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I wasn't going to do a holiday mix this year because I didn't think I'd have enough new content, then BAM I was suddenly hit with a sleighful of relevant music. Or a donkey or something, if you're into the religious part of everyone's favourite re-purposed pagan festival more so than the commercial part. I'm not particularly into either of them anymore, but hey, I can always appreciate some catchy music.

Also presents.

Highlights this year are courtesy of Gruff Rhys (I held back on including "Slashed Wrists This Christmas" because even I'm not quite that cynical), The Boy Least Likely To (as usual), some random Scottish people, and Rob Crow in the guise of Goblin Cock. If you've ever wanted to hear a Black Sabbath song in the tune of a Christmas classic then this is the mix for you! If you hadn't even considered such a magical thing, well, you might as well download it anyway because it's awesome.

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Folks!

Great show yesterday! And I didn't go to work today and I'm going to Disneyland tonight! It's just a non-stop awesome train over here on Team TtAS. Are you doing anything rad this weekend? I'll bet you are. You seem like a sexy young go-getter who knows how to have a good time. Be safe, kids.

But don't forget all the sweet jams we enjoyed together:

Things that Are Square 8-18-11

(*) = New release

Allo Darlin' - Dear Stephen Hawking - Henry Rollins Don't Dance

Ballboy - Sex Is Boring - Club Anthems
Half Japanese - 1,000,000 Kisses - Greatest Hits
Shonen Knife - Johnny Johnny Johnny - Rock Animals
Yeasayer - O.N.E. - Odd Blood (For Alexi in San Diego, CA)

(*) Stephin Merritt - Take Ectasy with Me - Obscurities
Caribou - Found Out - Swim (For John in Irvine, CA)
High Places - The Storm - High Places
(*) Pregnant - There's a River - Tradition

(*) John Maus - Cop Killer - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
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ok! last show of the spring. chill. see you in summer.

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Climb the Sky - Finally Punk
On Sleeping - Stephen Steinbrink
Ladyfingers - Hjemmelavede
How Will You Know? - the boy who could fly
Flight Song - Casper Pony
End Of Summer - The Dreadful Yawns
Calis - Foot Ox
1980-1990 - Barcelona
Scene From A Famous Movie - Unbunny
Untitled - Actual Birds
Tag My Name - I am "the World"
I Don't Go With Her Anymore - The Man From Delmonte
Unicorns - Logan Whitehurst & the Junior Science Club
You're Too Pretty To Be Working In A Burger Joint - Talkshow Boy
New Confinement - Eat Skull
Banana - Tree Sounds
Lemonade - Bikeride
Scattered Pearls - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Inauguration Day - Erin Tobey
The Big Dig - Family Fodder
Tip of My Tongue - Mike Cellemme
Mr. Cookie - The Jellydots

*= must see

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* The National (i love them but im over it after 6 times!!)

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* Broken Social Scene
Crystal Castles
Cut Copy
* Radiohead

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8mm sky (best band in Taiwan)
Blonde Redhead
De La Soul
Diplo (i have no idea why i saw him 3 times!)
Elbow
Hot Chip
Justice
MGMT
Mogwai
Ratatat
* Simian Mobile Disco
Tame Impala
Zero7

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2 Many DJs
Album Leaf
Architecture in Helsinki
Busy P
Chairlift
The Chemical Brothers
Cloud Control
Coldplay (shame on me)
Deerhunter
Delorean
* Doves
Devo
Explosions in the Sky
* The Field
* Flying Lotus
* Gorillaz
Groove Armada
Holy Fuck
Jose González
Little Dragon
Lykke Li
M83
Magnetic Man
Major Lazers
* Massive Attack
Metric
M.I.A.
Midnight Juggernauts
The Morning Benders
múm
Muse
* Nosaj Thing
Phoenix
* Portishead
* Röyksopp
Sia
* Sigur Rós
Spiritualized
Thievery Corporation
TOKiMONSTA
Toro Y Moi
TV on the Radio
Underworld
UNKLE
Warpaint
Yeasayer
Yo La Tengo

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alright. played music all night! thanks to you all.

