April 19, 2008

So, by "March," you actually meant "April," right? Right? : I finally mailed out my SpoFi Swap CDs Thursday.

read story | posted by The_Black_Hand to Navel Gazing at 3:01 PM CDT (28 comments total)

And, in a strange coincidence, one of my neighbors, who has an address easily confused with mine if you're dyslexic, answered his door the other day and was punched in the face by a total stranger wearing a baseball shirt with greenish sleeves, who didn't say a word.

Weird shit, huh?

posted by The_Black_Hand at 3:03 PM CDT on April 19

I'm looking for the angle to make me believe that was a joke. Did that seriously happen? Are we possibly at the onset of a rash of spofi-related violence? Or is TBH simply the most deserving of a random face punch?*

*For the record, you'd be waaaaaaayyyyy the hell down my list, below even myself on certain days!

posted by tahoemoj at 3:30 PM CDT on April 19

That wasn't you? Shit, I owe your neighbor an apology.

posted by terrapin at 6:23 PM CDT on April 19

He's probably on his way to DrJohn's house now.

posted by BoKnows at 6:39 PM CDT on April 19

Not if I get there first.

posted by owlhouse at 7:17 PM CDT on April 19

I haven't seen Folkways around much, maybe he's the one cracking heads.

posted by BoKnows at 7:59 PM CDT on April 19

For what it's worth. I've been avoiding SpoFi out of shame and angst fo not sending my cd's But I recently sent em. Im tirned of correcting istakes and relly drunk. The inlaws are hear and drinkinfking for the last 6 hours. OK now im concentrating on typing. Did youse guys get my milings? I sent them. So now im back and im shamelsess. nobody punched me i just punched my self. fuck you ray lewis
love ypu,
vito90

posted by vito90 at 3:37 AM CDT on April 20

not done yet. because im catholid and theres a pope hear i promise to send y cd out to anyone who wanst it as penance. its rap and suited for a good workut. send yoyur address. still not gonna correct typos. bulleit bourbon was on sale at wa. state liquour stores for like $25 per bottle

posted by vito90 at 3:41 AM CDT on April 20

by the way moderators i had a n amazing commeny about ufc fights a couple weeks ago that i sent tomyou because thism site wouldnt post them. rcade i blame you. check your inbox and please add it to the post yesterday about montreal and the recent fights. george st. pierre is amazing. id let him have a go at my girlfriend.

posted by vito90 at 3:43 AM CDT on April 20

I got your CD on Friday, vito. I'm a hippitying and a hoppitting right now.

posted by NoMich at 8:47 AM CDT on April 20

Got it a few days back as well but haven't had a chance to give it a listen.

C'mon Ms. Goddam, all the cool kids are doing it!

posted by tahoemoj at 12:28 PM CDT on April 20

C'mon Ms. Goddam, all the cool kids are doing it!

Should be mailed tomorrow or Tuesday.

posted by goddam at 2:49 PM CDT on April 20

That'll make you one of the popular kids again!

posted by tahoemoj at 4:59 PM CDT on April 20

TBH, did you ever get my CD?

posted by yerfatma at 8:07 PM CDT on April 20

OK, I'll fess up. I haven't sent mine yet. But I haven't received one either. So there.

posted by qbert72 at 1:32 AM CDT on April 21

I'm in the process of moving, so don't expect one from me for at least a couple more weeks. Oh, and if you haven't sent me one yet, you should hold off until you get my new address.

posted by MrFrisby at 6:19 AM CDT on April 21

My god, no wonder it's an annual event. By the time you bums send your CDs, it'll be time for the 2009 Spofiswap.

All hail the Dental Floss group.

posted by BoKnows at 8:19 AM CDT on April 21

No excuses, I suck. I won't say when I'll get them out because I'll probably miss any deadline I make for myself. Sorry sorry sorry.

posted by tron7 at 11:27 AM CDT on April 21

Fatty, I got a punk mix, and a dance mix; I don't have 'em with me right now (they're both loaded on my work computer), so I don't remember which is which, except that the punk mix had a wicked cool graphic of Johnny Rotten as a Stormtrooper. The dance mix was naked, just how I like my dancin'.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 7:48 PM CDT on April 22

Mine was the non-Stormtrooper one. I suppose I should post a track list now that it's been a month.

posted by yerfatma at 6:56 AM CDT on April 23

I'm a bad person. I still have to trim down my mix, burn it, and send it out.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 9:00 AM CDT on April 23

except that the punk mix had a wicked cool graphic of Johnny Rotten as a Stormtrooper.

