douglasmartin

here is a mix i made for my friend jeff's [hugely popular] mp3 blog. it's downloadable, too. hopefully, you enjoy the tunes.

tracklisting:

1. bill callahan- day.
2. PWRFL POWER- it's okay.
3. the mountain goats- itzcuintli-totzli days.
4. abe vigoda- animal ghosts.
5. tv on the radio- staring at the sun.
6. vivian girls- wild eyes.
7. modest mouse- perfect disguise.
8. radiohead- let...
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things i've done during my SG hiatus:

* wrote more songs.
* started working at a new store.
* continued blogging incessantly about music.
* found a favorite new local band: tiny vipers.
* wrote essays for various music blogs.
* started working on a quasi-memoir.
* went through personal problems.
* ate a ton of grilled cheese sandwiches.

i promise i'm still alive.
i've just been busy, working on band stuff.
there's one label that i'm hoping is interested in the album, but only time will tell.
if they're not? oh well, i'll just put it out myself.

in an interview, i was asked if i've gotten some suicide girl love for writing "unofficial theme of the suicide girls." i thought that was...
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i wrote a song about something special:



"unofficial theme of the suicide girls"

modern art decorates
your appendages
glistening behind flash bulbs
and photo lenses

double click the icon
that you choose to view
i fell in love with an image
a blinking cursor, new

[chorus:]
i look at you and die
your beauty is suicide (repeat)


download the song, and the rest of my...
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i'm back. hehehe..
don't ever have a nervous breakdown.
it really sucks.

The Douglas Martin Mixtape:

1. Your favorite song with the name of a city in the title or text.
"los angeles, i'm yours"- the decemberists

2. A song you've listened to repeatedly when you were depressed at some point in your life.
"lucky"- radiohead

3. Ever bought an entire album just for one song and winded up disliking everything but that song? Gimme that song....
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i'm working on a new song.
it's called "bailey was a serial killer".
at my attempt at being creative,
it's going to be a two-part song.
first part is a dramatic piano ballad.
second part is a one-minute acoustic track
that only has two chords.

my downstairs neighbor is playing mike jones.
i never understood the whole "platinum grill" thing.
oh well. do what makes...
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work, work, radio, radio.
i ordered a pizza,
and the girl who delivered it
was a girl who i worked with
during my tenure at american eagle outfitters.
that made my night; it was so unexpected.

a fat girl hit on me at work today.
she was coming on strong, too.
it was absolutely bizzare.
she said i was "perfect".
then, my best friend told...
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