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Slow Jam Sunday

“Dirty South Slow Jam” by MISTER.MAN

“I stood in a parking deck and listened to the last ten minutes of the Falcon’s game today. I have no problems admitting that up until this point, I haven’t paid much mind to professional football this year. Generally speaking, I can take it or leave it. I’m more of a baseball fan, because I have the soul of an 80-year-old. But, that doesn’t stop me from getting pretty excited when my hometown team is doing well. I even threw my fists up into the air when whatsis name scored that important goal-point-unit at the end of the game. It’s thrilling. Feeling like you’re apart of something feels good…”

Slow Jam Sunday [New Year's Edition]

“Slow Jam Sunday [New Year’s Edition]” by Mister.Man

“Last year on New Year’s Eve I watched a friend tape fireworks to his wheelchair and ride up and down the street as they shot off behind him. I remember drinking too much and having a good time…”

Editorial

“An Airing of Grievances” by ECH

“This year is the first year where I won’t be celebrating the holidays with the family, so I’ve decided to set out on my own traditions with my first annual Secular Holidaython. In addition to the second week of major college football’s bowl week (bowl week is four weeks long, and if you don’t understand college football by now, you never will), I’ve also celebrated the Winter Solstice on the 21st, and coming up in the next few days are National Eggnog Day on the 24th, Django Unchained Release Day on the 25th, and Boxing Day on the 26th. Today’s holiday is Festivus, a celebration born in the spirit of anti-commercialism. One of the most important aspects of Fesitvus is the Airing of Grievances, and without having my family here to express my disappointment at, I’ve taken the time to let the music industry know where they’ve faltered in 2012…”

Editorial

“Book Nook Finds” by MISTER.MAN

“Now that I’m living back in Atlanta, I’m rediscovering the things that I always liked about this city. It’s been nice having old familiar places around town. I like being back “home.”

I went to Book Nook for the first time in years today. Gotta keep up the lonely-soul record store / book store patron persona. And if I happen to find some cool books and records and Christmas gifts while I’m working on my image, so be it…”

Editorial

“Magical Musical Journey [Weeks of 12/3/12 and 12/10/12]” by SEAN 

“My lil musical dude’s journey continues, and this time he’s gone for two weeks without a break. Oddly enough, the amount of music is about the same – I got hung up on some really great albums that seemed to pass me by earlier in the year. And now it’s time to share, boys and girls…”

Editorial

“mumbledust and their Wintertime EP” by MISTER.MAN [link]

“I’m not that big a fan of Christmas music, I must admit. I’m that guy that got Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Charlie Brown Christmas album, but past that I’m not crazy about most holiday hits. I always hold out hope that whenever I hear a band that I genuinely enjoy do Christmas songs that I’ll really like them, but I usually don’t…”

your friend, the viking: In the Spotlight: Ryan McCardle

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As an annual celebration of the best in record cover art, the Best Art Vinyl award has featured some of the biggest names working in the visual arts today. Alongside established artistic heavyweights, the lists of nominees and winners since the inception of the award in 2005 has also…

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Slow Jam Sunday

“Slow Jam Sunday: Whole-Hearted Hip-Hop” by MISTER.MAN [link]

“I’ve always been of the opinion that everyone can and should find at least one song from every genre that they can appreciate, and enjoy listening to. I’ve never put this to the test, nor would I necessarily know how to go about doing that, but I stand by that feeling. From a personal standpoint, I’d like to think that I do a decent job of being open-minded in that regard, and from that I have developed a pretty broad familiarity with music…”

Mixtapes

“Gotta Keep Runnin’ (Aimless, Restless)” by ECH [link]

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“This started as a mixtape I threw together for my road trip from Iowa back to Savannah. I decided to put it together a little better and share it with these here Internets. It’s a collection of garage/punk/surf/noise/etc. rock songs that I’ve been listening to repeatedly since Halloween. Some of these songs have been among my favorites for a long time, and some I’ve found in the past few weeks. They’re loud, messy, and abrasive, as rock music should be. It’s a good set to listen to while traveling, or just daydreaming about running away. I’ve been doing quite a bit of both lately…”