///what will tomorrow bring?///a mixtape///

what will tomorrow bring? - love apple

let it out, let it in - truth

so am i - all that the name implies

vajra mantra - allen ginsberg

sing with the birds - lumumba

have a little mercy - ann sexton

didn't i - darondo

what does it take (to win your love) - alton ellis

baby - donnie & joe emerson

love jam for mother earth - ryan trott

little by little - the rolling stones

the murder mystery - the velvet underground

rabbit hole surf - karma vision

bell pepper hop - the bell peppers

dream world - the sharons

helpless (neil young) - buffy sainte-marie

if i knew - joan baez

here tonight - gene clark

in Christ there is no east or west - john fahey

talkin' like you (two tall mountains) - connie converse

only friends - francoise hardy

waltz - monster rally

...{One-Way Trip}-{Jesus Music, Vol. 2}...

So, here it is....Jesus Music Volume 2. We came across so many interesting tracks in our preparation for volume 1 that there was no way we could fit them all into one mix....on the other hand, some of these songs were just too good to pass up. In fact, we still have a surplus of artists that need to see the light of day, so you can expect a third mix within the months to come. But for now, enjoy the mix, below, that we, (Josh & Doug), have worked cooperatively on. While the musical flavor is slightly different from the songs on the first mix, there are some really solid tunes included here. All the tracks are performed by artists involved in the Jesus People Movement of the 60's and 70's- this fact, is more apparent in some of the selections than in others. Either way, they're definitely some great, "little-known" songs that we think are fun to get down with. Get it here or go down a little further and listen to it track by track. Feel free to let us know if you can roll with it.

"01)The New Creation: Countdown To Revolution (excerpt)"
"02)Bob Desper: The World Is Crying For Love"
"03)Re-Creation: Music"
"04)Holy Ghost Reception Committee #9: There's A Voice Inside"
"05)Jim Valley: All Is Well"
"06)Barbara Sipple: Hold On"
"07)Rainbow Promise: Do You Hear"
"08)Bliss: Visions"
"09)Mind Garage: The Electric Liturgy- The Lord's Prayer"
"10)The Sheep: Changes"
"11)Lonesome Stone: Where Do We Go From Here?"
"12)Dave Bixby: Open Doors"
"13)Chuck Girard: Everybody Knows For Sure"

"14)Carpenter's Apprentice: Someone"
"15)Harlan, John, Todd: Keep Me Through The Weak Parts"
"16)Hidden Manna: Death In The City"
"17)All Things New: Ones, Twos, and Threes"
"18)Moonrakers: Together With Him"
"19)White Light: Now I Realize"
"20)Marj Snyder: High On The Love Of Jesus"
"21)David Horn and Rodney Alexander: Walk
These Streets"
"22)Living Stones: Disallusion"
"23)The Joyful Noise: Amazing Grace (House of the Rising Sun version)"

<{cold horizons}-{a mixtape}>

{three}

at the prospect of the coming months
i rub my feet together like two sticks
i should probably strip the tree of tinsel this afternoon
toss it’s dead, dry body into the shallow snow beyond the plow drifts
maybe clear a path to the barn
but it’s likely i won’t
i can feel the weight of that tree just looking at it
can feel the labor of it in my heart
once again the cold horizon calls to me thru the curtains
as the old furnace issues another cough
the house creaking

rattling from one end to the other like a shiver in the spine
man is wood tough!
oh God how i wish i was as tough as a tree
strong & upright
i feel like a bent birch
cold & heavy like a snow bank
dark as night
there’s time yet i suppose for me to take up my tree
it would likely do me good to get out
walk the length of the road to the mailbox
let my eyes tear up with wind
take in the cutting air like a winston
sure as sundown, it would do me good
and surely i’ve got a mind to do it
but i’ve minded these things before

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man climbs out of the winter - cotton jones

la chaleur - bertrand belin

january 4th - wixel

raisins & almonds - yusef lateef

migration - the innocence mission

mellow my mind (neil young) - j. tillman

i'm so depressed - abner jay

ramblin' man - hank williams sr.

high time - the grateful dead

young bride - midlake

snow - real estate

things in life - dennis brown

a message from the underground bunkers - psychedelic schafferson jetplane

texas 71 - magnolia electric co.

