As I get into the shower today, I'm feeling positive about the future. I've had lots of amazing lessons. I've been so fortunate. I appreciate what I have and had. This year is looking to be some real-life beeswax. Let's us WE our way free of the toxic idea of ownership. That's right, IDEA. Get it out of your goddamn head. It was put there. Get it out.

And pray to the nameless whole, you fucking cowards.

...So go ahead and hear some Little Brother, Shake, Innerzone Orchestra/Paul Randolph/Dilla, Idris Muhammed, Rednose Distrikt, Stereotyp, Joni Mitchell, Domu, Spacek, etc.

Fucking weather is going nuts. I am not alone in my suspicion of the most probable cause. Dig? Deeper. All the way down to the wild core. Let it shoot and lay the way it wishes. Fighting up and out. Slapping down and spreading. Doing this & that. That's it. Perfect...

But has it already? Seems obvious that what we have is ours because it's natural. Nothing can be unnatural, right? It will even out eventually. Or is. Eruptions cool and harden, then erode. And more eruptions come. And eventually, stillness?

Who cares... Wonder if I'll grow up one day. Wake up and start abusing like you. Even more. Dreaming like this happens occasionally because, deep down, I know that shit means absolutely shit. But we have to gun for something. So I'll never live for myself completely. That's my gravity.

Myself means absolutely shit, just as the rough lives of many means absolutely shit. That's the cyclical sting. There is always a roughness. Roughness is natural. It's the nature of the living to minimize rough experiences. Okay. Individual or total roughness? Spin the bottle.

Still want simple.

Batacumbele - St. Thomas
Adrian Orange - While You Live
:brownstudy - Hide The Treasure
Mount Eerie - With My Hands Out
Joanna Newsom - Swansea
Can - One More Night
Ani Difranco - Joyful Girl
Tape - Golden Twig
The Association - Cherish
Kings Of Convenience - The Build-Up
Vashti Bunyan - Pink Sugar Elephants
The Microphones - Sleeping Pills
Diane Cluck - A Phoenix And Doves
Feist - Still True
Dwight Trible - Otherworldly Instrumental
DJ Kiva - ???
Holger Czukay - Fragrance
The Exposures - Ein Lied Fur Frau Thyssen-Home
Motion - Closed Circuits

Does this mix goes well with grey days? Been a few of those in MI lately. Earth is tough planet. Choose to live better. We sincerely hope that you're bracing yourself and your children for what the future may hold. Wait... Fuck that. Be the future. This one goes out to my jobless and existentially unsettled playas. Destroy and build. Go local. Get skills. Know the soil. Politics are a charade and a distraction. Illusion of influence. Vote with your everyday choices. Rethink your living standard. Necessities are enough for joy. Translate the campaign. Kill those switches. Demand a whole life. The die-off is coming. Rah! Let's fuck this bitch up, goddamnit. Soapbox closed.

Blackalicious - Feel That Way
Big Now - B-More Style*
Talib Kweli feat. Planet Asia & Phil The Agony - Drugs, Basketball & Rap
The Roots - Game Theory
The Ex - Weapons For El Salvador
Mouse On Mars - Wipe That Sound
Philippe Katerine - Excuse Moi
Kleenex / LiliPUT - Beri-Beri
Masha Qrella - With Me
Matthew Larkin Cassell - In My Life
Chessie - Daylight
Mia Doi Todd - Muscle, Bone & Blood (Chessie remix)
Jason Hogans - Nine*
Couth - Leaning Farmward*
IJO - Song Of Tyree
T.I. - The Breakup
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Black Eyed Peas feat. Cee-Lo, John Legend, Q-Tip & Talib Kweli - Like That
Beyonce feat. Jay-Z - Deja Vu
Curupira - El Tetero

*RNR artists

This is a typically flighty mix that Jason put together for the old Element Detroit site. No tracklist as of now. Jason has to drop his son off at Grandma's. Covering some Stevie Wonder, Bjork, Saafir, Future Sound Of London, De La Soul, Radiohead, Herbie Hancock, Digable Planets, Plug, Sara K, Del and Vince Guaraldi among others. Definite nostaligia happening here. Jason's ring is actually in his left nostril. Enjoy!

This was Jason's summer vacation soundtrack. Yes, there is a town in California named Weed. They make great beer! Better on tap. I miss Oregon much. So lush.

Diane Cluck - Casting About
Sade - Never As Good As The First Time
Couth - A Matter Of Resources *
Adult - Strange Mistakes
Arto Lindsay - Prefeelings
Broadcast - Come On Let's Go
Dabrye - D-town Tabernacle Choir
Four Tet - Hands
Gnarls Barkley - The Last Time
Guillamino - Kalimbeats
J Dilla - Watchin' Smurfs On Shrooms
Jahcoozi - Magnetic Field
Kenny Rankin - Haven't We Met
Les Nubians - Makeda (Dj Spinna Mix)
Manitoba - Jacknuggeted
Polar Bear - Fluffy (I Want You)
Raheem DeVaughn - Guess Who Loves You More
Tosca - Naschkatze
Dialtone - Dehydration*
Kev Brown - Apple Crumb
:brownstudy - This Is What A Moment Can Sound Like*

*RNR artists