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Secrets Of The Beach - Humble Cub
Track 01 - La Playa
Junk - Actual Water
World Fantasy (Featuring Weirdo-Begeirdo) - Foot Village
I'm Not Your Boyfriend - Makeup Monsters
Over There - Brilliant Colors
L.A. - eli moore
Forever Dudes - Still Flyin'
What Did I Do - The Beets
Dinosaurs - Christmas Island
Build Fires - French Quarter
Cartoon Beginning - Eat Skull
Jesus Loves Me (But You're Coming Home With Me) - Des Ark
Hearts Squeeze - Eternal Summers
Boyfriend Application - Finally Punk
'Breakup' Means Forever - Alabaster Skeleton
Blood Orange - Son of Heatwave
Letter To A Lightning Bug - Jordan O' Jordan
Sleep Over - The Maybellines
The Camera Loves Me - Would-Be-Goods
Bad Voodoo - Khemo Rabbit
A - The Pancakes
Golden Boys, Golden Girls - Wild Years
Look Skyward - Rose Melberg
Loose Screws - Wait
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The Rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. 15 albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you. List the first 15 you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.

In no particular order as they all have influenced my life in different ways:
I. Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
II. Straylight Run - Straylight Run (self-titled)
III. Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton - Knives don’t have your back
IV. The Distillers - Coral Fang
V. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
VI. A Fire Inside -Sing The Sorrow
VII. Maria Taylor - 11:11
VIII. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
IX. Nana Grizol - Love It Love It
X. Good Charlotte - The Young and The Hopeless
XI. Bayside - Sirens and Condolences
XII. Page France - Hello, Dear Wind
XIII. Metric - Fantasies
XIV. The Appples In Stereo - Tone Soul Evolution
XV. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Honorable Mentions:
Avril Lavigne - Let Go
Mindless Self Indulgence - You’ll Rebel To Anything
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Happy Friday, internet,

Last night's show was pretty radtarded. My friend Emilie came, so it was fun, but hanging out with rad folks distracts you from tasks at hand. So technically flawed, but emotionally powerful. With good tunes! Tunes like these:

Things that Are Square

(*) = New release

Francis and the Lights - Darling, It's Alright - It'll Be Better

Discovery - So Insane - LP
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Old Panda Days (with Nick Kgrovich) - Advance Base Battery Life
(*) Destroyer - Savage Night at the Opera - Kaputt
(*) Akron/Family - Silly Bears - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT

(*) Yuck - Get Away - Yuck
The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl - Death Rides a Pale Cow
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Broken Broken Broken Heart - 'Em Are I
The Wedding Present - What Did Your Last Servant Die Of? - George Best
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

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Howdy folks,

Hope you're having as productive/relaxing/enjoyable a rainy Sunday as I am. I did my taxes, watched an Oscar-nominated documentary, ate a fantastic salad, got a good chunk of homework done, and now I'm sitting by a fireplace while it rains outside. Heck yeah, weekends.

Anyway. The stuff I played on my show last Thursday (a short one, due to basketball preemption)

Things that Are Square 1-27-11

(*) = New release

(*) Allo Darlin' - Kiss Your Lips - Allo Darlin'

Nose Bleed Island - When We Won the War - More Tales from Blood Island
Los Campesinos! - Frontwards - Sticking Fingers Into Sockets
Best Coast - Crazy for You - Crazy for You
Death From Above 1979 - Sexy Results - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

(*) Destroyer - Blue Eyes - Kaputt
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Lonesome New Mexican Nights - Advance Base Battery Life
Shocking Pinks - You Can Make Me Feel Bad - Shocking Pinks
(*) Tennis - Marathon - Cape Dory

Jonathan Richman - When She Kisses Me - Having a Party with Jonathan Richman
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