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This is my second-most recent mixtape, done a few months ago at, for and during my friend's party. As it was mixed on the spot, I've tidied some parts up a bit- mainly using random TV clips. I'd recommend it to anyone as there's a reasonable range of music on there, although being that it was for a party, the onus is more on pop and electronic music than I would normally choose. It's fun though. And it's definetly value for money (free).

For a link to the mixtape please email me- itsprobablysean@gmail.com or leave a message in my last.fm inbox.

It's about 55 mins long and features the following tracks:


(Intro)
The LOX / Timbaland / Eve - Ryde or Die, Bitch (inst.)
Memphis Bleek / Livin' Proof / - Get Low (inst.)
DJ Shadow - Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
Cansei de Ser Sexy - Alala
Modest Mouse - The View
Aaliyah / Treach - A Girl Like You
Mercury Rev - Goddess on a Hiway
Blackstreet / Queen Pen / Dr. Dre - No Diggity
Alicia Keys / LL Cool J - Teenage Love Affair (Swizz Beatz Remix)
Charles Hamilton - Brazilian Crying Season
Charles Hamilton - Anti-Bullying Zone
(Interlude)
Rihanna / Kardinal Offishal - Ride
The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
Deftones - Passenger
High Contrast - The Ghost of Jungle Past
(Interlude)
The Shins - Turn a Square
Tune-Yards - Sunlight
Jay-Z - Jockin' Jay-Z
Destiny's Child - Bootylicious (a capella)
Destiny's Child / Wyclef Jean - No No No, Part 2
Modest Mouse - Fire It Up
Cassie - Is It You (inst.)
Massive Attack - Angel
Usher / Ludacris / Lil Jon - Yeah! (a capella)
Sam & Dave - Hold On I'm Comin'
The Veronicas - Untouched (inst.)
Ciara / Missy Elliott - 1, 2 Step (a capella)
Ciara / Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic
Nirvana - Lithium
Glasvegas - Geraldine
(Interlude)
Beyoncé / Fabolous Get Me Bodied / Timbaland Remix
Faithless - Insomnia
(Interlude)
Lady GaGa - Paparazzi
Missy Elliott / Ciara / Fatman Scoop - Lose Control
Lady GaGa / Colby O'Donis - Just Dance
Portishead - Numb (inst.)
Jay-Z - Izzo (H.O.V.A.) (a capella)
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Jennifer Hudson / Young Jeezy - Spotlight, Part 2
MGMT - Time to Pretend
(Interlude)
Erykah Badu - Danger
M.I.A. / Bun B / Rich Boy - Paper Planes (Diplo Street Remix)
The Roots / Dice Raw / Peedi Peedi - Get Busy (inst.)
Beyoncé / Jay-Z - Déjà Vu (Bama Boyz Remix)
Beyoncé - Creole
Cutty Ranks - Dutty Six Pack
Rihanna - Shut Up and Drive
Yo La Tengo - Saturday
(Interlude)
James Brown - The Payback
Amerie - Need You Tonight (inst.)
Sigur Rós - Hoppípola
The Roots / Dice Raw / Malik B. - Here I Come
Nine Inch Nails - The Four of Us are Dying
(Interlude)
Amerie - Got to Be There



I think that took longer to write out than to make..... what a waste of time. Oh well

PBS presents Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, which highlights the rise of Stax Records, death of Otis Redding, the seizure of the entire Stax catalog by Atlantic Records, the label’s eventual recovery, and Isaac Hayes rise to stardom.

Respect Yourself includes personal interviews with William Bell, David Porter, Jesse Jackson, Mavis Staples, Duck Dunn of Booker T. & The MG's, Sam Moore of Sam & Dave and more!

