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Tsuru & The Bride Present… Aaron Loves Meghan Volumes I, II, III, & now IV!!!

November 17, 2010
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Photography by Baby & Me!

Yep!  It’s November 17th and that can only mean one thing….. Another Aaron Loves Meghan Mixtape!!!!!

YAY!

Good ol’ November, my favourite month, to be sure!  It means autumn weather (when Mother Nature gets her shit together), it means the holidays are coming — yay, time off! — but of course, for us, it means so much more.  We went on our first date on a Sunday morning in November when she came over to my place for an old movie, some wine, and some stinky stinky cheese (which I thought was her feet, making me nervous that she was stinky, until we put the cheese away and she smelled good) and we totally made out like bandits — I hear that’s how they get caught, they always end up making out instead of getting away from the coppers!

It was a November evening 4 years ago that we got engaged and went off to a Decemberists concert during their Crane Wife tour — you see how that crane thing fits in, eh?

And, of course, it was 3 years ago today that we gots murried in a small tunnel like winery with a few friends and family, where we gave out mixtapes and this whole Aaron Loves Meghan tradition began!!!

What a fun 5 years we’ve had so far, eh?  Besides just all the Tsuru & The Bride stuff of music, photography, and craftin, there’s been the trips to Italy, Prague, Panama, Vancouver to Calgary, Budepest, and this December, Paris!!!  What about our first little weekend trip together down in Jacksonville to see Sharon Jones on Super Bowl Sunday with about 10 people at the show?  The T-shirt is in the photo up top!  It was on that first trip we learned to keep separate suitcases, lol…

Oh Baby, we’ve had so much fun, so much craziness, so much being the odd ones, I love you like a mad man on crack sniffin’ coke while shooting up heroin jumping out of a plane.  You are my puzzle-piece, fit me in every way, shape, and form perfectly, it’s really kinda unreal sometimes.  Unlike that poor sail-maker, I know what I got, and I plans to appreciate it!

I love you, Baby.  Happy annivesary!!!!

*SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!*

Okay, enough mushy-pants action!  It’s time for the music!!!  This year, we did something a little different, we built our mixtape from our record collection, appropriately calling it Let’s Just Listen To Some Records from one of the lyrics from one of the songs, can you guess which one??  Hence the sleeve-face photo up top.  We literally went back and forth, picking songs to play, recording them, and just having a wonderful evening organically curating a little mixtape.  Then, it was just cut, paste, mix, and BLAMO, superawesomegoodtimes are had!  So let’s get to it!  AND… as a special treat, we once again uploaded the previous volumes… a total of 77 songs for your listenerin’ pleasurin’!

WOOOT!

So enjoy as…

Tsuru And The Bride Present…

Aaron Loves Meghan Vol IV: Let’s Just Listen To Some Records

(Full Zip)

01 Plants And Animals – Bye Bye Bye
02 Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of The Country
03 She And Him – Why Do You Let Me Stay Here
04 Anita Bryant – I Can’t Stop Loving You
05 Charlie Rich – Life Has It’s Little Ups And Downs
06 Hard Drugs – The Proposal
07 Neko Case – Magpie In The Morning
08 Elvis Perkins – Shampoo
09 Sophie Madeleine – You Are My Favourite
10 Etta James – Tell Mama
11 REM – Imitation Of Life
12 Mountain Man – Soft Skin
13 Hall And Oates – Maneater
14 The Supremes And The Four Tops – It’s Impossible
15 Nina Simone – Sugar In My Bowl
16 The Dirtbombs – Chains Of Love
17 Islands – Tender Tortune
18 Loney, Dear – I Am The Odd One
19 The Decemberists – I’m Sticking With You

WOOO!!!!  Vinyltastic!!!!  Then there was last year’s, which, if you didn’t notice, followed a cheese-tastic AARONLOVESMEGHAN theme with the song titles!  Yeah, that’s how we roll, bitches!!!

