Blog: The Swill Merchant

Redux

Jul 3, 2010, 1:20am The Swill Merchant
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I was bored so I started a blog

May 14, 2010, 6:01pm The Swill Merchant
I was bored so I started a blog True story. Three years ago, out of boredom and a job that had the perfect storm of unfettered web access and an unhealthy amount of down time, I started this blog. And it's been a lot of fun and I have met some incredible music loving people along the way. But now it seems that all of the fun of music blogging as sort of been sucked out of the process. My only goal with this thing was to share some songs I love with friends, both old and not yet made. About one out of every [...]
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Artist:LCD Soundsystem
Title:I Can Change
Link Text:* LCD Soundsystem - 'I Can Change' MP3
File Name:05 I Can Change.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Wolf Parade
Title:Little Golden Age
Link Text:* Wolf Parade - 'Little Golden Age' MP3
File Name:04 Little Golden Age.mp3
Year:2010

Art House Director

May 14, 2010, 1:58pm The Swill Merchant
Art House Director It's 2PM on May 14th and I am going to go on record and say that this Broken Social Scene song will be my most played track in 2010. So infectious. * 'Art House Director' MP3
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Artist:Broken Social Scene
Title:Art House Director
Link Text:* 'Art House Director' MP3
File Name:06 Art House Director.mp3
Bitrate:195 kbps
Year:2010

Craigslist Musical Dedication

May 7, 2010, 4:22pm The Swill Merchant
I locked up your salami - w4m - 30 (Dayton) Date: 2010-05-05, 12:07AM EDT Reply To This Post It begins like all [modern] interesting stories begin: we met here on Craigslist. You wanted to be spanked, verbally abused, humiliated, and otherwise dominated. I wanted to pay some bills. Sounded like a win/win situation. After a week of frequent [...]
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Artist:Freelance Whales
Title:We Could Be Friends
Link Text:* Freelance Whales - 'We Could Be Friends' MP3
File Name:10 we could be friends.mp3
Bitrate:239 kbps
Year:2009

The band, not the movie

May 5, 2010, 12:24pm The Swill Merchant
The band, not the movie Even if the music wasn't so lovely I think I would have a soft spot in my heart for McCabe And Mrs. Miller. Any band named after a Robert Altman film is OK in my book. And yes, the music is excellent. He is Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom) she is Alison Faith Levy (The Sippy Cups, The Loud Family) - together they make beautiful music as McCabe And Mrs Miller. Here is the title track for their debut album...it's bittersweet and beautiful. * 'Time For Leaving' [...]
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Artist:Mccabe & Mrs. Miller
Link Text:* 'Time For Leaving' MP3
File Name:11 time for leaving.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps

Craigslist Musical Dedication

May 4, 2010, 1:31pm The Swill Merchant
30 years since you were laid - m4w - 46 (Afternoon Conversation) Date: 2010-05-03, 8:03PM EDT Reply To This Post We talked this afternoon when I got back in town. Spoke about the fact you have never been married and it's been 30 years since you've been railed. I complimented you on your cute ass and your physic in general. [...]
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Artist:The Broken Family Band
Title:Old Wounds
Link Text:* Broken Family Band - 'Old Wounds'
File Name:12 Old Wounds.mp3
Bitrate:183 kbps
Year:2009

Craigslist Musical Dedication

May 3, 2010, 3:29pm The Swill Merchant
AMY APPLEGATE ....ST. ANNS - m4w - 35 (COLUMBUS) Date: 2010-05-03, 2:52PM EDT Reply To This Post I came in to get a venous doppler of my leg and your smile and attitude blew my mind....i would love to take u 2 dinner if your not attached...i was a marine sniper..hope to hear back. ****** Not sure if the [...]
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Artist:Simple Minds
Title:Don't You Forget About Me
Link Text:* Simple Minds - 'Don't You Forget About Me' MP3
File Name:08 Simple Minds - Dont You Forget About Me.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2005

