L.A. RECORD Mix by Princeton [Download here]

Jens Lekman “Me On The Beach” (Nagisa Ni Te cover)
The 6ths “Falling Out Of Love With You”
Jorge Ben “Oba, La Vem Ela”
The Shins “Turn On Me”
Harmonia “Dino”
Bill Fay “Down To The Bridge”
The Zombies “Care of Cell 44″
The Trees Community “The Parable of the Mustard Seed”
Cody ChestnuTT “Look Good In Leather”

Where do you all live now?
Right now all of us live together in a house in Eagle Rock with Matt’s girlfriend and a large golden doodle named Paddington. Paddington was recently caught on the couch watching TV by himself. He’s a crazy dog!
What was the first show you ever played as a band? Where was it and when?
We played a show at a place called the 12 Bar Club in London. The set-up there was really strange because there was this terrace with seats that sort of hung right onto the middle of the stage. So while we were performing, we basically had to stare right at the front of this terrace while people watched the show from above and below. I also wore this black suit that was a bit over the top for such an intimate venue.
What’s the weirdest show you ever played?
I think the weirdest show we played would have to be our second show ever. After our first show, one of Ben’s friends at his university in London told him that she was putting on a variety show at the school and that we should play. When we got there we realized it was put on by the Indian Student Union and all of the acts were doing these Bollywood sketches and songs. It took place in this rather large auditorium and at the time we had a very folk-oriented set up. One of the highlights of the show was a Michael Jackson impersonator followed by an Indian love duet. We were somehow sandwiched in between these acts but people seemed to like it!
Who was the first person you ever sold a record to?
I’m not sure who the first person to buy an album of ours was, but I do remember the first show with our high school band where we sold CDs. It was at a coffee shop in Santa Monica and we sold these really dreadful CD-Rs for $10 apiece to unsuspecting friends and family. The music and sound quality was so bad that we probably should have been paying them to take them instead of the other way around. That first CD-R still exists somewhere today … I would pay good money to have it incinerated.
If you could cover one L.A. band’s song, whose would it be and why?
Probably something by Bodies Of Water. They’re a great band and it would give us an excuse to make something really epic and grand. We haven’t done that in a while.
What was the last song everyone in the band listened to together?
“Maple Leaves” by Jens Lekman.
What is the best album that everyone in the band owns?
Yankeehotelfoxtrot.
What would you buy if we gave you $13 and why?
A small $6 watch to help me keep better track of time, a 25 cent temporary tattoo for fashion purposes, a $1 box of paperclips, $2 worth of donuts, a $3 album at Don’s Music, and 75 cents for a pack of Gobstoppers, which I haven’t eaten in years.
What’s the best record any of you scored for $1?
The Replacements’ Tim, though the copy was $1 because it had been scorched in a fire. The vinyl was still pretty smoky and the jacket had been partially burned off, but other than that it played great. I also found a similarly damaged copy of Hootenanny and Pleased To Meet Me that day. Apparently the dude whose house was burned down was a big Replacements fan … big enough to flee the house with a copy of Let It Be in his arms, which was frustratingly omitted from the collection of singed albums.

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