Seedy and Cassette

2009-10-13T12:12:00.011-07:00

Uhm, guess what...

New hang

2009-08-11T09:48:00.002-07:00

Weird Turn Pro

2009-05-18T15:46:00.003-07:00

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.

November/December 2008

2008-11-17T12:59:00.001-07:00

October 2008

2008-11-17T12:57:00.003-07:00

"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!

August/September 2008

2008-08-22T14:37:00.007-07:00

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...

July 2008

2008-07-02T09:45:00.007-07:00

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

2008-07-02T09:20:00.003-07:00

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

2008-07-02T09:19:00.003-07:00

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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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

2008-07-02T09:09:00.005-07:00

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.

January 2008

2008-02-11T09:47:00.002-07:00

Here's Spinning Will's Jan. 2008 mix

Graham Parker "Discovering Japan"
Ride "Twisterella"
British Sea Power "Down on the Ground"
The Mountain Goats "Against Pollution"
Public Image Ltd. "Fishing"
eels "Fresh Feeling"
Orange Juice "A Sad Lament"
Trembling Blue Stars "Idylwild"
The Smiths "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"
The Great Unwashed "What U Should Be Now"
Wire Train "Skills of Summer"
Grandpaboy "AAA"
The Kinks "God's Children"
Robert Pollard "People Are Leaving"
The Beautiful South "Song for Whoever"
Julee Cruise "Falling"
The Motels "Total Control"

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These are the mixes I sent P.D. Noosh with his comments -

Hand Hand Fingers Thumbelina
1) Adult. -- Hand to Phone. This kicked insane amounts of ass. I might steal it for a mix I'm working on.
2) Johnny Otis - Willie and the Hand Jive
3) Siouxsie and the Banshees - Green Fingers
4) Pretenders - Thumbelina This seems like it would be a nice road trip song!
5) Death in Vegas - Hands Around My Throat
6) Robert Plant - 29 Palms. I haven't heard this song for yeeeeears. I love the chorus for some reason.
7) Pulp - Pink Glove
8) Morcheeba - In the Hands of the Gods. Love!
9) The Rollers - Knockin' at the Wrong Door
10) XTC - Knuckle Down
11) Peter Murphy - Crystal Wrists
12) The Stranglers - Get a Grip on Yourself
13) Emiliana Torrini - Fingertips
14) Cocteau Twins - I Wear Your Ring
15) The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
16) The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger. Niiiiice. I really wanted to shake my booty for this one.
17) The English Beat - Hands Off, She's Mine
18) The Modern Lovers - I Wanna Sleep in Your Arms. Who knew punk could be so sweet?
19) The Detroit Cobras - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hands
20) The Dirtbombs - The Sharpest Claws
21) Reggie and the Full Effect - Gloves (feat. Fluxuation)
22) Steve Martin - Drop Thumb Medley. Banjos are fun!
23) The Smith- Death at One's Elbow
24) I Am Kloot - Over My Shoulder
25) Gladys Knight and the Pips - Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me. It occurred to me while listening to this that the only other Gladys Knight I know is "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "Love Overboard." I seriously need to remedy that sad situation.

The awesome cover art featured a collage of hands and fingers and starred Meg White as Thumbelina.

Sweatin' Through the Damn Babushka
1) Fanfare Ciocarilia - The Mission Impossible Theme(I think?) --nope 007 Theme
2) Cerys Matthews - Gypsy Song. I dug the vocals a lot -- think a huskier sounding Bjork.
3) Paul Cantelon - Odessa Medley
4) The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black. I made the mistake of singing this at karaoke on my birthday a few years ago only to discover this is one of the most depressing karaoke songs ever.
5) Cat Power - Up and Gone
6) Robert Plant and Allison Krauss - Fortune Teller
7) DeVotchKa - Venus in Furs. Creepy!
8) Goran Bregovic - Kustino Oro
9) Man Man - I, Manface. Seems like there was a lot of change and movement in this song.
10) The Legendary Pink Dots - Peek-A-Boo
11) Mary Timothy - Dr. Cat
12) Beirut - Brandenburg
13) Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
14) Vashti Bunyan - Lily Pond
15) The Denver Gentlemen - The Potter's Field Special
16) Marcia Griffiths - Gypsy Man
17) Madredeus - Os Moinhos
18) Super Furry Animals - Pan Ddaw'r Wawr. LOVE!
19) DeVotchKa - Death By Blonde
20) Van Morrison - Caravan
21) Gogol Borello - Through the Roof 'n' Underground

This one featured an awesome cover image of the little girl from that hilarious MST3K with the carnivorous tree house, the witch lady, and Santa Claus (I think?)

