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i had a soft spot for surly looking models.

(via claire-adactyl)

careoftheself:

[description: illustration of two women on a bicycle with flowers coming out of the wheels. Text reads, “Cuddle Jams”]

lookuplookup:

In response to Avry’s call-out for music that’s good for cuddling & hibernating, using Cub & An Horse as reference points. Here’s a mix of 25 of my favorite cuddle jams.

Tracklist:

1. Henry Rollins Don’t Dance - Allo Darlin
2. I Left the Light On - Madeline Adams
3. Lamp Party (Yeah) - The Sissies
4. Lights Out - The Third Sex
5. French Kiss Conspiracy - Churchbuilder
6. Rush Hour - Free Loan Investments (Shermans cover)
7. Carrie’s Song - Tiger Trap
8. Strumpet - Lois
9. What’s Important - Beat Happening
10. Where Eagles Dare, Pt. 2 - Bunnygrunt
11. Fuck It - Delta Dart
12. Off (Extended Dance Mix) - Kaia
13. Dreamboat - Mirah
14. Breaks - Little Red Car Wreck
15. Peeking Shows His Ignorance - Gaze
16. I Just Do - Go Sailor
17. Pretty When You Smile - Sweater Girls
18. Vacation (Japanese Version) - rocket or chiritori
19. Go Away - Seapony
20. Fun (Demo Version) - Sourpatch
21. Stand Up - The Sissies
22. Baby Tooth - TacocaT
23. Alaska - The Softies
24. Erica - Tattle Tale
25. She Looks At Me - that dog.

You can download the mix here (the songs are mix of mp3 and mp4 files, sorry! If anyone really, really needs an mp3 of an mp4, just ask!) The image used for the cover is a painting by Kris Chau.

iris & i are listening to this while cooking delicious food and having generally sweet hangouts in québec city. it is so lovely! you should check it out too.

also i am now also a contributor over at care of the self: “Winter Blues and SAD Survival tumblog curated by a team of spectacular folks. Yes our URL is a nerdy Foucault reference.” yay co-blogging!

click here to download june music mix. share, enjoy. it’s pretty depressing!

1. the suburbs - arcade fire
2. good friend - plants & animals
3. sweetest kill - broken social scene
4. waiting around to die - the be good tanyas
5. blue chicago moon - songs: ohia
6. the moon - jimmy stewart
7. happiness - knots
8. your light is spent - final fantasy
9. sunshine snare hits - chad van gaalen
10. it’s only dark - timber timbre
11. you’re dead - richard laviolette
12. my burning - mount eerie
13. don’t go now - castlemusic
14. miss you (rolling stones cover) - the concretes
15. your love - daniel, fred & julie

mix for the month of may can be downloaded here.

1. get off the internet - the microphones
2. i’m so depressed - abner jay
3. feeling my way - eddy lang & karl kress
4. howlin’ for you - the black keys
5. when i’m alone - eddy durham with bennier moten
6. a gun on his hip and a rose on his chest - megapuss
7. hard livin. - andrew cedermark
8. when i’m with you - best coast
9. bloodbuzz ohio - the national
10. dumb blood - the luyas
11. chin chin & muck muck - devendra banhart
12. i miss you like i miss you - chad vangaalen
13. roslyn - bon iver & st. vincent
14. say valley maker - smog
15. your love - daniel, fred & julie
16. steady now - magnolia electric co.
17. drinking at the dam - smog

i went to a sugar shack on sunday. it was epic. i loved every minute of it.

but this isn’t about that! this is about music. download a little mix i made this winter/spring. it’s called “this february child was made for spring” and it is filled with songs i’ve loved for years and songs i just heard for the first time a few weeks ago. a must have for banjo lovers. download it! share it! enjoy it.

download the mix here.

tracklist