Shuting down the Blog

Hi all,

We are sad to say that 'A Modern Guide to Music' is no more. We are preempting any legal ramifications for this blog and ceasing publication. Since we have not posted any new material in almost a year both David and I thought that it would be best if we just shut it down. Instead of posting music to download, we will be putting up a streeming playlist.

Thank you all for visiting our petite adventure,

A Modern Guide to Music

Hotter Than a Match's Head

Sounds of summer. Mixing silly, absurd, and of course the so-obvious it becomes rare again. Seriously, who puts Dylan on a mix? This is the sound of Harlem, the sound of too many long nights, and the unending humidity. Enjoy.

MegaUpload Mix

1.El Chombo - Macarron Chacarron
2.MGMT - Kids
3.Mika - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
4.Blodnie - The Tide is High
5.Nik Freitas - All The Way Down
6.Phoenix - Rally
7.Glass Candy - Beatific
8.Brazilian Girls - Pussy
9.Bob Dylan - I Want You
10.Johnny McGovern - Soccer Practice
11.Lissy Trullie - Self-Taught Learner

Aggie Mix

I have completed my Agricultural Mix and now bring it to you in the month of July.

Enjoy.

Alright | Adam Carroll

Will the Circle be Unbroken | Weary Boys

Stealin’ Alive | The Wood Brothers

High on a Mountain Top | Loretta Lynn

Great Big | Jon Jackson

Mr. Record Man | Heybale

One More Day | The Wood Brothers

Caroline | Old Crow Medicine Show

Only Jesus | Weary Boys

Been Down This Road | Railroad Earth

The Cuckoo | Bob Dylan

Lost Highway | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

High Heeled Homewrecker | The Rizdales

Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | Hank Williams

Sly and the Family Stone | Hayman Wattkins Trout and Lee

Deer in the Headlights | Adam Puddington

Love’s Gonna Live Here Again | Uncle Tupelo

Africa

I spent April huddled in the recesses of my desk worming away at projects while the days whittled away. I also spent April pouring over music from Africa. Here is a celebratory mix to get you ready for late spring to early summer:

1. Dounuya | Mamabou Diabate

2. Oge | Allan Family

3. Tougnègnè | Manou Fofana

4. Track1 | Mahmoud Guinia

5. Track 13 | Wakimbizi

6. Water No Get Enemy | Fela Kuti

7. Bonde | Ali Farka Toure-Ry Cooder

8. Virunga Pt 1 | Orchestra Virunga

9. Awon-Ojise-Oluwa | Gasper Lawal

10. Virunga Pt 2 | Orchestra Virunga

11. Mariama | Boubacar Traore

12. Bara Et Golo | Mariam Bagayogo

Get it

Modern Guide: Marx et Coca-Cola

France loves American pop culture. Americans and New Zealanders love to sound French. The intermingling of these creates among the grossest artifacts of modern life. So! A mix to celebrate!

A.RI.SE

So in celebration of the expansion of the Modern Guide Staff, an excerpt from Bobby Seale's Seize the Time (1970):

"[W]e left and said, "Later for the punks," jive motherfuckers at the college. We just went to the streets, where we should have been in the first place--those four or five years that preceded this showed us that--and Huey, the brother off the block, had never really left the streets at all."

Track Listing:
1.R.D. Burman w/Asha Boshle and Kishore Kumore - Aa Dekhen Jara (edit)
2.Tolcha - Rising Tides (feat. Rider Shafique and RQM)
3.Mika - Rin Ring
4.Sleeping States - Rivers (Edit)
5.Destroyer - Rivers
6.Sebastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear (SebastiAn Remix)
7.Sexy Sushi - Sex Appeal
8.Von Südenfed - Serious Brainskin
9.Berlin - Sex Me, Talk Me
10.Lissy Trullie - Self Taught Learner

Spring

Hello all,

I apologize once again for the extended delay. This one was a doozy. Well its spring and time for a fun, boogy down mix. I don't recommend dancing (ever). Now I present Spring Mix:

Build Me Up – Rhymefest & O.D.B.

Burning Down the House – Talking Heads

Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter – Nina Simone

25 Miles – Edwin Starr

Trampoline – The Grates

Just a Friend – Biz Markie

Black Beatles (Beatles vs. Black-Eyed Peas vs. Ludacris vs. Kelis

Frontier Psychiatrist – Avalanches

Homecoming – Kanye West ft. Chris Martin

We are Jalouse – Fatale

Bohemian Rhapsody – Flaming Lips

Concrete and Clay – Jurassic 5