Every time I'm on the phone with Barbara from Pacific Weddings, I find myself wishing I could pull a Freaky Friday so I could selfishly be topless on the North Shore. Until I book a Hawaiian wedding (hint, hint), I've tossed together a mix that helps me cope. On a more lackadaisical day, I'd just listen to all my Jack Johnson albums straight though to cure my yearning for the Aloha State; however, what kind of mix would that be??? Jamie Delaine is my 800th commenter and will receive $10 in an iTunes or Amazon gift certificate...it pays to give your two cents :-)

"I love being in love" has just been granted its 15 minutes of fame in my extensive archive of favorite movie lines. This comes courtesy of a flick I can't bring myself to type in the annals of the world wide web solely for the fact that I don't want Google matchmaking "FRED EGAN" with a movie that rhymes with "The Motherhood of Babbling Aunts...2" The context of the quote was delivered in a caravan of questions such as, "Do you think there's just one person out there we're meant to love?" and "Have you ever been in love?" The answer from which I mine my new aphorism.

This week's mix thrives on a collision between alternative music and electronic elements such as keys, synth and voice manipulation. Born out of a need to bring you the Black Kids, AlternaTronic flows quite nicely. Notable favorites of mine include The Bird and the Bees, MGMT, Vampire Weekend and The Ting Tings...OK, they're all good or else they wouldn't be on the mix ;-)

Thank you, to all of you, that voted for me in Blu's Photographer of the Year award. Although I didn't win, the award did go to my dear friends (and fellow Mammoth Man) Amelia and Justin Lyon. Check out their work, well deserved guys :-)

I'm a geek in countless ways but I get a kick out of seeing my name in print.