This mix right chere made my day. & I blasted it at work despite it being not so safe for office play. The movie sound bites & song selection are straight killin’ it for a good throwback into the 90s. Feels like high school all over again for me. Here’s what Catch had to say about his latest:

My good friend Mr. Ducker isn’t a DJ, but he always wanted to make an ultimate ’90s tape, something that brought a mixshow vibe to alt nation sounds. When he asked me to get down with his dream and collaborate, we delved deep into our middle and high school record collections (and used CD bargain bins) and brainstormed new ways to present all the alternative music we grew up on. We were inspired by DJ Spinbad’s impossibly fun ’80s pop mixes: big hits next to unexpected favorites with lots of movie dialogue and interludes for jokes, all smashed up in a dance party megamixxx. Picking from hundreds of beloved Buzz Bin jams was easier said than done (sorry Superdrag, you’ll make Vol. 2!), but with the Mishka crew’s annual trip to Magic in Las Vegas giving us an actual deadline, we finally finished this badmotorfinger as a giveaway CD for their new season. Even with double digit-old tunes, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter feels right on time, connecting the dots between Sonic Youth breakbeats, weeded Lollapalooza rap, gloriously fuzzed-out one hit wonders and much more. No irony, no empty nostalgia, just a lot of music we love that shaped what we do today. They used to play King Missile on the radio! In America! Download and enjoy. - Nick Catchdubs

THE TRACKLIST:
1. L7 - Pretend We’re Dead
2. Sonic Youth - 100%
3. Folk Implosion - Natural One
4. King Missile - Detachable Penis
5. Beck - Beercan
6. Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin’
7. Meat Puppets - Backwater
8. Pavement - Cut Your Hair
9. Nirvana - Sliver
10. Foo Fighters - I’ll Stick Around
11. Porno For Pyros - Tahitian Moon
12. Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
13. Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl
14. Primus - Wynonas Big Brown Beaver
15. Body Count - There Goes The Neighborhood
16. Offspring - Come Out And Play
17. Rancid - Roots Radicals
18. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
19. Weezer - El Scorcho
20. Green Day - Longview
21. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
22. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
23. Bjork - Army Of Me
24. Soundgarden - Outshined
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
26. Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God (Live @ The Tibetan Freedom Concert)
27. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man (Live @ Woodstock ‘94)
28. House Of Pain - Shamrocks and Shennanigans
29. Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken
30. Breeders - Cannonball
31. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
32. Butthole Surfers - Pepper
33. Sublime - Doin’ Time
34. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
35. Faith No More - A Small Victory
36. MC 900 Foot Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
37. Everclear - You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
38. Toadies - Possum Kingdom

& I can’t get BERRRR SERRRR KERRRR outta my head now. Must watch Clerks again soon.

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Nino and the fellas funked that place up Thursday night. If you weren’t there, you really missed out. ‘Preciate you dudes comin’ thru the Eug. Wish I could’ve went up to Seattle (the next day) to check that show with Darondo.

Clownin’ backstage before the show:

It’s the shoes … it’s gotta be the shoes.

Barbara took these last 2

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Laying out EW’s Nightlife section this week clued me in on a pleasant surprise of a show. Nino Moschella plays Downtown Lounge tonight (Thursday 8/28). I woulda totally missed out on knowing about it otherwise. Haven’t seen it in ads around town or anything. (But then again Diablos/Downtown Lounge ads are hideously unreadable anyways.)

Should be FONKEY!

MP3: “Move On” from The Fix

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Yeah, I’ve been a lazy blogger lately. Been pretty much consumed with working and moving and blah blah blah. But I do intend on keeping this site up and running (even if it’s really a slow crawl) with new photos and thangz coming in the near future.

Here’s 3 shows that I hope to get out and shoot.

Common + N*E*R*D @ the Cuthbert 9.19

Talib Kweli, David Banner + Little Brother @ McDonald Theatre 10.4

Brightblack Morning Light @ Sam Bonds 10.8

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Cracks me up everytime.

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to THE KANG of Kings of Comedy

+ to one of the greatest in the history of hot, buttered soul & funk … and the voice of our beloved Chef!

(Isaac Hayes in his office at Stax Records, Memphis, TN. Photo by Ernest C. Withers.)

What a sad weekend.

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We’ll see if Obama approves of this one. He didn’t exactly endorse the Luda joint off his new mixtape The Preview. I think that just had to be Barack’s official public stance on the track. But I bet he’s got it in his headphones snickering at the McCain crack.

Now Big, WHEN are we gonna get Sir Luscious Leftfoot?

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WMIG Vol. 4 has XXX¢hange on the mix. Aside from being one of the best producers out there right now, dude’s a nice chune selektorrrrr. This one deserves everyone’s attention for its inclusion of Daniel Johnston’s ode to my second favorite soda. I can’t get enough either, my friend. In fact, I’M ALL JACKED UP ON IT RIGHT NOW!

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I’ve always appreciated Frustr8’s murals around Eugene. Lately, I have really been digging his latest series of female soul singers. Even Badu is taking notice (and using one as her myspace pic).
I never knew Steven when he lived here (just his work) but he looks really familiar in the videos below. I’m certain I’ve met him somewhere or at least seen him around.

UPDATE: You can check out a Q&A with Lopez in the Aug. 7th edition of EW. This was a fun one to design for print.

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This is one of those shows I SWORE I was going to … but alas, day of show and I say no go. But if you are headed up to the Roseland, pick me up a juke bot.

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I just received my Diplo X Santogold mix cd in the mail this week. Props to Blue Collar Distro for the speedy service. Very much worth the $9. (That Amanda Blank “I Need Love” / Santogold “I’m a Lady” blend is killer!) But if you haven’t ordered yours yet, Discobelle posted links to a free download. Don’t know if it’s legit or what but nevertheless … enjoy.

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Haven’t even heard this yet but the album art was enough to make me wanna post this. & the Jokers usually come with it!
Download it here, ay: Keep Watch Volume 1
Tracklist after the jump you hosers.
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New mixtape out today from KiD CuDi.

Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Down & Out
3. Is There Any Love? feat. Wale (Produced by Emile)
4. Cudi Get
5. Man On The Moon (The Anthem) (Produced by NOSAJTHING)
6. The Prayer (Produced by Plain Pat)
7. Day N Nite (Produced Dot Da Genius)
8. Embrace The Martian - Crookers feat. Kid Cudi
9. Maui Wowie
10. 50 Ways To Make A Record (Produced by Emile & Plain Pat)
11. Whenever
12. Pillow Talk
13. Save My Soul (The Cudi Confession)
14. T.G.I.F. feat. Chip The Ripper
15. Cudi Spazzin
16. Cleveland Is The Reason (Produced Dot Da Genius)
17. Heaven At Nite

& if you’ve missed out on the Crookers remix of CuDi’s “Day ‘N’ Nite” … You gotta get that.

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I’ll start making posts on the regular again.
Till then, my Olympic Trials photo galleries are all online now. They have been for a week or so … just been slacking on saying so. Check ‘em if you are so inclined.

Day 1 - June 27th
Day 2 - June 28th
Day 3 - June 29th
Day 4 - June 30th
Day 5 - July 3rd
Day 6 - July 4th
(Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it to Day 7)
Day 8 - July 6th

& you can catch up on all the coverage you need at blogs.eugeneweekly.com/trials

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