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.

June 2008

This is my "Sin" themed mix that I sent to mandalaya. This is her response...


And now I must report on derhay's supercool Spring Break 1899: Girls Gone Ingalls Wilder mix (ETA: which I see ChrissySissyStar also got as an orphan mix - now you won't have to post the tracklist, CSS :) ). I've bolded the early favorites, although I have a feeling that several more will grow on me. Most of the songs are delightfully and appropriately old-timey, with some fun exceptions.

1. She and Him - Magic Trick - an excellent song to sway to
2. Kiss - Getaway - rockin' the anachronism! The postcard of Kiss in concert was an awesome touch
3. The Denver Gentlemen - Holiday
4. Kristin Hersh - Fly Around My Blue Eyed Girl
5. Shearwater - Red Sea, Black Sea - funny how just a banjo can make an otherwise modern song sound traditional.
6. Nashville Dulcimers - Keep On the Sunny Side - such a happy instrumental version of this song, almost a bold
7. Thee Headcoat Sect - Cowboys Are Square - Garage Bands for Native Americans! This resonates at the moment because my Dutch housemate is currently in Arizona meeting up with her Lakota fresh-out-of-prison penpal and possible true love. This song makes me think of her and wish her luck.
8. Jesus Acosta & the Professionals - Guajido
9. Beck - Burro
10. Sue Keller - Hester on Parade (Charles Johnson, 1899) - ragtime pyeanny!
11. Casual Elvis - The Dateline Shuffle
12. Tom Waits - You Can Never Hold Back Spring - a good song and a lovely sentiment
13. Cerys Matthews - Louisiana
14. Pride Tiger - The Lucky Ones - this makes me think of another upbeat song from the late 70s or early 80s, but I can't remember the name of it. Anyway, I like this AND it's got sentimental overtones
15. The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey - gotta love the Pogues
16. The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers
17. Blood Feathers - Sea Legs - I like the whistling
18. Hem - The Beautiful Sea
19. The Black Keys - Psychotic Girl - funky yet old-timey! the power of the banjo again!
20. Van Halen - Could This Be Magic? - I had no idea Van Halen did acoustic classic blues, I like it for both the cachet of rockers doing blues and the music itself
21. The Vibrators - Whips and Furs
22. Adam and the Ants - Los Rancheros - not my favorite Adam/Ants song, but I still had to bold it. It also fits the theme very nicely.
23. Lez Zeppelin - Winter Sun - this will probably become a bold
24. Britta Phillips - I Am a Child
25. DeVotchKa - I Cried Like a Silly Boy
26. Murder By Death - Spring Break 1899

Steve Martin once made a joke that Nixon should have learned to play the banjo, and everyone would have forgiven him, because it's impossible to be sad while listening to banjo - this mix is a testament to that truth.

Note: I sent this mix, slightly altered, to ChrissySissyStar, as an Orphan Mix. Both recipients are from North Carolina. What is the universe (Cassie) trying to tell me?

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My sin mix from Diane Court
The 10th Circle of Hell – Virgil’s Mix to Dante
Discovered in a pile of ruins at a European dig site, Time-Life’s “Ancient Mix Tapes, Vol. 455: The 1300’s” is proud to present this mix, to Dante from Virgil, commemorating their momentous trip down to hell, as chronicled in Dante’s Divine Comedy: Inferno. I loved the letters that accompanied the mixes. The songs all serve the narrative well and favorites are noted.

Disc 1
Drive-By Truckers – “The Righteous Path”
Josh Ritter – “Wolves” I really enjoyed this track.
Echo & The Bunnymen – “Rescue” Classic
Split Enz – “Strait Old Line”
Death Cab For Cutie – “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” Supertramp? Nice.
Nada Surf – “Where Is My Mind?”
Siouxsie & The Banshees – “The Passenger” <3>
Low – “Nowhere Man”
Rufus Wainwright – “Greek Song”
U2 – “Trip Through Your Wires” Si
Brazillian Girls – “Don’t Stop”
MGMT – “Electric Feel”
The Doors – “Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)”
Phantom Planet – “Too Much Too Often”
Lindsey Buckingham – “Go Insane” It’s been a while. Great song.
The Decemberists – “The Infanta”
The Black Seeds – “Give and Take”
The Pierces – “Ruin”
Black Kids – “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You”
World Party – “Ship of Fools”