Tsuru And The Bride Present…

Aaron Loves Meghan Vol III: I’ve Got The Life

(Full Zip)

01 An’t Got No, I Got Life – Nina Simone
02 All The Pretty Girls – fun.
03 Runnin’ Out Of Fools – Neko Case
04 Oslo Campfire – Port O’ Brien
05 Natural Man – Harlem Shakes
06 Let Them Knock – Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings
07 O Valencia – The Decemberists
08 Vapours – Islands
09 Ever Fallen In Love – Melanie Pain
10 Silver Moons – Sunset Rubdown
11 Maneater – Nelly Furtado
12 Elevator Love Letter – Stars
13 George Song – Martha Wainwright
14 He Needs Me – Nina Simone
15 All I Ask – The Features
16 New Kind Of Love – Plants And Animals
17 123 Goodbye – Elvis Perkins

Bonus (because Baby was traveling) REM – Half A World Away

WOOT!!! and the year before that?  DUETS!!!

Tsuru And The Bride Present…

Aaron Loves Meghan Vol II: One Year Later, The Duets

(Full Zip)

01 Peace And Hate – The Submarines
02 Take Your Time – Al Green And Corrine Bailey Rae
03 Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) – The Decemberists
04 Safety Bricks – Feist And Kevin Drew
05 Song No 6 – Ane Brun And Ron Sexsmith
06 If I Can’t Have You – Etta James And Harvey Fuqu
07 The Flame That Burns – Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan
08 Sunday Morning – Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs
09 Interlude – Morrissey And Siouxsie Sioux
10 Your Control – Crooked Fingers And Neko Case
11 Summerwine – Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazelwood
12 One More Night – Stars
13 Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel And Kate Bush
14 You’re All I Need To Get By – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell
15 Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Leon Redbone And Zooey Deschanel
16 Fireflies – Rhett Miller And Rachel Yamagata
17 Somewhere – Vic Chesnutt And Liz Durrett
18 Bring It On Home To Me – Colin Meloy And Laura Gibson
19 All Good Things – Nelly Furtado And Chris Martin
20 Everything – Winterpills

And of course, the one that started it all… our wedding mixtape!

Tsuru And The Bride Present…

Aaron Loves Meghan: November 17, 2007

(Full Zip)

01 The Crane Wife I – The Decemberists
02 Give Your Mama One Smile – Madeleine Peyroux
03 My Favourite Book – Stars
04 Don’t Ask Why – Ron Sexsmith
05 Oh, My Darling – Basia Bulat
06 Bring It On Home To Me – Otis Redding And Carla Thomas
07 Inside Out – Feist
08 Do You Realize – The Flaming Lips
09 Stranded In Your Love – Sharon Jones And Dap-Kings
10 These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding
11 The Idea Of Growing Old – The Features
12 Come Walk With Me – Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan
13 I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl – Nina Simone (our first dance)
14 I’m Your Puppet – James and Bobby Purify
15 Cha Cha Cha – The Little Ones
16 The Kind Of Boy You Can’t Forget – The Raindrops
17 My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone
18 Mushaboom – Feist
19 Postcards From Italy – Beirut
20 A Sunday Kind Of Love – Etta James

Love is a mixtape, my friends… Hope you enjoy ours.

Love & Cheers!
Aaron and Meghan

TSURURADIO Presents… Prog The Needle?!?! A mixtape of outtakes from the epic vinyl mixtape battle royale!

May 31, 2010
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Photo & subsequent “hipsterization” by me!!!

Well…. I was looking forward to a long, hard bike ride today, but apparently Accuweather wasn’t so “accu” after all as the afternoon thunderstorms hit at 8am, just as I arrived on my bike at Tuck’s to ride.  Nice.  It’s not the rain that bothers me, I love riding in the rain, but heavy wind with thunder & lightning, well, even I know when to say, “hmmm……. maybe we should wait a bit, eh?”

One man’s lost is another man’s gain, right?  So instead of waiting until this afternoon for today’s special post, here we are!

What can I say?  Friday…  Man, we, well, destroyed The Needle Drop.  I mean literally!  His server has been down since Friday afternoon!  I think we literally actually destroyed them!  I…. I didn’t mean too! I guess I don’t know my own mixtape strength??  Hot damn.

In celebration, Baby & I went up to the park for a picnic on Friday with champagne & goat cheese & meat & crackers (photo up above), and it was quite nice.  In fact, the whole weekend has been nothing but nice.  Riding & relaxing, what else does one need??

Speaking of riding…. On Saturday, this Saturday, the 5th, I’m once again riding in the ADA’s Tour de Cure!

Yep, just like last year, I’m putting my legs to good use, riding 100 miles throughout the northeast side of Columbus to raise money to help fight diabetes!!! Can I get a WOOT!

WOOOOOOOOOOT!!!

