January 2011
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Mix #17
I kind of hate that I’m only just now uploading my first mix of the year, but today’s the first day in a long while that I haven’t felt like I’m running to catch up with everything that’s going on. Anyhow, I like this one quite a bit, so here’s to you grabbing a few good feelings as you listen.
Company Pants Mix #17 (January 2011)
01 ANR / “A Year In...
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Quote: Ian Karmel
“Portland has more overeducated, overprivileged white kids in their twenties than a Wu-Tang Clan concert.” - Ian Karmel
I got to see Ian Karmel once again last night doing a feature set in front of a great and acerbic Marc Maron performance. This particular line of his caused me to spit out the Sierra Mist I was drinking. Yeah, that’s right. Sierra Mist.
Good, good times.
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Quote: Nicholas Maggio
“Do yourself a favor and NEVER strip a bed at a cheap motel. No, really. Don’t.” - Nicholas Maggio.
Nick runs one of the most fascinating blogs around, A Time To Get, and spends most of his life taking superb photographs. His photo up above these words is part of a series he just shot for Crate Denim.
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The Moth & DMC
On a weekly basis, The Moth Podcast showcases the kinds of stories that will swim around the inside of your head for days. I’ve found myself openly laughing and/or sobbing in public more than a few times on a Monday afternoon while taking in a new episode.
Today’s episode featured Darryl McDaniels (aka DMC from Run-DMC) relaying a story about his slide into depression, the discovery...
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Superego: “California Cooking with Claymore Cleveland”
“Only go organic with these because if you buy something that’s not organic, you’re stupid.”
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Just Saw: Blue Valentine
After well over a year of anticipation, I was finally able to catch a showing of Blue Valentine earlier this evening in the company of a few fantastic pals. While I do have a lot to say about this film, I’m thinking that I will contain the majority of it to the car ride home from the theater and the rest to the inside of my brain.
I will say that I greatly enjoyed the film (in the same...
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Quote: Jack London
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” - Jack London
Happy (Woulda Been Your) Birthday, Jack London. Thanks for Call Of The Wild, White Fang and all of those tremendous short stories that helped keep me enthralled when I was just a little tyke.
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Quote: David Rakoff
“The person who drowns from anxiety and the person who claims agency from their anxiety and the person who feels no anxiety at all? They’re the same person. Do you know what I mean? We’re not these warring constituencies of ‘people who have no problems’ and ‘people who are simply awash in problems’. That’s just life, you know? Life is this...
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