This post must begin with an overdue public thank you to Gimme Noise. Their local mixtape roundup is letting me feel like a much stronger embodiment of the Twin Cities than should be allowed for someone who has such a difficult time remembering to follow the Twins.
The Giving Tree from Greg Grease is one of the many excellent source mixtapes represented in the mixtape roundup. In addition to some laid-back beats and verses still ringing in my decidedly inexpert ears, The Giving Tree also includes tracks featuring production by a certain Noam the Drummer, formerly of Radio K's Beat Box. It's good stuff, and I was especially pleased to hear Mr. Grease digging deep on the final track. "Wizards of the Coast" seems to be a track that Tom Waits originally recorded for Rain Dogs but omitted from the official release. A shame, really.
Greg Grease feat. Vance Astrovick - Wizards of the Coast
Tom Waits - Singapore
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Mr. Waits did his own fair share of embodying the Twin Cities. I could go for a prostitute-named donut right about now.
Tom Waits - 9th & Hennepin
And, of course, I'm looking forward to Valentine's Day.
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