie with an uplifting theme.  This only makes it natural that Chris Martin and Co. would resonate with this type of song/movie.

What kind of challenging music has Coldplay done in their past few albums?  Every single is extremely grand and would sound great as festival-closers.  They are quite comfortable moseying around in this territory, but is this what we deserve?  A grand band making grand songs that would sound right at home on an adult contemporary station nestled between Sting’s latest and Sheryl Crow’s latter era material?  Do we need another “Clocks”?  No.  Please go back to the drawing board and start over.

Initial Thoughts… C-