Aug
14

Passion of the Weiss Muxtape #9-The I’ve Either Got Mono Or I’m Just Really Bored Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB2POWSnStU Still waylaid by this mysterious illness, going on five days and counting. Not fishing for sympathy but it’s been a rather nasty combination of fatigue, aches, pains and weird red welts all over my legs (No Hives). My infinitely apathetic doctor couldn’t tell me much more than “you have a virus,” get some rest,… Continue reading »

May
30

Passion of the Weiss Muxtapes #5 and #6: The Best “Indie” Songs To Get An Asymmetrical Haircut To (2008 Edition)

I won’t deny it. Things started spiraling rapidly downhill the moment I started compiling mixtapes of my favorite non-hip hop songs released this year. Vampire Weekend? Santogold? Hercules & The Love Affair? I kind of wanted to kick my own ass or at the very least give myself a wedgie. Of course, music is music… Continue reading »

May
16

Passion of the Weiss Muxtapes #3 and #4: The Best Hip-Hop Songs of the Year Thus Far

In case you missed it, Sach O of Oh Word touched down briefly last week, taking a break from trying to find Manuel Noriega in the Philippines (He has a mansion?) to bless the blogosphere with one of his hilariously entertaining rants. If you’re too lazy to click over, the gist revolves around the assertion… Continue reading »

Apr
16

The Passion of the Weiss Muxtape #1-Science and Metaphors Will Slow Up the Dough

  I’ve resisted the Muxtape meme that’s been spreading across the blogosphere over the past month, but when Goathair of the very excellent Blowtorch blog, asked me why I hadn’t made one to entertain him at work, I didn’t really have much of an answer other than mumbling a few asides about the site being… Continue reading »