BRAND NEW DAY

Dust + Bone

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 13:10:00 -0500

The first fall mix in 5 years makes its fiery return for this full moon in Aries. The creative spark has been reignited, and this offering poured out over a long night of red wine, mugwort, moonlight and furious dancing.

A visceral, ecstatic catharsis that plunges the dark waters before burning the whole thing to the ground, leaving nothing but dust and bone.

Tonight we raise the dead. Tonight we bury this in fire.

Petropolis

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Blue Note

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 17:36:00 -0600

This winter's mix came from finding practices to move through life's hardships. Time spent looking out over the water, and my first 5Rhythms class, gave me an anchor point in my body while the emotional storms raged on. Although this can be enjoyed sitting still, it is designed as a dance/movement journey. Stretch it out and shake it off. The only way out is through!

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Hot Fun 3: Do It Again!

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:26:00 -0500

Apparently every six years this mix gets a sequel! In 2006 we had Hot Fun in the Summertime, and in 2012 there was Hot Fun and More of It. The titles and artwork say it all. Grab your towel and cold drink, see you by the pool...

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Return to Sprinquinox

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:56:00 -0500

Once upon a time, there was a boy who dreamed of a place beyond place. A time without time. Perpetual bloom...exuberant euphoria. It was in this dream the Sprinquinox was born. No one can be told what the Sprinquinox is. Are you ready to experience it for yourself?

This year I celebrate 10 years of Sprinquinox, and 20 years of spring mixtapes! They are my labors of love and fuel for my fire. I hope you get some joy, laughter and dancing from this year's offering.

Now...smell the flowers on the breeze. Taste the morning dewdrops. Draw back the gossamer curtain, as we Return to Sprinquinox!

xoxo
PETROPOLIS

Wonderland

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 13:07:00 -0600

It's a Christmas miracle! My seasonal mixes have become sporadic these days, but a rollercoaster year of leaving NYC and coming back to Austin has stoked the creative fire. I am enamored with this mix that was practically channeled and perfectly captures the newness, nostalgia and poignant emotions of this moment in time.

Turn up your headphones, tune into your body and feel into this one. It's a beautiful day. Don't let it get away.

This one goes out to Tasha.

xoxo
petropolis

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Summer in the City: Last Dance

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:48:00 -0500

When I came here in 2010 to spend a Summer in the City, I had no idea the street beat would lure me in for a seven year adventure. Once I got into the groove, I made Summer in the City 212, and now, one last dance with the Big Apple as I prepare to leave. Ice cream trucks, endless summer nights and dancing in the street...we got a love situation!

xoxo
petropolis

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Downtown Boogie Down

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:03:00 -0500

The mix that almost never was! Conceived as a companion to Bubble Pop Electric Youth, various misadventures in the Big Apple kept this mix from seeing the light of day for seven years, until now. A full-blown double-disc spring/summer extravaganza! Let Uptown Doodie Brown show you how to do a blowout right as he prepares to leave the city and hit the road.

It's more bounce to the ounce, and it's sugar free! So don't stop the music. Catch you on the flipside, peace out!!!

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Doodie Brown Photoshoot by Megan Ross Love

Brand New Day, Brand New Night

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Tue, 10 May 2016 09:13:00 -0500

It's that time again! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and life springs anew. After a fall and winter blackout period, Petropolis is back in action for your aural deee-lites. For the 10th anniversary of Lovely Day/Lovely Night (the spring mix that started this double disc ridiculousness) Brand New Day brings us back to basics to focus on the music.

This mix is all about the soul cleansing purity of getting lost in the groove. So relax, breathe, and let it take you where you need to go. And remember, a brand new day brings a brand new night...

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One Love,
Petropolis

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Lovely Day, Lovely Night

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:38:00 -0500

The year, 2006! The place, Austin, Texas! That year saw some major changes for Petropolis, giving birth to the very first double disc spring mix. Yes, a fabled classic in his own mind, this is the mix that started the grand tradition. Evoking lovely days spent running the trails under blue skies, and a trippy, iridescent night spent dancing till the sun came up. Be sure to enjoy Lovely Night's 26 minute dance extravaganza!

For its 10th anniversary, Petropolis finally created the artwork that was always in his head, and will release Brand New Day | Brand New Night as a soul sister follow up. AND, Petropolis is now on Mixcloud. Listen online below...

After a lovely day...have a lovely night!

This one goes out to my grannies Patunia and Dee-lish.

xoxo

Summer Night City

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 08:46:00 -0500

Hot summer nights and hot disco trax. Le freak your way to the dance floor, 'cause we're gonna boogie oogie oogie til you just can't boogie no more. Your disco needs you. Ya dig?

