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.