Well here we are, nearly a year out from Dark Lord Day 2009 and my promised recap post has still never materialized. Well I just recently remembered that I have this site and though I am not going to attempt a full recap at this time, here is a video from Draft Magazine. At around … [Read more…]
This is a post from Aaron’s Radio Gen1us site, archived here. The following is the text of his original post. We are talking and playing a lot of Ska today, with recent shows on our minds by Fishbone, The English Beat and The Aquabats (with Mustard Plug). Desmond Dekker — Get Up Edina — 2:40 … [Read more…]
This is a post from Aaron’s Radio Gen1us site, archived here. The following is the text of his original post. We’ve started a new format on Radio Gen1us. We’re not ditching our mixtapes — but we’re trying to be a bit more regular about podcasting. Quite frankly, doing a discussion format is a lot easier … [Read more…]
This is my best of 2009 mix, containing samples from my 20 favorite albums of the last year. I’m not a professional music critic and I don’t listen to every album ever released by any means, so I’m sure there are plenty of holes, and if you’d like to tell me an album I missed, … [Read more…]
I have had a Dark Lord Day writeup in draft form since a few days after the event (over a month now) and have yet to file it. I apologize. I just bought a house and moved my family and have been busy recently. However, I will finish and post that writeup soon, as well … [Read more…]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Well it isn’t St. Patrick’s Day yet of course, but it’s coming up, today is the Saturday before, and I’ll wager many of you are already enjoying the holiday cheer. I’m more ignorant of my Irish heritage than I’d wish to be, but there isn’t anybody left to teach it to … [Read more…]
This is a chill mix. This is not a chillout mix. This is a journey from light to dark and light again, in the vein of last year’s mix for staring out of train windows, only this time there isn’t a train, there’s just you and the music and a dark place inside yourself. shoegazy … [Read more…]
This year Three Floyds has added a whole lotta rules http://www.darklordday.com/faq/ But hopefully the new system will resolve some of the logistical problems they’ve had in the past. Last year, I wish I could have enjoyed the party rather than just spend 5 hours waiting in line to buy a few bottles of beer.
Just your basic mix of cover songs. Ska covers! Bluegrass covers! Metal covers! Punk covers! I know, it’s been done, but dammit it’s MY TURN. It was brought to my attention though that on a few of these, the original songs may be less well known, so I’ve created a second mix containing the same … [Read more…]