Craigslist Musical Dedication

Apr 30, 2010, 1:37pm The Swill Merchant
The person that carved in the concrete in front of my house Date: 2010-04-21, 3:51PM EDT Reply To This Post It has been about two years now that I have lived in this house and wonder why someone wrote Walker Texas Ranger in the concrete of my driveway. There you were, face to face with the possibility of being [...]
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Link Text:* Pearl Jam - 'Immortality' MP3
File Name:13 Immortality.mp3

Love It To Life

Apr 30, 2010, 10:51am The Swill Merchant
Love It To Life And no mini posting spree this week would be complete from me without including a track from one of my favorites, Jesse Malin. I am such a sucker for his straight ahead, Bruce Springsteen-worshiping rock n roll. His brand new record is called 'Love It To Life' and is vintage Malin, meaning pretty much a perfect summer rock record. * 'St Mark's Sunset' MP3
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Artist:Jesse Malin
Title:St. Mark's Sunset
Link Text:* 'St Mark's Sunset' MP3
File Name:jesse malin - [04] st marks sunset.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010

Another post, another Portland band

Apr 30, 2010, 10:36am The Swill Merchant
Another post, another Portland band Too Portland bands in a row. Totally unintentional. Not that it can be helped. I think with my taste in music it is impossible to go a week without posting about a band from either Portland,Austin, or Brooklyn. This time around, the band is indie pop/lo-fi electronica act Cars And Trains. To me, they sound like a slightly more fleshed out Casiotone For The Painfully Alone. Pretty minimalistic, featuring sharp, clever lyrics. Their new record is called 'The Roots, The Leaves.' Here is a sample of what's in store for you should you check it out... [...]
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Artist:Cars & Trains
Title:The Sun Always Sets
Link Text:* 'The Sun Always Sets' MP3
File Name:06 - the sun always sets.mp3
Bitrate:242 kbps
Year:2009

What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood

Apr 30, 2010, 10:15am The Swill Merchant
What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood The Mynabirds (basically singer/songwriter Laura Burhenn) are out of Portland and have released their debut on April 27 entitled 'What We Lose It The Fire We Gain In The Flood.' I think I would have to love this band EVEN if the music weren't so good just because of their name. It's a tip of the cap to the near mythical R & B super group of the 60's featuring Neil Young and Rick James among others. The record is fantastic, and is maybe my favorite debut disc so far this year. Just a beautiful sound that is [...]
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Artist:The Mynabirds
Title:Numbers Don't Lie
Link Text:* 'Numbers Don't Lie' MP3
File Name:03 numbers dont lie.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2010

Craigslist Musical Dedication

Apr 28, 2010, 4:06pm The Swill Merchant
my name is scott once i was at dairy queen i saw u ba - m4w - 32 (ohio) Date: 2010-04-23, 1:54AM EDT Reply To This Post my name is scott once i was at dairy queen and you who i miss so dearly whipped up a killer sundae please come back baby today friday not sunday please crying sad [...]
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Artist:Clem Snide
Title:The Dairy Queen
Link Text:* Clem Snide 'The Dairy Queen' MP3
File Name:01 The Dairy Queen.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2000

Craigslist Musical Dedication

Apr 27, 2010, 8:57am The Swill Merchant
At the Queer Sex Ed Conference - w4w - 23 Date: 2010-04-20, 5:20PM MDT Reply To This Post You were sitting behind me at the Queer Sex Ed conference and chatted with me and my friend. She had the palm tattoo and I was wearing a black skirt and top. You are super cute and I want to take you on a date! [...]
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Link Text:* Jill Sobule - 'I Kissed A Girl' MP3
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Craigslist Musical Dedication

Apr 26, 2010, 3:14pm The Swill Merchant
Sunless in Columbus - m4w - 30 (At the corner of bar and dance floor) Date: 2010-04-25, 2:55AM EDT Reply To This Post You: Delightful lass at Outland on Saturday with the low cut dress and lower cut bosom. Me: That guy dressed in black. You know, the tall one. We traded smiles. Let's see if we have any [...]
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Artist:Pavement
Title:Date With IKEA
Link Text:* Pavement - 'Date With IKEA' MP3
File Name:04 Date With IKEA.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:1997

