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Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: the April mix

April 23rd, 2010

The April mixtape consists of a collection of tracks that will be featured on upcoming releases that I’m eagerly anticipating such as the National and the Black Keys; a few tracks that weren’t eligible for the Motown mix because of the time period when the were recorded (Syreeta & the Temptations); some exciting miscellaneous tracks [...]

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Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: the Motown mix

April 9th, 2010

Yet another installment of our History of Pop Music series featuring the music that was said to represent “the Sound of Young America” – Motown.  A record label so unique and successful that it became synonymous with one of the most successful styles/genres of music in modern history.  Although, Motown Records continues to exist to [...]

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Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: the March mixtape

March 12th, 2010

Hey folks, welcome to the March mix. I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet, but March has been a great month for new music. In fact, there has been so much great new music, some of it has slipped by me without a chance for me to comment on it – including a number of [...]

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Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: the surf rock mix

February 28th, 2010

Welcome to the second installment of the Musical Pairings “history of pop music” series. As I mentioned with the first installment (chillwave), I plan to make this an ongoing series exploring “the history of pop music” wherein I’ll research various historical genres and sub-genres of pop music and summarize what I learn. These will tend [...]

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Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: the february mix

February 13th, 2010

Welcome to the Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: february mix. This month’s mix is basically a snapshot of what I’m listening to right now (minus Spoon, Yeasayer and Beach House – who will be – or have been already – gracing this space a lot recently). There is a lot of new music here, but some [...]

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Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: Chillwave Mixtape

January 31st, 2010

Chillwave. It’s probably the most recent new sub-genre to spring forth from mother rock n’ roll in the past 12 months. And in the very short time it has been in existence it has been pretty widely praised, ridiculed, consumed, imitated and hotly debated. First, there were heated debates as to whether or not it [...]

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Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: The January Mix

January 16th, 2010

My friends and I created a mixtape club a few years back with the idea that we’d meet, share mixtapes, listen to mixtapes, eat pizza and have a few beers together. For music obsessives like myself – it was not just a great way to hear new music, but an awesome way to spend the [...]

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Musical Pairings: the december mixtape

December 20th, 2009

Happy Holidays from Musical Pairings @ eating/sf! For us, like many others, the arrival of the winter holidays means spending some time traveling. At the time of posting, Kasey and I are in flight from San Francisco on our way to Ohio to celebrate Christmas with my family. And when I have to spend time [...]

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Musical Pairings @ eating/sf: The October Mix

October 16th, 2009

Back at eating/sf, Kasey has prepared her review of the various vendors who helped make our wedding perfect for us. Here at Musical Pairings, I’m kinda taking today’s post in a slightly different direction. I’m sharing Musical Pairings @ eating/sf’s October Mix. Nonetheless, before we get to the mix, I did want to mention the [...]

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Single Serving: Musical Pairings @ eating/sf, Mixtape Vol. 1

September 3rd, 2009

People who know me, know that I am fond of making mixtapes, playlists, etc. If I have been friends with you in the past 12 years or thereabouts – there is a good chance that I’ve made you a mixtape at some point. And now that I’m starting to get to know our readers, I [...]

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