2012 | Phat Friend

So, a common question people ask me at shows is “Hey, are you gonna upload this set anywhere?” To which I typically respond “Nope” cause, in 2017, my live show is really one of the last ways I can rely on making money as a musician. So, you know, I gotta keep my shows exclusive so people have a reason to come see me play. It may be flawed logic but I’ve always ran with that. Welllllll…Perhaps I’m getting softer in my old age but I figured I change my ways…kinda. I happened upon a recording of an old set of mine. I don’t know where it was from and the only clue was “2012”. It’s a little under an hour but it gives you an idea of what I typically do live. Mixing and matching parts of all my records, as well as throwing in stuff from all over. Soul, hip hop, even country music. Nothing is out of bounds. I’ll also add that the levels and quality of the mix aren’t perfect (I didn’t record it so I didn’t get to fine tune any aspect of any of how it sounds). So keep that in mind if the levels seem iffy at times.
So, yeah, this ones for all the people who’ve been asking over the years. My hope is that you’ll hear this, think it’s cool and come see me do it lives sometime. So, lemme roll these dice right quick…
Enjoy!

Yeah yeah yeah..year end lists are played out and all that. Instead of just giving lists, I’d like to use this time to take a look back at the year that was this goddamn blog. My blog. This is like my second job that i never get paid for. I do it for the love, man.
Anyway, if you got endless time to kill, this should be right up your alley. Links, links and more links. Fun things to watch, read, download and rub your genitals up against. Enjoy.

Top Five most read articles
These are the things I wrote that, for some reason or another, got read the most. In some cases it was the actual content, in others, it was cause some big website retweeted them…and in the case of the “Fuck/marry/kill” I’m assuming it had something to do with google and a word I happened to use in it. That’s the only realistic explanation.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/01/25/before-lana-del-ray/
This is about my brief experience working with Lana Del Ray before she was Lana Del Ray. Easily the most read thing of the year and, to this day, I get emails from crazy Lana Del Ray fans asking me for anything else I may have done with her. Which is nothing. Sorry guys!

https://phatfriend.com/2012/01/19/fckmarrykill-volume-8/
No clue why this was so popular…other than the game itself being so awesome.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/09/20/making-mixes-for-girls-part-1/
This got linked to the website Hairpin.com which is a huge website for stylish women. Thanks to my homegirl Jane Marie for that.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/08/16/my-case-against-men-wearing-open-toed-shoes/
This was the most controversial thing I wrote all year apparently cause, to this day, it still gets new comments from butthurt losers in sandals. Although it’s probably not the case, I like to imagine most of the traffic to this consists of furiously bitter dudes in sandals checking if any other furiously bitter dudes in sandals have commented on the post.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/07/05/behold-my-childhood-art-part-1/
I’d like to think this one got so many views cause it was so fucking awesome. Either that or Pedophiles googling game is slipping.

My personal favorites
These are the posts I wrote that I enjoyed the most. They may have slipped under the radar or just been not that interesting to people that weren’t me. Who knows? Whatever the case, give them a chance.
https://phatfriend.com/2012/11/29/things-i-once-believed-to-be-facts/
This is a recent one that is just me thinking back to some truly dumb shit I believed to be factual in my younger years. Very relatable stuff…kinda.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/08/30/the-opening-act-aka-eating-shit/
This was about how musicians all have to eat shit at some point as the opening act. It’s a brutal things but it’s also very necessary.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/01/04/the-friendzone/
This is about the realities of being in the friendzone. Not surprisingly, it fucking sucks.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/02/29/behind-the-electronic-curtain/
This is my ode to the faceless self promoters online and human spam machines.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/05/09/pussssyyyyyyy/
This is a a look at the pussification of the human race that’s been going on over the last ten years. Make it stop.

https://phatfriend.com/2012/01/11/i-used-to-love-h-i-m-pause/
This is a detailed breakdown of how I fell out of love with the music of the rapper Common. Shit’s deep, brah.

Mixtapes I made:
https://phatfriend.com/2012/11/28/mixtapes-for-girls-vol-4-the-close-it-out-mix/

https://phatfriend.com/2012/11/07/mixtapes-for-girls-vol-3-the-eclectic-guy-mix/

https://phatfriend.com/2012/10/10/mixes-for-girls-vol-2-the-im-sorryi-want-you-back-mix/

https://phatfriend.com/2012/03/21/some-good-old-album-tracks/

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