the Sunny San Diego Zoo
August 28th, 20092 tracks have been on my mind this week, so I thought I’d spin them like a college DJ, one after the other. Sidebar, I was packing up my old photo albums the other day and came across my college DJ FCC license…expired, but still official looking. Sidebar 2, I had a dream last night about running into someone who had the same (Bates) Jr. High yearbook I had, but that I didn’t know…weird…
Anyway, track 1 is one of my favorite tracks of all time. JG and i were talking about it earlier in the week, ‘cuz summer’s running out, and recently the sun has been on maximum good vibes. It’s an unreleased track from a Ghostface Killah album (he couldn’t clear the sample or something) and it is spectacular. Makes you feel good to be alive.
[audio:The_Sun.mp3]The second track is San Diego Zoo by Barbara someone-or-other, a track I was really into in college. It’s in my head because we’re heading to San Diego tonight for 5 days on a shoot. The great thing about this track is that I put it on a mix tape for my sister when she was living in Bolivia, and she subsequently digitized the tapes I made her into mp3’s. Laborious, I imagine, but I am so thankful as I know I’d never track down all these tracks…enjoy…
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You know, we’re both like Dad in different ways: you make spreadsheets and pie charts, I digitize my music. Can’t escape it.
And the Bolivian mix tape series is a classic! I still have the tapes and I still listen to them (undigitized!). The most popular track with the Bolivians was Beck’s remake of “Loser” in Spanish with a mariachi band–that one’d crack their shit up every time. Stand proud Josh Granger, you single-handedly brought Beck to Bolivia!
Also, I had a dream last night where I was about to be eaten by hillbilly werewolves while Mandy angrily cleaned my house.