13.10.09








Uhm, guess what...

11.8.09

New hang


18.5.09

Weird Turn Pro

For an FTOTZ themed mix, I was given the option to choose one response from three different "favorite" questions, from the mixee, as the theme.

TIME OF DAY:

4:30 pm aka quittin' time

CHILDHOOD AMBITION:

A bionic, crime fighting brain surgeon


I chose brautigiggle's favorite QUOTE:
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Raoul Duke
(who existed only in the mind of Hunter S. Thompson)


1. “A Message From Way Out” Cut Chemist
2. “Two Fat Feet” The Fiery Furnaces
3. “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey” My Brightest Diamond
4. “Don’t Bring Me Down” The Minders
5. “A New Ferret” Sifl, Olly and Julio
6. “Princess Crocodile” Gry with FM Einheit and His Orchestra
7. “Shout Me Out” TV on the Radio
8. “Shoot The Sexual Athlete” Belle and Sebastian
9. “(Battle for Britain (The Letter)” David Bowie
10. “Girl That Speaks No Words” The Infadels
11. “Marie Provost” Nick Lowe
12. “Walkabout” The Sugarcubes
13. “Modern Inventions (Solex Remix)” The Submarines
14. “Slow Life” Super Furry Animals
15. “Miami” U2
16. “Reap the Wild Wind” Ultravox
17. “Mayday (featuring The Duke Spirit” UNKLE
18. “Last Time We Met At a T&TT Concert” B. Fleischmann
19. “Butterfly’s Wings” Mercury Rev
20. “I’ve Changed Hotels” Jonathan Fire*Eater
21. “Out-Side” The Beta Band

I found some Office Max adhesive CD sleeves, intended for manila folders, that I use now for sending out mixes . I printed this image on card stock, with the sleeve attached to the back. The track listing was visible through the clear plastic sleeve. I rounded the corners and tried to make it look more like an iTunes gift card. The mix was well received, with tracks 2, 7, 8, 12, 16, 18 and 20 marked as most liked/enjoyed.

Most of these were songs that I had been listening to quite a bit.2, 4, 8-10 and 17. I found the image of the silhouette and antlers online and designed the rest, complete with UPC barcode and numbers. The tracks were listed as one paragraph under TERMS AND CONDITIONS. This is a mix I can listen to in the car, at work, walking and with my family.

17.11.08

November/December 2008

October 2008

"Fear" themed round

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brautigiggle sent me this Spooky CD

1) The Dead Brothers - "The Angel of Death"
2) Blanche - "Superstition"
3) The Residents - "The Coming of the Crow"
4) Frank Pahl - "Trio of the Vanishing Gods on Their Cloud"
5) DeVotchKa - "Undone"
Oh how I love this song
6) Bongwater - "When Johnnie Dies"
7) Savage Republic - "Tabula Rasa

8) Robyn Hitchcock - "Cathedral"
9) The Rolling Stones - "I Am Waiting"
This song makes me very happy
10) Lea riders Group - "Dom Kallar Oss Mod"
Uhm, wow.
11) Monocles - "Spider & the Fly"
Help me!
12) Wild Billy Childish - "Bottomless Pit"
13) Kronos Quartet - "Marquee Moon"
14) Lee Hazelwood - "My Autumn's Done Come"
15) Sister Vanila - "Angel"
16) Blanche - "Child of the Moon"

17) Pastor John Rydgren - "Dark Side of the Flower"
I didn't know Hippies had filmstrips in science class
18) Gary Lucas - "Sandman"
19) Starlight Mints - "Eyes of the Night"
My favorite revelatoin of the mix
20) Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - "Suzanne"
21) Scott Walker - "The Escape
It's no "Jackie", but it is all Scott

Thank you very much for the other, pre-fab Spooky CD. Thank you very much for my Dunder Mifflin, Inc Magnetic Memo Board with Marker set. Happy November!

22.8.08

August/September 2008

Then: I look forward to the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack theme. Too much, actually. I have several mixes I'd like to do.

Now: I was able to narrow my selection to Surly Booty, and this was her posted response;

"I received two amazing mixes from derhay.

