Here’s a mix I’m listening to at present while I work. Some goth and industrial influenced stuff, kraut and minimal synth, current and post punk dance tunes. Oh, and some songs from high school. You can probably guess which ones.

These three songs are brilliant. Why wasn’t I obsessed with them earlier?

The Cure, All Cats are Grey

Romeo Void, Talk Dirty (To Me)

Lo Fi Fnk, Want U

PS Currently obsessed with Rainbows, Prisms, Fractals, MC Escher styled visual tricks.

from Look Caitlin

Rainbow by Billy Apple, 1965

When I was a very impressionable youth I got WAY into Deee-Lite. World Clique, Infinity Within, even Dew drops in the Garden. Actually, “Groove is in the Heart” is still one of my favorite songs. Ask anyone.

1990. Year of Technotronic. Snap! Toms Diner… This little gem

This came next. Definitely bought it from Columbia House

I was sifting through images of “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead” and landed into the lap of Lady Miss Kier (birth name Kierin M. Kirby. Um, how is this real?). She totally did the sixties mod thing ala the B-52′s but so much more through the eyes of a club kid on acid.

Did you know she started out as a punk? Me neither…

Paging Siouxsie and Sue Catwoman

Orange spandex and pigtails and a baby tee covered in huge sparkly butterflies? Sure, why not.
I distinctly remember going to Wet Seal and lusting after babytees. One in 17 I still remember said “Man Trap” and had a girl with an illustration of literal beehive on her head. Was Mantrap a brand like X-Girl?

baby barrettes. chunky sneakers. crop top. must be the 90s.

Of course she would love LL. And of course he’d love her. All the gays do.

Hey, I was just here. Is that me and James and our new Italian friend? Could be!

Most of these images come from this flickr user and this website and uuiuu’s tumblr

little boots - stuck on repeat

deee lite - groove is in the heart

magas - hard to detect

we have band - you came out

gang gang dance - house jam

steve reich - drumming part four

animal collective - my girls

here we go magic - fangela

Recently, I somehow managed to damage my second external hard drive and in the process lost all my mp3s. I blame it on the move to the new studio. Over 80 gigs of music instantly gone. Sorta devastating. Anyone want to put some music on my server? Wink wink

In the process of rebuilding my library I’ve been thinking about “essential” songs that went missing. All the old disco and post punk that I listened to on permanent repeat years ago still holds up. Here are a few tracks I played for friends the other night. They came in between some Chicago House, Soft Circle, and lots of fancy Belgian Ale.

Paul Mccartney - Temporary Secretary
Aural Exciters - Spooks in Space

La Bionda - I Wanna Be Your Lover

Bumblebee Unlimited - Ladybug
Captain Sensible - Wot

I wouldn’t think shows like The City and The Hills would have any bearing on my music taste. I am not fifteen. I find out music by going to shows, digging around blogs, websites like last.fm, the hype machine, and record stores.

First I discovered musician Yelle in between an episode of The Hills. She danced around in a smiley faced Jeremy Scott number while rapping a French does MIA dirty dance number. I got to see her energetic live performance the next week and then Rebecca gave her some signature clothing and sat during her Venus shoot a month or two later. Um. Jealous!

And now, I find myself listening to Australian band Empire of the Sun whom I discovered during Monday’s episode of The City. I’m surprised I even heard them (as Whitney and Olivia “worked” on the DVF shoot) given the gleeful screaming and commentary that is had when eight people are over eating snacks.

Anyway! I am really feeling their single “Walking on a Dream.” MGMT and Prince tunes with Adam Ant styling sounds perfect for a summer jam. Of course it *is* summer in Australia right now. Here is the youtube video

I’m in tonight working late, finishing a job so James and I can take a buying trip tomorrow. Every weekend the past month I’ve left the city and hit up flea markets and antique stores outside of the city; traveling to Columbus and Englishtown NJ, Philly, and a secret spot far away in CT.

Tomorrow, it’s back to PA. I am trying to finish up the new apartment on the super cheap. I’m hunting for a Danish Modern credenza, old mirrors (especially those with scalloped edges), a coffee table, shelving brackets, threadbare oriental rugs, an ornate headboard or captain’s bed, pendant lamps and chandelier, a china cabinet, and flair in the 5-20$ range.

While this may sound like a tall order, the prices are so much less than anything in the city, less than Ikea even. I’ll post photos of my finds later.

I made two mixes for the trip. Too bad muxtape is dead. I’d post them otherwise.

Just whipped up this portrait of Dan Deacon for another Boost Mobile silk screened show poster.

I love album art from the mid to late sixties. That period in time where bands like the 13th floor Elevators were taking copious amounts of lsd and adding swirls, deco motifs, vibrating day-glo colors, and optical illusions to nearly everything.

Here are a few covers I’m particularly fond of.

I took some old art and made a remix. I took some songs and made a mix.

Here’s the playlist:
MelodyDay.muxtape.com

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Rollerdisco
White Sport - She’s Groovy
Hercules And Love Affair - Time Will
Deastro - Light Powered
YACHT - If Music Could Cure All That Ails You
Trophy - Slow Flight
The Lijadu Sisters - Orere Elejigbo
The Seeds - Pictures And Designs
White Rabbits - The Plot
Sonic Youth - Starfield Road
The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Original Radio Edit)
Tamion - Fuck You Tami