DTH Summer 2K9!

It's a big weekend for the Drop Trowel Hour. Not only did Nitro...err, Devin and I both likely exercise our Obama-given right to gorge ourselves on family-provided barbecue delights, we've also lately been exposed to a lot of R&B. That's right, rhythm and blues, sultry soul, glorious gospel?. Though my version of R&B experience was perceived more like lead exposure while Nitro is practically considering this her own personal Black Renaissance, I feel like this unlikely experience has nonetheless bonded us over hundreds of miles. I can't even tell from my Portland perch just what Nitro's up to down in Santa Cruz until I remember to visit her personal blog, Come On, Get on the Train, which, I must add, is scrupulously maintained, incessantly updated, and explosion-inducing due to its keen observational humour. At the same time, it's incredibly introspective and insightful, but then the deadpan humour hits and you laugh. So I have to recommend it to everyone, even though I would engage anyone in a fierce debate consisting of grunts and arms swings defending my position as the most entertained Nitro/Devin fan in the world.

So I was inspired to cease this DTH blog-posting hiatus by reasons three: seeing the Dirty Projectors play last night at the Holocene, reading Nitro's blog, and this mix I made last night.
The Dirty Projectors - sounded for the most part like birds chirping in rhythmic patterns that are probably a lot more commonly found in West African drumming than a bird nest. They were hot, hot, sweaty hot, in a totally "I went to Yale and studied under David Byrne and some other Afr0-Cuban musicians" way. I'd have to say that seeing Rise Above filled some part of my soul that had been split open the first time I heard the song itself. In case you were there, I was the kid standing on the left of the stage staring at Dave Longstreth with a huge grin on my face the whole time.
Nitro-like I said, a total bro who will kick back to share a brewsky with you but will also leap at the chance to serve by hand-delivering you a mix at any point in time because she's unemployed but is Saving Our Shores and likes Star Trek. A lot.
This mix i made - is for a girl, of course, whom I really like and wish I lived closer to. (Yes, this is also a mode of self expression to not only distinguish but oppose my identity to Nitro's...our mix styles are vastly different and even though I'm not sure what they are, I LOVE elationships). I can make you a copy, because you will want one once you realize how masterfully-compiled it is, but just know it's intended especially for some one. A mix is a feeble attempt to fit her radness.

1. Storm - High Places +o
2. Knotty Pine - Dirty Projectors o
3. Sweet Spots (I typed "sports" at first) - Fiery Furnaces o
4. Dinner with the President - The Evens +o
5. Love to See You - Paul Baribeau *o
6. All for None - Spoonboy +o
7. Small Words, Bigger Lessons - Polka Dot Dot +o
8. Dog Like This - Drakkar Sauna +o
9. The Real Wild World - Adrian Orange +o
10. You Looked Good to Me - No Kids*o
11. Intentions - Whitest Boy Alive* +o
12. Eye of the Volcano - Stereolab +o
13. Bike Freaks - Digital Knife +o
14. Firefighter - Ghost Mice +o
15. Makeout Revolution - Bla Bla Blacksheep o
16. A Minha Menina - Os Mutantes o

* songs whose lyrics are directed personally toward her
+ songs whose lyrics I hope she comments on because they're meaningful to me
o songs I want to make out with her to

do you think it will impress her? circle one y/n.

-Katia/Laoura

Like Trace Remnants of Acid In Your Spine.

1. My Evaline - Weezer
2. Drive on, Driver - The Magnetic Fields
3. Calling Old Friends - Defiance, Ohio
4. Mad World - Tears For Fears
5. Sick 2 Think - Why?
6. You And Me And The Moon - The Magnetic Fields
7. Sleeping Bags - Lyle Workman (Superbad ST....uhhh)
8. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
9. Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes - Modest Mouse
10. Function Of The Sun - The Ruby Suns
11. Between The Wolf And The Dog - Electrelane
12. Lips - Micachu & The Shapes
13. Soothe Me - Sam & Dave
14. Blue Ocean Blue - Lake
15. Close To Me - Why?
16. The Way I Feel Inside - The Zombies
17. Prove My Love - The Violent Femmes (of course)
18. Alright - Supergrass
19. Highly Illogical - Leonard Nimoy (it so good)
20. It's a Living Thing - Electric Light Orchestra
21. Y Control - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
22. Variations On A Theme (Science vs. Romance) - Rilo Kiley

I made it this morning. It's for everyone who isn't in an elationship. I just made that up. It does NOT mean online relationship. I think, to provide a definition, I will have to provide an example: the couple in Away We Go is in an elationship. They are elated, they are in a relationship, and they are enamored. Thus, they are in an elationship. QED.

If you want one, I'll make you one (unless you are unqualified; see terms listed above). I'll even send it right to your doorstep because I have nothing better to do (Hell, I could drive it to your doorstep) and I sort of like some of you. Kind of. Sort of. I mean, all of you folks that frequent The DTH blog. Which is zero. Well, me. I like me. No, nevermind, I don't frequent The DTH blog, and I don't like me.

Ah, it's a good mix, anyway. I don't think that's a lie. I miss writing on here. I only have one musical recommendation: Spaced Out - The Best Of Leonard Nimoy and Wiliam Shatner. It's the funniest thing I've ever tried to sit through. Of course, the Bilbo song makes it all worth it, anyway. I'd have to say that the highlight is Shatner's insane (INSANE) scream at the end of his spoken word rendition of "Mr. Tambourine Man". Holy shit.

I will make more and I will write more. Promise.

Take me to the airport,
I need to be extremely far away.

_Nitro