Edgar Allen Poe – The Black Cat
If you didn’t know already, I love photographs and art. I use different sites to find collect images I find around the internet that speak to me in some form or another. Rather than post images on this site and create clutter, I recently started a Posterous blog that allows me to share pictures I like and add a quote or song lyric that I think of when I see the image. It also helps that I can quickly post from my iPhone via email.
Recently, I came across an image that reminded me of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Black Cat. Now, I wanted to share this on Posterous, but if you hadn’t read the story you wouldn’t understand why I chose The Black Cat to quote from unless you are familiar with it. Since The Black Cat is in the public domain, I decided to post it here in it’s entirety so you can read the story yourself, if you so choose.
The Right Track: Tunes To TargetCancer
Today a new charity is launching to help raise awareness and find cures for rare and underfunded forms of cancer. With the support of the music community, TargetCancer is using donations from music lovers to fund their cause. To achieve this, musicians have and will continue to donate unreleased music for you to download with all proceeds going to TargetCancer. The charity also will be holding concerts and events.
Every month there will be new music from different artists for you to check out and with the help of your purchase of a track, you do a small part to help something that has affected or will affect us at some time in our lives, whether it be a loved one or even yourself. I know first hand how cancer can destroy a family. Cancer goes beyond being a disease in one person; it touches everyone around it in a profound way once it has made it’s presence in a life known, a life that once may have only known innocence will now know sadness, anger, and tragedy.
Because of my personal experience with cancer and dealing with the loss of family and friends who were afflicted, I am supporting TargetCancer and getting the word out today that there is something that everyone can do. Even if you think downloading one song for less than a dollar is insignificant, if we can get the word out, that one song could be added to the thousands or millions of songs downloaded by people who hear about this organization. Remember, 100% of all proceeds go straight to TargetCancer. We CAN make a difference. Will you help?
To help TargetCancer, please check out the following links:
TargetCancer Official: http://www.targetcancer.info
The Right Track: http://www.righttracktunes.org
Twitter: TargetCancer / RightTrackTunes
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/targetcancer
Songs Currently Available from ‘The Right Track: Tunes To Target Cancer’
Weezer – “The Rat Race”
Ween – “DC Won’t Do You No Good”
The Donnas – “Can’t Keep It a Secret”
Cowboy Junkies – “In My Time of Need” (Ryan Adams cover)
Dean and Britta – “International Velvet Theme” (Caledonia Mix)
Buffalo Tom – “Thrown” (Live From Somerville Theater)
Linda Thompson – “Never the Bride”
Mike Viola – “This is Love, This is Life”
Drug Rug – “Coffee In the Morning” (Alternate Version)
The Gravel Pit – “Yellow Light Purple”
Happy Ending – “Through Your Eyes”
You can preview the track and you have the choice of downloading the flac or mp3 file of each song. Each song is less than a dollar but you can donate anything above that if you can, even if it’s just a few more cents.
Please help make a difference today and spread the word.
Cancer kills. Let’s kill cancer with music.
Virtual Jam Session
“8 people with 5 instruments from 4 Continents speaking 3 languages for 1 song.” – Cain Masni
That is the simple way to describe Jam Session 2.0. More difficult than getting everyone on board and doing it? Actually creating a great song that you want to listen to and not have it be just something cool that a few musicians threw together for fun. I can listen to this song and not know that it didn’t come from an album and was completely created online using the everyday communication tools that we all use.
The brainchild of Brian at Cain Mosni, he had this to say about the virtual jam session:
We put together a virtual “jam session” with musicians from all over the world! Music was inspired by Galt MacDermot’s amazing “Coffee Cold”. Handsome Boy Modeling School (Prince Paul and Dan the Automator) flipped that song with J-Live and Roisin Murphy from Moloko and called it “The Truth”.
Now that you know what went into this, check out the video or you can listen to the song below. I’ve also included the lyrics as well as the links for everyone who participated in this musical collaboration. If you want to download the track for free, click here to visit Dumbfoundead.com and choose which quality or file type you prefer.
Jam Session 2.0 from Cain Mosni on Vimeo.
Listen to Jam Session 2.0
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Mashup or Shut Up!
By popular demand I’m bringing you another fawesome collection of mashups! This will be my first mixtape of 2010 and I hope it will get you bumping, grinding, and rockin’ your fucking socks off. From the infamous A Plus D to funky DJ Schmolli, at the very least this mix is gonna make you bop your head… or at the most – explode it!
If you like any of the songs, leave a comment below with a valid email address and the name of the song you want so I can send it to you. All these songs are free so you can drop the guilt about getting free music, that is if you had any.
Now mashup or shut up!
Track listing:
A Circus of Heartbreakin’ Divas – Titus Jones
Touch 3 Skies – The White Panda
Beggin’ For Sanctuary – DJ Fac
Bulletproof Radar – DJ Schmolli
Whoomp! I Scrubbed It Again! – DJ Schmolli
Stardust Kids – A Plus D
Missing Thieves – Dj Fac
NirGaga – DJ Lobsterdust
Wouldn’t It Be The Fear? – Elocnep
Good Girls Burn Miami – Titus Jones
I Got More Than A Feeling – Mad Mix Mustang
Love/Fair Song – Bogoss
Krazy Day N Night – A Plus D
I Got Him – Elocnep
Waiting For My Hash Pipe – Divide And Kreate
Massive Fear – Mighty Mike
Time After Time Apache – Haroon Al-Qahtani
Put Your Records On & On – DJ Michbuze
Image courtesy of jasinski via Deviant Art
Happy New Year From Me To You
Wishing a Happy New Year from me to you. May 2010 bring you all the happiness you deserve. The past is behind us and the possibilities of the future are endless.
The best thing about New Year’s is that we all get to start over. Make the most of it. Besides, 2009 was so last year.
Auld Lang Syne by Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis (my favorite version)
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