February 11th, everyone! On this day in 1978, China officially uncensored the works of Aristotle, Dickens and Shakespeare. So next time you bitch about Mel Gibson's poor portrayal of Hamlet, remember how lucky you are to even know Hamlet.And now, the playlist:
1st Hour
FemBots - Good Days [mp3]
Metric - Help I'm Alive (Acoustic)
Bon Iver - For Emma [mp3]
Buck 65 - Paper Airplanes (feat. Jenn Grant)
Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper [mp3]
Hollerado - Hard Love
Hey Rosetta! - There's An Arc
Forest City Lovers - Pirates (Can't All Sail the Indian Ocean)
Matt and Kim - Daylight [mp3]
Cloud Cult - Everybody Here Is A Cloud
Born Ruffians - Red Elephant
2nd Hour
Dirty Projectors and David Byrne - Knotty Pine
Said the Whale - Lady Hourglass, Your Head's On Fire
Young Rival - Ghost in the Park [myspace]
Wintermitts - DANS
Oh No Forest Fires - You Know What That Is... Trouble
The Glasses - Paper Airplanes
Arms - Whirring [myspace]
Polymaths - Duet
Ruby Coast - More Than Television
Vulture Whale - Tote It All To Cleveland, AL
The Von Blondies - Pale Bride [mp3]
Matt and Kim - Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare
The Thermals - Now We Can See [mp3]
Whale Tooth - Hibernation Song
