Yeah, that’s me, wearing an original “Thriller” jacket worn and autographed by Michael Jackson during his world tour. No, that’s not how I spent your donations, I swear. I just needed a picture of myself wearing it. You know, because you never know when you’re going to need a picture of yourself looking like a flaming homosexual…
75orLess blog! Kevin from Ohio! The two of you combined put the Swan Fungus blog’s first (and only) fundraiser over the lofty goal of $350 in two weeks! Thank you everybody who donated, I think I’ve mentioned you all by name but just in case I missed anyone…Thank you Stephen, Edgar, Old Man Neil, Jonathan, Nicci, Chris, Evan in KC, Kurt, Lauren, Michael, Sean, Rhodri, John S., Tyler, Nicholas, Alex, Bill, 75orLess, and Kevin! You will all be receiving handsome ‘Thank You’ boxes (not rigged to explode, either!) in the mail in the coming month or so. Now begins the arduous process of bringing my quirky, uncouth blogging persona to a new medium: the care package. If you thought the personalized Top Ten lists took a while for me to send out, these ones are probably going to take a little while longer. There are twenty one of you glorious donors (although Old Man Neil donated three times: 55 cents, 44 cents and one dollar). So that’s 18 boxes that need to be stuffed (like how I stuffed your mother last night!) and sent around the world. Hopefully that extra twenty-five dollars will cover shipping charges.
There are 21 of you. There are 21 songs in today’s Sunday Monday Mix Tape. Sorry I couldn’t make one last night, I was too busy seeing Stephanie’s trumpet skills at The Viper Room, where she brought some clarity and jazziness to an otherwise horrible funk showcase. God, what douchebags the Viper Room draws in. Anyway…I’ll leave it to the 21 angelic donors to decide which song on this mix tape best matches their personality. You can make all your bold claims about which song you are in the comments section. I was only consciously trying to match a few of you. I’ll give you a hint: Old Man Neil’s forty-four cent donation is represented by the 17-second-long Conet Project track. Also, there is a prevailing theme of triumph. Hence all the allusions to “winning”.
Sunday Mix Tape 102
We Did It! Great Job!
01. Pelican – Last Day Of Winter – (buy this album)
02. Benoit Pioulard – Sparrowfield
03. Grails – The Deed – (buy this album)
04. This Heat – Triumph – (buy this album)
05. PJ Harvey – Victory – (buy this album)
06. Angel’in Heavy Syrup – Space Conquest
07. Blur – Jubilee – (buy this album)
08. Earth – High Command – (buy this album)
09. The Conet Project – Moscow Coup Attempt – (buy this album)
10. Black Uhuru – Dub You Haffe Dub – (buy this album)
11. Harvey Milk – A Small Turn Of Human Kindness – (buy this album)
12. Nico – All That Is My Own – (buy this album)
13. Yume Bitsu – Team Yume – (buy this album)
14. Lift To Experience – Just As Was Told – (buy this album)
15. Jesu – Lifeline – (buy this album)
16. Oxbow – A Winner Every Time – (buy this album)
17. Rivulets – Win Or Lose – (buy this album)
18. Russian Circles – Death Rides A Horse – (buy this album)
19. Volcano! – $40,000 Plus Interest – (buy this album)
20. Mogwai – Small Children In The Background – (buy this album)
21. Landing – In A Car – (buy this album)
Thank you all, again.