Niiiiice….  And just like last year, I’m asking for your help!  If you have a few bucks and want to sponsor my ass, I would be so grateful & appreciative!  Just click my picture of me rocking my Tour de Cure jersey.  Every dollar helps and I promise to do you proud and give you a fun-filled ride report when it’s all said and done!

Okay!  Now the music!  In appreciation & celebration of our victory in our Vinyl Mixtape Battle Royale, I’ve created another vinyl mixtape for you!  WHEEE!!!  I call this one “Prog The Needle”, as it’s mostly prog or proggish vinyl cuts that didn’t quite make our mixtape on Friday, put in order, cleaned and tagged up, just for you!  Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s not ALL prog, but tell me, after listening 1 to 5 that “Never Tell” doesn’t have elements of prog in it!  And NMH has some psych in it, which is where much prog came from and the Femmes were completely inspired by Velvet Underground and Peter Gabriel, though “Biko” isn’t prog, WAS uber-prog with Genesis and stuff and stuff and so on and so on.

Why not?

Exactly.  So, tell you what… Don’t worry about labels, if you aren’t familiar with some of this, give it a go (especially “Heart Of The Sunrise” by Yes, a rather under-appreciated Yes song from Fragile), open yer ears, open yer mind, and get yer prog on as….

TSURURADIO Presents…
Prog The Needle?!?!

(full zip)

01 Islands – Arm’s Way
02 Frog Eyes – Styled By Dr. Roberts
03 Sunset Rubdown – Up On Your Leopard, Upon The End Of Your Feral Days
04 Yes – Heart Of The Sunrise
05 The Decemberists – The Tain
06 Violent Femmes – Never Tell
07 Neutral Milk Hotel – Where You’ll Find Me Now
08 Velvet Underground – What Goes On
09 Peter Gabriel – Biko

Cheers & thank you again everyone!!!

Tsuru

TSURURADIO vs. The Needle Drop: TSURURADIO Presents… Drop The Needle Mixtape!!!

May 28, 2010
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I thought about doing a big write up, full of bombastic imagery….  but then, after watching countless minutes of Anthony jibber-jabber on at his v/blog, getting to know the enemy, be the enemy, touch the enemy in his sleep, snuggle with the enemy after slipping roofies in his drink down at the Shampoo Club that one night,  it seemed only appropriate to do this thing vlog-style, eh?

Eh, indeed!

Fuck it, here we go!

Gotta say, weird watching me & hearing me…. Not sure how I feel about any of that at all.  Forgot my glasses, huh, and what is going on with that quaff????

Some kinda quasi-greaser-come-over action???  Was I rocking that shit all day?  Damn!  For the record, that wall is blue, a sky blue.  Maybe next time I’ll go all high-def on ya so you can see all my luscious aging and shit!  Even give you a tour of the Tsuru residence??

Anywhosaldoosalwoosal…

This much I AM sure of, what follows is one BAD ASS mixtape, right from my collection, right from my heart, my soul, my balls, and my brain nuggets, spilled out to you, in two-sided vomit sessions, one needle in a groove at a time! Soooooooooooooo, what do you say? Enough talk?  Ya’ll ready for this?

LET’S DO THIS THING!!!  RAWR!

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Put yer listenerin’ caps on!

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Put yer game face on!

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Put yer smilerin’ on!

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Put yer Push Play fingerin’ on!

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Oh wait…. that didnt’ sound right….

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HERE!  WE! GOOOOOOOOO!

TSURURADIO Presents… Drop The Needle Mixtape!!!

SIDE A: Drop The Needle! “Smile”

Featuring New Pornographers, REM, Kevin Drew, Talking Heads, & more!!!


SIDE B: Drop The Needle! “Nod”

Featuring Wolf Parade, Destroyer, Arcade Fire, & more!!!

WOOOOOOT!!!!

Oh man…. you listening?? I know, right? We TOTALLY kicked ASS!!!  We’ll update the post with The Needle Drop’s entry as soon as we see it’s up, but if he hopes to beat our little mixtape o’ love, he’s got his work cut out for him!  HA!

* * * UPDATE:  The Needle Drops’ Mixatpe (Psh!) is up (Psh!)!  Go have (psh!) a listen!!!! * * *

After all this and all the twitter-trash-talking and all the hoopla & pomp & circumstance, I just have a couple things to say.  Anthony, first off…. Thanks man, it’s been fun, sorry I had to go and destroy you and stuff, better luck next time and what not.  Second & finally, this is for you…

Cheers,

Tsuru!