Thanks a ton, derhay!

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At her request, I sent this mix to Cassie. She posted this:

I was lucky enough to receive derhay's gypsy-themed mix in an EC trade, and I've been enjoying it all weekend. It's precisely the sort of concept mix I wish I could pull off. And it promotes all sorts of romantic feelings to get out there and travel around Eastern Europe. The flow of the whole thing was excellent but the Venus in Furs cover by DeVotchKa was a particular standout.

Thanks derhay!

You are welcome.

Dec 2007

2008-02-11T09:45:00.000-07:00

In Memoriam 2007 - Volume 1
What an undertaking, CagedRage. What transitions. I realized that I really needed to hear "More Than a Feeling", so thank you. "Anna Go With Him" was new to me and I love it. Maybe someone will bold my life and accomplishments.

1. "Spooky" - Classic IV (Yvonne De Carlo, 1-8-07) ;)
2. "Scooby Doo Where Are You" - Weezer (Iwao Takamoto, 1-8-07)
3. Go Where You Wanna Go" - The Mamas & the Papas (Denny Doherty, 1-19-07)
4. "I Dream of Jeannie" - Da Vinci's Notebook (Sidney Sheldon, 1-30-07)
5. "Rubberband Man" - The Spinners (Billy Henderson, 2-2-07) :)
6. "My World is Empty" - Barbara McNair, 2-4-07
7. "Anna Go With Him" - The Beatles (Anna Nicole Smith, 2-8-07)
8. " A Thousand Days" - Offspring (Arthur Schlessinger, 2-28-07)
9. "Cheap Wine" - Cold Chisel (Joseph & Ernest Gallo, 2-17/ 3-6-07)
10. "More Than a Feeling" - Boston (Bradley Delp, 3-9-07)
11. "Something Kinda Funny" - Spice Girls (Richard Jeni, 3-10-07)
12. "It's Oh So Quiet" - Bjork (Betty Hutton, 3-11-07)
13. "If Loving You is Wrong" - Luther Ingram, 3-19-07)
14. "Reading in Bed" - Emily Haines (Kurt Vonnegut, 4-11-07)
15. "Tiny Bubbles" - Dean Martin (Don Ho, 4-11-07)[b/]
16. "Nights on Broadway" - Bee Gees (Kitty Carlisle Hart, 4-17-07)
17. "Vietnam" - Jimmy Cliff (David Halberstam, 4-23-07)
18. "Moonlight and Vodka" - Chris De Burgh (Boris Yeltsin, 4-23-07)
19. "Rated X" - Pat Benatar (Jack Valenti, 4-26-07)
20. "Monster Mash" - The Misfits (Boris Pickett, 4-25-07)
21. "I Feel a Sin Comin' On" - Jason McCoy (Jerry Falwell, 5-15-07)

In Memoriam 2007 - Volume 2
A few speed bumps for me on this one.

1. "Language Lessons (Five Words or Less)" - Hawthorne Heights (Jerry Ryan, 5-16-07)
2. "Gossip" - You Me at Six (Cladia Cohen, 6-15-07) yup, nothin'
3. "Saturday Night at the Movies"<3 - The Drifters (Joel Siegel, 6-29-07)
4. "The World is Out to Wreck Your Mascara" - Evaline (Tammy Faye Bakker, 7-20-07)
5. "Late Night Conversations" - The Forecast (Tom Snyder, 7-29-07)
6. "Four Green Fields" - Tommy Makem & The Clancy Brothers (Tommy Makem, 8-1-07)
7. "Summer Wine" - The Corrs ft. Bono (Lee Hazelwood, 8-4-07) fun
8. "Kind and Generous" - Natalie Merchant (Brooke Astor, 8-13-07) wow, 105 y-o!
9. "Mean Woman Blues" - Big Fat Snake (Leona Helmsley, 8-20-07)
10. "An Innocent Man" - Billy Joel (Richard Jewell, 8-29-07)
11. "Television Man" - Talking Heads (Merv Griffin, 8-12-07)
12. "My Favorite Book" - Stars (Madeleine L'Engle, 9-6-07)
13. "Angels of the Silences" - Counting Crows (Marcel Marceau, 9-22-07)
14. "Me and My Shadow" - The Rat Pack (Joey Bishop, 10-17-07)
15. "Do You Wanna Dance" - The Ramones (Linda Stein, 10-30-07)
16. "Hem Mama" - Kanye West - (Donda Wes, 11-10-07)
17. "Jump They Say" - David Bowie (Evel Kneivel, 11-30-07) nice
18. "Shake Your Tail Feather" - Ike & Tina (Ike Turner, 12-12-07)
19. "Same Old Lang Syne" - Dan Fogelberg, 12-16-07

