Mad For Muffins: Cinnamon Sugar
It’s muffin time again! Last time I chose Raspberry Cheesecake muffins, so this time I chose Cinnamon Sugar muffins. They are one of my favorites and go well with milk or my favorite, hot espresso. Cinnamon Sugar muffins are sweet and very fattening, so if you are on a diet you may want to stay away from these delicious nommy treats.
CC Love: Innocent Bandits
The band Innocent Bandits is comprised of brother and sister duo Jeremy and Ashley Macachor. I would place them under experimental pop/lo-fi, but on their first studio album Ceremonies & Spells, released under the net label Headphonica, there are elements of electronica, and at times even folk. I found myself listening to the album from beginning to end upon discovering them, and after listening to other tracks out of order, I found that listening to the album from start to finish is best to really get Jeremy and Ashley’s style.
Don’t get me wrong: each track can be listened on it’s own, but I just loved listening to the album in the background. It was interesting, relaxing, and just a comfortable listen. While this is their first album attempt, I would say it has it’s moments of greatness. Some tracks could have been longer and one I found some of the added elements were a little too much, but overall it’s a nice find among a lot of attempts in the same genre.
Goddamn, I Miss That Girl
Losing a friend is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to experience. When you are born into this world, you have your family, but your friends are the family you choose. I’m not very close to my family and I cherish each and every one of the people who have come into my life and became part of my found family. When you lose anyone, it hurts, but as a part of life you expect the inevitability of witnessing your family die. You believe your friends will be around until you grow old. In my 29 years, I’ve learned the hard way that this isn’t always the case multiple times over, and last week I lost another friend who died before their time.
I met my friend Carol in 1999, when I was dating a mutual friend. She was spunky, outgoing, and had a great sense of humor. Over the years we spent time together as friends and had a lot of fond memories, but not all of them were great. Carol liked to live on the edge, and this included drugs. When Carol was high, she was driving a fast car to nowhere.
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Raver’s Delight
I’ve been going through a lot of my old mix CD’s lately and I started reminiscing on the days when I used to be a raver. In the 90′s, I not only frequented raves, but I promoted them as well. I could be found wearing baggy pants and funny tees, with my pacifier and glow sticks in hand, dancing to the some of the best breakbeats, jungle, trance, and house that was around. When you were lost in the music – and possibly on drugs – you were literally in another world.
I decided to make a mixtape via 8tracks with some of the top songs I remember sweating my ass off to in clubs across South Florida and still enjoy today. Coming in at 20 tracks, this is a mix that not only delivers classic rave songs, but takes me back to a place where I have some of the best memories as well as some of the worst. With that being said, it’s a time in my life that I will never forget and these songs are just as memorable.
For all you reformed ravers, this mix will bring you back. If you never were a raver but enjoyed electronic music from the 90′s and early 2000′s, this mixtape will hopefully give you something to jam to.
Track listing:
Time’s Up (The Bomb Remix) – Trip Theory
Busy Child – Crystal Method
Rock The Funky Beat - Natural Born Chillers
Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Edit) – Wildchild
Sugar Is Sweeter – CJ Bolland
The Freaks – Überzone
City Of Groove - DJ Icey
Smack My Bitch Up (DJ Hype Remix) – The Prodigy
You’re Not Alone (Ganga Kru Remix) – Olive
O.B.E. – Rabbit In The Moon
Fever – George Acosta
Beachball (DJ Icey Remix) – Nalin & Kane
Miracle Whip (Breakbeat Mix) – Fragma
I’ll Hide You (Acapella Intro) – Kosheen
Stay In Love (12 Inch Hot House) – MON a Q
Rollin’ With The Chillers – Natural Born Chillers
Bad Ass – Micky Finn & Aphrodite
Pepper Spray – DJ Baby Anne
Feels So Good – Sonique
Fine Night - DJ R Fresh
If you like any of the songs listed above, support the artist by purchasing them.
Image courtesy of Astro Marus
