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Nils Frahm

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February 24, 2012
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When I was little, my parents had a friend named Alan who could play the piano exceptionally well. Whenever Alan would come over, we would beg him to play the piano and he would always agree. I remember specifically a night around dinnertime, Alan was over, and our power went out.  We all went into the living room and he played the piano, in the dark, for what felt like the entire night. Ever since then I have been fascinated with the way the piano sounds. It’s beautiful and there is nothing more remarkable than watching someone play.

Nils Frahm photo via Erased Tapes

I wanted to share the video below of German composter, Nils Frahm, playing the piano. It is pretty epic. I can only imagine what it felt like to be in that room with him while he played.

Click on the image to watch the video.

You can learn more about Nils Frahm and listen to more his music here.  It’s so worth it!

Sing it!

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February 17, 2012
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I have a notoriously horrible voice.  For real.  Can’t carry a tune to save my life.  Nonetheless, sometimes nothing feels better than to turn on some music and belt your heart out!  Enter the genius of karaoke.  I can’t say I do a lot of karaoke but this should in no way be mistaken for a failure to appreciate its beauty.  The golden combination of a mike in your hand and optimal song selection can spell nothing short of soul satisfaction!

As I’ve already alluded, the joys of karaoke need not be reserved for the activity itself.  Simple reflection on song selection of karaokes past can be quite entertaining itself.  As such, I recently polled some friends on their “go-to karaoke song” and marveled in the responses.  Awesomeness!

Abby – “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz

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Wes – “Dr. Feelgood” by Motley Crue

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Monica – “Thriller” or anything by Michael Jackson

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Brian – “Return to Innocence” by Enigma

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Marjorie – “Your Love” by The Outfield

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and as for the two of us…

Farrell – “Real Love” by Mary J. Blige

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Lauren – “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson

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What’s your go-to selection??

Music To Your Ears: Songs We Love

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February 14, 2012
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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone.  We wanted to offer a little token of our love for you today, so we have complied a playlist of songs we LOVE!  What more can we say?!  We love to love to love ya!

Tracklist:
1. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss – Built To Spill
2. Safari Disco Club – Yelle
3. Laid – James
4. Airplanes – Local Natives
5. Dancing In The Moonlight – King Harvest
6. Nantes – Beirut
7. At The Hop – Devendra Banhart
8. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Otis Redding
9. Little Bit – Lykke Li
10. Money Box (Jamie xx Remix) – Eliza Doolittle
11. Dance Yourself Clean – LCD Soundsystem

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Music to Your Ears: White Mustard

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February 7, 2012
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Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my greatest honor to introduce you to White Mustard. Every time White Mustard releases a new playlist I get excited.  This week he has made a special themed playlist for Sister Disco! Can you guess the theme? To check out other White Mustard playlists such as Spicy Brown, Cray Poupon, etc. visit his tumblr. Sometimes all you need is a mustard seed.

WHITE MUSTARD – Sister Disco Mix

1. Azealia Banks – Liquorice
2. Ciara – Deuces (Nguzunguzu Remix)
3. Nicki Minaj – Roman in Moscow
4. Rihanna (Sammy Bananas Re-Edit) – Rude Boy
5. Janet Jackson – Go Deep
6. PJ Harvey – The Words that Maketh Murder
7. Fiona Apple – Paper Bag
8. Amy Winehouse – The Girl from Ipanema
9. Mark Ronson (ft. ODB & Tiggers) – Toxic (Britney Cover)
10. Suzanne Kraft (not really a girl) – Femme Cosmic
11. Salt ‘N’ Peppa & En Vogue – Whatta Man

Having trouble playing the playlist? Go here to listen.

Music To Your Ears: Matt!

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January 20, 2012
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I met Matt a couple of years ago through a friend. Since then, I have followed his photography and see him at parties from time to time. I always knew he was awesome, but it wasn’t until he dj’ed a party I was at that I realized he is the coolest. It was one of the best dance parties I have been a part of. So without further ado, here is playlist from Matt.  Get on your feet and dance!

1) Azealia Banks – 212
2) Missy Elliott – She’s a Bitch
3) Little Dragon – Please Turn
4) Wham – Everything She Wants (Morgan Geist Edit)
5) Lauryn Hill – Lost Ones
6) Ghost Town DJs – My Boo
7) Twin Shadow – Castles In The Snow (Com Truise Remix)
8) Selena Gomez – Love You Like A Love Song
9) I’m Not A Band – Crazy (MMMatthias Remix)
10) Katy B – Easy Please Me
11) Janet Jackson – Son of a Gun (Original Beat Remix)
12) Melt – Don’t Leave Me This Way
13) The Boomtown Rats – (Tell Me Why) I Don’t Like Mondays

Winter Blues to Winter Moves

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January 18, 2012
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I started doing dance cardio workouts at the beginning of November. The workout is not a dance routine by any means, it’s more of a jump-around-and-let-loose-for-30-minutes kind of thing. If you asked me a couple of months ago to do some dance cardio, I would have laughed at you and said no, thank you. I would have thought it would be lame, hard and cheesy. But now, it’s my remedy for the winter blues. As we say in our family, “first you mock the position, then you are IN the positon”.

