Blog: The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate

Over and Over and Over and Over

Jul 31, 2007, 7:49pm The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate

I think now is probably a good time to let you all in on one of my favourite bands ever. This is a band that had a few members graduate from the same high school that I went to, and are still friends with english teacher from my Senior year in high school. They make incredible summer driving music, and are pretty much the paradigm (or at least I like to think so) of Los Angeles/California/Beach music. They're most recent album, Over and Over , is incredible, and has been played more [...]

• Elliott Smith - Can't Make A Sound
• The 88 - All the Same
• The 88 - Sunday Afternoon

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Artist:	Elliott Smith
Title:	Can't Make A Sound
Link Text:	Elliott Smith (with the 88) - Can't Make A Sound (4/01/03)
File Name:	88_with_elliott.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	The 88
Title:	All the Same
Link Text:	The 88 - All The Same
File Name:	the88_all_the_same.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The 88
Title:	Sunday Afternoon
Link Text:	The 88 - Sunday Afternoon
File Name:	the88_sunday_afternoon.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Monday Links

Jul 30, 2007, 8:08pm The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate

Because I can't get to everything I love, and I can't get to everything I love first : Kevin Garnett traded to Boston Celtics (Sports Illustrated) DeLorean Gets New Life (LA Times) Toilet Aquarium Produced! (LA Times) Paul Pena, an early 70s blind guitarist featured on IGIF. (I Guess I'm Floating) Chad from ECEU memorializes Ingmar Bergman (Everybody Cares, [...]

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Flight of the Conchords

Jul 29, 2007, 9:11pm The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate

Friday night was a great night for me. I went to one of my favourite spots in Los Angeles, up in Runyon Canyon off Mulholland where there's a view of the city that is unbeatable . I hung out with some friends for a couple hours up there, and then drove home. On the way however, I stopped off at Canter's Deli to pick up a Black + White Cookie with some milk. For those of you that live in Los Angeles, you know what I'm talking about. Black + White Cookies are some [...]

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About Me

Jul 28, 2007, 7:36pm The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate

Well, with the start of this blog, it might help to know a little about me. My name is Travis, and I'm originally from Los Angeles, California. I'm 19 years old, and I'm going to be a sophomore at Kenyon College (a small liberal arts deal) in Ohio. I'm hoping to major in American Studies with an emphasis on Pre-Law, and eventually go in to intellectual property law (dealing with copyright law in essence. One reason to promote a legal mp3 blog) Before College, I [...]

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So Jealous

Jul 27, 2007, 3:08am The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate

I'm a little jealous of the talent that Canadian born twins Tegan & Sara have. Although they haven't received quite the hype that they deserve, they're one of the few bands I like that have female singer(s). They're also one of the few bands I like that has more toes in the punk genre than in the indie genre. This past Tuesday they released a new album, "The Con". The LA Times review I read of it can do a lot more justice for it than I can. Needless to say, it's pretty good. [...]

• Tegan And Sara - Speak Slow

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Artist:	Tegan And Sara
Title:	Speak Slow
Link Text:	Speak Slow - Tegan & Sara
File Name:	speakslow.mp3
Bitrate:	56 kbps
Year:	2004

Wendy House

Jul 26, 2007, 7:54pm The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate

Team Turnip is one of those bands that no one has heard of. This is really quite unfortunate, as Russell Kostulin, the one and only member of Team Turnip plays the guitar (and other instruments) quite wonderfully. The recordings on his Myspace have all been done at home with a drum machine (unfortunate), however he's in the process of getting his tracks mastered, and creating a demo CD in order to try and get a deal with a record company. He classifies his music as "sour-pop", [...]

• Photos of the Staff (Mastered)
• Team Turnip - Wendy House

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Title:	Photos of the Staff (Mastered)
Link Text:	Photos of the Staff - Team Turnip
File Name:	Photos of the Staff $28Mastered$29.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Team Turnip
Title:	Wendy House
Link Text:	Wendy House - Team Turnip
File Name:	02 Wendy House.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2007

Death and Taxes

Jul 26, 2007, 1:02am The Bridges Smell Like Chocolate

It's funny how much we care about death. So many artists write songs about death, or in a depressed state, and yet they continue to earn money, not that money is the key to happiness; it's not. Artists who die unexpectedly develop somewhat of a cult following, whether or not they had it before. And yet, a surprising amount of artists have died way before they were supposed to: Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, I figured I'd spend some time to write about some of my favourite songs, [...]

• Duke Special - Freewheel

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Artist:	Duke Special
Title:	Freewheel
Link Text:	"Last Night I Nearly Died" - Duke Special
File Name:	Duke_Special-Freewheel.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps