<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288</id><updated>2011-11-29T13:56:04.016-08:00</updated><category term='Pop'/><category term='Breaks'/><category term='extended mix'/><category term='Old School'/><category term='Tech House'/><category term='140 BPM'/><category term='old mixes'/><category term='Acid'/><category term='Birthday'/><category term='Tribal'/><category term='Dubstep'/><category term='links'/><category term='House'/><category term='Techno'/><category term='Baile Funk'/><category term='best of 2009'/><category term='indie dance'/><category term='Creepy Crawlies'/><category term='Live'/><category term='Bass'/><category term='Halloween'/><category term='New Mix'/><category term='Electro'/><category term='Traktor'/><category term='Jackin'/><category term='Fundraiser'/><category term='Mini Mix'/><title type='text'>DJ TooSarcastic</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-4026469174956322947</id><published>2011-11-28T20:34:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T13:54:59.731-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jackin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breaks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='House'/><title type='text'>Jack</title><content type='html'>This mix is near to my heart. In the early 1990s I was growing up in a conservative religious home. Our church was opposed to drinking, drugs, dancing and gay sex; pretty much everything that had formed house music years earlier. I was ignorant to all that, though. All I knew is that when C&amp;amp;C Music Factory came on the radio, I loved it, then felt guilty for loving it. The track was poppy, yet aggressive!  It's what I still like about house now. A decade later I was DJing in college and came upon a used copy of "Gonna Make You Sweat" in the budget bin. I rocked the Hip House remix at many a house party, to great results. This DJ mix, yet another decade later, highlights house that stays true to the jackin' spirit of the early 90's, when house bubbled into the mainstream. I ended the mix with the classic Clivillés and Cole track that captivated me 20 years ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.parallelcomics.com/mixes/Jack.mp3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.parallelcomics.com/mixes/Jack.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 378px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-63Vu1Lo1Zho/TtRg-s9l0nI/AAAAAAAAAQs/graUk2FYY_Q/s400/Jack%2BTracklist.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680271660358685298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jack Tracklist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hercules &amp;amp; Love Affair - My House (Tensnake Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Roman Fluegel - Deo&lt;br /&gt;Radio Slave - K-Maze (youANDme Disco Dub Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Canblaster - Clockworks&lt;br /&gt;Seiji - Easy&lt;br /&gt;Steve Bug - Jack Is Back&lt;br /&gt;Smash TV - Made For Eachother&lt;br /&gt;Evil Nine - Little Prince&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Kucho! - Beat For Me&lt;br /&gt;Glimpse, Martin Dawson - Kelo&lt;br /&gt;Savino Martinez - Piano is not Over (Dino Lenny Rework)&lt;br /&gt;Misk, Arveene - Eavesdropper (Cassette Jam Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Djuma Soundsystem - Menage A Moi&lt;br /&gt;Loleatta Holloway - Dreamin (Pol_On Edit)&lt;br /&gt;Housquare - Brooklyn&lt;br /&gt;DrDunks, The Rhythm Odyssey - Zoo-Ma-City&lt;br /&gt;Para One, Surkin, Bobmo, Marble Players - Wipe Out&lt;br /&gt;Evil Nine - Silent Runner&lt;br /&gt;Misk, Arveene - Love Money Music Body (Dub)&lt;br /&gt;Catz 'n Dogz, Martin Dawson - No Nights (Beatz Mix)&lt;br /&gt;C &amp;amp; C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat  (The Clivilles/Cole 1991 Hip-House Club Mix)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-4026469174956322947?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/4026469174956322947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/11/jack.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/4026469174956322947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/4026469174956322947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/11/jack.html' title='Jack'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-63Vu1Lo1Zho/TtRg-s9l0nI/AAAAAAAAAQs/graUk2FYY_Q/s72-c/Jack%2BTracklist.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-1426131147904300627</id><published>2011-10-07T06:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-07T06:21:37.370-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday'/><title type='text'>Birthday Pop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.parallelcomics.com/mixes/Birthday_Pop.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eTO390IwWcI/To77n_kL0II/AAAAAAAAAQQ/nm2gQAuWaZ0/s400/Birthday%2BPop.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660738446147965058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Birthday Pop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Rmx) - Little Dragon&lt;br /&gt;Sunshine (Temma Teje Rmx) - K.P.I.&lt;br /&gt;The Healer - Lazaro Casanova&lt;br /&gt;We Left (Extended Mix) - Rufus&lt;br /&gt;Goodbye Horses (Krikor Edit) - Q Lazzarus&lt;br /&gt;Gliding (Liquatech Mix) - Tom Middleton&lt;br /&gt;Discosau - Siriusmo&lt;br /&gt;The Time Is Now (Joe and Will Ask Vs Kiwi Rmx) - Moloko&lt;br /&gt;Kriminaltango - Kevin Pohl&lt;br /&gt;Don't Nobody (Hot Toddy Rmx) - Fred Everything&lt;br /&gt;Shades Of Black - Breakbot&lt;br /&gt;Woman Like Me (Cousin Cole Rmx) - Willy Joy&lt;br /&gt;Personal Jesus (Alex Metric Rmx) -Depeche Mode&lt;br /&gt;Anything At All - Hey Champ&lt;br /&gt;Haterade (Mista Men Rmx) - Gucci Mane&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a little spontaneous one-take mix I did around my birthday in September. It has no real theme other than being a bit poppy, hence the title. Hope you like it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-1426131147904300627?