I’ve fixed my last headphone, answer my last phone with Ultrasone this is…., issued my last return authorization and posted my last headphone related post. I’ve cleaned out my desk and sent my goodbye email. I even took my dirty dishes back where they go. This sucks it really,really unimaginably sucks. It feels like I’m saying goodbye to a family member. And three sisters. I’m gonna miss this crappy shed that leaks when it rains. Dear life….please improve soon.
So I’ve been pondering this post for several weeks, editing it, rewriting it as things change. I think i’m ready to let it go now, that I can see the end. For the past three years to the month I’ve worked for and with some of the best people you’re ever likely to meet, distributing a german made product in the western hemisphere and unfortunately it’s coming to an end. Basically we were so successful, that the german company that makes our product decided that they wanted not a bigger piece of our market, but our entire market. They think they can do better than us which is laffable in the least. So they came over, set up their own distribution company on the west coast and terminated our distribution agreement over some ridiculous, trumped up claims. But they haven’t taken the time to understand how we did what we did. They haven’t taken the time to realize that their product, though good, wasn’t really that important to how we did what we did. It was always about doing something great, having enthusiasm and showing that to people and making them want to be a part of it. I think if you can truly believe in what your doing, success will take care of itself.
So the last few months has been fighting for the life of our company and consequently, when we realized we couldn’t make it work anymore, dismantling that company, selling off all of our assets and starting the process of finding other jobs. It all just sucks, cause we’ve all poured ourselves into this company and this product and to have that just destroyed by someone who’s only looking at the bottom line. You’re always told work hard and nothing can stop you, but it seems like greed and lies won this round. In the end though, I’m kinda glad not to be working for them anymore, if this is the way they treat people who do well for them, I can’t see why anyone with half a brain would want to work for them anyways. Bastards. I’m sad to see it go, I keep telling myself change is good and something else will open up. It helps sometimes and other times not. I hope that we can resurrect this thing in the future. It would be great to show up with a new product and be more successful than ever and throw that in their faces.
So I made this mix back on the 4th of July but just never got around to putting it up. I’m a lazy/non- blogger. Anyways, here’s some tracks for summer listening. Stuff I’ve discovered this summer, stuff that reminds me of summers past, stuff thats just hot. All these songs are better in the car, at loud volume with your hand out the window. Even better if you can piss someone off with you music. I’m not posting mp3s cause mp3s suck arse. Send me a message if you want and I’ll send you a cd or something. Its a much more visceral experience that way. Or go buy the music yourself and support the musicians who made it in the first place. I promise there no crap in here. Unless you have bad taste.
1. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine)-James Brown-Old but definetly not busted.
2. He Can only hold her-Amy Winehouse- A little new hotness.
3. Midnight Rounders-Sean Hayes- A little jazzy, folky song. Great for getting ready to go somewhere.
4. Strange Magnificent Noise-Grand National-Great grooving, chill but not music. Roll down your windows to this and wave your hand in the air.
5.Face to face- Daft Punk- Old track I rediscovered lately. Lovely
6. Daft Punk is Playing at My House- Yeah, I went there. Great song. I miss playing house parties.
7. Surf Wax America- Weezer- This reminds me of summer. Period.
8. You Gotta Dance(With who you came with)- The Hold Steady- Great dirty rock
9. Anything you want- Spoon- I can remember this feeling.
10. Do me a Favour- Arctic Monkeys- Angry summer music. Very cathartic. Great build-up
11. The Fitted Shirt- Spoon- Again I really like this band
12. Rusty Cage- Johnny Cash- Well duh.
13. Halloweenhead- Ryan Adams- New Music. One of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time. Seriously
14. The Man- Pete Yorn- Is it wrong to put Ryan Adams and Pete Yorn back to back? I think not
15. I Hear a Symphony- Matthew Ryan- This helps to try and make some sense of the world in general.
16. All my Friends- LCD Soundsystem- Just shut up and drive. This is leg-en-dary
17. Start a War- The National- I don’t know. I just like it.
18. My Name is Jonas- Weezer. What you think I’d puss out at the end. Its a summer mix after all. Not a freaking piano recital. I remember listening to this song riding my bike to the pool many years ago. The workers are going home……