if i ever needed someone - van morrison

mykonos - fleet foxes

look out the window so they won't see you crying - bobb bruno

solitaire - wilco

Lord, i'm in Your care - the carter family

go down, moses - padang food tigers

{)Country Christmas(}{)A Mixtape(}

been savin' the best fur last folks. this here's ma last Christmas mix of the season. it's a blend of classic bluegrass, country & western. i've derived much joy during the collecting & patching together of this collection. there's something here for everybody, ranging from songs that celebrate the Savior to songs about the broken-hearted Christmas blues. there are songs of Christmas on the range, Christmas in the country, Christmas in the mountains, and there's even one about being in a Christmas tree delivery truck. some of these songs go way back with recordings that span several generations up to the present date. for me personally, they produce a genuinely warm feeling as i think of the intimacy of this ongoing celebration that mainly happens within the context of family. there's something about the country inflection, the tone of the songs, the vulnerability and playfulness of the lyrics that has a way of casting my memories back to childhood. I pray it'll do the same for you & yours. A special thanks to Josh for providing his talents to the album artwork displayed above as well as all the blogs out there who are kickin' out the crackly goodness. Merry Christmas everybody ~ Doug

Blue Christmas - Leon Huff
Christmas Angel - Stompin' Tom Connors
Christmas Is Near - The Stanley Brothers
Old Timey Christmas - Merle Lindsay & The Oklahoma Night Riders
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Louvin Brothers
Footprints In The Snow - Jack Guthrie
When It's Christmas On The Range - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Santa & The Kids - Charley Pride
You're The Angel On My Christmas Tree - Faron Young
Lonely Christmas - Ferlin Husky
Christmas With You - Johnny Cash & June Carter
Winter Wonderland - Willie Nelson
Here At Christmas - Be Thine Mountain
Hanukkah Dance - Woody Guthrie
Baby, It's Cold Outside - Homer & Jethro with June Carter
Christmas Is Just Another Day For Me - Ernest Tubb
Blue Christmas Lights - Buck Owens
Old-Fashion Christmas - Jimmy Martin
If Santa Claus Could Bring You Back To Me - Jimmy Wakely
Silent Night - Wilf Carter
A Cowboy's Christmas Song - Leon McAuliffe And His Western Swing Band
White Christmas - Kitty Wells
(Merry Christmas) We Must Be Having One - Tammy Wynette
Be My Valentine On Christmas - Glenna Bell
Country Christmas - Loretta Lynn

Christmas Time's A-Comin' - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys

Gonna Wrap My Heart In Christmas - Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys
Truckin' Trees For Christmas - Red Simpson
Jingle Bells - Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers
Merry Christmas To All - Al Dexter & His Troopers

WE FREE KINGS

some Christmas jAZZ for your listening pleasure. this was a tough mix to make. to my personal dismay, there appears to be very little material to work with in the avant garde department, though i'll never give up the search. however, this is excellent jazz throughout with a heavy dose of the Christmas Spirit, including a few tracks that really push the envelope. if you listen to nothing else, please hear roland kirk's (cool lookin' cat on the cover) interpretation of we three kings. a yuletide gem to rival coltrane's greensleeves (also included).
Merry Christmas

silent night, holy night - i heart lung
winter wonderland - sonny rollins
we free kings - roland kirk
variations on a Christmas theme - the modern jazz quartet
God rest ye merry gentlemen - oscar peterson
have yourself a merry little Christmas - dexter gordon quartet
what child is this? - vince guaraldi
chipmunk Christmas - john scofield
santa claus is coming to town - jimmy smith
sleighride (aka midnight sleighride) - sauter-finegan & their orchestra
little drummer boy - jazzcode
do you hear what i hear? - jack brokensha quartet
we three kings of orient are - wynton marsalis septet
greensleeves - john coltrane
white Christmas - charlie parker
hymn for st. john of shanghai - create (!)