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/1426131147904300627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/10/birthday-pop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/1426131147904300627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/1426131147904300627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/10/birthday-pop.html' title='Birthday Pop'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eTO390IwWcI/To77n_kL0II/AAAAAAAAAQQ/nm2gQAuWaZ0/s72-c/Birthday%2BPop.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-3846523568491126637</id><published>2011-08-08T17:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-08T18:54:18.718-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Traktor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Acid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breaks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bass'/><title type='text'>AcidBass</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Acid_Bass_Mixed_by_TooSarcastic.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-meB2fc7qQKA/TkCSvZsZB9I/AAAAAAAAAQA/aAh1us36EGU/s400/AcidBass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638668076516444114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first mix using Traktor Pro 2! It took forever and I know I've only scratched the surface of what is possible with that software. Most of the music isn't new; I've been looking for an excuse to put some good old 303-esque acid synths together with tracks whose focus is a heavy bassline. Acid is like chocolate to bass's peanut butter, if you ask me! Enough already, here's the track list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AcidBass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Death Metal Disco Scene - 21 (Dirty Vegas Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Dahlback &amp;amp; Dahlback - Forsberg Loves The Acid&lt;br /&gt;Oliver $ - Watcha Gonna Do ?&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Greene - Lay It Down (Nacho Lovers Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Mark Knight - I Like That&lt;br /&gt;The Glass - Wanna Be Dancin' (Eli Escobar Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Thunderheist - LBG (Alias Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Sam Young + Aphletik - Hee (Sam Roqwell &amp;amp; I Sancho Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Evil Nine - Auto (Broke One Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;DJ Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Claude VonStroke Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Shadow Dancer - Macid&lt;br /&gt;Starkey -Throw Some D's (Copyfokking More Peanutbutter Edit 2010)&lt;br /&gt;Afrojack - Pacha On Acid&lt;br /&gt;The Martin Brothers - Dum&lt;br /&gt;Bart B More - Romane (Para One Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Emptyset - Altogether Lost (Original Dub Mix)&lt;br /&gt;Feed Me - White Spirit&lt;br /&gt;Juiceboxxx - 100 MPH (AC Slater Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Plump DJs - My Hi Tops (Riva Starr Acid Mix)&lt;br /&gt;Yo Majesty - Club Action (Stanton Warriors Dirty Mix)&lt;br /&gt;Donique, Jonny Calypso - Let The Beat Control Your Body  (Jon Silva 1st Rmx)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-3846523568491126637?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/3846523568491126637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/08/acidbass.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/3846523568491126637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/3846523568491126637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/08/acidbass.html' title='AcidBass'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-meB2fc7qQKA/TkCSvZsZB9I/AAAAAAAAAQA/aAh1us36EGU/s72-c/AcidBass.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-1812049334607011681</id><published>2011-04-04T15:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T18:58:11.256-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fundraiser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dubstep'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='140 BPM'/><title type='text'>Wine, Chocolate and the Spirit of Giving</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Wine_Chocolate_and_the_Spirit_of_Giving_2011.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mC69qz1KC2k/TZpM2qD_dUI/AAAAAAAAAPU/7WnYOQbomNQ/s400/Wine%252C%2BChocolate%2Band%2Bthe%2BSpirit%2Bof%2BGiving%2B2011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591866389221569858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week I am DJing a fundraiser for my employer, and I needed an hour or so mix that I could throw on to take a breather. I don't normally mix at 140 BPM+, so I took some of the more interesting stuff I've downloaded from the last few years at that tempo and threw it together. You could call most of the tracks "dubstep," but I needed to make it palatable enough to the average charity attendee, so I mixed up the styles accordingly. I snuck a few angrier tracks [e.g. 16 Bit and the Santogold rmx] in there, hopefully they won't piss off too many donors. Hope you like it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tracklist:&lt;br /&gt;Mum - Marina &amp;amp; Soko&lt;br /&gt;Doncamatic (Joker Remix) - Gorillaz&lt;br /&gt;How You Like Me Now? (Joker Radio Edit) - The Heavy&lt;br /&gt;Heat Up the Night (Mix 1) - Ooah&lt;br /&gt;El Botellon - Uproot Andy&lt;br /&gt;Together Forever - Warrior One  &lt;br /&gt;On the Floor - Kito  &lt;br /&gt;Creator (Martelo's Eurostar Remix) - Santogold&lt;br /&gt;In The Death Car (Vocal Mix) - 16 Bit  &lt;br /&gt;Introspection - NumberNin6, Hxdb&lt;br /&gt;Regret Making Mistakes - Balam Acab  &lt;br /&gt;Stuck in the System - Joker&lt;br /&gt;Lfo (feat. Reija Lee) - Kito&lt;br /&gt;Spellbound (ptr1 Remix) - Tom Encore&lt;br /&gt;Here For Now - Of Porcelain  &lt;br /&gt;Running - Gil Scott-Heron &amp;amp; Jamie xx&lt;br /&gt;To Keep From Descending - Ooah&lt;br /&gt;Where is My Mind - Bassnectar&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-1812049334607011681?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/1812049334607011681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/04/wine-chocolate-and-spirit-of-giving.