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A Blue Line Tribute Mix

2014/03/24 by Jim Leave a Comment

This morning’s CTA blue line derailment at O’Hare airport ( Chicago Tribune Breaking News, WGN TV, Chicagoist ) immediately brought to my mind the 2 songs I could think of about that particular piece of Chicago’s public transit system, which are Local H’s Blue Line and pinebender’s Simp Twister. I figured there must be more out … [Read more…]

Posted in: Jim's Useless Ramblings Tagged: 8tracks, blue line, boxcar willie, cta, doc watson, grateful dead, jethro tull, local h, love and rockets, mastodon, ozzy osbourne, pinebender, springbo, wesley willis

There And Back Again

2009/03/09 by Jim Leave a Comment

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…]

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