tastyanagram's top albums
1. Spoon - Girls Can Tell (316) 2. Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll (284) 3. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (271) 4. Feist - Let It Die (268) 5. Burial - Burial (235) 6. Akron/Family - Akron/Family (227) 7. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (221) 8. Joy Electric - Hello, Mannequin (216) 9. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (203) 10. Junior Boys - Last Exit (194) 11. The Microphones - The Glow, Part 2 (184) 12. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak (180) 13. Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (169) 14. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart (163) 15. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (162) 16. Daedelus - Invention (157) 17. Kate Bush - The Dreaming (156) 18. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (154) 19. Simon & Garfunkel - The Best of Simon & Garfunkel (152) 20. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (150) 21. Colleen - Everyone Alive Wants Answers (148) 22. Kate Bush - Aerial (disc 2: A Sky of Honey) (144) 23. The Knife - The Knife (142) 24. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance (142) 25. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (141) 26. The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone (139) 27. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (138) 28. Cat Power - The Greatest (137) 29. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out of Season (136) 30. Saint Etienne - Travel Edition 1990-2005 (132) 31. Kate Bush - Aerial (disc 1: A Sea of Honey) (131) 32. Sam & Dave - The Best of Sam & Dave (127) 33. Metric - Live It Out (127) 34. John Coltrane - Giant Steps (126) 35. Lamb - Lamb (126) 36. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast (125) 37. Arto Lindsay - Prize (121) 38. Pixies - Doolittle (119) 39. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (118) 40. Various Artists - Almost Famous (117) 41. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (117) 42. Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier (112) 43. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets (108) 44. Kate Bush - The Sensual World (107) 45. PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (106) 46. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (104) 47. Weezer - Pinkerton (103) 48. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (102) 49. Steeleye Span - Back In Line (101)

If you reached the top of Mount Everest, you would scream:
Song: Road To Nowhere
Artist: the talking heads
Comment: i could see myself screaming that...

The next time you stand up in front of a group of people, you'll say:
Song: When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Artist: Sam & Dave
Comment: "something is wrong with me". i must be about to fight for a friend!

Your favorite thing to say when drunk is:
Song: Children Of The Revolution
Artist: T.Rex
Comment: and start a party!

Your message to the world:
Song: Come And Get These Memories
Artist: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Comment: there are a lot of *memories* i wouldnt mind giving back...

When you think of your best friend you think:
Song: More Than This
Artist: Roxy Music
Comment: right now, this song is perfect for what was.

Your deepest secret:
Song: Summer Days
Artist: Phoenix
Comment: this isnt so much a secret. its my life right now. hello, i need a job.

Your innermost desire:
Song: Situation
Artist: Yazoo
Comment: move out - move out. yes. i would like that.

Your oldest memory makes you think:
Song: Certain Kind Of Lover
Artist: The Lovelites
Comment: im pretty sure this is inappropriate for a childhood memory.

Somewhere in your wedding vows, you'll include:
Song: I'm a Lady
Artist: Santogold
Comment: i suppose i would be a lady with her mind made up.

On your deathbed, you'll whisper:
Song: Adore
Artist: Lo-Fi-Fnk
Comment: to the few people who would actually attend me in my critical days. "i wanna thank you for the day, i had the best of times."

Your friends say behind your back:
Song: Things We Said Today
Artist: The Beatles
Comment: things are said one day. mean something different another. no deep in love though.

You say behind your friends' backs:
Song: Miss Miss
Artist: Figurine
Comment: "its all downhill from here, its time to move on" that whole growing up. getting left behind. friends changing. marriage. depressing.

Your opinion of MySpace:
Song: Let Me See You
Artist: Girl Talk
Comment: sometimes i like, sometimes i dont. either way, its addictive.

When you wake up in the morning, you mutter:
Song: The Soul Of My Suit
Artist: T.Rex
Comment: rock-n-roll, yeah.

If you found yourself lost on a desert island, you'd yell:
Song: dollar girl
Artist: Orchestral Manoevers In The Dark
Comment: i guess i get cheap on an island. anything to make a buck. now where i'll spend it is another story.

Right now, your feelings are:
Song: Oh My Lover
Artist: The Chiffons
Comment: nope, no feeling of love for anyone. not like this song is suggestion. nice song though.

What's your excuse for reposting this:
Song: take a course in happiness
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Comment: its always nice to take the time to enjoy music and its meanings to you.

Your life's soundtrack:
Song: lets make our love song
Artist: Figurine
Comment: if only life was a love song. its nice to dream though.

The day you fall in love will be the day that:
Song: Melt With You
Artist: Modern English
Comment: ooh, a perfect song to play with falling in love.

