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BEFORE TODAY by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

It doesn’t take much to make me feel stupid. Trying to find the words to describe the debut album of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at 4AD is just one of many examples I could give you. To me, ‘Before Today’ sounds like an album that Kevin Barnes could be recording if he loved goth bands more than funk ones. Or like the cold wave genre entering a multicoloured psychedelic stage instead of glazing at it's own depression. Don’t mind my threadbare examples; this is the album that will make it onto every interesting top 10 of the year and you don’t wanna miss it.

WE // R \\ WEARING

I can't resist (probably overpriced) basics-with-a-twist. My wardrobe, full of T by Wang, Oak, Bassike and yes, American Apparel is proof of this; and since in Australia, a new favourite has emerged in the form of Nathan Smith. His selection of supersoft tees, tanks and dresses have sucked me into buying multiples of a number of styles in different colourways. You just can't go wrong with these though! Addictively and endlessly wearable - and not in actual fact, overpriced in the slightlest - Nathan Smith is the way forward for your wardrobe.

WE // R \\ WATCHING

I don’t think any series will treat teenagers the same way that Freaks and Geeks did almost 10 years ago. Although relying on every teen American cliché they could, this series was the closest thing to reality you could get whilst still being something fun and interesting to watch – cause, you know, life is boring. With bands like The Who, The Clash and XTC being either part of episodes or the soundtrack, this 80’s based cult show was short-lived (only 18 episodes), but long enough to enrich the careers of some young actors (i.e. James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Busy Philipps and, erm, Linda Cardellini) and is greatly missed. Can we have a movie about them meeting again in the 00’s?

WE // R \\ GOING

Once, a friend of mine wanted to take me to this 'cheap Chinese restaurant', situated in the heart of Liberdade, a Japanese neighborhood in São Paulo. When we got there the place was packed, but because it looked cheesy and kinda poor, I didn't want to wait it out. It took another friend for me to go back there and fall in love with it. Now, every time the mood for some freshly made noodles (you can watch the chief making the noodle dough through a window) framed in some horribly painted pink walls takes me, I go for Rong He. Did I mention the food is also incredibly generous and cheap?

WE // R \\ READING

The ultimate in peeping tom into other, cooler, more fashionable, richer, quirkier and more-hipster-than-thou lives is Todd Selby's The Selby. Having previously been an internet only voyeur's dream, Todd has just last month released The Selby Is In Your Place, a coffee table tome full of twee drawings, colourful interiors and people showering. Half of the images in the books are favourites from the website and the other is stuff he hasn't published online yet. So go check it out, maybe buy it if you can to make your crappy coffee table in your crappy apartment that little bit cooler with pictures of someone else's cool stuff.

The Bang Gang mix: 5 minutes, 82 songs!

Saturday // April 25, 2009 at 18:30 // filed under Music

How many songs can you play in little more than 5 minutes? Two? Three? If you are the immense Australian DJ combo The Bang Gang, then your answer would be precisely 82 motherfucking songs! How do I know that? Because Annie Mac asked the boys to do a mini-mix for her Friday show at BBC Radio One and Gus da Hoodrat and Jamie Doom came up with this:

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The Bang Gang - Annie Mac Mini-Mix [mp3]

Bag Raiders, Frankmusik, Tiga, Late of the Pier, Inflagranti, Hot Chip, Mr Oizo, Damn Arms, Ratatat, Zombie Nation, Santigold, Shazam, and many more (I really mean it). It's like coming out of a drug induced haze and remembering all the best bits of the party.