The first:
Joker and Harley Quinn - complete details
(the next obvious step for the Batman franchise)
1 Gang Of Four : What We All Want
2 Alexis Fleisig : Don't Ruin Me Gorgeous
3 David Byrne : Wicked Little Doll
4 The Slits : Shoplifting
5 Portishead : Hunter
6 The Stone Roses : I Wanna Be Adored
7 The Breeders : New Year
8 Spalding Rockwell : Vicious
9 Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard : Introduce a Little Anarchy
10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Date with a Night
11 Fad Gadget : Collapsing New People
12 The Twilight Sad : Talking With Fireworks
13 The Futureheads : Stupid And Shallow
14 Nouvelle Vague : Just Can't Get Enough
15 The The : Dogs of Lust
16 Elbow : Grounds for Divorce
17 Infadels : Topboy
18 David Bowie : Cactus
19 The Birthday Party : Happy Birthday
20 The Black Angels : Black Grease
21 Easy Star All-Stars : Karma Police
22 Siouxsie & the Banshees : Dizzy

Here is his Mixtape Collective detailed track listing, which has so much scene by scene detail. You must check it out. I don't see your casting list there, so that's my own personal bonus. I've been waiting for Tom Waits and Peter Dinklage to share the big screen.

It's a fabulous mix, very dark and unhinged, lunacy abounds. I didn't bother to bold individual songs because it doesn't matter. The whole thing is perfect, no matter what I thought of any one song.


The second:
High Fidelity, a retracking of the original soundtrack.
1 The Third Bardo : I Can Understand Your Problem
2 Throwing Muses : Not Too Soon
3 Oingo Boingo : Who Do You Want To Be
4 The Melodians : It's My Delight
5 Mary Perrin : Dedication
6 Voice of the Beehive : Beat of Love
7 Michael J. Sheehy : Pigboy
8 Red House Painters : Mistress (Piano Version)
9 The Herbaliser : Gadget Funk
10 Supergrass : Sofa (Of My Lethargy)
11 Shuggie Otis : Funky Thithiee
12 Built to Spill : Center of the Universe
13 Bill Lloyd : Picture Book
14 The Gaylettes : Groovin'
15 Kim Fowley : Motorboat
16 Iggy Pop : Chains
17 Prince Buster : Sit and Wonder
18 Brian Eno : Cindy Tells Me
19 Smog : I Feel Like The Mother Of The World
20 The Velvet Underground : Rock and Roll (full-length version)
21 The Meters : Darling Darling Darling
22 Jay Mitchell : Tighter and Tighter
23 The Chocolate Watchband : Let's Talk About Girls

Detailed track listing.

A lot of fun, and another sum total of perfection. If I were to bold anything, I'd give a special nod to the Voice of the Beehive and the Bill Lloyd tracks. This version seems a bit warmer and flirtier than the real soundtrack (which I like, but kinda feels like a music nerd hipster wading through his cool record collection (which I understand is the point)). Kudos and thanks!"

"music nerd hipster" - guilty as charged

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Cassie sent me the soundtrack to
The Long Haul "a movie about four friends who, in their youth, pledged to take an epic trip together in the distant future. When the time comes, they are all in very different places in their lives, but agree to reunite. So this is a soundtrack for four friends on the road, with an undercurrent of melancholy."

01. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - Bob Dylan
02. "How Can I Love You If You Won't Lie Down" - Silver Jews
Best opening line I've heard in a while.
03. "Winter" - Dodos
I thought this was The Magnetic Fields. <3<3<3
04. "Challengers" - The New Pornographers
More!
05. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
06. "Handle With Care" - Jenny Lewsis with The Watson Twins
On paper this is amazing, but the chorus and too fast arrangement made it difficult to enjoy additional listens.
07. "Sweet Dandelion" - Peter Salett
Very, very nice.
08. "Tiger Mountain Pleasant Song" - Fleet Foxes
First time hearing a full ltrack, and not a sample. Lovely.
09. "The Boy with the Arab Strap" - Belle & Sebastian

10. "So Everyone" - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
<3
11. "California (All The Way)" - Luna
Such a great band and song.
12. "Citrus" - The Hold Steady
13. "Free" - Cat Power
My first crush on Chan started with "Free".
14. "Dragonflys" - Devandra Banhart
short and sweet
15. "Explain It To Me" - Liz Phair
I love this track too.
16. "Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car" - Iron & Wine
ty
17. "Crosses" - José González
18. "Best Bit" - Beth Orton
I need to hear her more recent material.
19. "The Orchids" - Califone
20. "For Emma" - Bon Iver
Yay!
21. "I Lost Something In The Hills" - Sibylee Baier

22. "Our Way To Fall" - Yo La Tango
Again, More! Very strikingly beautiful.

I became very caught up with the narrative of relationship woes, from the lyrics, and the wonderful, wonderful music. It seemed Hal Ashby-esque to me, and I thank you for your mix.

Sorry about your printer

I may use Fleet Foxes' song for an upcoming mix. This mix introduced me to Devendra, also. I have since listened to "Lover" and "Lazy Butterfly" quite a bit. Looking for more...

2.7.08

July 2008

In July, I sent two mixes to rekkidbraka...
This was her posted response;

"Woot woot woot! Sent my mix off today...