Disc 2
The Gothic Archies – “City of the Damned” ty
Skye Zentz – “Persephone” Absolutely loved this track.
Andrew Bird – “Heretics”
Angus & Julia Stone – “The Beast”
Citizen Cope – “Bullet and a Target”
The dBs – “Amplifier”
Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill”
Adem – “Launch Yourself (Barney’s Mix) Very cool. ty
Nina Simone – “I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl” Amen.
Sinead O’Connor – “Marcus Garvey” I’d heard Burning Spear sing this. Damn my ears if it isn’t growing on me.
Bruce Springsteen – “You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
JCrowded House – “Left Hand”
R.E.M. – “Tongue”
The Builders & The Butchers – “Bottom of the Lake”
The Replacements – “Bastards of Young”
Mark Seymour – “Everything’s On Fire” Amazing. ty
Iron & Wine – “The Devil Never Sleeps” <3>
Bright Eyes – “Four Winds”
JThe O’Jays – “Back Stabbers”
Wooldridge Brothers – “Star of Desire”
The Wood Brothers – “Postcards From Hell” This was released last March? Very cool. ty

I was able to get Disc 1 back from my car stereo. Thank you for your time put into my mix. Loved it. I have plenty of new songs to chew on for the next month, thank you.

April 2008

For my mix to BlueJayWay, I tried my hand at spray painting stencils. I made a stencil of Jon Voight (below), with his name stenciled on it too. This was the image. I tried mixing things up with the packaging too, but all of this innovation cut my time considerably, and I have only been only sending only one mix per round. Here is the mix at mixtapecollective.org
I regret no scanning the final package, when I had finished it, but I wanted so much to send it on its merry way.

bluejayway wrote...

The CD has made its way from the car into the house! The mix is named after noted former car owner Jon Voight, and features neat stenciled cover art that rivals Ballroom Pink's great work. One problem -- the folded-up track listing is difficult to look at when one is listening to the CD while driving.

Frente! --- Open Your Heart and Let the Sunshine In
22-20's -- Devil in Me
Bauhaus -- Lagartija Nick
16 Horsepower -- Blessed Persistence
The Damned -- Ignite
Grant-Lee Phillips -- City of Refuge
Wanda Jackson -- Mean, Mean Man
Iggy Pop -- Some Weird Sin
Jarvis Cocker -- Fat Children
Shriekback -- Nemesis
Draco and the Malfoys -- 99 Death Eaters (I suppose I'd like this more if I had read a Harry Potter book or seen more than a few minutes here and there of the movies. They're no Weird Al, that's for sure.)
LaVice and Company - Thoughs Were the Days (Not an All in the Family cover, sadly)
The New Mastersounds -- Idle Time (Lack of Afro Remix)
Slim Cessna's Auto Club -- Last Song About Satan
The Dirtbombs -- No Expectations
Faultline, Brian Molko and Francoise Hardy -- Requiem for a Jerk
Neko Case -- Hold On, Hold On (The only song I already had)
Richard Thompson -- Dad's Gonna Kill Me
Murder By Death -- Rum Brave
Bobby Johnston -- The Beach
Toy Dolls -- The Devil Went Down to Scunthorpe (Dude, don't try to overcompensate for the fact that you're not cool enough to have a fiddle player in your band.)
Betty Wright -- Shoorah Shoorah

Sadly the last 2 songs didn't work! My CD player went crazy a second or so and I had to skip to the next disc in the changer. So for me, there's no:

Soundgarden -- One Minute of Silence
Man Man -- Fishstick Gumbo

which is too bad. But it's still a great mix! Thanks! (you didn't miss much, honestly)

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My

April 2008 Mix by Adieu “a collection of new music, and some tracks I found while ripping old CDs to my computer. Hope you find a couple of gems!” Consider the mix cooper black bolded. Green text = gems.

1. Aimee Mann - "I Should Have Known" I have a picture of Aimee and hubby, Michael Penn, on my wall in front of me here at work., reenacting Dylan’s The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album cover. Classic.
2. Matt Costa – "Cigarette Eyes"
3. T. Rex - "Jeepster" bless
4. Yma Sumac - "Gopher Mambo" I'd only heard an Electro Lounge version of this, prior to this mix. Very fun song.
5. The Pipettes - "Sex" I’ve enjoyed every song I’ve heard from them from mixes.
6. Jr. Parker - "Next Time You See Me"
7. She and Him "This is Not a Test" I'm so pleased with Volume One. Great song
8. Nicole Atkins – "Party's Over"
9. Seal – "Waiting for You" His blip was off my radar after Human Beings, I’m impressed with this track. ty
10. The Wolfgang Press - "A Girl Like You" Very cool.
11. The Cardigans - "Drip Drop Teardrop" I didn't even know they'd released an album in 2005. I'll have to check Super Extra Gravity out. ty
12. Mansun - "Six" Does Mansun have other good songs besides this one?
13. SF Seals - "Still?"
14. Sarah Slean - "Shadowland"
15. Michael J. Sheehy – "No One Recognized Him" More! More Please!
16. Feist - "When I Was a Young Girl"
17. Hawksley Workman - "What Would You Say to Me, Lord?" Uh, little known fact, he’s exactly two weeks older than me. Thank you, Cliff. Dug this.
18. Final Fantasy and Ed Droste "Possibly Maybe"

February 2008

I had recently finished The Time Traveler's Wife and prepared this mix, that I sent to knobbygirl...