This mix is inspired by and dedicated to the one and only Charlotte Rose Coyle, my muse and disco lover. Dim all the lights sweet darling, and let's dance the night away.

xoxo
petropolis

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Summer in the City 212

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 10:14:00 -0500

In June 2010 I moved on up to NYC and experienced Summer in the City. Five years later, I'm bringing the sequel to the 212. Summer has many faces, but I love pounding the pavement to some old school funk. So if you got the boogie fever, get up offa that thing and dance until you feel better! Ya dig?

This one goes out to Shwaelder!

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Electric Avenue Rock City

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sat, 23 May 2015 09:02:00 -0500

Welcome to Electric Avenue Rock City, the City of Dreams, the greatest city in the entire Rhythm Nation. What's your dream? What's your pleasure? You can find it all here, just step inside, walk this way. In the neon glow of busy streets, Caribbean queens await in the sexotheques while speeding convertibles burn up the highway to the danger zone. Buckle up, this year Petropolis is headin' into overdrive. Come with us, we're gonna rock down to Electric Avenue!

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Blue Skies

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sat, 4 Apr 2015 08:51:00 -0500

Spring has finally sprung! While we're hard at work in the StuStuStudio on this year's mix, I wanted to share this chestnut with you. The year was 2004, before the spring mix became a thematic double disc extravaganza. Freewheeling road trips, fresh air, wildflowers and wide open spaces. And a little Jermaine Stewart ditty that gained an exalted place in the Petropolis mythology.

I meant to share this last year for Blue Skies' 10th anniversary, but I had to reconstruct from a CD that wasn't in the best shape! So I patched it together with love, and I hope it puts a smile as big as Texas on your face.

Yeeehaw!
Petropolis

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LoveGame: Sublime

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:56:00 -0600

Hello lovers. It’s time for something sticky and sweet to heat up the winter thaw. LoveGame:Sublime is a 3am whisky shot, panther vixen lap dance. Get lost in red lights, hard bodies and soft skin. You may not be yourself tonight, but you’ll be lovin’ every minute of it.

xxxo

petropolis

cover photo credit: Rudy Arocha

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Dreamtime

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:03:00 -0600

In the hushed quiet, we find the time and space to reflect, to exhale, to rest. Let these introspective and otherworldly sounds take you through the dreaming time of winter...

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Seven Devils

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:35:00 -0500

I'll be dead before the day is done.

Hello, my sweets. This creation you behold in your sights was a long time in the making. Over two years, in fact. But now, the stars see fit to shine their dark light on our ragtag band of children. Follow me into gypsy tents of the Big Top, where ghosts of long ago hide their opium den indiscretions and secrets. Peer into the thaeter of the grotesque, in the flickering light of silent films and Weimar cabaret. Watch as Hallowe'en of old collides with the golden industrial age. Step right up, come closer, the wonderment lies ahead in this woozy, Absinthe fueled funhouse, but...you have been warned. It's a long, hard road out of Hell.

Sweet Dreams,
Sir Cosmo von Bathory
New York, 1933

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Lites Out at the Silver Bell

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Wed, 1 Oct 2014 08:44:00 -0500

First, there was Midnight at the Starlite, a whiskey fueled homage to the great David Lynch. In 2008, the follow up Lites Out at the Silver Bell took a decidedly more sinister turn. A seedy motel, a loaded gun, static on the TV and a pounding on the door. In those lonely hours and moments of despair, put this record on. These songs are to die for...

Stay tuned for the third and final installment this fall, Last Call at the Blue Angel.

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Love on Top

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 20:47:00 -0500

This summer was way too short, but it's not over yet! There's still time for a last blast, whether on the roof, beach, boat or living room. Blame it on the boogie!

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Photo Credit: Caitlin Shann

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FUCK IT

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:26:00 -0500

The death of Robin Williams this week struck a nerve in me that I'm having a hard time shaking. I am no stranger to suicide. A good friend took his life several years ago, and it turned my world upside down. I've known a handful of others to die by suicide since then, and a very close loved one now sees it as a very real option, a prospect that looms over and haunts me every day. Perhaps because it is so personal to me, I cannot condemn someone for making this choice. It is THE most profoundly personal choice a person can make, and I cannot pass judgement because I am not the one experiencing the inner turmoil and despair.

Yes, suicide changes the lives of those left behind irrevocably. When my friend passed away, it shook my foundation and was the catalyst that eventually led to some monumental, positive changes. It forced me to reevaluate what was important in life, and this time with Robin Williams is no different. We are living in a time where technology and the Internet display the best and the worst of humanity. Some have lashed out with cruel and callous words. Have we become so hardened that we can't sympathize with another's pain, or at the very least be respectful of their grieving family? I mean, fuck! I am not immune to the cynicism and misery and snark that seem to have become the norm these days, but at this point it feels like a monster that is out of our control.