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I sent these mixes to souphead and here are his comments -

Wow...thats all I can say..well, i can say alot of things but gosh, i'm sure no one is listening.
I have been the recipient of a rather awesome mix by derhay! I have been lax in reporting the listings and I am here to correct all ills with my mixclub performance. I have sent off a late mix to..well..you probably know already since you're still waiting for it.
Back to derhay's mix(s)! Its a double dose of pure musical fun from the Dec round!
The first one is entitled
The Mercury Hurst Talent Show - 1964 Director's Cut
this is how it goes:

1. Spoon - The Underdog
2. Throwing Muses - Buzz (More than a cola!)
3. Lil' Fighters - The Recoys (Kinda like the kinks with girls)
4. I Am Kloot - The Stars Look Familiar (klootastic!)
5. The Casual Dots - She's The Real Thing
6. Of Montreal - One Of A Very Few Kind (ha! nice, very oooold school)
7.Detroit Cobras - Now You're Gone (always LOVE the cobras bite!)
8. The Shins - So Says I (I kinda like this one eh! It's the verse! mmm)
9. Heather Duby - Auto Immune
10. The Kings of Convenience - Singing Softly To Me (not my fave last couple of tunes but they fit the mix well)
11. The Greenhornes - Gonna Get Me Someone (yeah!! fuzz it up!!)
12. French Kicks - So Far We Are (my wife likes this one!)
13. Christina Rosenvinge - Green Room (my "darkhorse" tune on the mix)
14. Violent Femmes - Life Is an Adventure (it sure is...)
15. Keren Ann - Roses & Hips (is she really that white?)*
16. The Natural History - Dance Steps
17. April March - While We're Young ( This will sound odd but this reminds me of when I was on strike and there was a woman singing a song who had this same voice! crazy...)
18. The Walkmen - There Goes My Baby (I like the moodiness of this, sombre)
19. Lisa Germano - Stars (sweet guitars)
20. Mazarin - Another One Goes By (It's like the smiths with band of horses!)
21. Interpol - C'mere (Sometimes I like these cats, sometimes not. But I like this one!)
22. 5.6.7.8's - Jane In The Jungle (wayyyyy to cute)
23. Orange Juice - Three Cheers For Our Side
24. The Wonders - That Thing You Do (Tom Hanks is da man!)
25. TV on The Radio - Mr. Grieves
26. Supergrass - Time To Go
27. Kirby Grips - Hanging On The Telephone (Whatever happened to these gals?)

And thats the end of the first CD! an ode to the sociological side of humans!
If I may be so bold as to include how wonderful the cover and tracklistings are! very classy san diego!
* (note, there was a link to a website for which the tunes were posted with small stories about each song. dang, you cats are crafty. but this tune had a note that said

QUOTE

Dutch Israeli, Keren Ann won over T.B. Player with her voice, but he had secretly wished that she was, uhm, tanner

ha ha!)

but let me get to the next of the fantastic duo!
It's entitled: Just Add Car Chase with what I precieve to be either a '67chevy impala or a '71 nova or monte carlo on the cover. What? my glasses are dirty! I do believe the songs follow how a car chase might play out!
here we go!

1. 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss me (Holy Crap! Its the tune from High Fidelity. In that context it can fit on the first mix too! ha! but for this context, this is just the beginning of it all...)
2. The DirtBombs - F.I.D.O (let's rip it up!)
3. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Heavy Metal (think about what you've just done..)
4. Ebony Rhythm Band - Drugs Ain't Cool (just go! awesome car chase music! geez, I want to see some kinda cross between Space 1999 and Starsky And Hutch!)
5. Janes' Addiction - Hypersonic
6. The VLA - When I Am Through With You (another great tune to be playing in the background when you're outrunning life!)
7. Mr. Scruff - Champion Nibble (ok, now I'm lowridin' down the strip!)
8. Atomic Bitchwax - The Passenger (Whoa, that voice tuner thingy is wonky!)
9. The Mission - Love Me two Times (jim morrison is peeing his pants in the seat next to you!...oh wait...he does that on command...)
10. DJ Crush - Beyond Raging Waves (This would be when you think all is ok but you keep sneaking looks in the rear view mirror)
11. UNKLE - Burn My Shadow (uh oh..whoever you thought you lost just caught up with you!)
12. Dozer - Rising (you just got away again after gunnin' em' down!)
13. A Pocketful Of Deng - No Such Potion (shouldn't have "gunned")
14. Robert Plant & the New Sensation - Tin Pan Alley (he's now officially a music whore)
15. The New Mastersounds - Bondo Sama (haa! my name is bond...julio bond..)
16. Slade - Run Runaway (whoa...slade!? geezus! I got KROK on the radio!)
17. Primal Scream - Blood Money (The car chase wears one down while the sun heats up the black interior)
18. Death In Vegas - Dirge (is that the sound of the water pump blowing?)
19. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Mercy (the car slows...)
20. Jorge Ben - Take It Easy (it's ok, we will ride again one day soon!)