You scream during sex:
Song: American Bandstand Boogie
Artist: Barry Manilow
Comment: im having some poppy/dance sex!

Your farewell message to the readers of this:
Song: Leave Me Be
Artist: The Zombies
Comment: all i wanna do is be alone, ha

J'ai trouvé ce quiz sur plusieurs profils anglophones. Je l'ai traduit et je l'ai fait ...

Mettez votre lecteur audio en aléatoire.
Postez les 40 premières chansons à sortir.
Il peut y avoir des répétitions d'artistes, mais relancez les répétitions de chansons.

1. Sam & Dave - Soul Man
2. Kaolin - Greta
3. Third Eye Blind - Jumper
4. Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love
5. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
6. Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
7. Tal Bachman - She's So High
8. Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
9. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
10. The Killers - Everything Will Be Alright
11. Matmatah - When I get
12. Korn - Did My Time
13. Sinsemilia - Tout le bonheur du monde
14. Rihanna - Please Don't Stop the Music
15. Ska-P - Violencia machista
16. Matmatah - Gotta go now
17. Evanescence - Surrender
18. Ska-P - La mosca cojonera
19. Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
20. The Wombats - Backfire at the Disco
21. AC-DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
22. Mass Hysteria - Donnez-Vous la Peine
23. Girls in Hawaii - Bees & Butterflies
24. Del Shannon - Runaway
25. The Dust Brothers - The X-Files Theme
26. Sinead O'Connor - My Lagan Love
27. Starsailor - Alcoholic
28. David Bowie - Heroes
29. Bronski Beat - Smalltown
30. Slipknot - Tattered and Torn
31. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
32. Jack Johnson - All At Once
33. Howard Shore - Isengard Unleashed
34. Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
35. No Doubt - Staring Problem
36. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
37. Sergent Garcia - Guantanamo City
38. Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love Is Blind
39. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin'
40. Blink 182 - Online Songs

1. Préférez-vous la chanson #1 ou #40 ?
La 40, beaucoup plus dans le style que j'écoute quotidiennement.

2. Avez-vous déjà écouté #12 de façon continue ?
Je pense pas. Pas celle-là de Korn en tout cas.

3. De quel album est extrait #26 ?
Aucune idée, d'un live quelconque.

4. Que pensez-vous de l'interprète de #15 ?
C'est sympa et festif, mais ça saoule vite, trop répétitif. Et surtout, la plupart des gens ne passent que deux / trois de leurs chansons (et pas les meilleures).

5. #19 est-elle l'une de vos chansons favorites ?
Non. Je lui trouve rien d'extraordinaire.

6. Que vous rappelle #38 ?
Rien de spécial

7. Qu'est ce qui est le mieux dans #20, les paroles ou la musique ?
La musique, super entraînante.

8. Un de vos amis aime-t-il #3 ?
Ca m'étonnerait beaucoup. C'est pas trop leur style, et surtout, c'est pas un groupe super-connu. Même moi je connais pas trop.

9. #33 est-elle extraite d'une bande originale de film ?
Oui, ça tombe bien ! Celle du Seigneur des Anneaux, une des vibrantes que je connaisse (je revois le film rien qu'en l'écoutant).

10. #18 est-elle surjouée à la radio ?
Je pense pas, elle fait pas partie des chansons surjouées de ce groupe.

11. Que vous rappelle #21 ?
Un concert que j'avais enregistré sur VHS d'AC-DC, qu'on se repassait en soirée avec les potes. Et j'avais enregistré par hasard ce concert (après je sais plus quel film).

12. Préférez-vous la chanson #5 ou #22 ?
Mass Hysteria sans hésitation. C'est plus mon truc. Et y a plein de souvenirs avec.

13. De quel album est extrait #17 ?
Le dernier d'Evanescence que je connaisse, de 2007 ou 2008. Mais je connais pas son nom.

14. Quand avez-vous entendu pour la première fois #39 ?
Le jour de la sortie de l'album. La première écoute m'avait déçue, avant que je redécouvre cet album morceau par morceau.