Bag Gang - BBC Mini-Mix

1. Hawkwind - Valium 10
2. Busy P - To Protect and entertain (SoMe Get Naked Mix)
3. DJedjotronic - Dirty and Hard (feat. Spoek)
4. Like Woah! - Oh I like (Stab-a-pella)
5. Tiga - Burning Down
6. Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk
7. Bob Sinclar - Ultimate funk
8. Liquid Liquid - Optimo (An Optimo Espacio mix)
9. Feadz - Nummanoid
10. Machines Don't Care - Beat Bang
11. ZZT - The Worm
12. Digitalism - Homezone (Proxy remix)
13. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (A-trak remix)
14. Boy 8 bit - Bulbs Burn Out
15. Punkin Machine - Need you tonight
16. Angello and Ingrosso - Get Dumb
17. Teki Latex - Disco Dance With You (Para One Remix)
18. Tiga - Shoes (An edit)
19. Damn Arms - Destination Pt I
20. Kevin Saunderson - Bassline
21. MYSS - Trash My Mind (Lowbrows Remix)
22. Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger
23. HRD Vision - Playing for keeps (Daddy's Angel)
24. Fast Eddie - Big Ol Booty
25. Modeselektor - Kill Bill Vol.4
26. Krazy Baldhead - Krazy Motherfuckers (Midfield General Remix)
27. Dilemn - Ghetto Town
28. 2 In a Room - Somebody in the House Say Yeah
29. Chuck Brown - Berro E Sombaro
30. Jesse Rose - Touch My Horn
31. Hot Chip - Ready For the Floor (Soulwax Remix)
32. Artful Dodger - Rewind
33. Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter Remix)
34. Tiga - Mind Dimension
35. Steve "Silk" Hurley - Jack Ya Body
36. Santogold - L.E.S Artistes (Switch Remix)
37. KIM - BTTTTRY (Bag Raiders Remix)
38. Zombie Nation - Seas Of Grease
39. Proxy - Raven (Kazey & Bulldog Rmx)
40. Soft TIgers - Mr Icecream (Waxmaster Version)
41. Tame Impala - HFGW (Canyons Drunken Rage)
42. Elvis Presley - Crawfish (Pilooski edit)
43. Mr Oizo - Z
44. Inflagranti - I Chatted Up The Nympho Secretary
45. Buraka Som Sistema - Yah!
46. Paul Johnson - No big thing
47. Dance Area - AA 247
48. Dance Area - AA 247 (Diplo Remix)
49. Kim - Party Machini (Tomboy Remix)
50. MGMT - Time To Pretend (Blogula remix)
51. Shazam - Luckier (Hey Today Remix)
52. Alex Gopher - Bingo
53. Circle Children - Zulu
54. Rebel MC - Street Tuff
55. Outlander - The Vamp (Strip Steve Remix)
56. Shazam - Pool Party 2009 (Headman Remix)
57. Bobby O - So Hot For You
58. Soundhack - D1
59. Patrick Alavi - Come To Me
60. Wekan - Skid (Touche Remix)
61. The Deathset - On The Street (Bumblebeez Remix)
62. Nina Simone - Take Care of Business (Pilooski Remix)
63. Kraftwerk - Tour De France (French Version)
64. Zombie Disco Squad - Eurovision
65. MIA - XR2 (Tigerstyle Remix)
66. Lowbrows - Dream in The Desert (Hystereo Rebrand I)
67. Jan Driver - Rat Alert
68. Plaid - Kiddie Castle (Para One Remix)
69. The Wire - Three Girl Rhumba (Mock N Toof Edit)
70. Mr Oizo - Cut Dick
71. Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars
72. Toecutter - Best Party Ever (Original)
73. Bumblebeez - Clubb Clubb
74. Dangerous Dan & Nicky Vanshe - Around The World (Brainzar Bmore Edit)
75. Frankmusik - When You're Around (Boys Noize Remix)
76. Human Resource - Dominator (Buzz Fuzz mix)
77. Bag Raiders - Turbo Love (KIM remix)
78. Dj Assault - Gimme Head
79. Zomby - Where were you in 92?
80. Late of The Pier - Bathroom Gurgle
81. Kicks Like A Mule - The Bouncer
82. Ratatat - Mahalo