man, that was a really fun CD! Thanks Derhay! i like the feel of it! I had my own story line to it so I hoped it linked up to the real feel of the theme!

woo hoo!

thank you very muchly Derhay!

July & August 2007

2007-07-23T10:03:00.001-07:00

If you are actually reading this - wow, hello.

This is a project that I've worked on for a while. I wanted to post the semi-final product. I fell in love with the band The Au Pairs this year and they have a song called "What Kind of Girl", I thought I'd try and build a mix around it. Here go. I call it dHarmony, trying to be clever. I made this with the FTOTZ group in mind, so I included pop culture reference pictures for each track. Mrs. D is included.

I sen this mix to CherryChapstick, see below, but I changed the name of the mix.

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Here is my July/August mix from MuffinMan called
Music 4 Cool Cats

1. "Spider Pig" - Hans Zimmer
2. "Crazy Bitch" - Buckcherry
3. "Push Push" - Bang Camero
4. "Last Week" - Washington Lane
5. "Lollipop" - Mika
6. "Me Love" - Sean Kingston
7. "NTF" - illScarlett
8. "It Don't Matter" - Donvan Frankenreiter
9. "Undeniable" - Mat Kearney
10. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Westlife
11. "All the Fish in the Sea are Stupid Sluts" - Westlife
12. "Hide and Seek" - Imogen Heap
13. "Plug It In and Turn It On" - Krezip
14. "I-76" - G. Love and Special Sauce
15. "Outta Sight" - Chromeo
16. "The Band in Hell" - Electric Six
17. "Maybe We Should Fall in Love" - Roger Clyne
18. "Madeline and Nine" - Mike Doughty
19. "If You See Kay" - Turbonegro
20. "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" - Poison

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I sent these mixes to CherryChapstick and here are her comments -
The "What Kind of Girl Mix." Just about every song on this mix is excellent.

1. What Kind of Girl -- The Au Pairs
2. That Girl -- Esthero * (Probably my favorite of the mix. I've never heard a song by this artist before, I'll definately have to check out more!)
3. Four Eyed Girl -- Rhett Miller *
4. Vanishing Girl -- The Dukes of Stratosphear
5. Foolish Little Girl -- The Shirelles *
6. Strange little Girl -- The Stranglers (Love the picture of Jessica Simpson in the track listing)
7. Martian Girl -- The Aquabats
8. An Ordinary Girl -- I Am Kloot
9. Toxic Girl -- The Kings of Convenience *
10. London Girl -- The Pogues * (Second favorite. Love the Pogues)
11. Homely Girl -- Jackie Robinson
12. Sad Girl -- Ten in the Swear Jar *
13. Dirty Girl -- Eels *
14. 20th Century Girl -- Pizzicato Five *
15. Birdmad Girl -- The Cure
16. Ugly Girl -- Fleming and John * (This song is catchy as hell, not to mention completely bitchy and all-around fab)
17. Valley Girl -- Frank and Moon Unit Zappa
18. Sunday Girl -- Rosetta Stone
19. Bad Girl -- The Detroit Cobras
20. Happiest Girl -- Depeche Mode
21. Distopian Dream Girl -- Built to Spill *
22. Goodbye Girl -- The Specials *

The "Twenty-Eighties" Mix. This mix was a lot of fun, plus most of the songs were completely new to me, which is always a plus.