15. Quand avez-vous entendu pour la première fois #7 ?
En faisant ce quiz ?

16. Quel est le genre de #8 ?
Je classerai dans du country-folk.

17. Un de vos amis aime-t-il #14 ?
Oui, même plusieurs. C'est pour ça que j'écoute ça.

18. A quelle couleur vous fait penser #4 ?
Violet, c'est une couleur qui va bien avec ce genre de musique je trouve.

19. Avez-vous déjà passé à fond #11 sur votre chaîne ?
Oui, en prenant ma douche avant de partir en soirée. Ca c'est sûr ! Je devais même hurler par dessus !

20. Quel est le genre de #37 ?
Salsa-ska-reggae ? Je suis pas bon pour classer la musique. Ou alors dans musique bien sympa ?

21. Pouvez-vous jouer #13 sur un instrument ?
Non, mais je pourrais la chanter. En même temps, je sais jouer d'aucun instrument ...

22. Quel est votre extrait préféré de #30 ?
L'intro musicale, après ...

23. Quel est votre extrait préféré de #23 ?
"Sorry for it
Sorry for me
Cause bees and butterflies down in my hands"
Pas vraiment de sens, mais le chant et la musique sont superbes.

24. Recommenderiez-vous #24 à un de vos amis ?
Oui, parce que c'est une chanson pas stress, bien sympa et old school. Mais je sais pas s'il l'aimeraient.

25. #2 est-elle une bonne chanson pour danser ?
Pas vraiment. En plus, comme elle est en deux temps, je me vois pas commencer en slow et finir en là-dessus. En valse peut-être ?

26. Avez-vous déjà entendu #16 à la radio ?
Non, je crois pas. Ce morceau n'a pas été édité en single je pense.

27. #32 est-elle une chanson "de jour" ou "de nuit" ?
De nuit, à mettre en fond d'ambiance avec une lumière tamisée.

28. #36 a-t-elle une signification particulière pour vous ?
Ca doit faire partie des singles que j'ai acheté à l'époque où j'ai eu mon premier lecteur CD !

29. Un de vos amis aime-t-il 31 ?
Je ne pense pas.

30. #25 est-elle une chanson rapide ou lente ?
Le fond est lent, mais le rythme principal a été accéléré.

31. #35 est-elle une chanson heureuse ou triste ?
Je pense que c'est sensé pas être super joyeux, mais le rythme est joyeux je trouve.

32. Quel est votre extrait préféré de #9 ?
J'en ai pas vraiment. C'est tiré d'une compilation, et c'est pas trop mon truc.

33. #34 s'écoute-t-elle plutôt seul ou avec des amis ?
Avec des amis, pour bien délirer.

34. Quand avez-vous entendu pour la première fois #27 ?
Juste après avoir acheté le CD, que j'avais pris après avoir découvert Starsailor dans MGS 3.

35. Nommez 3 autres chansons de l'interprète de #29.
Zéro pointé là dessus.

36. Connaissez-vous toutes les paroles de #6 ?
Pas du tout. C'est une chanson tirée d'une compilation. Elle est sympa, mais j'écoute rarement ça.

37. Qu'est ce qui est le mieux dans #28, les paroles ou la musique ?
Les paroles, que je trouve bien écrites. La musique, derrière, est pas terrible.

38. De quel album est extrait #10 ?
Je pourrais pas vraiment dire, comme j'ai connu les albums de The Killers d'un coup, j'ai pas identifié leurs albums.

It is so distressing to hear two well-loved African-American entertainers pass away over this weekend...

First, there was Bernie Mac. Though I haven't seen any of his comedy routines in full length or followed his TV sitcom, I did managed to catch his low-key yet substantial roles in films as diverse as the Ocean's Trilogy (with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, et.al.) , Charlie's Angels Full Throttle (where he did a good job as the 2nd "Bosley") and even the under-rated Bad Santa. My impression of him was that he was the heir apparent to Bill Cosby, only without The Cos' pompous sanctimoniousness.

A great character actor/stand up comedian was missed...

What really floored me this very morning when I logged onto Yahoo! was that Isaac Hayes has likewise succumbed to natural causes next to his exercise treadmill in his Memphis, TN home.

