there are millions_________*_

Online Record Label

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:06:00 +0000

The days of putting out music onto physical media is over! Well, it is for me at least. I think that it's important that music be free. I am dedicated to supporting music by artists that want to share their music freely.
There Are Millions is now an online record label. All releases are available for FREE download. Often you'll have the option of donating cash to the artist, but that is truly optional. It is there for you only if you wish to show support in a monetary way. All funds donated will go to the artist and not There Are Millions.

The first release is by Jeremy from Boise called Long Ago. It's a collection of home recordings from 1999 to more recently. Ranging from moody instrumentals, experimental soundscapes and singer-songwriter fair there's a wide range of styles and musical coverage here.

The music by Jeremy from Boise has been compared to Graham Parsons, Mt. Eerie, Gastr del Sol with guitar work that is angular, odd, and exquisite. Download Long Ago today from jeremyfromboise.com

Thanks for your ongoing support!

Mark's Birthday Mix!

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:39:00 +0000

My good friend Mark recently had one of those special birthdays that end in a zero. You can download the mix that I made for him here: http://www.mediafire.com/?3zjimmmajmn

This is his mixtape playlist:
the Bees - Love in the Harbour
Black Math Horsemen - Deerslayer
Dosh - Capture the Flag
the Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
Caustic Resin - Half Step
Black Sabbath- Hole in the Sky
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get
Comets on Fire - The Swallow's Eye
Bill Bruford - Seems Like a Lifetime Ago
David Byrne and Brian Eno - The River
Dexter Romweber Duo - Lookout
Dramarama - Last Cigarette
Bad Brains - Pay to Cum
the Buggles - Living in a Plastic Age
Big Business - Just as the Day was Dawning
AC/DC - Baby Please Don't Go
Alice Cooper - Today Mueller
Carcass - Polarized

Jeremy From Boise - Deliver Results

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:41:00 +0000

This song is short, you can stream or download it here: http://jeremyfromboise.bandcamp.com/track/deliver-results

This music was improvised on guitar probably sometime around the middle of 2004. The lyrics were written on a long drive one day probably in 2007. I think that I may have had business on my mind, and possibly wondering about using metrics to determine how the business practices are working for you; hence the title. This is all just speculative hearsay and would not stand up in court. Do with it what you will. Lyrics below.

Deliver Results

One is high on faith and the other is on a 12-step program.

Deliver Results.

Flying through the windshield, get on and make that phone ring.

Ring
Ring
Ring
Ring

I'm just a child this my fist in the air.
You find that strange, and I don't think I care.
These are not roads on which we belong.
THESE ARE NOT ROADS ON WHICH WE BELONG.

Jeremy From Boise - Will Not Always Be

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:48:00 +0000

Go here to listen or download: http://jeremyfromboise.bandcamp.com/track/will-not-always-be

This song? It's basically a "carpe diem" type thing, I think. A friend once went to see Daniel Johnston perform and apparently in between a pair of songs Daniel Johnston proclaimed, "Millions of people have already died."
I don't know where he gets his numbers from, but I'm sure there's some strong evidence supporting that estimate. Whenever someone dies, whether it's a celebrity or a junkie, some people want to attach themselves to that person's legacy by holding a vigil, making a quilt, or simply claiming to have been very close to the deceased. I've always thought that was a selfish way to acknowledge someone else's loss. I think that is what the first section of the song is about. The second part of the song must be about living life to its fullest.

Will Not Always Be

They went on, beyond human reach
Let a hole going on deeper still
Illusion blown, not always welcome
Still maintain they're the nearest to you
Always faint in the core

It's critical that we get things straight
You are and will not always be
I am and will not always be
So as long as you wear it, make it dance.

This song is the lead-off track on the new collection of recordings by me, released under the least pretentious artist name that I could muster, Jeremy from Boise. I know that there are other Jeremys from this town, and I don't claim to be the only or the best. Some of the other Jeremys in Boise (or from here) are even better songwriters or better sound engineers. I simply chose the moniker because that's what many friends across the country know me as. If you are a Jeremy that is somehow connected to Boise, Idaho and have suffered due to the production of my music under this name and affiliation that we share, I apologize.

There are Millions becomes a "record" label!

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:40:00 +0000

The first release will be from me, "Jeremy from Boise."
here's the link: http://jeremyfromboise.bandcamp.com/track/trying-to-quit-xmas
This first release is a collection of solo works that span from 1999 to 2005. The entire album will be available for download and you'll be able to name your own price. I certainly won't blame you for not paying anything, as I'm a fan of free music, too. Each time I post another track I will be sending out an email and posting about it on the blog. Each email will include my thoughts and the lyrics (when applicable) to the song. I'm interested in this approach because most of the people on the Millions list are also my friends and I'd like to share this part of my life and thought process with you. I feel like I should eliminate the possible misconception that I really "write" lyrics. Mostly they flow out of me and make little to no sense at the time of writing, but eventually I understand them. It's kind of like automatic writing to a meter and melody.
> The first song is not the lead-off track of the album, but a song from several years ago that is relevant to this current season; A song about desolate winters in the high desert. It was recorded using Venec's toy guitar and the $99 Casio keyboard with song-bank that I made my parents by me for Christmas several years earlier. The song itself is about a rather miserable situation/season and trying to make the most of it. Lyrics below:

Trying to Quit Xmas
In all warm and fuzzy, outside cold desert wind
and drunk you've knocked down some people here and there.
Why settle for the fall when it calls up on the phone?
Just take away your house.

My belief in loss is tried and true

I might here have a bottle, or some money to pitch in.
Tradition is nice but for fitting in.
My skin dry and cracking, my thoughts are of endings,
Now I'm trying to protest and I'm trying to quit christmas.

This song originally appeared on a cassette compilation of other songs relating to the holiday. I think that most of the other songs included on the compilation may have been more pro-christmas than this one.

TotalFest road trip MIX!!

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:18:00 +0000

For my friend's drive to TotalFest in Missoula I made him a road-trip rock mix

download link

The Sword - Lords
Sleep Capsule -Hovel
Thin Lizzy - Wild One
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Voi Vod - Cosmic Flashes
Misfits - Violent World
Motley Crue - Piece of Your Action
the Lights - Suge Knight Sweetheart
Sparks - Amateur Hour
the USA is a Monster - Above All It's the Songs
Black Elk - Toss You to the Wolves
Carrion - Witness Your Birth
Machine That Flashes - Burn
High on Fire - Turk
xbxrx - Canter Where Sight
the Automaton Adventure Series - Cigarette Smoke 4 Oxygen
Star Kings - Who's Drummer

A Mix for Amy - and now you!

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:07:00 +0000

A recent mix cd that was made for Amy to enjoy in the car.

download here

the Flaming Lips - The Spider Bite Song
Aretha Franklin - The Long and Winding Road
Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
Dread Zeppelin - No Quarter
Echo & the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
Fairport Convention - Meet on the Ledge
Company Caine - Woman with Reason
Caustic Resin - Wizard of Upper Snake River
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
Bruce Springsteen - It's Hard to be a Saint in the City
Chad Vangaalen - City of Electric Light
Department of Eagles - Phantom Other
Dr. Dog - The way the Lazy Do
Big Country - In a Big Country

MILLIONS, Jr.

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:52:00 +0000

Son fills in for dad on this take-your-kid-to-work edition of MILLIONS. Of course, this radio show isn't actually work, nor was it take-your-kid-to-work-day when we recorded it. Venec just wanted to do a show, and I set him up with the MILLIONS timeslot. One thing that came up was when he played a Dinosaur, Jr. song I told him about how the band was originally called Dinosaur. When they heard that another band had already used that name, they added the Jr. Venec and I agreed that it made for a better, more interesting band name. In many ways guest hosts make for better, more interesting MILLIONS. A few of you have volunteered for summer spots, please contact me and let's get them scheduled.

Podcast here:
CLICK THIS DOWNLOAD HYPERLINK

Playlist here:
Jay Reatard - Turning Blue
the Beatles - St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bob Dylan - I Want You
Icy Demons - Golden Coin
Dr. Dog - The Old Days
Pinback - Syracuse
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Dinosaur, Jr. - In a Jar
Big Business - Just as the Day Was Dawning
Oneida - Happy New Year
Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
Battles - Ddiamondd
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
Smog - Held
BARR - The Song is the Single
Wilco - Either Way
the Planet The - Look of a Woman
John Lennon - Give Me Some Truth
Need New Body - Beach

MILLIONS by the Listeners

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:18:00 +0000

The entire playlist is comprised of tracks that were recommended to Millions through one form or another. It's been a real thrill to have an hour of all requests! Please keep recommending music for the show.

you will download this week's podcast here: DOWNLOAD

or on Tuesday morning at 11 Mountain Time, you'll try streaming it here:
http://radioboise.org

Playlist (as recommended to us)

Obits - Run
Bruce Haack - Electric to Me Turn
Ducktails - Pizza Time
Frank Black & the Catholics - How You Went So Far
T. Rex - Planet Queen
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - You Let Me Be Honest With You
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - Let Go
Paul Gilbert - Suicide Lover
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Devendra Banhart - Nice People
Mary Lou Lord - I Figured You Out
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
New Order - Ceremony
Junior Boys - Parallel Lines
Jay-Z (w/ Amil-lion) - Nigga What, Nigga Who
Joe Meek - Orbit Around the Moon
Empire of the Sun - Walking On a Dream

For those of you crazy about torrents, several shows are available here: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4859334

Thanks to everyone for your continuing support and patronage.
Jeremy Millions

MILLION-A-THON

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:16:00 +0000

This week there's new stuff from Peter Bjorn and John, PJ Harvey & John Parish as well as some older stuff you may or may not already be familiar with!!

Download podcast here: http://www.mediafire.com/?xilydjyijl4

Listen live on http://radioboise.org at 11am Tuesday (Mountain Time)

here's what is happening:
Icy Demons - As It Comes
the Lights - When You Smile
Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
Slint - Breadcrumb Trail
Arab Strap - Haunt Me
Edible Woman - Mystic River
the Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
Automaton Adventure Series - Cigarette Smoke 4 Oxygen
Bill Callahan - Sycamore
Peter Bjorn and John - Just the Past
PJ Harvey and John Parish - Sixteen,Fifteen,Fourteen
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter - The Open Halls of the Soul

I found myself in a conversation recently where I expressed jealousy for another radio station that clearly has its place and it knows exactly what it is. Off course, DJs there can't play everything they like which is what I get to do. I kind of wish that there was a term for the type of mix that I play. Something more descriptive than "freeform" and not as restrictive as "modern adult contemporary" or "punk." Any ideas?

Keep sending in your recommendations! Also, I'll be looking for guest hosts and co-hosts over the summer so please let me know if you're interested.

Thanks for listening

April MILLIONS bring May Flowers

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:11:00 +0000

MILLIONS CLICK HERE

This week on MILLIONS:
Talking Heads - Heaven
Marissa Nadler - Diamand Heart
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
Dan Melchior und das Menace - Dirt
A.C. Newman - Submarines of Stockholm
Smog - No Dancing
Vampire Weekend - Campus
No Age - Here Should Be My Home
Upsilon Acrux - My Brother the Doctor
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Vialka - Only the Wrong Survive
Viva Voce - They Never Really Wake Up
Andrew Bird - Effigy
PJ Harvey and John Parish - Leaving California
the Holy Sons - Hermit's Tune
the Breeders - No Aloha

In like a MILLIONS, Out like a lamb

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:42:00 +0000

here's the download link for this week:
DOWNLOAD

THIS WEEK!
Polvo - Fast Canoe
Tyondai Braxton - Haunt the Ghosts that Haunt Me Better
Piso Mojado - excerpt
Omar Souleyman - Atabat
Prince - All Day All Night
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Thomas Mapfumo - Shumba
Janis Joplin (with Kosmic Blues Band) - As Good As You've Been To This World
Regraped - Baby Fronts
31 Knots - Welcome to Stop
Dead Milkmen - Rastabilly

Those of you that have been recommending tracks, please keep sending them to me!

Happy Millions Day!

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:16:00 +0000

download it here!!!

Happy Millions Day!
BARR - Like, I Used to Like
Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love, Part 1
Panther - How Well Can You Swim?
Chainsaw Paws - May All of Our Troubles Be Over Tomorrow
Holy Sons - Trivialized
Beach House - Holy Dances
the Breeders - When I Was a Painter
Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Deadly Snakes - Everybody Seems to Think (You've Got Some Kind of Hold on Me)
Deer Tick - Art isn't Real (City of Sin)
the Dead Science - Throne of Blood (the Jump Off)
Deerhunter - Saved By Old Times
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - Let Go
Landed - Bahdi Odour
the Left Coast - Predating the Existence of Cancer
Emergency - Don't Walk on the Kitchen Floor
No Age - My Life's Alright without You
Palace - New Partner

Proper Millions

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:36:00 +0000

http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

the list:
Dan Melchior's Broke Revue - Me and J.G. Ballard
the Lights - Suge Knight Sweetheart
Polytechnic - Quay St.
Caetano Veloso - Irene
Iran - Cape Canaveral / Buddy (reprise)
Karp - D+D Fantasy
Extreme Animals - Black Bartholomew
Sonic Youth - Reena
Mountain Goats - Going to Tennessee
the Red Krayola - Portrait Of V.I. Lenin In The Style of Jackson Pollack, Part 1
Duster - Reed to Hillsborough
Scritti Politti -Is And Ought The Western World
the Spells - Antarctica
Hickey - Sean's Mohawk
Quem Quaeritis - Jim Caviezel
Pattern is Movement - Sylvia
Swervedriver - I am Superman
Menomena - Rotten Hell
M Ward - Chinese Translation

State of Millions.

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:13:00 +0000

I tried working with a theme this week. I really very randomly selected California, a western state very near to Idaho (where I live). Do any of these songs have anything to do with the state of California? I think that there's a few obvious ones, like cocaine, smog, film industry, etc. There are a handful of songs from artists living in the state as well.

http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

Well, here it is:

The USA is a Monster - Cocaine Wedding
B.S. - Hole in the Sky
No Age - Every Artist Needs a Tragedy
Dr. Dog - Worst Trip
Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies
Danny Elfman / Oingo Boingo - Pico and Sepulveda
the Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
Quem Quaeritis - Slangin' Family Ties
So So Buffalo - One of These Days
Howling Bells - In the Woods
A.C. Newman - Miracle Drug
Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything
Abe Vigoda - Unknown song title.
the Mae Shi - Testify
Mika Miko - Take Hold
Hickey - Treadle of the Loom
Dead Western - My Old Home
Katrah-Quay - Enigmatic Breeze Thru Hyper Crack

Oh yeah - there's some curses on a few of the songs. Use your listening discretion.

New MILLIONS at New Home

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:01:00 +0000

The radio show is now being aired at 11 am on Tuesday on the online community radio station here in Boise, http://radioboise.org MILLIONS will air after Hard Math which is a great all-local radio show and before Quiet Please which I haven't yet heard but have been told it's great!

This station has been around for awhile and is currently Boise's best hope at securing a terrestrial non-profit community signal that is not religious nor NPR. They are still in fund-raising mode, but expect to begin broadcasting on FM in October.

MILLIONS will continue to be available for download thanks to Fort Hazel (http://forthazel.com)
Here's the link to the file: http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

This week:
Battles - Atlas
Viva Voce - Daylight
Group Inerane - Ano Nagarus
AU - RR vs. D
Aretha Franklin - Long and Winding Road
Roma 79 - Colorful Acts
the Jesus Lizard - Whirl
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - False Bread
Big Brother and the Holding Company - Coo Coo
Panther - You Don't Want Yr Nails Done
Mount Eerie - In Moonlight
Polvo - Bombs That Fall From Your Eyes
Deer Tick - These Old Shoes
the Carter Family - No Depression in Heaven

Please keep recommending songs for future shows!

New home - shorter name.

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:30:00 +0000

The radio show is now on Tuesdays on Boise Community Radio Project at 11:00 AM. The feed to iTunes is broken and I'll have to get that set up again. In the meantime watch this spot for new shows to show up for download!
Oh, and back episodes are available in torrent form, four most recent of them included here: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4709417/There_Are_Millions
Thanks!!

The show is now simply MILLIONS. This doesn't reduce the ambiguity much, but it is less awkward to say than There are Millions.

End of the World as You Know it - Millions

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:06:00 +0000

The gloom:
This radio show can no longer be called a radio show. It is now simply a podcast. I have volunteered myself out of the Sunday line-up of the University Pulse, the local student-run radio web and AM radio station. So, until I ink a deal with XM or a pirate radio station or something in between There Are Millions is just a pod-cast. I may produce this podcast regularly, I may not.

The bright side:
The one thing that has not changed is my interest in what music you recommend! Some of my favorite music of recent months has come from you! Please keep the recommendations coming to me, either by email, in person or via phone.

here's the direct shot to this week: http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

Millions last show on the University Pulse:
Comets on Fire - Hatched Upon the Age
Clap your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth
Company Caine - The Last Scene
Lijadu Sisters - Cashing In
Sondre Lerche - Say it All
Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
Viva Voce - Business Casual
Brazilian Girls - Ricardo
Valet - Streets
Battles - Tonto
Singer -Dumb Smoke

Thanks to Keith for the guest hosting last week! One of my best shows ever!

Jeremy

Millions - Guest host Keith Zim.

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:34:00 +0000

Jeremy is making me write this blurb even though the show has no theme and i can't come up with any smart-aleck quips like you-know-who. if i had thought about the timing, maybe i would have put up some bruce springsteen songs, but i guess obama is more into the jonas bros and fall out boy, anyway.
I've been consuming way too much dairy as of late, which may explain the lack of rock in these tunes, who knows. They're probably most appropriate for late night walks with strangers or by yourself. Enjoy! -Keith

link to mp3

Telepathe - I Can't Stand It
Tickley Feather - Keyboards is Drunk
Dwight Twilley - Looking For the Magic
Richie Havens - Morning Morning
William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You've Got
Grouper - Heavy Water (I'd Rather be Sleeping)
Fever Ray - Keep the Streets Empty
Roxy Music - More Than This
the Chromatics - Baby
Bobby Womack - Thank You
WHY? - Fatalistic Palmistry
the Cave Singers - Cold Eye
TV on the Radio - Love Dog
Shocking Pinks - Girl on the Northern Line
Dan Friel - Horse Heaven

Monster Millions

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:38:00 +0000

http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

THIS WEEK!!
Bill Callahan - Sycamore
Minmae - Your Band Controls the Weather
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Lie Down Here (and Be My Girl)
Polvo - Fractured (Like Chandeliers)
Boris (with Michio Kurihara) -Starship Narrator
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Moonlight On Vermont
Sleep Capsule - Moon Boot
Big Business - Grounds for Divorce
Witch - Old Trap Line
Co. Caine - The Last Scene
Smashing Pumpkins - Drown
Amps for Christ - Grove House Revisited

Not a Best of... (Part 2)

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:06:00 +0000

I didn't mean to do it, but after I finished the show we'll now call "part one" I knew I had to do another one. There's sooo much left still!!! I will resist the urge to do a part three and get on with processing your great recommendations as well as including music from before and after 2008.

http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

ding, ding!
Business Lady - "Air and Water" from Torture Footage
Dan Melchoir's Broke Revue - "Hungry Ghost" from Bitterness, Spite, Rage and Scorn
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!" from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
Lowbelly - "Minokichi Meets the Snow Maiden" from X
Dan Giberman - "Freefall Eucalyptus" from Thrills Without Gills - A Celebration of the Living Land
Deerhunter - "Agoraphobia" from Microcastle
High Places - "The Storm" from self-titled album
Dr. Dog - "The Old Days" from Fate
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - "Bag of Hammers" from We Brave Bee Stings and All
Singer - "Slow Ghosts" from Unhistories
Idaho Roots Musicians - "Owyhee Miner's Lament" from a collection of old songs from Idaho
Jay Reatard - "Screaming Hand" from Matador Singles '08
the OhSees - "Adult Acid" from The Master's Bedroom is Worth Staying a Night In
Extreme Animals - "Get a Job" from Let the Music Take You There
Pyramids - "Hellmonk" from Pyramids
Tu Fawning - "Sound You Warn"
Pattern is Movement - "Bird" from All Together
Who by Fire - "Wrapped in Green, In Early Morning" from daydream, skyline crippled red

Conspicuously absent are albums from Two Prong, Breeders, 31 Knots, USAisaMonster, Pepi Ginsberg, Health, the Mae Shi, Die Die Die, Witch and so on. So many great 2008 albums, incredibly little time. The more I think about what I didn't play the more I really feel like a jerk playing Lowbelly. The show is finished though, history will decide how to view that move.

Not a Best of 2008 part one

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:19:00 +0000

Greetings and thanks for being involved this past year! Please keep coming back to listen and to recommend tracks in 2009!!

All songs this week are from bands that shined this past year. It is in no way intended to be a "best of" for the year.

Here's a direct shot to download the PODcast: http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

Department of Eagles - "In Ear Park" from the album In Ear Park
the Silver Jews - "My Pillow is a Threshold" from the album Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
Crystal Antlers - "A Thousand Eyes" from the self-titled EP
NightWounds - "Ghana" from the Nail in the Coffin split LP with AIDS Wolf
Landed - "Times I Despise" from the album How Little Will it Take
Tim and Eric - "Cops and Robbers" from the collection of songs off of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!"
Thomas Function - "Lights Down Low" from the album Celebration
Dead Western - "My Old Home" from the album Soften Your Screams Into Sings
Chad VanGaalen - "City of Electric Light" from the album Soft Airplane
Parenthetical Girls - "Song for Ellie Greenwich" from the album Entanglements
Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" from the EP Sun Giant
Crystal Stilts - "Converging in the Quiet" from the self-titled LP
Sic Alps - "Mater" from the album U.S. Ez
Sparks - "Operation" from the album Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Abe Vigoda - "Endless Sleepers" from the album Skeleton
AIDS Wolf - "Now Yr Gonna Lose It" from the Nail in the Coffin split LP with NightWounds

Also great this year were incredible albums by Deerhunter, Lowbelly, Torche, Two Prong, Panther, Valet, Ratatat, Dan Friel, Radiohead, Pattern is Movement, Pyramids, Parts and Labor, the OhSees, No Age, Dr. Dog, Dan Giberman, the Mayyors, Jay Reatard, etc. It would have been foolish of me to attempt a truly "best of" for this past year. It reminds me of the theory that the quality of art and artists thrive during times of oppression and war. While many of us may not have felt oppressed, we have had some policies in place that may have encouraged some great art!! Thank you to the exiting administration for all of the good music that you helped to inspire by pissing many people off!! If there's any truth to the theory that art and government are inversely related, I hope the next eight years suck for music and art.

Love,
Jeremy

Millions with DJ Damn Weirdo

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:07:00 +0000

Millions is pleased to present a collaborative effort this week. From Portland comes strange music enthusiast DJ Damn Weirdo to make real time recommendations.

download here: http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

Millions this week:
Nudge - Sickth
Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Midnight Black Earth
Olga Neuwirth - Intro
Croox - Zweitens Als Man Denkt
Religious Knives - Downstairs
Dynasty Handbag - In My Dreams
Bang on a Can meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing - Ka Pya Chi
Eddie Kendricks - Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart
Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra - 90% of Me is You
the Sea and Cake - Weekend
Stereo Total - Mit Dem Sex
Portishead - Nylon Smile
T.I.T.S. - Strong Arms
Raveonettes - Aly, Walk with Me

Look forward to more co-hosting and guest hosting in the future as listeners and Friends of the show come in and make real-time listening recommendations. As always your input is welcome, make song suggestions here: therearemillions@gmail.com

Merry Millions!

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:55:00 +0000

Here's a direct link:
http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

this week, the playlist:
Anni Rossi - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Sugarcubes - Birthday (Christmas Eve remix)
Johnny John - Christmas in Vietnam
Bing Crosby - Winter Wonderland (bent remix)
Nat King Cole Trio - All I Want For Christmas (MJ Cole remix)
Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz It's Christmas
Beatles - Christmas Time is Here Again
Canned Heat - Christmas Blues
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas
Jeremy - Trying to Quit Christmas
Doctor Octoroc - We Three Konami
Sloppy Seconds - Hooray for Santa Claus
Descendants - Christmas Vacation
the Ronettes - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Michael Palmer - Happy Merry Christmas
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Waltz
Pizzicato Five - Silent Night
John, Yoko and Plastic Ono - Happy Christmas (War is Over)

Merry Millions!

(remember to write a song for the upcoming BLISSMAS theme show in approximately one year)

Mostly Millions!!

therearemillions@gmail.com (Millions and its listeners) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:35:00 +0000

I hope that all of you are well! Here's another dose.

http://forthazel.com/millions.mp3

New show this week:
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Music Go Music - Light of Love
the Shakey Hands - A New Parade
New Thrill Parade - Ululations
Blackstrap - Rough Parade
Darondo- How I Got Over
Department of Eagles - Teenagers
Port O'brien - Stuck On a Boat
Silver Jews - Inside the Golden Days of Missing You
Sleep Capsule - Eventually (You'll Get Ripped Off)
Black Flag - Damaged II
Abe Vigoda - Bear Face
Roky Erickson - Sputnik
Roadside Graves- Ruby
Zach Hill - Stoic Logic
Farm Team - Vorheesvil

Keep those recommendations coming! Thanks for participating and for listening!

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