Thanks TBH, that would be mine. Hope you liked the CD as much as the graphic.

posted by cjets at 4:06 PM CDT on April 23

I was going to post the track-listing, but I wanted to make sure you guys actually got mine first.

cjets, graphic and music greatly appreciated. You might find a couple on mine that resonate.

Fatty, I know nothing about dance music, and so cannot name many of the selections you included, so a track listing would greatly interest me; at least, it would allow me to identify the ones that have bored their way into my head, and play over and over in my sleep.

I do know this much: it's got a good beat, and I can dance to it. Well, I call it dancing, anyway. Bystanders usually describe it as a seizure of some sort.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 6:39 PM CDT on April 23

I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
Mama's Room - Under the Influence of Giants
One More Time(Feat. Romanthony) - Daft Punk
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
can i get get get - junior senior
Do That There (Young Einstein hoo-hoo mix) - Lyrics Born
Paul Simon - The Russian Futurists
Mama Liza - Konono
A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
Smile - Lily Allen
Broken Records - Aqueduct
Honky Cat - Elton John
For the Price of a Cup of Tea - Belle & Sebastian
Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse) - Mark Ronson
Miss You - The Rolling Stones
Some Days - Wheat
Mistaken For Strangers - The National

posted by yerfatma at 7:21 AM CDT on April 24

Bystanders usually describe it as a seizure of some sort.

Is that why when my wife and I go dancing, people are always trying to shove wallets in my mouth?

posted by tahoemoj at 12:06 PM CDT on April 24

Alright, if you haven't received yours by now, it's on the Post Office's head.

1) John Wesley Harding and Steve Wynn – Warning Parental Advisory
2) Dwight Yoakam – Truckin’
3) Nirvana – The Man Who Sold the World
4) Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
5) Nine Inch Nails – Head Like a Hole
6) Black Flag – TV Party
7) My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult – Apollo 69
8) Social Distortion - Story of My Life (LIVE)
9) Black Sabbath – Hole in the Sky (LIVE)
10) Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
11) The Cult – Sun King
12) R.E.M. – it’s the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
13) The Dead Kennedys – Let’s Lynch the Landlord
14) Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Peace, Love and Understanding
15) Concrete Blonde – bloodletting (the Vampire song)
16) The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
17) Tom Waits – 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six
18) Lyle Lovett and His Large Band – If I Had a Boat

posted by The_Black_Hand at 1:05 PM CDT on April 26

Thanks TBH and Yerfatma,

Here's my list (in case you couldn't read the red lettering over the Sex Pistol Stormtrooper)

1. I wanna be your dog – Iggy & the Stooges
2. Personality Crisis – New York Dolls
3. I fought the law – The Clash
4. Anarchy in the U.K. – Sex Pistols
5. London’s Burning – The Clash
6. One Hundred Punks - Generation X
7. What Do I get? – The Buzzcocks
8. Public Image – Public Image
9. Radio, Radio – Elvis Costello
10. Pressure Drop – The Clash
11. New Rose – The Damned
12. I wanna be me – Sex Pistols
13. Oh Bondage (up yours) – X-ray Spex
14. Harmony in my Head – The Buzzcocks
15. Complete Control – The Clash
16. Love will tear us apart – Joy Division
17. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
18. Kiss Me Deadly – Generation X
19. Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
20. The Prisoner – The Clash
21. Hurry up Harry – Sham 69
22. God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols
23. What’s my age again? – Blink 182
24. All the small things – Blink 182

And yes, TBH, there are definitely groups/songs that resonate from your CD.

posted by cjets at 10:41 PM CDT on April 26

OK, so remember about a month ago when I said that I would ship the CDs out on Monday or Tuesday? I really meant this Tuesday. You guys should be getting them in a couple days.

Cover art here. Track listing here.

posted by goddam at 1:48 PM CDT on May 13

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