kprs mixtape contest - vol 1

[mp3] alanis morissette - my humps

pretty funny. this surfaced yesterday but it's still making the rounds today, so i thought i'd point you in its direction. i've been going back and forth from catching-up-on, to falling-way-the-hell-behind the collective consciousness that is "new music." i guess you could say i've been reprioritizing. breaking down life as-is, and reprioritizing.

but sometimes, the music finds you. these few songs came screaming at me, hurtling through space and materializing in my ears late last night. makes me want to scream at spring that it's got a limited stay this year, summer's begging to come early. my faraway friends, turn up your computer speakers, take your shirts off and spin around the room, fall down on a couch or bed with a sweaty squeal, yeah it's time...

menomena - hustle 'n flo
[mp3 from friend and foe | barsuk records | menomena]

palomar - our haunt
[mp3 from all things, forests | misra records | palomar]

the national - fake empire
[mp3 from boxer | beggar's banquet | the national]

guys and gals, i'm feeling whimsical. your mission, should you choose to accept it: make me a mixtape, kicking off with one of these three songs. whichever one grabs you the most, and/or in the most interesting way. take it and run with it. doesn't have to be new music, doesn't have to be "indie," and it most certainly doesn't have to be perfect. just let the song remind you of another, and another and -- go crazy. feel good. say something. say nothing. rock out.

[edit: i can't seem to get the flash player to play that palomar track. but the link is good, if you can open it in another window or download it.]

those are the rules, for serious, and i'm counting on at least a few of you to deliver. email me your playlist and i'll post the first three who get back to me. just give me artist and track names, and i'll come up with the mp3s. keep it cd-length or shorter, and i'll spin it on kprs and throw up a zip file for everyone to share.

summertime. :)