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/1812049334607011681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/1812049334607011681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/04/wine-chocolate-and-spirit-of-giving.html' title='Wine, Chocolate and the Spirit of Giving'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mC69qz1KC2k/TZpM2qD_dUI/AAAAAAAAAPU/7WnYOQbomNQ/s72-c/Wine%252C%2BChocolate%2Band%2Bthe%2BSpirit%2Bof%2BGiving%2B2011.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-3284268830221443922</id><published>2011-03-23T05:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T05:49:18.239-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Electro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extended mix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Live'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='indie dance'/><title type='text'>Making the Cut Fundraiser Live Mix</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="im"&gt;     &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; Round about 9 months ago I DJed a fundraiser for a &lt;a href="http://www.tallladypictures.com/"&gt;friend&lt;/a&gt; looking to raise money for a documentary. I had some help from &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/08524562781233890463"&gt;another friend&lt;/a&gt;, (he of the ridiculous pseudonym) Captain Bondage Goth, who help put together &lt;a href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Making_the_Cut2compressed.mp3"&gt;a truly large (on the order of 4 hours) live mix&lt;/a&gt;. The reason it took so long to post this mix is because I was not really happy with the quality of my mixing and transitions. But the quality of the tracks was never in question, and there's lots of good stuff to hear. It did help that other folks kept asking me to put it up for download. Finally I ran out of reasons to procrastinate and posted this sucker. CBG and I discussed cutting the file into hour or so long sessions to make it more reasonable to digest. Obviously it would have taken me another 9 months to stop procrastinating on that, so I just posted the entire thing. Maybe CBG will be willing to do some of that editing. As it stands, this would be a fine mix to put on in the background for a party, or for an afternoon of studying or gaming. Hope you enjoy it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Making_the_Cut2compressed.mp3"&gt;Making the Cut Fundraiser Live Mix&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tosca - Suzuki&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;The Skatalites – Beardsman Ska&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Allen Toussaint- Goin Down&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Keith Hudson – Michael Talbot Affair&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;      K'naan/J. Period – Fatima/Stir It Up (Messengers Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Michael Franti &amp;amp; Spearhead - Rude Boys&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Pacific - Venus Rising&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;The Who - Baba O Riley (RAC Edit)&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;  Miami Horror - Moon Theory (Punks Jump Up Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Yeasayer - O.N.E.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Dax Riggs - No One Will Be A Stranger&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Chilly Gonzales - Never Stop&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;  DJ Jazzy Jeff featuring Raheem DeVaughn - My Soul Ain't for Sale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;The Radio Dept. - David&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Remix)&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Bear in Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Anti-Pop Consortium - Volcano (Four Tet Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Lata Mangeshkar - Thoda Resham Lagta Hai (Daniel Haaksman Remix)&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Fischerspooner - Never Win&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;     N.E.R.D. - Hot-N-Fun (Yeasayer Remix)&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Miike Snow - Animal (Crookers Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;U2 - Magnificent (RAC Mix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Vampire Weekend - Horchata&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Jan Driver - Tellyfoam&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Hockey - Too Fake (RAC Mix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Human Life - In It Together (Louis La Roche Feeling Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Senor Stereo - Hot Damn!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;   !!! - AM/FM&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;The Big Pink - Dominos&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Sea Wolf -Wicked Blood&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Sufjan Stevens- Chicago&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Sufjan Stevens/Tor (ft. Aesop Rock) - Star of Wonder/None Shall Pass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;    Blitz the Ambassador - Breathe&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Rodrigo y Gabriela - Tamacun&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Janelle Monáe - Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) (Organized Noize Remix)&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody (RAC Mix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool (Thin White Duke Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Joe Worricker   - Wrap Me Up (Pocketknife Remix)&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Gregor Tresher - Black Rain (Mihalis Safras Birthday Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Salem Al Fakir - It's True&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Busy - Blues of the Month&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Prince And The Revolution - Kiss (Daft Punk Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Justice - We Are Your Friends (Radio Slave &amp;amp; Spencer Parker