Once More Again
I am an addict. I have a hugely addictive personality. I do the damn thing. I play the game. When something strikes me, I fall into it head over heels. I am not talking about drugs or alcohol necessarily, but anything that gives me a rush. There's something about my heart skipping a beat that I can't get enough of. The thrill of the drop on a rollercoaster... The way she draws back after we kiss, that loss of breath like the carbonation from a soda getting to you, and the way one scent of her perfume can make your heart race like that bad cocaine you can only get out on the road (I never said I was a saint!).... The feeling of that third whiskey and water, the one that makes you personable enough to make friends at the bar with an old cowboy... The way I feel when an empty room packs up and goes nuts to the music I'm playing over the soundsystem. All those are relative things to me, and it's all these things, within the moment, that you never take the time to appreciate. All of these rushes that you just forego thinking too far into, and ride them on out until the feeling is gone, and then what? The prospect of these things fleeing forever really scares me. All of these addictions in my life compel me to obsessively analyze and maintain every aspect to be on an equal playing field of emotional security, and it takes its toll on me mentally. Addiction soaks up my blood like garlic toast sharing a plate with a rare steak, and now it's time to take a bite and get my strength back. I now know that nothing in this life is permanent, nothing is a guarantee (including tomorrow), and that I need to appreciate each and every time my blood rushes and my heart races, because one day it's all gonna be gone, and none of this will matter. This mix is about music that speaks to me on a deeper level than raging hard and partying, which in previous mixes, I've conveyed to the fullest. In the past, I have done my best work immediately following tragedy or heartbreak, and used it as a positive rebound. Why is it that a person usually does their best work when they're feeling the lowest? I'm definitely over that mindset, and this is me paying tribute to the good things while the gettin's good, son. This is music that speaks to me from the heart, and makes me feel the rush of having a soul and being alive. This mix is dedicated to all the good and beautiful things around me in my life, and this is my way of my way of making my ears feel good like the things I'm addicted to, make my spirit feel. This mix is full of melodies and sounds that make me think about how much I really love life and the way I feel on those days where I've got nothing but time to sit in the blowing grass and enjoy the wind in my hair and enjoy the company the people around me, because these good times are few and far between. I'm not Jim Croce, but if I could put time in a bottle, I would bottle all of those high times up and drink a six pack with you on on a warm spring day and reminisce on the days gone by that shaped us all. I swear, we could watch the sunset and I wouldn't even smash the bottles at the end..... This is the closest I can get to that so I hope you can turn it on and take a sip....This mix is about appreciating those good things around me, and appreciating the people I love while I am here on this earth. This is also the first mix that I recorded by myself, on a warm sunny day with nothing but love in my heart and a smile on my face. My gift to you. Pour me another one for the road, get ready for the drop, hold on tight, and give me one last kiss, because I just want to feel that rush, that loss of breath... I wanna feel my heart skip a beat just Once More Again.....
I would also like to dedicate this mix to the memory of our beloved friend Arnie Benson who passed away the day after I recorded it. The world is such a better place for having people like Arnie grace its presence, if only temporarily, and he will be greatly missed. I will always cherish the times we had with such a good guy on our side helping out. I hope you're keeping the line in order at the pearly gates! Sneak me in the back entrance if I'm not on the guestlist, please. :) Rest in peace, brother. Seeya when I get there.
Tracklist
Tracklisting:
Zombie Prom Night- Richie Beretta
Midnight walk- Barretso
This Momentary- Delphic (lightsoverLA remix)
To Kingdom Come- Passion Pit (grum vocal remix)
Echoes- Pink Floyd (dj kue remix)
Riddle of Steel- Guns N bombs (classix remix)
Radio- Felix Da Housecat (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Engine- La Priest (erol alkan's transonic remix)
Lovefool- The cardigans (barletta edit)
Half in love- Mystery Jets (foamo remix)
Autumn- John Dahlback
Always- Bent (dj kue remix)
Drop out- Barletta & Gianni Marino
Beautiful Life- Gui Boratto
None Shall Pass- Aesop rock (the hood internet remix)
Sweet Lullaby- Deep Forest (nature's dancing remix)
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Diggin this mix man, nothin but great tracks, just realized I couldn't stop movin to it while browsing the web, keep it up!!! I've always enjoyed your stuff! I've seen you in Frisco before and you rocked the place.
thanks brother much appreciated! :)