Here's To Taking It Easy

Apr 25, 2010, 9:39pm The Swill Merchant
Here's To Taking It Easy This song is the exact reason I started my little blog. It's 9:41PM on a Sunday night and I just heard an amazing song and felt the need to throw it out into the world. Just sitting here, relaxing on a fine Ohio evening, listening to the brilliant new Phosphorescent record 'Here's To Taking It Easy' and this song popped up...and I had to share it. I do believe Matthew Houck has outdone himself. * 'Tell Me Baby (have you had enough?)' MP3
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Link Text:* 'Tell Me Baby (have you had enough?)' MP3
File Name:06 tell me baby (have you had enough).mp3

Craigslist Musical Dedication - Coachella 2010 Edition

Apr 21, 2010, 12:50pm The Swill Merchant
Coachella - Spoon - m4w - 26 (Coachella) Date: 2010-04-20, 5:21PM PDT Reply To This Post I think I fell in love with you at Spoon. Granted, I barely said a word to you and I was in love with everybody at the festival and I couldn't even feel my hands at the time because I had just taken the best E of my life... That [...]
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Artist:Spoon
Title:The Way We Get By
Link Text:* Spoon - 'The Way We Get By' MP3
File Name:02 - The Way We Get By.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2002

The Sweet Part Of The City

Apr 21, 2010, 12:37pm The Swill Merchant
The Sweet Part Of The City Another Coachella has come and gone, and as always, it was THE best weekend of the year! I will get around to attempting to summarize it in blog form eventually, but now there is just too much new music stacked up for me to listen to...it the best sort of overwhelming. And of course, I am having trouble even getting to anything else because I am so in love with this new Hold Steady record. In fact when I first got my hands on it, I repeated this track - the first one on the record - over [...]
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Link Text:* 'The Sweet Part Of The City' MP3
File Name:01 - The Sweet Part of the City.mp3

Craigslist Musical Dedication

Apr 12, 2010, 12:11pm The Swill Merchant
Your arm caught on fire! - m4m - 36 (Easy St. Cafe, German Village) Date: 2010-04-11, 11:28PM EDT Reply To This Post Busy saturday night at Easy St. Cafe... your arm briefly caught on fire when you lit our saganaki! It was very exciting, and your grace under pressure was admirable. I hope you're ok. You were [...]
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Artist:Band of Skulls
Title:Fires
Link Text:* Band Of Skulls - 'Fires' MP3
File Name:04 Fires.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009

Off and on is what we want

Apr 12, 2010, 11:04am The Swill Merchant
Off and on is what we want Happy Coachella week!!! I won't be around much this week...but while I am here, I plan on sharing some awesome new music. In fact, as I type this I am listening to the brand new Broken Social Scene record...and it's pretty incredible. Check this tune out...one of 14 brand new ones on the forthcoming 'Forgiveness Rock Record.' * 'Sentimental X's' MP3
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Artist:Broken Social Scene
Title:Sentimental X's
Link Text:* 'Sentimental X's' MP3
File Name:10 Sentimental Xs.mp3
Bitrate:177 kbps
Year:2010

Craigslist Musical Dedication

Apr 9, 2010, 11:43pm The Swill Merchant
Let's Build Something Together - m4w - 27 (E. Broad Lowes) Date: 2010-04-07, 2:53PM EDT Reply To This Post I came into the Lowe's on East Broad looking for a job and ended up seeing the most beautiful lil' blonde woman....a sculptor couldn't have formed a better shape, an architect couldn't have designed a more perfect face, a painter couldn't have colored a [...]
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Artist:Beastie Boys
Title:It Takes Time to Build
Link Text:* Beastie Boys - 'It Takes Time To Build' MP3
File Name:04 It Takes Time to Build.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2004
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