IDEAOFNORTH

We’ve put together a compilation of tracks from our upcoming 2008 releases, along with a handful of holiday tunes by peapod artists (late, I know) and some extras from our 2007 catalog.

Download a .ZIP file of this entire compilation:
New Year 2008 [140mb]

Thanks to the awesome Martha Kearsley for the photo of Dirty Girl.
Some of these tracks may not be final mixes and/or mastered.

_2008 Preview
Catalyst [Dead End Armory - Hope You’re Good CD]
Four Letter [Hands of the Wrong People]
Prime [Hearts by Darts]
Untitled 1 [R2T2]
Untitled 1 [Brown Bird - Map Room Project CD/Photobook]
Bride and the Doomed [Wesley Hartley]
The Old House [Honey Clouds - Earl Grey Demos CD]
Company [Hearts by Darts]
Party [Hands of the Wrong People]
Breeze [Honey Clouds - Earl Grey Demos CD]
Wooden Overcoat [Dead End Armory - Hope You’re Good CD]
Untitled 2 [R2T2]
Untitled 2 [Brown Bird - Map Room Project CD/Photobook]
Bands Only Solace [Wesley Hartley]

_Holiday
Holiday Fair [Dan Blakeslee]
Rooftops [Hearts by Darts]
Dear Santa [Wesley Hartley]

_2007 Extras
Fever Lift [Dan Blakeslee - Lincoln Street Roughs CD]
Follow and I Shall Flee [Nord Express - Loveland 1995-2005 CD]
Off Eyed Manx [Nathan Halverson - Nurse / Shark CD]
When Your Plane Lands [Trey Hughes - Poplar Street Demos CD]

The biggest surprise of my first trip to the Fenway was the amazing organist. Like a great DJ, he seemed to know exactly what we wanted to hear.

Be My Baby
Feels So Good

I recorded a cover of “Cold Night” for “Decomposing”, the G500 list’s fan tribute CD. Listen to the track, or grab the whole comp for free here.

cassette demo
self-released in 1995
recorded to 4-track cassette at our practice space

cooper [ 4mb mp3 ]
the natural [ 8.3mb mp3 ]
cruiser [ 2.5mb mp3 ]
the walk [ 5.4mb mp3 ]
sweater [ 2.5mb mp3 ]
truly [ 1.7mb mp3 ]
house burnt down / intro [ 13.9mb mp3 ]

[ Fujifilm F30 ]

My pocket camera these days, and probably the camera that sees the most use. The CCD in the F30 (and it’s stripped-down twin, the F20) is sort of known for being larger than comparable digital point & shoots, resulting in a sharper image, and for being usable at higher ISO settings. I like to shoot with available light, and at night outdoors, and I’ve found the F30 to be reasonable when I don’t feel like taking out the Kiev. The Fuji color takes a little getting used to, maybe less hyped/more natural than other manufacturers? I’ve really grown to love it, though, and any of the new digital stuff on this site was shot with this camera.

dpreview
dpreview Fuji forum

[ KIEV 4A ]

My favorite film camera for the past few years is this russian copy of a Contax II rangefinder. I bought a Zeiss/Contax 50.1.5 lens for it that is pretty amazing. Not a Leica, but then I don’t worry about dropping it either.

The history of this camera is pretty fascinating. The entire Zeiss/Ikon/Contax factories including all camera tooling were boxed up and moved from Dresden and Jena to Kiev after WWII. So the Kievs, especially ones produced right after the war, were the exact same cameras as those produced in Germany, although I don’t doubt that QC suffered a little.

info
kiev report

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Audio of the band at Sacred & Profane.

I believe it was the Wells High School band who performed this Beatles medley at the competition.

Beatles marching medley