Picture - Knockout Sunset from Cook Street Beach Groundhogs Day

Essential Bootleg - Jayhawks - Live at The Hyatt Hotel Ballroom - 09.1.90

I just wanted to start off that this treasure of a live set is dedicated to John, Lizzy, Cameron and Jack Crawford. I was fortunate to meet these lovely Atlantians on the intrepid Central American journey I recently undertook. Now, I may not be from the south and I realise that people from Atlanta don't call themselves Atlantians but I figured that it has a certain magical tone that truely is most fitting.

But to the music this is a true gem of a very early 90's Alt-Country set. It catches the Jayhawks at a pivotal time in their existance as their biggest albums were yet to come. The phone call made by George Drakloulias to the office's of Minneapolis based Twin/Tone came right around the time of this set. George Drakloulias became a future manager producer and mentor for the Jayhawks and the signing to Twin/Tone propelled the band into the 90s and to some of their best music yet. The show was recorded in a large spacious ballroom that Mark Olsen once described as 'a werid gig'. If only he knew how much larger and stranger they would get! There is some very interesting unreleased music n here as well.

I spent a little time cleaning up this recording but I believe its about as good as it gets. Enjoy friends. Download after the tracklist.

Many consider this the most important Jayhawks bootleg out there.

• Martin's Song
• Won't Be Coming Home
• Warm River
• Take Me With You (When You Go)
• Bloody Hands
• Red Firecracker
• Mother Trust You To Walk To The Store
• Worn Out Cotton Dress
• Settled Down Like Rain
• Two Angels
• Cold Dark Night
• Will I Be Married
• Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
• Keith & Quentin
• I'll Be There
• Stone Cold Mess
• Nine Stiches
• Ain't No End
• Pray For Me
• Up Above My Head
• Nevada CA
• Dead End Angel
• Wichita
• Precious Time

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Video - Porcelain Raft - Drifitng In and Out

Everyone in the world has been eagerly anticipating Italian producer's Porcelain Raft debut album Strange Weekend. I love the resurgence of beyond decent shoegaze. I haven't peeped the album yet but I think this afternoon I might just give it a full rotation.

MP3 - Alkaline Trio - Web in Front - Live Acoustic at AV Club

The best acoustic cover ever of the indie tide turning track Web in Front orginally composed the amazing Archers of Loaf. I'm pretty sure they just remastered that iconic album Icky Mettle. I'm not really a huge fan of Alkaline Trio or any poppy 90's ska.. except maybe Goldfinger. Sorry getting sidetracked. I find myself playing this song over and over they do a great acoustic job. I found this on the AV Club Undercover.


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Essential Mixtape - Porier - Dubs For Ninjas -2012

Porier is a great artist on Ninja Tune that most of you haven't heard of. With great warm breezed influences he is a genuine beatsmith. This mix collects the great Caribbean and Dancehall songs that standout over Ninja Tune's 20 vast and expansive 20 year sonic sound scape.

Roots Manuva - Organ Skit
Roots Manuva Vs Wrongtom - Proper Tings Juggled (Instrumental)
Roots Manuva - Dub For The Worms
Roots Manuva - Styles Dub
Poirier - Cool Baby (Poirier Remix) feat. Busy Signal
Sixtoo - Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man - Part 2
Cham - Rude Boy Pledge (Acapella)
Roots Manuva - Witness Dub
Poirier - Let Them Hate feat. YT (Mungo's Hifi Remix)
Roots Manuva Vs Wrongtom - Rebel Art (Instrumental)
Poirier - Enemies feat. Face-T (Dub I.D. Remix)
Roots Manuva - Double Drat
Toddla T - Pum Pum feat. Double Kay
The Bug - Angry feat. Tippa Irie
TTC - Catalogue (Instrumental)
Poirier - Trust None Of Dem feat. Burro Banton
Erup - Click Mi Finger (Poirier Remix - Untrust Riddim)
Poirier - No More Blood feat. Face-T (Megasoid Remix)
Diplo - Diplo Rhythm feat. Sandra Melody, Vybz Kartel, Pantera Os Danadinhos
Poirier - Blazin feat. Face-T (Modeselektor Remix)
Toddla T - Sky Surfing feat. Wayne Marshall (Benga Remix)
Toddla T - Want U Now feat. Ms Dynamite
Poirier - Wha-La-La-Leng feat. Face-T (Uproot Andy Remix) 

Coldcut - Man In A Garage (King Jammy Dub)

Picture - Angels in the Graveyard

Well my friends I've returned from an absolutely spectacular journey into Central America, mainly Guatemala and Belize. It was the most refreshing time of my life and coming back to the rain and the West Coast isn't the greatest so I dug this picture out of a beautiful day earlier this year at the Ross Bay Cemetery.

It is good to be home tho:)

MP3 - Aesop Rock - Odessa feat. Dose One

As the final cut on 1999's best underground hip hop EP , Odessa by Aesop Rock, it closes the door on the end of a decade and the begining of new underground hip hop the would tap and draw from a much different audience than before. This reminds me of rolling around in a Jetta with my homeboy Josh and living large with my homie Just A Man.

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