RECSPEC

One Hundred Degrees and Rising.

lau — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:33:20 +0000

Our very own DJ Kon Karne (aka, Dave) mixed this month’s Kon Karne’s Butcher Shop with The Bear podcast, and it can now be enjoyed right here. Half of the tracks this month are musicians and bands that we know, and Texas based. Roll call: Ernest Gonzales / DJ Nick Nack / Butcher Bear & Charlie / Reaganometry / Freshmillions feat. Sam Chown. The rest of the tracks are national/international acts, including one of our new favourites: Gayngs.

We really feel like that (as far as beats and production go) we’re entering a second golden age of hip hop, and that’s kind of what the majority of this mix is all about.

Click below to listen:

You can hear more like this live on August 27th at Rio Rita. Its always free, and always fun. We’ll see you on the patio.

Filler.

lau — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:12:41 +0000

Sorry for the radio-silence on ye’old blog — we’ve just upgraded WordPress making the whole process that much easier (and prettier). We’ve also got a new website in the works, so once that goes live, you can expect a lot more bloggery (Is that a word? We like to think so.) So for some fun blog-filler, here are a few of our recent poster designs to feast your eyes upon. Keep an eye out here, as we’ll be announcing our new fun Halloween party that’s currently in the works in the next few weeks as well.

Until then…

More can be seen at our Flickr.

Recspec is for lovers.

lau — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:48:08 +0000

Our Valentine’s Day party for our most recent mix, The Mouth is For to Fuck, was met with wind and freezing temperatures, but we still managed to warm hearts with our eclectic array of love songs and lots of hugs. Here are some pictures from the night — thanks to all who came out, and especially to Amelia, whose tidy cloths and dirty Valentine booth were a huge hit.

More at our Flickr.

The Mouth is for to Fuck

lau — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:37:39 +0000

The second in a series of themed mixes by Recspec is now available online. Its music to get your naughty bits excited to, so we hope you enjoy it. Here’s the tracklisting:

1. Rubber City – Perdita
2. Wanda Jackson – You Don’t Know Baby
3. Serge Gainsbourg – En Melody
4. Issac Hayes – The Feeling Just Keeps On Coming
5. Bobby “Blue” Bland – I’ve Just Got To Forget About You
6. Nina Simone – I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Live)
7. Nouvelle Vague – In A Manner Of Speaking
8. Juliette LeBlanc – Theme from “Nights of Sin”
9. Billie Holiday – Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)?
10. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Come On Over (Turn Me On)
11. James Brown – It’s A Man’s World
12. Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra – Some Velvet Morning
13. Can – She Brings The Rain
14. Air – Le Voyage De Penelope
15. Curtis Mayfield – We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
16. Otis Redding – Cigarettes and Coffee
17. Kool and The Gang – Summer Madness
18. Faith No More – Midnight Cowboy

If you like what you hear, please support these amazing artists and buy their music. The mix can be downloaded for free, here. Happy Valentines Day to all you lovers out there!

3rd Annual Christmas Sweater Champagne Jam

lau — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:15:40 +0000

The pictures from our yearly bad sweater party are now online! Thanks a lot to Alison Narro for taking photos, as always. Here’s some of our favorites, and the rest can be seen here or by clicking on any of the pictures below.

Happy New Years from Recspec.

lau — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:44:07 +0000

Here’s to 2010 being full of all things amazing and good. It being the year of the tiger is a pretty good start.

xx,
Recspec

From The Ladle to The Grave winners!

lau — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:43:52 +0000

Congratulations to Leana and Lee who took 1st and 2nd place at our little soup competition this past weekend. And thank you so much to everyone that came out, and to everyone that made soup. So many delicious soups were there, I wish we could have given everyone a trophy.

There was a tie for 2nd, and as we all know, the only way to solve any tie breaker is with JARTS! They’re illegal!

Zorch and friends also played a couple improv soup sets through the night. Thanks, guys, it sounded great. A handful of more pictures can be seen over at our flickr.

Season of The Witch Release Party

lau — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:17 +0000

Thank you to everyone that came out to Rio Rita last night to celebrate the release of our first mix CD, Season of The Witch. We hope that everyone that got a copy enjoys it, and if you feel a spirit possessing you while listening – it’s best to just accept it.

We set up an altar to incant all that we could, and offered our sounds up to the gods. Pictures below.

A few more on our flickr.

Season of The Witch

lau — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:25:27 +0000

Our first mix CD in a series of themed mixes we are doing is now available here. It was a serious labour of love and effort and we are so excited to have the final product in our hot little hands. Thank you so much to Ben Webster, Affordable Sound, Dave and Snowman, Scott Cannon, and everyone else that helped make it possible.

More info is here. And for those of you who are local, the info for the release party is here.

Santisima Muerte

lau — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:33:26 +0000

Dia de los Muertos is one of our favorite holidays, and for the second year in a row, we’ve carved a pumpkin depicting some skellington friends. This year we decided on making a skeleton lady (last year was the Duke), as inspired by a mural put up on 5th street downtown for the Dia de los Muertos festivites a few days ago. Sadly, I didn’t have our camera on hand, but the lovely Angeliska got a couple of beautiful shots:

(Another view)

These beautiful ladies made me want to make one of my own, and below are the results. A little rough, but this is only my second (!) pumpkin carving ever – with the help of Dave of course. We also found this wonderful Santisimia Muerta (The Holy Dead) candle that seemed all too fitting for the festivities. You can view the whole set on flickr here.

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