Beth Ragland presents Underwater

Summer is but 2 days away! And to ring in the hot season, the ever-wonderful Beth Ragland (aka Bad Muffin who is also a Psychic Tuesday mixmaster veteran!) has created this perfectly danceable mixtape for sunbathing, taking a cool dip and / or just frolicking in, out or around around any pool, river, lake or ocean!



Here's Beth herself to give you the scoop on her most excellent mixtape :

"These songs remind me of the vibe of summer activities. A lot of them have this underwater feel to them. Pretty much all of them were released in 2013. Let this be one of your soundtracks to your summer fun. (spash!)."



Thanks again, Beth!


Now ready yourself for some entertainingly underwater audio antics!

You can download the mix & the track list  RIGHT HERE.

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1st up, Urbandy generously shared his latest (and GREATEST!) mixtape, saying

"It's a summer mix, meant to be a crowd pleaser, energetic and chill at the same time somehow."

YES! Dig the summer sounds below ... Thanks, Urbandy!

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Here's a brand new reason to hate high fructose corn syrup … it may be killing the bees.

Read all about it RIGHT HERE.

3.

Roy Burns posted THIS fascinating article called "Found at Auction: The Unseen Photographs of a Legend that Never Was" ... Cheers, Roy!

Hey! It's a new one from Hunx & His Punx … John Waters, eat your heart out!




Wow. These New Puritans have changed their sound quite a bit! Dig.




Some soothing, otherworldly & sorta spooky sights n sounds care of Salvia Plath (nice name!)

Watch the Foals lead singer chase a naked lady around a desert

Woah! The guy in thisPure X wins the "lip sync performance of the year" award in my book! Wait for it!

Speaking of pure, here's some pure dreaminess from Blue Hawaii

A bit of black and white psych-rock bliss via Quilt

And speaking of black and white, here's one from Sonny & The Sunsets … I so love this style of animation

What???! This little girl truly loves her ... toilet?!

Elise sent this batch of cheesy kaleidoscope dance heaven! Gracias, E!

And finally, John Wendel posted that he still has nightmares about the Bionic Woman's circuit board face! Just that fact is funny to me!
You be the judge :

Focal Point : The B-52s

June's focal point mixtape is on the fun, summery sounds of The B-52s.

 Naming themselves after Southern slang for exaggerated 'bouffant" hairdos, the B-52s possess a kitschy, thrift store aesthetic, along with hyper, oddball, and genre-defying songs rooted in New Wave and 1960s Rock and Roll. Formed on an October night in 1976 following drinks at an Athens, GA, Chinese restaurant, the band played their first gig at a friend's house on Valentine's Day 1977.


 The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, and Keith Strickland At the time of their greatest achievements, however, in 1985 they suffered their greatest tragedy — the death of guitarist Ricky Wilson from AIDS.


 I chose to focus on only songs created before Ricky's untimely passing because, although they continued on without him and broke into mainstream success, I feel that it is in these early albums that the band's heart and soul dwell.

As always,

 *** ENJOY ***

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If you'd like to download the mix, you can RIGHT HERE.

The track list can be found HERE.

And now, a bunch of grade A fancy B-52s videos!

1stly, Deerhoof brings us a "deer witch project" !!! Haha

Dig this excellent Willis Earl Beal animated short

Plenty of butt action in this new one from Majer Lazer

and on a completely different note, here's Father John Misty combining crashed airplane wreckage with moping and dancing!

Believe it or not, in Philadelphia, Aug. 28th has officially been dubbed Kurt Vile Day ... I shit you not!

Haha ... Ryan sent me this funny bit of cursing on the news! Thanks, R!

and Elise recently sent me some Prancercising and some Pizzaghetti! Gracias, E!

And finally, dig these headbangers painting a room jackson pollock style! Yes!