You see, I am a self disagnosed member of the SAD (Season Affect Disorder) community. If you are like me, and the idea of dreary skies and dark days makes you want to tear up, then you can understand the extremes one would take to get through the winter. Of course, I have a respect for the seasons and the time to hybernate, but at what cost. Not MY happiness. So, the two things that are getting my through this winter are Vitamin D and dance cardio.

I usually start my workouts thinking about “my problem of the day” but by the end of my workout I am almost always thinking about how awesome my friends are or how grateful I am for my parents. This is what having private party with myself every day has done for me. It has brought me gratitude during a season in which I am generally down. It has also made me more loving to the people who allow me to be carefree, cause truth is, I AM strengthening my heart.

As for the music:

I listen to Girl Talk’s most recent album “All Day” when I dance. Girl Talk’s music is perfect for dancing. Jacob Krupnick made a video for the entire “All Day” album of people dancing all over New York City. His project was made to inspire people to dance more (which is what I am also trying to do here!). You should definitely check the whole video out, but here are two of my favorite tracks:

Music to Your Ears: Holly’s Picks

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January 13, 2012
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We would like to introduce you to our wonderful (and fellow curly-haired) friend, Holly. Holly has great taste in general, and specifically in music. She put together this playlist for each of us to enjoy over the weekend. So get it started and Happy Friday! Thanks, Holly!!

The Zombies – Year
Ben Sollee – A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)
Black Keys – Never Give You Up
Braids – Plath Heart
Crayon Fields – Take Me Where the Light Isn’t Cruel
Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (Bibio Remix)
Islands – This Is Not A Song
Karen O – Mammas Dont Let Your Babies
Lissy Trullie – Madeleine
Mina Tindle – To Carry Many Small Things
Sharon Van Etten – Serpents
The Love Language -Britneys Back

Farewell, 2011

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December 30, 2011
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Throughout the year, we love to listen to NPR’s All Songs Considered for updates on new music. At the end of each year, they dedicate a couple of shows to review the entire year in music. They also poll listeners and compile a Listener’s Top 100 Songs of 2011. If you have a chance this holiday weekend, take some time to listen online and pay homage to the great music of 2011.

Here are a couple of our favorite songs from this year:

Go Outside by Cults

Beirut – Goshen

Home – Mumford and Sons

James Blake – Wilhelm Scream

The Black Keys – Lonely Boy

Britney Spears – Dance Til The World Ends

And our favorite
Monster Rally – Surf Erie

Monster Rally – Surf Erie from Tyler Coray on Vimeo.

Music to Your Ears: So This Is Christmas

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December 20, 2011
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We each selected a few of our favorite seasonal tunes and put together a playlist to help get you into the Christmas spirit.  We hope the holidays are treating you well!
Love, Sister Disco!


1. Jingle Bell Rock — Bobby Helms
2. Put the Lights on the Tree — Sufjan Stevens
3. Merry Christmas Baby — Otis Redding
4. Happy Christmas (War is Over) — John Lennon
5. White Christmas — The Drifters
6. It’s Christmas — Coconut Records
7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus — The Ronettes
9. Baby It’s Cold Outside — Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone
10. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) — Darlene Love
11. Last Christmas — Wham!

Music To Your Ears: Monster Rally

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December 7, 2011
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Happy Birthday Teds! We wanted to celebrate our little brother today by sharing with you a mix he made for us all.  Here’s to you Teddy!  You have been the coolest since the day you were born.  We love you!

Tracklist:
Monster Rally – Ghosts (edit)
Yalls – Germs
Strong Arm Steady – Chittlins & Pepsi
The Mighty Hannibal – Fishin’ Pole
Charlie Electric Guitar Band’s Sound of Japan – Diamond
Vanilla – C’mon
Rimar – WAYS
MF DOOM – Eucalyptus/Poo-Putt Plater
Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana
Madlib – Anthenagin’
Octopus Jones – Orgasma
Madvillian – 3.214
The Caretaker – A Relationship With The Sublime

Also, be sure to check out Monster Rally’s bandcamp page here