Re-edit)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Gorillaz - Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Miike Snow - Silvia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Junior Boys - In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Modern Skirts - Rebecca St. Claire&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Nina Simone - Baltimore (Ex-Friendly Remix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Cults - Oh My God&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="im"&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (Holtoug Bootleg)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;     Edward Sharpe &amp;amp; The Magnetic Zeros - Home (RAC Mix)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Re:Jazz - La Mouche Lumière (The Society Remix) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;Astrud - Last Time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-3284268830221443922?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/3284268830221443922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/03/making-cut-fundraiser-live-mix.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/3284268830221443922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/3284268830221443922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2011/03/making-cut-fundraiser-live-mix.html' title='Making the Cut Fundraiser Live Mix'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-290759816854315245</id><published>2010-12-27T13:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T13:37:36.508-08:00</updated><title type='text'>For Lulz</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Party_Movin.mp3"&gt;Mashup time&lt;/a&gt;, for no reason. Apologies to the Beasties, getting stuck over the top of Miley, yuck! Oh well.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-290759816854315245?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/290759816854315245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2010/12/for-lulz.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/290759816854315245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/290759816854315245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2010/12/for-lulz.html' title='For Lulz'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-3577780515667748715</id><published>2010-02-23T18:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-23T19:23:03.927-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tribal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Techno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tech House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Old School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mini Mix'/><title type='text'>TEK</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/TEK.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijYBKI1cnXs/S4SN70U1-HI/AAAAAAAAAOw/vTJdB2e_SWk/s400/TEK+mixed+by+TooSarcastic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441630308568266866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spontaneously did a new mini mix recently. Text tracklist follows below. It's called Tek, for no reason, and has no real theme. I was going to call it "Upfront Tek" until I realized that any mix with a cover of a Guy Called Gerald track from 1988 can hardly be called upfront. I was going to say that it was a little more obscure stuff until I realized that John Legend, MSTRKRFT, Danny Tenaglia and Josh Wink are hardly underground artists. So I don't know what else to say about the mix other than I like this sort of music and hope you do too.&lt;br /&gt;T&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TEK   &lt;br /&gt;Airbag (Riva Starr Dub) - Tom Piper, Daniel Farley   &lt;br /&gt;Square One (Julio Bashmore Longhorn Remix) - Mosca   &lt;br /&gt;Bolingo Grigo - Andreas Henneberg, Simon2       &lt;br /&gt;Dibiza (D-Unity's Tribal Mix) - Danny Tenaglia       &lt;br /&gt;Hypnoslave (Nic Fanciulli Remix ) Josh Wink   &lt;br /&gt;Punani feat. Spoek Mathambo (Arcade Remix) - Douster   &lt;br /&gt;If That's How I Feel - Hot City   &lt;br /&gt;Legacy (Vocal Mix) - Yousef   &lt;br /&gt;Tribute To Voodoo Ray - DJ Dan   &lt;br /&gt;Heartbreaker feat. John Legend (Laidback Luke Remix) - MSTRKRFT&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-3577780515667748715?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/3577780515667748715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2010/02/tek.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/3577780515667748715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/3577780515667748715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2010/02/tek.html' title='TEK'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ijYBKI1cnXs/S4SN70U1-HI/AAAAAAAAAOw/vTJdB2e_SWk/s72-c/TEK+mixed+by+TooSarcastic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-1529242008713374214</id><published>2010-01-27T18:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T18:50:37.726-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baile Funk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tribal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='House'/><title type='text'>Holiday in the Tropics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Holiday_in_the_Tropics.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ijYBKI1cnXs/S2D2rlDoLqI/AAAAAAAAAOo/QXfu_NyZmo4/s400/Holiday+in+the+Tropics.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431612379150954146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Holiday_in_the_Tropics.mp3"&gt;New mix &lt;/a&gt;is up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was supposed to be done in December. I had mixed up a rough draft and realized I was not happy with the result. So I scrapped the whole thing and added about 10 new tracks. I was really struggling with how different the older tribal sound was from newer emerging house music based on similar Brazilian/Caribbean rhythms. All my "diverse" mixes have been proud amalgamations of numerous influences, but one can only go so far. It wasn't the cultural divide that bothered me so much as it was the divide in production techniques. Back when I really started defining my tribal sound clubs (even in the Midwest) still could get several hundred dancers together on a weeknight, and some boasted ten times that on weekends. But these are different times now, and producers across the globe are making dance music for increasingly intimate spaces. There are still some bigger "club bangers" on this mix, but I killed a few sacred cows to create some semblance of unity (hopefully without giving up too much of the diversity inherent in this sort of endeavor).