Survival Soundtrack 10 - Shove it

So the survival party came, and it went. The issue should be out in stores by Black Friday. Special thanks goes out to Andrew W.K., Tony O'Neill, Lucid, Littlefield and everyone else who made it out. For now, I'll leave you with the last survival soundtrack pick. Enjoy.



-Kastoory

Survival Soundtrack 7 - Honey

I love the random warm weather days, where everyone in New York is walking down the street with a little smile on their face.
This soundtrack pick is inspired by an article in the upcoming issue, about rooftop honey bees, a little piece of nature heaven in the industrial concretesville that is Brooklyn.



- Kastoory

Survival Soundtrack 6: Kiss-Off

Five years ago this is what I had to say:

"There is empty space between us in the shape of a boy who used to live and laugh with us and we don't know how to live with it so we live
around it."

Sometimes, survival is about the ones who are no longer with us, but whose memories are our best motivators. Todays survival pick is dedicated to the person whose memory constantly motivates me. This is the song we would always sing together, and it captured every nuance between betrayal and letting go.



-Kastoory

Survival Soundtrack 4- Oversaturation

Okay so this survival pick is definitely not new, but I remember listening to this song as a young tyke, and feeling like I could beat up all the bullies who made fun of me for my accent (I am an immigrant after all).
I know that MJ is dead, and people have been playing his songs like cuh-razy. But that is all a testament to survival. He survived his own crazy hectic life to produce some really sustainable work. It gives all of us epic-life-mongers hope, that when we die, some dj will play one of our songs over and over and over again so nobody can forget about us. Or something... leave me alone, it's thirsty Thursday.



-Kastoory

Survival Soundtrack 3: you're invited

That's right Pompers, you are all invited! Party Hard! (Andrew WK reference)
All I can say about this days survival pick has already been said, much better than I could ever put it, in the comment section of the video on Youtube. Where eminy07 wrote: "ah this song makes me feel not so alone when i feel sad! thank you belle and sebastian. YOU UNDERSTAND!"

Well put eminy07, well put.



-Kastoory

Who Will Survive Today?

My scientific-minded, unspiritual husband thinks I’m in a number worshipping cult. My obsession (which actually started before we met 3 years ago) is wrapped around elevens; a pair of them to be precise.

Seeing these numbers began whenever I looked at the digital clock near my bedside at night or on the computer screen in my office during the day. I always caught a glimpse of the time just as it turned 11:11. The numbers stared at me as if they had never changed.

When 11:11 or 111 or 1:11 began appearing on receipts, flight numbers and locations of buildings, I knew it was no longer specific to me. A quick google search demonstrated that I was right, in fact there were hundreds of books written on the subject.

There are many theories about the number 11, one of which belongs to the Mayans. An advanced society who believed the calendar would end on 12.21.2012, marking a rebirth of our world. Fast forward 20,000 years after the Mayan calendar is created and we have the cinematic effects of a movie like 2012. For all we know, this could be a grand publicity plot to build suspense for the world’s end. Far-fetched but possible.

So, if you are waiting patiently to witness the end of all days, 2012 is for you. There's California plunging into the ocean, Rome burning, Paris falling, the White House underwater and John Cusack dodging fiery volcanic comets to save his kids.

-Lori Bizzoco