Except...it's not. It is completely within our control. Talk about choice! We have just as much choice to let the person get on the train before us as we do to push them back. I'm not talking about walking around in Pollyanna land and being a doormat, but is it so fucking hard to just be nicer to people? I am angry. And I am tired of people being ugly to each other. Rather than condemning, suicide makes me think about how everyone is going through something and could use a little human kindness. A phone call instead of a text. A hug instead of an emoji. As the technology and energy get more and more intense, I find myself yearning for more connection to the earth and to other people. Maybe a kind word, gesture, or invitation won't be enough to stop someone from killing himself, but what could it hurt? Why NOT try a little compassion? People will always be in your way on the sidewalk. They will always inconvenience you. You cannot teach the human race a lesson by showing one person what a dick they're being. And being a dick back will help no one, least of all yourself. Being rude is an everyday occurrence, but someone might just remember you being nice, and they might just pay it forward.

For myself, all I can manage is my own expectations and reactions. Yes, I will get angry, annoyed and inconvenienced. But I can CHOOSE to take a step back, see the bigger picture, and get better at picking my battles. Life is too short to look back and see where I could have lent a helping hand but didn't. Where I was nasty to someone and regretted it five minutes later. The only way to change the world is to start with yourself.

So fuck it. I'm going to make an effort to be more compassionate and to operate from a place of love. Otherwise, what is the fucking point?

STREET BEAT!

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:45:00 -0500

"Spirit of love, come to us! Music selector is the soul reflector, and right now my soul is a hi-NRG house music freak out. It's a body shock."

- Petropolis, Rhythm Nation Today

You've been warned. This ain't yo mama's spring mix! But well worth the wait, and good to keep it poppin' all summer long. Obstacles and delays were rampant this year in the StuStuStudio, but finally it has happened to me, and nobody's gonna stop my song! We ain't got time to be playin' around now, time to get into it. The House of Deee-Lite takes it to the streets with Uptown Doodie Brown, Jeromé Divinitay, Gianduja and Scrawberry. No parking on the dance floor. I wanna see all you fly mothers get on out there and DANCE. Dance, I said...

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Street Beat Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:44:00 -0500

5.4.3.2.1.

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LoveGame: Menage a Trois

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Wed, 5 Feb 2014 08:20:00 -0600

Hello, lovers. While we count down the days till spring, things are heating up fast in the StuStuStudio. From the filthy mind that brought you LoveGame and LoveGame 2Hearts, it's time for a little Menage a Trois. Follow me to the late night dark room, where fantasies become reality, where fallen angels step into the invisible light. Go ahead, touch me. Touch me now.

xxxo
petropolis

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Magnetic North

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 15:33:00 -0600

An urban winter rumination. Magnetic North by Petropolis.

This one goes out to Brian and Derek.

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ACTIVATE 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:09:00 -0600

Instead of resolutions, every year I pick a theme word that sums up my intentions and focus for the new year. 2013 was ACTIVATE, because I wanted to get a lot of new things and energy going. I had no idea just how appropriate that word would be.

I think it's typical of human behavior to strive, achieve, then strive for more without taking in the gravity of and gratitude for our achievements. I get frustrated with areas of my life where change is slow and stubborn. So the coming new year is a perfect opportunity to reflect on the previous one and be grateful for what came before.

In 2013, I started an intense period of self discovery and development, with the help of many books, friends, and new mentors/teachers. I started a pet sitting side gig. I started working for a mind body fitness studio and discovered a way to exercise the feeds my spirit, along with a supportive a like-minded community.

I moved into my own apartment in NYC! I still give thanks every time I walk through that door. I began an herbal medicine apprenticeship with a teacher who has changed my worldview. I overcame a back injury that led to my daily meditation, stretching and quiet morning practice. I discovered Budokon yoga, a moving meditation that is deeply healing and strengthening.

i finally joined a hiking group and began more outdoor adventures. I became more involved with the NYC pagan scene and made some lifelong friendships. I deepened many existing relationships, especially the one with myself. I have found so much self-love that I never knew how to access before. I started to learn how to truly respect and care for myself, so that I can show up with compassion and be of service to others. Though it hasn't been easy, I feel more comfortable and in tune with myself than ever before. The only way any of this happened was by creating the space in my life for new things and ideas, and allowing them time to grow.

I'm still searching and striving. There's a lot of work ahead in 2014, but I now realize I've laid a solid foundation to see it through. Today I am filled with so much hope and joy and love for the world, and I hope to inspire that same sense of reverence and elation wherever the road leads next.

Happy New Year!
Paul

Quiet Storm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul) — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:33:00 -0600

Hello all you lovers out there in radio land. You're listening to the Quiet Storm. The sirens blare in the distance, the neon signs reflect off the wet streets as you make your way where it's warm inside. Time to close the blinds, pour some wine and settle in for a sultry night. Go ahead, treat yourself. Is that a crime?

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