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Thursday playlist: Heaven Bound

E. Tan — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:04:55 +0000

For the first eight years of life, I listened to classical music to fall asleep. Handle, Beethoven, Strauss – this kind of stuff. It was Tchaikovsky, though, that would really get me worked up and tired out before bedtime. During the finale of the “1812 Overture” I would run full-force at the couch, make a flying leap, and fire off an “air cannon” in mid-flight. It was my dream to play the cannon. Someone had to be the cannon player, right? I expressed interest, dropped all the right hints, but alas, my parents bought me a saxophone instead.

The saxophone treated me well. It didn’t quite produce the rapture I might have been able to get from a cannon, but at least I could squawk out some pretty mean sounds.

Thus enters “Heaven Bound,” a collection of songs that I’ve been listening to on repeat lately. When I’m listening to this mix, I imagine either firing off a cannon – the peak of bliss – or settling in and waiting for life to teach me the limits of rapture. Maybe it’s a little bit of both. It’s short, clocking in under 30 minutes, but I hope you enjoy the trip. Many thanks to Root Blog, Mississippi Records, and WFMU for sharing these awesome tracks so I could share them with you.

Here’s hoping to a snow-free April!

image by Michael Chase

Eddie Callahan – Santa Cruz Mountains
Onra – Hope
Sahel Sounds – Polisario
Moussia Doumbia – Femme D’Aujourd’Hui
Fats Waller – Jitterbug Waltz
Sir Mack Rice – Baby I’m Coming Home
Chuck Person – excerpt from “Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1 – Side B”
Sven Libaek – Misty Canyon
Unknown – Dance Music (from Hare Rama Hare Krishna)

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June 2010: Transcendence

E. Tan — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:52:35 +0000

The Gun Club – Sex Beat

Jorge Ben Jor – Errare Humanun Est

The John Shakespear Orchestra – Number One Theme

Neu! – Isi

Jean Louis – Misaotra Mama

Roy Ayers – The Memory

Roy Ayers – Feel Like Making Love

Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots

Spacemen 3 – Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found There)

Francis Bebey – Le chant d’lbadan

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Thursday Playlist: Repeat repeat

E. Tan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:00:04 +0000

Hello Internet people. Welcome to another edition of Thursday Playlist. Here is a collection of some of my all time favorite tracks. Hope you enjoy.

Until next time,

xxx E. Tan

1. Chromatics – Night Drive

2. Atlas Sound – Recent Bedroom

3. Yoko Ono – Walking on Thin Ice

4. Fantastic Baggies – It Was I

5. Frida Sonko – Gwenasobya

6. S. E. Rogie – Toomus Meremereh Nor Good

7. Gautam Dasgupta – Duniya MAne Bura To Goli Maro

8. Arthur Russell – This Is How We Walk On The Moon

9. Jacques Lejeune – Petite Suite (g) Serenade

10. Julio Morales – Yo Pagaré La Cerveza

11. Jessie Mae Hemphill – I’m So Glad

12. Isaya Mwinamo – Lipa Kodi Ya City Council

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Thursday favorites: Polygamist houses

E. Tan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:03:30 +0000

The polygamist house has always fascinated me. It somehow has to hold multiple wives, a large number of children, and the husband that organizes them all. A few weeks ago, a friend and I spent a day in the polygamist community of Colorado City, Arizona taking pictures of houses. We had some pretty unreal experiences that I hope to write about another day, but in the meantime, here are my favorite houses we came across.

What you might not be able to notice from the pictures are the amount of houses that were either unfinished or just abandoned. These abandoned structures are scattered throughout the town. Were they left by the group who migrated to Eldarado, TX? Do these Mormons follow in a long tradition of leaving a newly built house to follow their current prophet? This was a truly bizarre experience from a truly bizarre city.

Thursday playlist: Muxtape edition

E. Tan — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:37 +0000

My friends tell me that I have a bad habit of making impossible to listen to mixes. So here’s my answer:

http://popmusic.muxtape.com

1. Big Blood – She Said Nothing
2. Animal Collective – Water Curses
3. High Places – Head Spins
4. M83 – Kim & Jessie
5. Atlas Sound – Ativan
6. Ermasse – Courez Courez
7. El Guincho – Palmitos Park
8. The Black Angels – You In Color
9. Magik Markers – Empty Bottles
10. Beach House – Hear Of Chambers
11. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
12. The Crayon Fiels – Impossible Things

ENJOY!