&lt;br /&gt;Can you tell I like Diplo? How about Buraka Som Sistema? These producers ended up on 7 or so of the tracks I used, but I'm sure you won't mind. They're rather of good at what they do. Riva Starr also deserves mention. It will be difficult for me to make a mix in the near future without featuring more of his music. Enough! Here's a text track listing, should you desire one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holiday in the Tropics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep It Goin' Louder (So Shifty Rmx) - Major Lazer&lt;br /&gt;Solta O Frango - Bonde Do Rolé&lt;br /&gt;I Was Drunk - Riva Starr&lt;br /&gt;Latino Special - Giano&lt;br /&gt;Surprise Hotel (Mad Decent Rmx) - Fool's Gold&lt;br /&gt;Sao Pedro (Roc Hunter Rmx) - Azymuth&lt;br /&gt;Aqui Pra Voces (Mastiksoul Rmx) - Buraka Som Sistema&lt;br /&gt;Congoloid (Minimow Rmx) - Solo&lt;br /&gt;Ssshhhh (Zombie Disco Squad Rmx) - Hess Is More&lt;br /&gt;Holidays In Congo (Myd Rmx) - Rainbow Arabia&lt;br /&gt;Dance Dance Dance (Buraka Som Sistema Rmx) - Lykke Li&lt;br /&gt;Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 Rmx) - Gucci Vump&lt;br /&gt;Raven - Proxy&lt;br /&gt;Work - Masters At Work&lt;br /&gt;Shake It (Terrace Mix) - Lee Cabrera, Thomas Gold&lt;br /&gt;Don't Stop The Salsa - Escobar&lt;br /&gt;Machuka- Lil Jon&lt;br /&gt;Pull Up (Mad Decent Rmx) - Groove Armada   &lt;br /&gt;Skank &amp;amp; Move - Kano, Buraka Som Sistema&lt;br /&gt;The Rhythm (The Beats) - 11th Dimension&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-1529242008713374214?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/1529242008713374214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2010/01/holiday-in-tropics.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/1529242008713374214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/1529242008713374214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2010/01/holiday-in-tropics.html' title='Holiday in the Tropics'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ijYBKI1cnXs/S2D2rlDoLqI/AAAAAAAAAOo/QXfu_NyZmo4/s72-c/Holiday+in+the+Tropics.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-1829941302696819935</id><published>2009-12-26T07:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T13:44:18.458-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='best of 2009'/><title type='text'>Top 20 tracks of 2009 with the highest play count in my Itunes library</title><content type='html'>I was going dissect all the music I've downloaded that came out this year and come up with a top 10 list, but this was waaay easier. Uh, except for the fact that I switched computers halfway through the year and had to merge two different play counts together. Actually it turned out to be a pain in the ass, but because it didn't rely entirely on my present recollection of how much I enjoyed the music I found some surprises on the list. That was pretty cool. I used every means I could to determine whether a track was released in 2009 (i.e. discogs, Myspace accounts, artist/label websites, and Youtube postings) but sometimes I still could not tell. I used my best judgment in those cases. These are all tracks I'd recommend listening to/downloading. Here we go!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20. &lt;a href="http://electrorash.com/new-edwin-van-cleef/"&gt;Lovin'&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- Edwin Van Cleef (Download via electrorash)&lt;br /&gt;These first few tracks are all more melodic than I'd like to think I prefer, but obviously, the play counts don't lie! This track has a real innocence to it that I enjoy. I suppose it could be categorized as electro house these days, but about a decade ago (before trance cranked up the BPMs and became a niche genre again) this would have been called trance. &lt;a href="http://electrorash.com/"&gt;Electrorash&lt;/a&gt;, by the way, is an excellent house blog with contributors primarily out of Australia, I think. It will eventually go on the blogroll, if I ever create such a thing.&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;19. &lt;a href="http://redthreat.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/rise/"&gt;Young Love&lt;/a&gt; - Love Between Equals (Download via RedThreat)&lt;br /&gt;I love how melodic yet distorted this track is. Again, a little more melodic than what I would like to think my tastes are. But listen to those bass stabs! So granular, syncopated, and, well, growly! This is how electro basslines should sound. Not like giant farts. Just sayin'. &lt;a href="http://redthreat.wordpress.com/"&gt;RedThreat&lt;/a&gt; throws up a million mp3s per post and has great info on shows in the Chicago area. If you have nothing to do for the week and are living in the upper Midwest, check out the list of events. You won't be disappointed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;18. &lt;a href="http://www.discobelle.net/2009/02/07/work-it-out-a1-bassline-remix/"&gt;Work It Out (A1 Bassline Remix)&lt;/a&gt; - Esser (Download via Discobelle)&lt;br /&gt;A1 Bassline took a laid back indie dance number and gave it a youthful enthusiasm. Really sweet, I think. I used this on my mix &lt;a href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Indie_Rocks_Electro.mp3"&gt;Indie Rocks Electro&lt;/a&gt;, so if you like the sound you may want to listen to the whole mix. &lt;a href="http://www.discobelle.net/"&gt;Discobelle&lt;/a&gt;, for those who don't know, are pretty much the pinnacle in electronic music blogging. So many posts! On their post you can watch the video for Esser's original of the track.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17. &lt;a href="http://beatelectric.