Untitled mix #3 from deepseadiving on 8tracks.

Another mix! Enjoy, divers.

 Nick Waterhouse

I remember sitting on the floor of my school gym in 2003 for the Battle of the Bands after this guy played the last set as singer and guitarist for the Intelligista. I remember thinking to myself, "this is the best show I've ever seen." And to be honest, in a nostalgic way it's still up there with the best. The show was complete with a keyboardist shaking a tambourine while riding around on the guitarist's shoulders. The drummer ended the set standing atop dismantled drums, hugging one arm around a snare, beating out a slowed tempo. It was raw, youthful energy and pure showmanship that might only be available to those bands whose careers still exist mostly in excited, half-formed dreams. There was a sense of community in that gym, waves of coolness by association sweeping over the place. There couldn't have been much deliberation about the winners.

Cut to 9 years and several incarnations of bands later, and Nick Waterhouse is still playing music. And something (specifically, this track) tells me that his music and shows have only gotten better.  Nick is a fine wine. Go see his show May 4th at the Newport Nautical Museum.

P.S. If anyone from that band ever googles themselves and finds this, it's been 9 years, and I'm still waiting for that Intelligista record I bought from some shady website.

Happy February, people! Get some sleep and treat yourselves right.

New Mix

I haven't been updating lately, because I am crazy busy going to school and preparing for student teaching. But here is something I made for when I need quiet things. Maybe you will enjoy it, too. Hope you are well! Art by James Abbot McNeill Whistler

Symphony in Grey: Early Morning from deepseadiving on 8tracks.

A Deep Sea Diving Christmas Mix

I found out how to use 8 tracks, so maybe I will be featuring more playlists up here. Thanks to Matt for The Ventures and Irene tunes!

happy songs

Lake- Roger Miller
This song is my favorite off of the album that came out earlier this year, Giving and Receiving. How can any English major resist that first verse. And I'm not even a Hemingway fan. ( ;__; Sorry, gods of the American literary canon).

Here is a beautiful description of the lyrics by Ashley Eriksson of Lake:
The experience of art can be so overpowering. I’m the kind of person that starts crying during the trailers before a movie even starts. Once I went to an art museum and cried uncontrollably while staring at a field painting by Morris Louis. Another feeling that people have when they experience art is that the artist has somehow channeled the listener/viewer or that they are talking about the listener/viewer, personally. Rather than feeling “This is like me” they actually think “This is me.”



Acid House Kings- I Just called to Say (Something in Swedish*)
Dare you to feel sad while listening to this. I dare you.

*for those curious and not linguistically inclined, he is calling to say he loves you. yay, google translate!

elizabeth cotten- oh babe it ain't no lie

open melody 2011 recap

Open Melody 2011 was great fun. If you missed it, here's a recap biased toward my favorite events of the night. Frank Fairfield was my far and away my favorite. Sir Richard Bishop was also amazing, though I was pretty sleepy by the time his set rolled around. And Let's Paint TV was, of course, an entertaining experience! You can see what the audience experienced (or more specifically Mr. Paint, himself) on the point of view video below. Make it out to next year's y'all. And until then keep checking Acrobatics Everyday for more awesome events in the Irvine area.


Frank Fairfield- 9 Pound Hammer


Frank Fairflield- Call Me a Dog When I'm Gone


Sir Richard Bishop of Sun City Girls- Esoterica of Abyssinia


Taken last night by Mr. Paint's helmet camera. Skip to 8:50 for small fire.


More from Let's Paint TV 

the replacements- swingin party

kurt vile- classic rock in spring/freeway in mind

Video flood in honor of the late Bert Jansch

The truly talented Scottish singer-songwriter, Bert Jansch, passed away this past Wednesday after a battle with cancer. His contribution to folk music with Pentangle and through his own work has been prolific, and his style is echoed in the music of his contemporaries and those that followed. 


From the guardian.co.uk:
Those he influence included Jimmy Page, Nick Drake, Graham Coxon, Donovan, Bernard Butler and Paul Simon. According to fellow guitarist Johnny Marr: "He completely reinvented guitar playing and set a standard that is still unequalled today... without Bert Jansch, rock music as it developed in the 60s and 70s would have been very different."

"He is a hero of mine, one of my greatest influences. Bert was one of the all-time great acoustic guitarists and singer songwriters" -Neil Young


The music speaks better than I ever could so I hope you will take a moment to listen. Love you, Bert.







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honey cone

Honey Cone- Want Ad

Oh my gosh, how did I go through life without knowing Honey Cone? Just saw this on related videos, and am super excited. Also, they are super smiley for being cheated on, but props for their sass.

shoorah shoorah

Betty Wright- Shoorah Shoorah
This is one of my all time favorite songs, and this video just shows an added dimension of her fabulous.

strange markings

Mountaintop.mp3 by Strange Markings

fry myself a fine steak, peter cooks the finest meat now

Jess, one of my ~muses~ when I had my show, sent me this. Thanks, Jess!

one more, just for good measure.

you can read annie's behind the scenes take here

Out today!

Everyone and their uncles are excited about St. Vincent's newest release Strange Mercy (out today)! You can stream the whole thing here in case you need convincing.

dango dango dango

song via blushing ambition