Starting out as a backup keyboardist at the legendary soul label Stax, Hayes's star rose when he started penning such hits like Sam & Dave's Hold on I'm Comin' and Soul Man

When he dropped Hot Buttered Soul in 1969, he raised the bar for R&B with tracks that tended to run for more than 10 minutes, fueled by his spoken-word interludes referred to as "raps" (thereby making him, de facto, the world's first "rapper"). Such stellar examples of these were his distinctive interpretations of Glen Campbell's By The Time I Get To Phoenix and Burt Bacharach's much-covered composition Walk On By

As per the eulogy penned by AP music writer Nekesi Mumbi Moody for Yahoo! Entertainment;

His influence also extended beyond music. His trademarked bald head, full beard and muscular frame, often adorned with a multitude of gold chains, made him a fashion trendsetter at a time when most of his contemporaries were sporting blowout Afros. He was also a symbol of black pride, and an activist for civil rights.

By 1973, when he unleashed the wucka-wuckas heard way round the world on his epic Theme From Shaft, there was practically no turning back for R&B. He was getting set to tear the roof offa the sucka with his chrome dome and pimp-out threads, sensual bass-heavy beats that would lay the foundations for disco and provide source sample material for generations of hip-hop/downtempo producers and artists as diverse as Kanye West and Portishead.


Isaac Hayes on the making of the now-classic "Shaft" score




Isaac Hayes performing Theme From Shaft live at Prospect Park in NYC


Trailer for Truck Turner where Isaac Hayes gets leadin' man status

Dayum....I'd like to say soooo much more but haven't got the luxury of time to do so.

Shed a tear...Black Moses aka Truck Turner has finally left the building.

Completely missed the 60,000th scrobble on account that I was moving to Glasgow and had no internet access for a while.

A bit of rummaging through my recent tracks stats and a few half-arsed calculations reveals that my 60K scrobbled track might have been...

The Good Runs The Bad Away by Sam & Dave at 6.55pm on 10 July.

Possibly.

seandalai.muxtape.com (link no longer works, RIP Muxtape)

I made this a while back, but of course there's no time like the present to party. 11 of my favourite dancing songs plus a requisite end-of-events comedown.

Lokonon André & Les Volcans - Mi Kple Dogbekpo
From my favourite compilation of the year so far, African Scream Contest by Samy Ben Redjeb of Analog Africa. Everyone should own this album.

Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown (Part 1)
Rufus Thomas was king of the funky novelty dance in the 60s/70s, introducing to the world such dances-your-sister-mother-brother-can-do as the Walking the Dog, the Funky Chicken, the Push and Pull and the Funky Penguin. The Breakdown is one of his more sensible contributions.

Sly and the Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song
One of the greatest basslines of all time, by one of the greatest bands.

Roxy Music - Editions Of You
Got to keep the rock kids happy, this one's for them.

Les Rita Mitsouko - C'est comme ça
When doing the musical genealogy post I realised I like very little music from the mid-/late-80s. Les Ritas are an exception, and "C'est comme ça" (one of their more hinged songs) is exceptionally catchy.

Sam and Dave - Hold On! I'm Comin'
Sam and Dave's breakthrough hit in 1966, backed up by the Stax dream team of Isaac Hayes/David Porter and Booker T and the MGs.

Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules Theme
I didn't get the original hype about H&LA and I don't get the eventual backlash either. Andrew Butler et al. do a pretty good 21st century take on the Paradise Garage end of disco, though not everything works on the album. This is one of the highlights.

Le Knight Club - Nymphae Song
I don't usually like this kind of thing, but Le Knight Club (inc. half of Daft Punk) win me over with their filtery French house done good.

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
The story goes that Arthur Russell almost joined Talking Heads in 1976, which could potentially have lead to a universe-expanding musical explosion if Russell and David Byrne had kept the personal politics under control. Another story (see here) is that Russell took personal offense to the line "This ain't no disco" in Life During Wartime, suggesting it never would have worked out. Anyway, one of the Heads' dancingest in my opinion.

Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
It's ridiculous that none of Edwin Birdsong's albums are in print. I think this song was sampled by someone or other.

Chic - I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit)
Can you improve on perfection? Todd Terje thinks so.

M83 - We Own The Sky
I never paid any attention to M83 until the latest Saturday=Youth album. This feels like it should soundtrack the last train home of the night with a group of teenagers offhandedly making myths, and that's probably the point.