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-terje-edits.html"&gt;Ain't We Funkin´Now&lt;/a&gt; (Todd Terje Radio Miks) - Brothers Johnson (Download via BeatElectric)&lt;br /&gt;Now for something completely different! Obviously the Brothers Johnson had a disco classic with the original. Todd Terje just dusted it up and made it a little more DJ friendly. You can check out the &lt;a href="http://beatelectric.blogspot.com/"&gt;Beatelectric&lt;/a&gt; post to hear a few more of Terje's re-edits. Man this top twenty list is turning into it's own mini-blogroll! If I had unlimited time and expertise (obviously wishful thinking here) there are about 30 or so disco/funk era tracks that I would love to do re-edits of. Luckily Mr. Terje is doing just fine on this without my help!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16. &lt;a href="http://redthreat.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/one-day/"&gt;Drop The Tough (The Twelves B-LIVE Remix)&lt;/a&gt; - Groove Armada (Download via RedThreat)&lt;br /&gt;I love Groove Armada so much! They are one of a few popular 90's era electronic acts that have not only survived the new decade but have flourished. They or their label also happen to pick excellent remixers for their tracks. Witness the Twelves chill take on the original. The only reservation I have about this track is that it's part of a Bacardi sponsored remix campaign. I guess big liquor corporations are okay if they pay for good music, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15. &lt;a href="http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Kid_Sister/track/Get_Fresh"&gt;Get Fresh&lt;/a&gt; - Kid Sister (Download via rcrdlbl)&lt;br /&gt;Okay, so Kid Sister's album Dream Date came out in late 08, but this track was released as a single in 09, so we're counting it. Really all of Kid Sister's body of work should be up here because most of the album is excellent. I really don't understand how this lady isn't getting major label attention. Great pop music! &lt;a href="http://rcrdlbl.com/"&gt;Rcrdlbl&lt;/a&gt; is an excellent blog that spans numerous genres, allowing indie acts to get exposure. Professionally run. Check it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14.&lt;a href="http://redthreat.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/cream-on-the-outside/"&gt; Diesel Paint Job (LOL Boys Blend)&lt;/a&gt; - Dorrough Music + Sukh Knight (Download via RedThreat)&lt;br /&gt;This LOL Boys blend blew up blogs this spring and with good reason. I cannot stop listening to it even now. Hip hop and Dubstep just seem made for each other. I chose Chicago's &lt;a href="http://hotbiscuits.wordpress.com/"&gt;Hot Biscuits'&lt;/a&gt; link because I like their content, but the link was yanked, so we're going with the dependable RedThreat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13.&lt;a href="http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&amp;amp;artistid=12125478&amp;amp;ap=0&amp;amp;albumid=13081294"&gt; Lets Talk&lt;/a&gt; - Pezzner (stream)&lt;br /&gt;Pezzner is one half of the incomparable duo Jacob London. I posted a link to this track on Facebook as soon as I heard it. So well-proportioned, well produced! I would play this track early in the evening because even though it is not balls to the wall energetic, it is subtly irresistible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12. &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrC72Xv6pE"&gt;Us&lt;/a&gt; - Regina Spektor (Youtube)&lt;br /&gt;So officially I'd prefer listening to a Bach cello suite. But this is about as close as you can get to Bach in pop music today. My guilty pleasure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11. &lt;a href="http://www.thefader.com/2009/1/29/video-dance-area-f-austin-boston-aa-24-7-diplo-remix/"&gt;AA 24/7 (Diplo Remix)&lt;/a&gt; - Dance Area (stream)&lt;br /&gt;What a beating! Diplo's side project Major Lazer took most of the spotlight this year but this remix bangs pretty hard. I'm not a fan of the vocals, but they're hidden over 3 minutes in so it's not too much of a loss. Do yourself a favor and don't listen to this track on computer speakers. Find yourself a sound system with a sub. Also the video on &lt;a href="http://www.thefader.com/"&gt;Fader&lt;/a&gt; is of the original track, not the remix.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. &lt;a href="http://redthreat.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/pendulum-north-america-tour/"&gt;Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)&lt;/a&gt; - The Prodigy (Download via RedThreat)&lt;br /&gt;Thought I was going to have to stream this, but RedThreat has a download of it. Thanks &lt;a href="http://redthreat.wordpress.com/"&gt;RedThreat&lt;/a&gt;! Pendulum is my exhibit A as to why electronic acts are making better rock music than rock bands. Of course, Pendulum is sort of a band, so I guess that makes sense. This remix is about as mind blowing as the original was when I first heard it in about 1995. It was on a cassette, since that was how folks pirated music back then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. &lt;a href="http://redthreat.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/play-with-fire/"&gt;Farewell To The Fairground (Yuksek Remix)&lt;/a&gt; - White Lies (Download via RedThreat)&lt;br /&gt;This won't be the last time Yuksek shows up in this list. He had one hell of a 2008, and 2009 wasn't too shabby either. I really love these remixes of more indie rock artists. This is danceable and still has some lyrical meat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE"&gt;My Girls &lt;/a&gt;- Animal Collective (Youtube)&lt;br /&gt;This track is the opener on my mix &lt;a href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Indie_Rocks_Electro.mp3"&gt;Indie Rocks Electro&lt;/a&gt; with good reason. The synths percolate and sparkle, complimenting the vocal harmonies. The video is pretty cool too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. &lt;a href="http://hypem.com/track/992634/Lykke+Li+-+Dance+Dance+Dance+Buraka+Som+Sistema+Mix+"&gt;Dance Dance Dance (Buraka Som Sistema Mix)&lt;/a&gt; - Lykke Li (stream)&lt;br /&gt;Buraka Som Sistema has been in the process of slamming into the blogosphere like a tidal wave for the last year or so. I really like the Baile Funk-esque stuff going on in the group. Back at the beginning of the decade a very different tribal sound had developed based on the large crowds that clubs were bringing in. Nowadays the club scene has contracted and Buraka Som Sistema is the result- a scaled back sound where each tap on the drum can be heard as though it were up close. This is the new intimate sound of tribal music.