I received an awesome laidback mix from derhay. It's a nostalgia mix based on the book "The Time Traveler's Wife" - which I had never even heard of, but I am definitely interested in picking it up now. The packaging is hands down the best I've ever gotten on a FTOTZ Mix - it's got a cover sleeve and a beautifully printed booklet.

1. John Murphy - The End
2. Blondie - Pretty Baby
3. Moby Grape - Naked, If I Want To
4. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Meoldy)
5. R.E.M. - Disappear
6. Pulp - The Trees
7. Grant-Lee Phillips - Age of Consent
8. The Magnetic Fields - The Night You Can't Remember
9. Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
10. Matt Pond PA - Snow Day
11. Penetration - Nostalgia
12. Pony Up! - The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Is That They Die)
13. X - Poor Girl
14. Eartha Kitt - Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell
15. Morrissey - In the Future When All's Well
16. Wreckless Eric - Reconnnez Cherie
17. The Troggs - Love is All Around
18. Mental as Anything - If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
19. Something for Kate - Stunt Show
20. Suede - Oceans
21. The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace With God
22. The Chameleons - Tears
23. Patty Griffin - Goodbye

Thanks, derhay - you obviously spent a lot of time on it!

Here is the mix at mixtapecollective.org

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This was my "Nostalgia" themed mix from ihavecooties...

This song could have been called What Homework?: When MTV Was All I Knew

Hearing these songs took me back and I panicked when I couldn't remember my locker combination. Great mix. Songs I wouldn't seek out are given relevance, some weight even, by simply being tracked together with other terrific gems.

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1. Joan Jett and the BlackHearts "I Hate Myself for Loving You" Love Joan. I listened to a lot of The Runaways so I'd have more to talk about for imaginary conversations I wanted to have with Juno.
2. Mötley Crǖe "Dr. Feelgood" Great driving through Wyoming music.
3. Salt-N-Pepa "Push It" I always felt like the DJs were putting one over on the school chaperones when they always played this song at dances.
4. Sea+Si Music Factory "Gonna Make You Sweat" MUSIC IS MY LIFE! For me too, but why is she yelling?
5. Poison "Your Mama Don't Dance" Some have Second Life, some have VH1.
6. Mad Donna "Like A Prayer" black bra undulation
7. Chicago "Look Away" I don't want you to see me this way. Look derhay, baby, look derhay.
8. Jackyl Jackson "Rhythm Nation" I still have my cassette single of this. Did anyone else try and find cool ways to upgrade all black baseball caps after seeing the vid? Only me? Ok.
9. Def and Balding Leppard "Pour Some Sugar On Me" David Debauchery of seX-Files
10. New Kids "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" One of the very few bands to perform at BYU's Marriott Center. I didn't attend. I did discover that a lot (most?) of the NKotB bed sheets ended up in Cabo Verde, West Africa. Everyone in Cabo has family in Boston, so it wasn't a huge surprise to see so many New Kids shirts on little kids and old ladies.
11. "Fly To The Angels" Every mix my good friend and locker partner of four years ever made had a Slaughter track on it. Wow. I needed to hear this again, ty.
12. Robert Van Winkle "Ice Ice Baby" I'd bet good money that a friend of mine still knows all of the lyrics to this one. TGFVH1.
13. Bon Jovi "Lay Your Hands on Me" Bossy isn't he? The alter o' John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.
14. Paulie Shore Abdul "Opposites Attract" Damn you. Thank you.
15. Stubbly "Faith" dy. ty. dy.
16. Tiffany "Radio Romance" She performed on campus during my last year in college. That seemed weird to me. I didn't go. Still don't know if she sung "New Year's Day", or not.
17. "Kokomo" Ok, I did see this performed by two of the Boys Beach, at the above mentioned Marriott Center. (M. Love and what's-his-name.)
18. Chris Gaines "Friends in Low Places" Another any dance staple. What a song.
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I also received a handmade friendship bracelet and wonderful details on the history/meaningfulness of some songs. Thank you for your nostalgia mix.