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This is an ode to all the mixtapes I made...

Small Blue Things...

Two absolute apt & darling little ditties to warm up the icy sound-waves

Ida - The Blizzard of '78

Aboslute restrained blistering bouts of infectious indie sensibilities, a semi-epic clocking in at just above 7 minutes.

Fixing an eye on the hopeful/In a heartless room you'll be done soon
The snow is falling down/And the whole damn town is covered with white
It's obvious that trust is the catch and the magnet/ That could pull you through this braille night
Where nothing's free and you just can't see/How to sacrifice what you need to be

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About the female voice of the band: Elizabeth Mitchell is an American singer, composer, and guitarist for the New York indie band Ida[1]. While a student at Brown University, Mitchell performed as a duo with fellow class of 1990 classmate Lisa Loeb, called Liz and Lisa. Mitchell sang backup on Lisa Loeb's first hit, "Stay (I Missed You)", which topped the charts from the soundtrack to Reality Bites.

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And ofcourse Suzanne Vega's return to brilliance, her re-interpretations of classic dwindling eclectic folk brilliance... for people who have understood the evolution of alternative and viable AND the kiddies out there discovering the joy of indie, give this dittie a spin and grab the record.

Suzanne Vega - Small Blue Thing 

I am cold against your skin
You are perfectly reflected
I am lost inside your pocket
I am lost against your fingers
I am falling down the stairs
I am skipping on the sidewalk
I am thrown against the sky
I am raining down in pieces
I am scattering like light…

From the official website www.suzannevega.com
Suzanne Vega reinterprets her best-loved songs in imaginative and intimate renderings The first of 4 CDs in Suzanne’s Close-Up Series. Vol. 1: Love Songs includes: "Marlene on the Wall," "Caramel," "Gypsy" and "Small Blue Thing."
"These are songs that I have written over the years and now re-recorded. I wanted to give you, the listener, a small sort of gift These are the songs I consider love songs, although they are also songs of attraction, flirtation, and confrontation. Thanks for listening."
With Love,
SUZANNE

My Monsoon Mixtape of Love: The Defintive Mid-Season Special....

Since the "14 days - 7 ways" series has been quite popular, I've decided to stretch it out a little. There has been some absolutely brilliant new music that's been coming out & i've been trying my best to wrap my zen around it. So, in appreciation of some tracks that have been on heavy rotation in my head & in my car & at night when I slip to sleep, let me dangle these beauties in front of you to pick ripe & feed on...

Also - I mentioned that there is a secret catalog of Dye Corduroy's country/alt. country songs that I've written & tucked away. I've decided to surface some of the tracks from the series - Havoc County. If anyone wants lyrics, please let me know & I shall post them.

So here they are, the dye corduroy alt. country ditty complete with slide guitar & heavy breathing (heh) & a few gems of tracks to slap on your ipod/whatevermp3deviceyouuse/iprepferthecreativezen & go driving in the rain/sun/humiditylikeatonofbricksburstingyourhairintoanafro:

(You can stream the mp3s or download them by right-click & save target as all you want)

Dye Corduroy - Havoc County
key-lyric - "razorblades & blunt perceptions/ easy girls & congruent men... havoc medicine"
Alternative country

Garrison Starr - Unchangeable
key-lyric - "everybody is laughing out loud to hide all the fear they feel/ everybody has made up their minds on what to believe is real"
Alternative pop

Death Cab for Cutie - My Mirror Speaks
key-lyric - "i always fall in love with an open door...."
Indie

Sarah Blasko - We Won't Run
key-lyric - "there is far to go now, let's not waste a minute more..."
Indie-pop

Bim - The Battle
key-lyric - "did i win the battle or lose the war? i am unsure"
Indie-electro-acoustic pop

Claire Burson - 1000 miles

key-lyric- "listen to your records in the dark and think of us"
Alt. country

Palomar - Our Haunt
key-lyric - "with you gone i lost my peace of mind/ but we all... walk on... walk on..."
Alternative




7 honey-dipped indie recommendations - the 7 blogisode series. This was blogisode one. Emme Packer/Madi Diaz/Kate Tucker/Mid-Season Special/Caitlin & Wil/Voyces/Portico/Special - Indie Undercover