dj nyc

It’s 3 a.m. and you’re in the train station waiting for what seems   
like an eternity for your train to arrive. After a long night
of partying, you’re halfway asleep on the subway bench.
A huge priority is to drown out the techno pumping from the guy’s
ipod right next to you. 

It’s the dead of winter in New York City, two months in, two months to go and above all the layers of clothing your ipod is still churning out tunes.   What are some gems that would be the perfect playlist
to get you home during this reflective, sleepy time?  We’ll call it Tears in Your Beers 2009 djnyc mix Volume I, not for djing, not for events, only to wallow quietly. Since it’s a long winter there will be more…!

1. All My Days – Alexi Murdoch   
2. Intervention – Arcade Fire   
3. Enemy – Buffalo Tom
4. Stripped – Depeche Mode
5. Angeles – Elliott Smith   
6. Stars ‘n’ Stripes – Grant Lee Buffalo   
7. NYC – Interpol   
8. Lover, You Should’ve Come Over – Jeff Buckley   
9. Solid Sender – John Lee Hooker   
10. Hurt – Johnny Cash   
11. Bron-Yr-Aur – Led Zeppelin   
12. Glory Bound – Martin Sexton   
13. Northern Sky – Nick Drake   
14. Something I Can Never Have – Nine Inch Nails   
15. A Change Is Gonna Come – Otis Redding   
16. Drunkard’s Prayer – Over the Rhine   
17. Long Ride Home    Patty Griffin   
18. The Dark End of the Street – Percy Sledge   
19. Wave of Mutilation – Pixies   
20. The Drugs Don’t Work – The Verve

this is the last of the photos from 2008, finally caught up!  Happy 2009!

This documentary provides an in depth examination of the life and music of Fela Kuti before 1982.  Through this story one can see the political and emotional climate of Nigeria during this time. Fela was an outspoken critic of the government and the documentary describes the numerous issues he faced from beatings to imprisonment to his houses being destroyed.  It’s a great documentary even if you’re not much of a fan of Afrobeat.