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We made a zine!!! Let’s celebrate with tsuruloosies!

December 21, 2010

Busy busy boy thanks to crazy work action and short weeks! BUT…that didn’t stop us from releasing our very first zine that you see up above and over to the right!!!

That’s right… a zine! Appropriately titled TSURUFOTO NUDIEZINE, we essentially took the idea of a classic playboy (photosets combined with articles) and the old punk zines, mixed them together, tsuru-style, built a 16-page (including the cover) 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ closed, black & white photocopied zine with 3 photosets, our zine-exclusive review of the Decemberists The King Is Dead, a tribute of sorts, a craft activity, a new Bears Retweeting, as well as other goodness, ALL for only $4!!!

ONLY $4!?!?!?

Yep!

We’ve already shipped out 6 of them since it was released on Sunday. All orders are shipped with a TSURUFOTO button (while supplies last) and a link to the pdf version for your e-zine needs!!

Hot damn, eh?

If you reeeeally don’t want to do it through etsy, just email me and we’ll work it out!

Now… in celebration, I figured we’d go through some of those hot & hyped songs floating around on the intertubals of love canals and try to get a little caught up on what you kids are jammin’ to this chilly ass winter solstice! So hows abouts we gets to its????

Alright! First up….

The Rural Alberta Advantage – Stamp

Wow. Wow… I can not WAIT until this album!!! Leak. Now. Please.

Turbo Fruits – Keepin’ On

Ah, surf cut with whistle action sounding like it was recorded in a hall way in the 60s. Missing that Turbo Fruits pop & kick but pretty sweet nonetheless.

Wye Oak – Civillian

Hmm… quiet and slightly awkward start, but settles in pretty quickly to a sweet sound. Can’t go wrong with an organ keeping things in line. Her voice sounds so fragile. Then BLAMO! Now we are grooving. Such a lovely juxtaposition in her voice with the band. Kinda meanders along but it works!

Young Galaxy – Cover Your Tracks

Ah, Young Galaxy, where you guys been? Been a long time. Let’s see what we got here. Ooo.. very 80s start. What is that, calypso? Steel drums and synth? I think these guys are shape shifters, from a spacey vibe to a dance thing on their last album to this trippy thingy. Pretty nice, kinda haunting in a old school way. Nice…

Alright, that’s good for today, eh? Time to get back to work! Those zines ain’t going to make themselves! WOOT!

Cheers,
T…

TSURURADIO Presents… MIXTAPES WEEK: [ ...Living, Breathing, Dying... ] by nelso!!!

April 9, 2010

By Tsuru

Illustration by Mike

Oh my, what a week we’ve had so far, eh? Honestly, I didn’t know if I’d be able to keep MIXTAPES WEEK going all week! So many hyperlinks… so little time! But alas, here we are, Friday, and we’ve got yet another amazing mixtape to share with you. Also, waiting in the wings for my Crane Buddy to receive her Crane’s Day gift is the mixtape I made for her! It’s a doozy that I plan on sharing with you ASAP, but she gets dibs on listening first, sorry — wouldn’t be all that special if I let you go before her, right?

Right.

Okay, as much as I hate to keep this short, it’s looking to be a nutty day today, it’s chilly outside, Baby’s sick, and dammit, I’m going to get a little lunchtime ride in to spin some ache out of my legs before a big (maybe 100 miler) ride tomorrow! So, let’s get to the good stuff, eh? And by good stuff, of course I’m talking about [...Living, Breathing, Dying...] by nelso!

“Ahh life is all about balance, this mix has balance, in tempo, up and down, its living, its breathing, and eventually dying…” says nelso, so true, about life, about this mixtape, about damn near everything. I will also add that life is about lines, it’s just one line after another sometimes, isn’t? Line up at the stop light, line up in the lane on the interstate, line up at the exit, line up to park, line up for some coffee, line up to pay, line up to even leave! Ugh.

Sorry, I digressed there, I really hate lines.

Fortunately, this mixtape is NOT about lines. It’s at times whimsical, then fun, then slow & introspective, sometimes a interesting mix of all of the above, like “Whale In The Night” by Firs. As nelso said, it ebbs, it flows, it’s up & down, as is all things, and it’s quite brilliant. A wonderful conclusion to a rather ebb & flow kinda week if you ask me! Thank you so much nelso! So what say you? Shall we get ‘er on? Yeah, I think so too.

TSURURADIO Presents… MIXTAPES WEEK!

[ ...Living, Breathing, Dying... ] by nelso!!!

1. Annuals – Springtime
2. Mesita – Living/breathing
3. Shout Out Louds – Very Loud
4. Nurses – Technicolor
5. French Kicks – She Said So
6. Rosie and Me – Bonfires
7. Bedroom Eyes – Dancing Under Influence
8. Firs – Whale In The Night
9. Beach House – Lover of Mine
10. Ramona Falls – Russia
11. Mimicking Birds – Burning Stars
12. Peasant – The End
13. The Spinto Band – Jackhammer (slim version)
14. All Get Out – Wasting All My Breath
15. Local Natives – Cards and Quarters
16. Wye Oak – My Creator
17. She & Him – Riding In My Car (NRBQ)
18. Fanfarlo – Comets
19. The Farewell Circuit – The Inexorable March of Time
20. Bon Iver – Come Talk to Me

Thanks again, so so so much, nelso!!! Wonderful, wonderful mixtape, as always!!! No promises (like I said, I may be riding 100 miles tomorrow for the 38th annual Woodstock COP ride), but I’ll try to get at least one more up before we start a-new on Monday!!!

Cheers & may all your tubes full of air!

Tsuru