Dark months mixtape

I call them the dark months for obvious reason: The sunlit days are shorter, and the nights are longer...giving way to the darker side of the story telling tradition. It's not neccesarily about the evil side of us, but rather the side that is more connected to the spirit of our ancestors. At this time in the farming cycle most plants shrink up their outer resources to preserve energy. Some plants such as root vegetables direct their energy(sunlight) that they have been collecting(green plants) directly underground(potatos, yams, turnips etc.)where the energy will stay still for the time being(starch=sugar=energy). Others blast it out in one final attempt to spread their seeds(pumpkins). It's a glorious time for those tending to their fields over the summer months(ask me about my ankle tattoo).

Samhain/Halloween/Dios de Muertes.

Halloween, that day that New Yorkers embrace so freely their true freaky selves, falls about the time that the autumn harvest has been sown, the seeds collected, the fruits preserved. We have spent so much energy absorbing all this energy(infinite hard drive space) and it has to go Somewhere. CAn I say it? Dare I Say Introspection?

After the harvest is rest, and good deep sleep deserves a nice dream. But, wait our dreams are not always nice...

Here are some links to videos showing some artists who have managed to bring their dream lives to our lives (our reality?)Plesae pardon the 90's references, but we have since entered the time of perpetual fantasy:

Bjork/where is the line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KPIvAg7va4

Siouxie and the banshees/passenger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nAON-MwUPY

Foo Fighters/Everlong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y

NIN/Closer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTFwQP86BRs

Florence and The Machine/Dog days: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid24273280001?bclid=24196531001&bctid=70283611001

Morphine/Early To Bed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zw1Bli1jbc

And as a nod to the coming season of light...Keep dancing!

Animal Collective/Winters Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXSRZ1esX_g

Miriam Makeba/Pata pata: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCc61z9IFu4

Fatboy Slim_Praise you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULVQOneeZE

Garbage/cherry lips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqaUZkf52fs

No matter how high or low you are know that we are all here on earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrk4uJHW-Ec