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;a href="http://hotbiscuits.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/chew-fu-steve-clisby/"&gt;Purple Rain &lt;/a&gt;- Chew Fu + Steve Clisby (Download via HotBiscuits)&lt;br /&gt;Admittedly a large part of this track's appeal lies not with the artists but with Prince's classic lyrical and melodic mastery. But the deceptively simple production on this version deserves consideration. &lt;a href="http://hotbiscuits.wordpress.com/"&gt;HotBiscuits&lt;/a&gt; makes an appearance here finally too! Go visit the site, it has good music for free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNuP1QD_phA"&gt;I Was Drunk feat. Noze &lt;/a&gt;- Riva Starr (Youtube)&lt;br /&gt;I actively dislike Noze, and especially dislike the lyrics to this track, but Riva makes up for it with his excellent production. I have had this track running through my head for months! It's like a freakin' gypsy curse. I dance around the house to no music at all and my wife thinks I'm psychotic. This is what good music does to a man. Sad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;a href="http://hypem.com/track/809139/Friendly+Fires+-+Jump+In+The+Pool+Thin+White+Duke+Remix+"&gt;Jump In The Pool (Thin White Duke Remix)&lt;/a&gt; - Friendly Fires (stream)&lt;br /&gt;This track is exhibit B for why electronic music artists make better rock music that rock artists. There is a desperate vitality in this remix that I find difficult to convey in mere words. Of course Thin White Duke has been producing music of this caliber for years now. I want to be in a sweaty mass of young people jumping up and down in unison to this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;a href="http://hypem.com/track/912433/The+Glass+-+Wanna+Be+Dancin+Eli+Escobar+Mix+"&gt;Wanna Be Dancin' (Eli Escobar Mix) &lt;/a&gt;- The Glass (stream)&lt;br /&gt;By the time Eli Escobar got around to remixing this The Glass track about a thrillion other DJs had gotten there first. No matter. If the Friendly Fires remix in the 4 position was all about electronic indie rock, this track is about classic dance music. Simple synths twist and mutate around piano stabs and ratcheting percussion. I love, love, LOVE a good acid line, and that's what Escobar's synths amount to. This is the track you want to be listening to when the drugs kick in, and that's a compliment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;a href="http://hypem.com/track/836964/Miike+Snow+-+Silvia"&gt;Silvia&lt;/a&gt; - Miike Snow (stream)&lt;br /&gt;Miike Snow is the one group I really regret not having seen when they came to town this year. Miike Snow seems to have made a career out of arpeggiation. And who can argue with that? The synths flutter and turn in patterns Mozart would have been proud of. I would recommend checking out the whole eponymous album (and the great remixes floating around out there too)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&lt;a href="http://redthreat.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/play-with-fire/"&gt; Keep that Control (Yuksek Lost Control Remix) &lt;/a&gt;- The Shoes ft. Scream Club (Download via Redthreat)&lt;br /&gt;Well, here we are. I may have mentioned my love of acid lines and Yuksek does not disappoint in that regard. Needless to say I have included this track on a &lt;a href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Indie_Rocks_Electro.mp3"&gt;mix&lt;/a&gt; this year. But that's really only the beginning. I frequently have this fantasy where I travel back in time with an ipod and let my teenage self listen to all the newest music styles from the future. If there were one track from 2009 that I want to show my 16 year old self, it's this one. The rhythm, the builds and breakdowns, everything about this track adheres to the classic standards of dance music while cranking up the intensity to 11. In an alternate universe my 16 year old self has just died an ecstatic death due to a massive brain hemorrhage sustained while trying to take in the sheer power of this track. What else can one expect when altering time and space in the name of music? Some songs are simply too powerful for such meddling endeavors.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-1829941302696819935?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/1829941302696819935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2009/12/top-20-tracks-of-2009-with-highest.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/1829941302696819935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/1829941302696819935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2009/12/top-20-tracks-of-2009-with-highest.html' title='Top 20 tracks of 2009 with the highest play count in my Itunes library'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-621424639381178372</id><published>2009-10-31T20:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T20:41:03.562-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Electro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extended mix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='indie dance'/><title type='text'>Indie Rocks Electro - The Extended Mix!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Indie_Rocks_Electro_Extended_Mix.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ijYBKI1cnXs/Suz_QR6wQtI/AAAAAAAAAOE/UR9ENFxnSHE/s400/n657500225_6815864_6021438.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398970708463207122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the extended version of my previously released electro mix. The original is 80 minutes, but this mix adds another 18 on to that. This might be a better version for exercising, studying, or other activities that might take longer than the usual length of CD. Hope you enjoy it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-621424639381178372?