Back From The Dead - Changes

Hello again. It has been almost a year since I have blogged on here. Incredible how time passes so quickly. A lot has happened in my life since I last blogged. Long story short, I have left Dallas and moved back to Idaho. I will be going to school here soon (I hope). I won't bore anyone with the long story of how I ended up here etc. It was a great change for me, and I love living outside the big city life (at least for now). I have a lot of time to spend on music now, and working for Proton.

Today, my dad (Phil) and my brother Dan and I went up to our property toward the tetons. My grandpa purchased it back in the 80s. Here are a few pics from it.

Good to be back...hopefully I can post more often!

My December Mixtape

I made a new mix today for the show this Wednesday. It's a bit weirder...so a lot of people will probably not like it, but it is made up of a lot of the music I have been listening to lately.

Tracklisting:

The Books - Meditation Outtakes [The Books]
Tvarvagen - Hallan [Knoppar]
Yuichiro Fujimoto - Little Sunset [Smalltown Supersound]
The Books - You'll Never Be Alone [The Books]
Miwon - Daylight Promise [City Centre Offices]
The Books - Ah I See [The Books]
Tvarvagen - Skogen [Knoppar]
Sin Fang Bous - Carry Me Up To Smell Pine [Morr Music]
The Books - Of The Word God [The Books]
School Of Seven Bells - For Kalaja Mari [Ghostly International]
Slaraffenland - Dust [Rumraket]
Ambidextrous - Landing By Midnight [U-Cover]
The Books - Ghost Train Digest [The Books]
M83 - Je Vous Hais Petites Filles [Sonic Cathedral Recordings]
Michna - Believe In It [Ghostly International]
Sin Fang Bous - A Fire To Sleep In [Morr Music]
Fennesz - Perfume For Winter [Touch]
The Books - Liternite [The Books]
Growing - Reconstruction [The Social Registry]
Ricardo Tobar - With You [Trapez]



happy holidays to all...

My November Mixtape

Tomorrow morning is another edition of Mixtapes on Proton Radio. Here is the download to this month's mix:

Tracklisting:

Horse Feathers - Father [Kill Rock Stars]
This Will Destroy You - Freedom Blade [Magic Bullet Records]
Haruka Nakamura - Sign [Schole]
Helios - The Red Truth [Type]
I'm Not A Gun - Turning Circle [Palette]
The Alps - Hallucinations [Type]
Koushik - Nothing's The Same [Stones Throw]
The Remote Viewer - Untitled [Mobeer]
Lymbyc System - Nartia [Magic Bullet Records]
Helios - A Mountain Of Ice [Type]
The Alps - Labyrinths [Type]
Helios - Glimpse [Type]
Juana Molina - Lo Dejamos [Domino]
BjöRk (Feat. Thom Yorke) - NáTtúRa [One Little Indian]

A lot is going on here right now with my dayjob and other things. I am djing this Saturday at Proton Sessions...should be a lot of fun as well. Today is election day. Go Obama!!!

Proton Sessions @ Zubar, Dallas (11-08-08)

We have secured a new night here in Dallas for Proton Sessions. It's at a really cool little venue that has been around for a long time...so hopefully a lot of people will show up. Me and Bon will open for Opencloud and Lance Cashion for the first one on November 8th. The flyer is above.

Sigur Ros - Live @ Saltair, Utah (09-28-08)

These are some of the shots I got at the Sigur Ros show in Utah last weekend. It was truly an amazing night...probably the best performance by them that I have seen out of the three times I have had the chance to experience them live.

We got very lucky in that we ended up in a VIP box right by the stage. I started taking pictures and then got so enthralled by the show that I forgot to keep taking them! I ended up getting a few good ones at the end of the show when they shot huge cannons of confetti over the crowd. It was truly a memorable and inspiring show. Jonsi even broke his bow on the guitar at the end by slamming it violently...so awesome.

My October Mixtape

Time for another Mixtapes show on Proton. I compiled these tunes after returning from a great trip to Utah. It was mostly inspired by my hike at Sundance.

Tracklisting:

Mika Vainio - Behind The Radiators [Touch]
Megapuss - Surfing [Vapor]
The Boats - Italics Mine [Our Small Ideas]
July Skies - Distant Showers Sweep Across Norfolk Schools [Make Mine Music]
Antony & the Johnsons - Another World [Secretly Canadian]
Parachutes - Your Stories [Moss Stories]
Alias - Autumnal Ego [Anticon]
Miaou - Morning Sun [Thomason Sounds]
Department Of Eagles - Around the Bay [4ad]
Dark Captain Light Captain - Circles [Loaf]
Bon Iver - Creature Fear [Jagjaguwar]
Bon Iver - Team [Jagjaguwar]
TV On The Radio - Love Dog [DGC/Interscope]
Plants And Animals - Bye Bye Bye [Secret City]
Deerhoof - Jagged Fruit [Wepi]

Sundance

I went to Salt Lake to see Sigur Ros last weekend. The concert was incredible...I will post some pics a little later. One day, we went up to Sundance resort and went on a hike in the mountains. I hadn't been up there for years, so it was a great thing to experience. Above are some of the pictures that I took.

We stayed in Park City this time, but I really would love to stay at Sundance next time. I can definitely see why people live south of Salt Lake. The mountains are so amazing there! I will post some more pictures from our other travels soon. I would definitely recoomend going to Utah for anyone who wants to relax :)