{)Christmas Eve(}{)A Mixtape(}

this is christmas eve, one half of a two disc christmas mix i made for some close friends in 2008, though i've made a few revisions for the sake of improvement. this was the mellow half. the other half, entitled christmas morn', was more on the peppy side. perhaps i'll put it up next year. this will be the first of three christmas mixes that i intend to put up between now and somewhere's around the 20th. there are some really wonderful renditions of the classics here, as well as some fine originals. merry christmas. doug

carol of bells - i heart lungs
joy to the world - clem snide
holy night - a perfect friend
o come, o come emmanuel - belle & sebastian
only at christmas time - sufjan stevens
the little drummer boy -vandaveer
lo, how a rose e're blooming - feist
christmas (baby, please come home) - arab strap
in the bleak midwinter - dan zimmerman
silent night - richard hawley
blue christmas - the perishers
the first noel - benji cossa
wrap me up - the sad cobras & the magic twig family
christmas time is here again (bring out the joy!) - my morning jacket
we're going to the country - sufjan stevens
christmas eve, driving home - frontier ruckus
don't be scared, there is a savior - joel pickell
shenandoah - le loup
the choir at your door - the choir at your door
last christmas - erland oye
if you were born today - low
o little town of bethlehem - the innocence mission
white christmas - snow den
it came upon a midnight clear - laura gibson
jingle bells - julian koster

<{(come winter)}>~<{(a mixtape)}>

greetings. happy first day of advent. here's a new mix intended to make you feel glad. if i were to try to describe it i'd say it sounds like the internal buzzings of someone dizzy with love. i realize that i might not have won you over with that statement, so allow me to explain:

the songs cover a lot of territory while consistently maintaining a sense of reflective joy & anticipation. somebody alone in a big room or ambling up a forest path with no one looking on. lost in thought. full of hope, acceptance, mystery. at times the music is hardly conscious - outside of time - flowing in the current. other times it's totally uninhibited - leaping giddy. i hope you've been here before. it's a good place to be.

what's the inspiration? i was thinking of a friend who i probably just described. one jaben vandenburg who this coming saturday will wed one carly arends. this mix is dedicated to them. i wish, hope & pray the very best to both of you & hope this music aptly reflects the coming days. congratulations - i wish i could be there.

as for everyone else, i would recommend this mix for activities such as drawing, walking, writing, necking, bubble-bathing, chessing, cooking & all around chillaxin'. enjoy. doug

birds pt. 1 - monster rally

a tender history of rust - do make say think

whisper always - wet wings

aesthetics of clouds - wixel

rails - bing & ruth

seeplymouth - volcano choir

look into the air - explosions in the sky

glory - 2%

vaarwel - wixel

follow me (john denver) - damien jurado & richard swift

filling our lives with each other - geotic

from one two - brometer

train song - vashti bunyan

winter waltz #1 - wixel

green - message to bears

womb duvet - origamibiro

lovers' carvings - bibio

honey moon - monster rally

hidden beneath - message to bears

wedding - ljudbilden & piloten

THE PUDDING

so...i need to admit from the get go that this is not a very accessible way to kick off my music posting endeavors. some jazz for you. however, this is not merely jazz, but it's jazz that contains guitar accompaniment throughout. and this is not simply guitar jazz, but it's free guitar jazz. and by that i mean freedom. not monetary freedom. musical freedom (not all of the tracks fall in to this catagory, and none of them are extreme in the free jazz sense).

all the same, this will cost you nothing, and therefore you should consider supporting artists that you especially like, and this goes for all sharing posts. every time i make a mixtape it will come in just under 80 minutes - so...if you fancy, burn it to a disc and drive it around town.

this post is to prove to the naysayers, that guitar and jazz can dance better than you think they can - the proof is in the pudding.

Virtually, Pt. 3 ~ Soft Machine

Maleem Ya Maleem ~ I Heart Lung

Sarana ~ Ray Russell

To Undertake My Corners Open ~ Henry Threadgill's Zooid

Arjen's Bag ~ John McLaughlin

Pete The Poet ~ John McLaughlin

Three Butterflies, Seven Mockingbirds ~ Create (!)

Agnewistic ~ The Richard Davis Trio

Baiyina ~ Pat Martino

The Anniversary Song ~ Django Reinhardt

lastly, for those of you who have a special appreciation for boundary pushing jazz (hi josh), please read the following post from Destination Out about a new feature that they're adding to their blog:

http://destination-out.com/?p=1529