RIP Alex Chilton: TSURURADIO Re-Presents… #1 Record by Big Star on Vinyl

March 21, 2010
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On Friday I mentioned that if I had some time, I’d pull a little something out of the archives for you for a fallen icon.  As you probably know, Alex Chilton died on March 17th.  Well, back on August 11, 2007 we presented a vinyl rip of Big Star’s #1 Record at the recommendation of our very own Peanut.  I thought I’d just re-present that post for you today.  Enjoy & rest in peace Alex Chilton…

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August 11, 2007:  This has got to be one of the more interesting & fun vinyl rips for me. Why? well, let me tell ya… I asked my good friend Peanut, of the infamous and incredible Peanut’s Playground to recommend which album I should rip next, any album he wants. If I don’t have it, I’ll go get it. He came back with Big Star’s #1 Record. I’d actually didn’t think I ever even heard of this album or this band, but a promise is a promise.

After some searching around (not just for the album, but also my wallet that morning) I found it on one of my favourite sites, GEMM, from some record store out in Greece. Then, after about a week, I come home from work to find Big Star sitting on the chair on the porch by our front door, like a lost puppy, wanting to come home with me (awww). This was about a week ago. Given how crazy it’s been lately at home and work, I patiently waited (very uncharacteristically of me, I might add) to give this a proper listen… I’m very glad I did.

After my usual test run to make sure everything was ready, I turned up the headphones, hit record, and dropped that need. Let me tell you, my friends, from the first few seconds of “Feel”, to the perfect harmonies of “ST 100/6? I was smiling, bobbing my head, hoping not to wake up my lady. Ah, and “In The Street”, I actually knew most of the words to that one (and I bet you will too!). This is just some excellent classic rock & roll, plain, pure, and simple… What can I say, Peanut? Excellent recommendation, perfect album for vinyl, I sure hope the rest of you enjoy! So, let’s get to it as…

Drum roll, please…

TSURURADIO Presents… Big Star’s #1 Record on Vinyl!!!
(Full Zip)

Side A

01 Feel
02 The Ballad Of El Goodo
03 In The Street
04 Thirteen
05 Don’t Lie To Me
06 The India Song

Side B

07 When My Baby’s Beside Me
08 My Life Is Right
09 Give Me Another Chance
10 Try Again
11 Watch The Sunrise
12 ST 100/6

Go show Big Star some love here, here, here, and here now! And go show Peanut some love too, one of the best sites out there…

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Cheers everyone, have a wonderful Sunday…

Tsuru

PROJECT: In The Vinyl Rip Over the Sea!!!

February 27, 2010
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Okay, my friends…. Do you love vinyl?  Do you have a record player???  Well, I’ve got a Project for you, for all of us.  My favourite thing about vinyl is that every single listening experience is different.  My record is different then your record, my turntable is different, my speakers, my needles, how I drop the needle, when I pick it up, how quickly I flip the record, etc, etc, etc makes every single listening experience unique.

If you listen to vinyl, you know all of this… But now it’s time to show the world.

The Project I propose to you, to everyone, is to take one of the greatest records of all time, Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and record your own vinyl experience.   No other album in recent memory has become as such a underground following and timelessness to it than this one and I couldn’t think of a better album for this project.

I don’t care how you do it, in a vaulted audiophile experience in super-Flac format, or with a shitty digital camera on video mode uploaded to youtube or something.  Play the record, record the record, and send it to me!  Let’s celebrate vinyl & share our experiences with this album with the world in what I’m calling…

PROJECT: In the Vinyl Rip Over The Sea!!!

To kick it off, I’ll re-present mine now as…

TSURURADIO Presents… In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

(Full Zip)

Side A

1. The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One
2. The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two and Three
3. In the Aeroplane over the Sea
4. Two-Headed Boy
5. The Fool
6. Holland, 1945
7. Communist Daughter

Side B

1. Oh Comely
2. Ghost
3. (Untitled)
4. Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two

Now… it’s YOUR TURN!  If you don’t own the record, go to your local record shop or Insound or Merge or where ever, just get it and let’s hear YOUR In The Aeroplane Over The Sea vinyl experience!!!

HURRY!  GO NOW!!!!

Cheers,

Tsuru