¡MeHiCKo!

So, what else ya been up to guys? Oh ya well we got some people to help us make some piñatas and it was real messy and then we got some people to help us smas'm - and that was real messy too.

It runs a little deeper than that but in terms of tapes all you need to know is that all the Tex-Mex fun was set to this little mix I named "MEHICKO!" With it's limited release of 3 already sold out, it is by far Cassexx's biggest success story! Hotter than a jalpeño! Cheesier than Nacho Supreme!

SIDE A

Come Maddalena - SUN CITY GIRLS

Down in Mexico - THE COASTERS

Maldito - JESSY BULBO

M.E.X.I.C.O - THE KILLS

1,2,3,4 - TITAN

Pervert Pop Song - PLASTILINA MOSH

Theme Del Toro - DEL TORO

Comal - JESSY BULBO

Dirty Old Town - DAVID BYRNE

SIDE B

Corazon - TITAN

La Sirenita - PLASTILINA MOSH

Office Cowboy - DAVID BYRNE

Insomino - CAFE TACVBA

The Way - FASTBALL

Mala Respuesta - JESSY BULBO

The Floating Bed - ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL

Mexico - CAKE

(And here are some more muchos good pictures of piñatas, violence n' fun: www.dearpattismith.com )

Silence.

Our last mixed tape collaborator sent the tape back to us with a homage to silence.
Reminding me of the avant garde track by John Cage 4'33.



This is kind of apt for me at the moment too as I have kind of lost my hearing.... I lost my hearing out of one ear after a beach house gig. And now I can't particularly hear through my other ear because of the ear drops I need to take.



It's kind of got me thinking about what it would be like if you actually did loose your hearing.... Would that mean that your hearing memory would stop right there. You would get the same songs in your head over and over again and not be able to listen to anything new to get it out. You would see your friends talking and as they spoke you would hear there voice that they had at age 25 even though they are now 55.

At least I would never have to hear this song again.

Argh we be a bootleggers we be.

Tonight Sarah is at Ariel Pink armed with a walkman as we begin our foray into being bootleggers.
Bootlegging used to be such an issue that your bags would be search for recording devices and Metallica would sue your ass if they caught you. But we are striving to bring back the thrill of illegal recordings on cassettes!



Ariel Pink.



The Law.



We shun the law and are so badass just like Michelle Rodriguez.

If you want a copy of the bootleg Ariel Pink show send us an email and we will send you the muffled glory of our badassness.

"Local Mix" and hand-made songs

I was recently given two lovely compilations on tape by a local song maker, along with a sporty new walkman to play them on. The following day my iPod took a spin through the top loader.

Thank-you Gods of audio "rotfl lol?!" you jesters you.

So, the first tape is split between solo recordings and recordings made by the tape-artist's other project, the raucous, ball-kicking Heavy Yolks. Side A reads as "softly, softly" and side B more like "Fuck you". Very charming.

Meanwhile, the guys on the second tape are mostly from up North. Stuff like Dragging Pianos, The Starry Field, Emma Russack, Joseph Liddy and The Skeleton Horse (but not this Joseph Lyddy with the better kept horses) Quaoube (heck, I love you Q). Even Alligator Creek (named after Alligator Creek). Why, not even Jetstar could sell Townsville this good.

Oblivion by quaoub