Welcome to the fourth installment of an irregular series in which I highlight some of my favorite voices online and beyond. Thus far we’ve featured sets by Raven Sings The Blues, Ponytone and, most recently, L.A.’s Turquoise Wisdom. Today we head back east, to Brooklyn, to catch up with Cold Splinters’ Jeff Thrope. Cold Splinters, as all the best blogs do, excels in creating an entire world within its digital framework. Aesthetically it resides somewhere between 1974 and 2010. Riffing on everything from discontinued climbing gear and forgotten trail heads, to Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux, CS is a daily read. Consider Cold Splinters, the mixtape, its aural counterpart.
Thrope is my guest this Friday during the second hour of my SIRIUS XMU show. Grab this mix, bookmark his site and if you’re in Brooklyn, do check our his new recording/performing project Ocotillo.
After the jump…Cold Splinters – A Mixtape.
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Download: Aquarium Drunkard Presents :: Cold Splinters, A Mixtape (zipped folder 97MB)
Side A:
Dump The Dog – Loudon Wainwright
Bluebird – Bonnie Raitt
Sally Goodin – Heron
The Wheel – Jerry Garcia
Hometown Blues – Tom Petty
Song For the North Star – Jorma Kaukonen
Gone At Last (Demo Version) – Paul Simon
Rolling Thunder (Shoshone Invocation) – Mickey Hart
The Good Book – Melanie
Side B:
Big Barn Bed – Paul McCartney
Cast The First Stone – Tom Fogerty
As We Go Along – The Monkees
Think About It – Fleetwood Mac
When Night Falls – Medicine Head
Corinna – Taj Mahal
Dirge – Bob Dylan
Saint Dominic’s Preview – Van Morrison
Sundown In Mexico – Nicky Hopkins
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Thanks for yet another brilliant mixtape!
Some excellent choices!
1 | Mark William Wales April 21st, 2010 at 4:00 amWould make a good movie soundtrack…Nothing too obvious or out of place…
2 | Hockney Wolf April 21st, 2010 at 8:00 amTwo of my daily reads combined into one post/show… amazing! Keep up the good work… both of yous.
3 | El Steve April 21st, 2010 at 11:49 amWow, but that’s some strong medicine for my draggin’-ass Wednesday! Just like having a friend spin some vinyl while I plug away at work… Thanks TONS!
4 | JK April 21st, 2010 at 1:15 pmReally looking forward to this but can’t get it to download anything but a little 45 kb file with nothing inside! Has this been removed already?
5 | Jen April 21st, 2010 at 3:51 pm@Jen – I just checked and the link worked
6 | Satisfied '75 April 21st, 2010 at 5:08 pmReally nice mix…
7 | Erik April 22nd, 2010 at 9:50 amThanks for that and for your blog
Putting this one in rotation for sure. Nice picks
8 | brendan April 22nd, 2010 at 12:26 pm@Jen, make sure you don’t ‘right-click and save as’ the link above. Just click it and follow to the next page..
This is just what I needed today. Awesome mix! Thanks so much!
9 | Travis April 22nd, 2010 at 9:22 pmGO JEFF! You guys should probably get married or something. Blog-married.
10 | Hanly Banks May 1st, 2010 at 1:11 pmSt. Dominic’s preview is such a JAM
11 | Gabriel May 2nd, 2010 at 10:45 amBest mixtape ever. Would make a good soundtrack to the movie Old Joy, which Will Oldham acts in. Also has been a AquaDrunk Post, and has a YLT soundtrack.
12 | MonkBerryMoonDelight May 10th, 2010 at 10:59 pmGold! Lovin’ it. Cheers Justin!
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