KB's "music for straights" trick What's that you say? You're throwing a party and you're pretty sure your houseguests aren't going to want a mix of Skinny Puppy, Sepultura and Aaron Copeland? Well here's your trick, friend: 1) search for "lebanese blonde" 2) Click "start genius mix" 3) That's it! Without even thinking about it, your tony houseguests can sit back drinking cosmos and hearing nothing but those Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Cam, Thievery Corporation and St. Germain records that you mostly only listen to when your friends come over! ___________________________________ Sorry. I mean, obviously I own all that and I enjoy all that and I listen to all that but Thievery Corporation is the only band I can consistently play for the models and lawyers and have them go "what is this? I really like it!" ;-)
That is one of the reasons why the Garden State soundtrack was so popular. To the vast majority of people everything on that was palatable. lol I remember when I bought St. Germain's Boulevard there was a teenage Asian hipster girl ahead of me buying it and a 55 or so year old jazz fan looking black guy behind me with it and a 30 year old white guy in a suit in the middle. I just left a comment on another post about the Stompin' Tom song "Big Joe Muffaraw": "The first time I ever saw this Stompin Tom a few guys I worked in a warehouse with who were in a thrash metal band convinced me to go. Country was not my thing but there were punks, preps, old and old [I meant young] and everyone in between there and it was awesome. Saw him a bunch of more times."
The Garden Dtate soundtrack was essentially a Shins album. It's an amazing album, it was an amazing album well before Zach Braff screamed into the abyss. It annoyed me that all of a sudden everyone I knew was telling me about this new band. -I know, I know, I'm being the "I liked it before it wAs cool" guy.