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November’s mash-ups

Ryan McFarland — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:32:23 +0000

Bootie has a new collection of 10 mash-ups for November. If you like Journey’s 80’s tracks and Lady Gaga’s recent stuff then definitely download Don’t Stop Believing.

Ten new great mash-ups

Ryan McFarland — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:26 +0000

Check out the Bootie top 10 for October. There are a few really great tracks there.

The Guns & Roses remix is positively perfect… just enough of the original track to be fully recognizable but the addition of enough beat and tempo to make it leg bouncing.

I liked the Sean Kingston compilation by DJ Earworm too.

For a fun collection download the Ice Cream Mash… Sesame Street’s Ernie, Vanilla Ice, 20 Fingers and a few other tracks you’ll probably recognize.

Here Comes the Lovestepper is a great blend of new and old tracks.

Download and listen if you like to dance or want to appreciate some creative remixing.

Kitchens of India free CD

Ryan McFarland — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:44:30 +0000

Earl ate some sort of a curry dish that came with a CD. All i know is that it was by Kitchens of India and he said it tasted like chili. But the music CD that it came with is pretty decent. It looks like there are at least four volumes (this is volume 4) and it sure won’t hurt to have a collection of Indian instrumental music in my inventory.

And they even have a sweepstakes running for a free trip to India right now! I owe Pepper a trip to India…

Mashup crop

Ryan McFarland — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:29:34 +0000

If you like dance music and remixes you might like this collection of 10 mash-ups from Bootie. There is something for everyone in the collection: Kings of Leon, Beastie Boys, INXS, Duran Duran, Britney Spears, The Offspring, Queen…

Free music from Coldplay

Ryan McFarland — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:35:18 +0000

Kevin sent me this link to a Coldplay freebie. I’ve actually been listening to more Coldplay lately than ever before. It helps that it is on the same mp3 disc as the Beastie Boys and Breakbeat Era. I’m downloading it now so can’t say if i like it or not yet…

Tapping guitar player at Doc Martin’s in Taos

Ryan McFarland via Flickr — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:21:52 +0000

Tapping guitar player at Doc Martin’s in Taos

Originally uploaded by zieak

Tecate in the casino

Ryan McFarland via Flickr — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:44:43 +0000

Tecate in the casino

Originally uploaded by zieak

8-Bit’s song “Fake I-deez” is about robot’s unable to do “adult” things like buy cigarettes or go into strip clubs because they can’t get an ID. One part of the lyrics… “gettin’ drunk on Tecate that a human bought me” and “chillin’ in the casino because they forgot to card me”. So we each have 24 oz. of Tecate and are chilling in our room in the casino.

Free CDs

Ryan McFarland via Flickr — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:37:27 +0000

Free CDs

Originally uploaded by zieak

I enter sweepstakes and order freebies. Every now and they a really good freebie hits. We received a CD today totally free. If you act by the end of the month you can get one too.

Go to the Zantac site that is giving compilation CDs away. Pick your titl and enter a Zantac UPC from a box of Zantac. (If you look online you can probably find one.) A few weeks later the CD arrives!

The Beats, Man

Ryan McFarland — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:45:22 +0000

About two weeks ago a new CD appeared (audiophonically appeared that is) in my car. I had been enslaving Earl to help with some work projects since he was between jobs – or, as i like to call it “underemployed.” So we dug post holes and assembled bleachers and painted dugouts with this mystery CD playing 9 tracks repeatedly. A few songs stand out from it though. Oh – and the CD was from a friend of Cena & Bailee that promotes bands so it is a mixture of stuff.

The Beats, Man have a catchy tune called Beats Mand of Horses with a chorus of two fellows yelling at each other “get your horses out of my garage! get your cars out of my horse stable!” It turns out that one of our other favorites from the CD is also by them — Freedomtown. In listening to their myspace profile page songs i also really dig the song I Don’t Like Noise Bands.

Their stuff is sort of punky and electronic too. Don’t ask me about musical genres though.

Mystery solved

Ryan McFarland — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:10:26 +0000

Sometime in the early 80s i was in a record store in the Eastview mall (actually it seems like it was in Sears but i don’t remember them selling music). Mom was trying to sing part of a song that we were trying to buy on tape. The employee had no idea what song it was. Thanks to the internet we can now just do a quick search. I didn’t even know any of the lyrics. But fortunately the song made someones list of the best space songs ever. Enjoy. And mom, the artist is Peter Shilling and the song is Major Tom. It was a follow-up to a David Bowie song that had a less happy ending.