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/621424639381178372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2009/10/indie-rocks-electro-extended-mix.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/621424639381178372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/621424639381178372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2009/10/indie-rocks-electro-extended-mix.html' title='Indie Rocks Electro - The Extended Mix!'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ijYBKI1cnXs/Suz_QR6wQtI/AAAAAAAAAOE/UR9ENFxnSHE/s72-c/n657500225_6815864_6021438.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-4877617237546469007</id><published>2009-10-28T19:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T19:33:31.533-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='old mixes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Older Mixes Sidebar!</title><content type='html'>I have begun adding the older mixes to a sidebar for easy access and downloading. I hope to have info pages for each and every old mix which include track listings. For now however this will do. Listeners who have heard these older mixes will be treated to several new "old" mixes I never posted. One is the extended version of Indie Rocks Electro (over twenty more minutes of mix!) and the other is a massive three hour dry run of an entire night's DJ set at Babalu's. I'll post them relatively soon. I'm also mulling over which of about 5 or so ideas for new mixes I'll try to create next!&lt;br /&gt;T&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-4877617237546469007?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/4877617237546469007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2009/10/older-mixes-sidebar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/4877617237546469007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/4877617237546469007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2009/10/older-mixes-sidebar.html' title='Older Mixes Sidebar!'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475167603224523288.post-8730559216150677361</id><published>2009-10-23T15:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T16:40:17.063-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Electro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Mix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creepy Crawlies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Techno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tech House'/><title type='text'>Creepy Crawlies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://parallelcomics.com/mixes/Creepy_Crawlies.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijYBKI1cnXs/SuI0Qhr_6KI/AAAAAAAAAN8/S0mGnYcCBjo/s400/Creepy+Crawlies2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395932762068740258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text tracklist follows below.&lt;br /&gt;This new mix is the inaugural post here on my blog- I hope it will be one of many! I plan on linking to all my old mixes here as well, so people can find them more easily. But that's still in the (near) future!&lt;br /&gt;Since Halloween is coming up I wanted to make a mix featuring tracks that all gave me goosebumps or made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Artists like Ben Klock, Voodeux, and Peace Division have been doing this quite well ever since I began listening to them.&lt;br /&gt;It actually bothered me that Itamar Sagi's "Black Gold" is so beautiful because I felt like it didn't quite fit the creepy theme. Ultimately it is such a well-produced track that it gave me goosebumps, so I let it stay.&lt;br /&gt;Obviously Trent Reznor is a master, so when I had the opportunity to lead off with one of his tracks for David Lynch's Lost Highway, I took it. Kind of a strange way to begin a house mix, but the "WTF?!?" factor made it worthwhile, I think.&lt;br /&gt;This is not a particularly poppy or melodic mix, and it won't appeal to everybody, but at least we get the electro-meets-Michael Jackson antics of Hot Pink Delorean as a closer. Really, how could I pass up a song about Zombies on a Halloween mix?&lt;br /&gt;T&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tracklist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trent Reznor - Videodrones; Questions&lt;br /&gt;Tiga - Mind Dimension (Darling Farah rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Brett Johnson - Rubber Duck&lt;br /&gt;Patrice Baumel - Roar&lt;br /&gt;Chaim - Thrill You&lt;br /&gt;Peace Division - Eh Oh Um&lt;br /&gt;Broombeck - Monoturn (Solomun rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Mac Neumann - Calypso&lt;br /&gt;Itamar Sagi - Black Gold&lt;br /&gt;Ben Klock - Check for Pulse&lt;br /&gt;Voodeux - Skeleton Key&lt;br /&gt;Little Boots - Remedy (Style of Eye rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Shlomi Aber - Quiver&lt;br /&gt;Replika - Even Further (Pezzner rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Delphic - Counterpoint (Paul Woolford rmx)&lt;br /&gt;Voodeux - Bones&lt;br /&gt;Designer Drugs - ZOMBIES! (Hot Pink Delorean rmx)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2475167603224523288-8730559216150677361?l=toosarcastic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/feeds/8730559216150677361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2009/10/creepy-crawlies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/8730559216150677361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2475167603224523288/posts/default/8730559216150677361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toosarcastic.blogspot.com/2009/10/creepy-crawlies.html' title='Creepy Crawlies'/><author><name>TooSarcastic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398571311637855088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijYBKI1cnXs/SuI0Qhr_6KI/AAAAAAAAAN8/S0mGnYcCBjo/s72-c/Creepy+Crawlies2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
