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A New Adventure
Looking back on 2009, I realized with horror the stark absence of music. No matter what, music always had a place in my life in one way or another…lessons, lazy summers, the college radio station…but somehow the past year, (or couple years to be fair), I’ve become uncharacteristically estranged from even listening to…anything. So now I’ve added a new regimen to my life, the fruit of which will appear on Sundays right here. For now I’m calling it the weekly mari.mix (hello middle school…alternate name suggestions are welcome) and this is volume one.
This week, perhaps because I recently said good-bye to a dearest Grandparent, the theme is all nostalgia. In fact, this is technically an “old” mix I’ve had floating around for a while and tweaked over time and so, in that way, it is kind of an old friend. A weathered and warm friend with a slightly South Western accent, conjuring scenes of dust, whiskey, leather and fireplaces.
Download and Enjoy :)
mari.mix/ volume one
chan chan/ buena vista social club
shake’em loose tonight/ rumspringa
palmitos park/ el guincho
feel flows/ the beach boys
after sunrise/ sergio mendes & brazil 77
morgengruss II/ popol vuh
beach party/ air france
cripple crow/ devendra banhart
which will/ nick drake
don’t watch me dancing/ little joy
connjur/ school of seven bells
cello song/ the books feat. jose gonzalez
go east/ le loup
freeway/ kurt vile
going to california/ led zeppelin
(Artwork: Photograph of Middlebury Vermont, November 2009)