In other news, I've finished digging the swank two-CD set from derhay and tracklistings are as follows. All the songs on both were super but bolded things were just super DUPER, which is really saying something because it was, to quote many hip-hop artists in the past decade, all good.

Xylo Mifune
A focused study of pop music in which the xylophone at least has a cameo...
Tuatara - The Melting Sun
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
Queens of the Stone Age - The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
Fleming & John - Ugly Girl
Man Man - Van Helsing Boombox
Garbage - Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)
Public Image Ltd. - Don't Ask Me
Loons - Ne Sois Pas Si Bete
David Byrne - The Other Side Of This Life
The American Analog Set - Punk As Fuck I [heart] this title
The Cure - Close To Me
Oingo Boingo - Grey Matter (live)
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
The Exciters - Tell Him
Yann Tiersen - Les Jours Tristes
The Black Keys - So He Won't Break
Jane's Addiction - Jane Says (live)

Vicious
Just what it says, BITCH. (No. Just kidding.)
Vicious - Lou Reed
Jealousy - Iggy Pop
Jumpin' Jean Luc - We All Have Hooks For Hands
You Belong In Rock 'N' Roll - Tin Machine
Peek-A-Boo - The Legendary Pink Dots
Everybody - The Blam
By Tomorrow - Black Tambourine
Butterfly Collector - Garbage
Black Magic - Jarvis Cocker
Whole Lotta Nothing - Grand Mal
Nylon Smile - Portishead
You Didn't Care - Neils Children
Wicked Little Doll - David Byrne
Turning Into Betty - Lisa Germano
Easter Woman - The Residents
Le Monster - My Favorite
You On The Run - The Black Angels
Superville - The Revillos
My White Devil - Echo & The Bunnymen
Great Waves - Dirty Three
Need - The Glee Club
That Summer At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy - The Twilight Sad

Thanks again, derhay! I'm still all a-swoon over the awesomely artistic packaging... :-)"

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I received two wonderfully sunny Summertime mixes from MIKE ETERNITY.

Forever Days
1 The Charlatans "Oh! Vanity"

2 Shugo Tokumaru "Parachute"
One of my very favorites from the two mixes.
3 The Octopus Project "Truck"

4 Tilly and the Wall "Chandelier Lake"
: with dulcimer and toy piano!)
5 Amanda Jenssen "Greetings from Space"
Stunning. Wonderful.
6 She & Him "Sweet Darlin'"

7 The Explorers Club "Freedom Wind"
8 The Pogues "Blue Heaven"
What happened to My Blue Heaven II?
9 The Afternoons "Rocket Summer"
10 The Pink Spiders "Saturday Nite Riot"
11 Coco B's "Modern Lover"
12 The Format "Tune Out"
13 The Submarines "Maybe"
Excellent.
14 Of Montreal "Vegan in Furs"
zing!
15 Death Valley Sleepers "My Blue Underground"
16 The Warlocks "Baby Blue"
17 The Raveonettes "My Heartbeat's Dying"
18 Frightened Rabbit "The Modern Lover"
19 The Boy Bathing "The Beaches Meet the Sea"
20 James "Waterfall"
First time hearing anything off of Hey Ma. Thank you.
21 Cornershop "Sleep on the Left Side"

Sparkling Moments
1 Pink Martini "Brazil"
2 Mates of State "The Re-Arranger"

3 The Foxglove Hunt "The Mayflower Compact"

4 The Dresden Dolls "Pretty In Pink"

5 The Bicycles "Two Girls from Montreal"

6 Universal Poplab "Summer Struck"

7 The Ark "Vendelay"
- this is my favorite track. More!
8 Alphabeat "Fascination"

9 Mixel Pixel "Great Invention"

10 Dave Edmunds "Girls Talk"
<3
11 Oingo Boingo "Controller"

12 The Pogues "South Australia"
13 Low vs Diamond "Don't Forget Sister"

14 Orange Juice "Blue Boy"
15 The Gaslight Anthem "Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?"
16 The King Blues "Let's Hang the Landlord"
17 The Billioinaires "The End of Summer Song"
18 The Rolling Stones "Sing This All Together"

19 The Duchess and the Duke "Reservoir Park"
Another new personal favorite
20 The Kinks "It's Too Late"

21 Belle and Sebastian "There's Too Much Love"
22 Langhorne Slim "I Love to Dance"


This was my introduction to The Submarines, beside being oblivious to their iTunes ad use. Honeysuckle Weeks is one of my favorite albums of 2008. These mixes opened me up to more poppy/radio friendly music. Thank you, thank you, MIKE ETERNITY.