1. Kon Kan -- I Beg Your Padon (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden) *
2. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians -- Balloon Man *
3. The Dream Academy -- Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want *
4. Adam and the Ants -- Dog Eat Dog *
5. Midnight Oil -- When the Generals Talk
6. Ultravox -- Reap the Wild Wind *
7. Freur -- Doot-Doot
8. The Au-Pairs -- Set Up *
9. Specimen -- Holes
10. Orange Juice -- Lovesick *
11. Siouxie and the Banshees -- Red Over White
12. The Bolshoi -- Sunday Morning *
13. The Stranglers -- Cruel Garden *
14. Tones on Tail -- Lions
15. Wire -- The Queen of Ur and the King of Um
16. Lover Speaks -- No More "I Love Yous" *
17. Mission UK -- Tower of Strength
18. Oingo Boingo -- Whole Day Off *
19. Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls -- Dream Sequence
20. The Rave-Ups -- Positively Lost Me

Thanks for two excellent mixes, derhay!

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I sent an mix to Astro, and here is what he had to write...

Anywho, got an Orphan Mix from derhay and its a mix I really enjoy. Its an old school soul and funk mix which I dig. Check it out.

1. Piece Of Peace - Pass It On Pt. 1
2. Stormy - The Devastator
3. Renaldo Domino - Two years Four Days
4. Josephine Taylor - I've Made Up My Mind
5. Renaldo Domino - Nevermore
6. Mystiques - Put Out The Fire
7. Harrison & The Majestic Kind - Can You Find Me Love
8. OFS Unlimited - Mister Kidneys
9. Soul Ensemble - Melon Jelly
10. Mitch Mitchell - Can't Get A Nuff
11. OFS Unlimited - Mystic
12. Ronnie Taylor - I Can't Take It
13. The Four Mints - Row My Boat
14. Bill Moss - Number One
15. The Four Mints - Too Far Gone
16. Marion Black - Who Knows
17. Mae Young - Let's Give Our Love A Try
18. Edd Henry - Crooked Woman
19. The Performers - Mini Skirt
20. Johnny/The Arrows - Boogedy Boogedy
21. Soul Blenders - Blending Sould
22. Michael Liggins - Standing On The Corner
23. Moovers - One Little Dance
24. Helene Smith - Thrills & Chills
25. Freda Gray & The Rocketeers - Stay Away From My Johnny
26. Johhny K Killens & The Dynamites - I Don't Need Help
27. Four Mints - You'll Want To Come Back
28. Jay Mitchell - Tighter & Tighter
29. The Web - Things Are Going To Work Out Right

I definitely can see this stuff getting sampled by some hiphop producer in the future. Good stuff derhay, its very soulful and funky!

June 2007

2007-07-17T13:45:00.000-07:00

I sent my June mix to knobbygirl.
She wrote, "...and I too just received a mix from derhay...and a used $50 itunes card...you are tha debil!

mofo melodica with guest: accordion
1. Augustus pablo - King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown
2. Eels - Bride of Theme From Blinking Lights
3. Afel Bocoum, Damon Albarn, Toumani Diabate and Friends - Sunset Coming On
4. The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
5. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
6. Ben Folds Five - Smoke
7. Bauhaus - She's in Parties
8. Gang of Four - It's Her Factory
9. Joy Division - In a Lonely Place
10. Gorillaz - A Fistful of Peanuts (Clint Eastwood)
11. Clinic - Anne
12. Franz Ferdinand - 40'
13. Ten in the Swear Jar - King Earth
14. R.E.M. - Find the River
15. Belle and Sebastian - Find the River
16. Aimee Mann - Nightmare Girl
17. Gonzales, Feist & Dani - Boomerang 2005
18. Faith No More - Midnight Cowboy
19. Gotan Project - Mi Confesion
20. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Tonight's with You

I never knew so many songs could have accordion, yet sound so different! ...and no Weird Al?

I am liking the mix...thanks derhay!"

Since I released this mix, I've found more songs I want on the mix. Rats!

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My mix from Diane Court called
Feels Like the Islands: Forays into Ska, Reggae & Island Music

1. "Pressure Drop - The Specials
2. "I Wish" - Jem
3. "Let My Love Open the Door" - Rilo Kiley
4. "Right By Your Side" - Eurythmics
5. "With My Own Two Hands" - Ben Harper
6. "Wings of a Dove" - Madness
7. "All Along the Watchtower" - Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues
8. "This Room" - Fat Freddy's Drop
9. "Cool Me Down" - The Black Seeds
10. "Tropical Moonlight" - Domino
11. "Send It To Me" - The Rolling Stones
12. "Darlin' Do Not Fear" - Brett Dennen
13. "Egyptian Reggae" - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
14. "Ninja of Love" - Keller Williams (ft. Michael Franti)
15. "The Bed's Too Big Without You" - The Police
16. "LDN" - Lily Allen
17. "Jogging Gorgeous Summer" - Island
18. "Sunny Road (Manasseh Mix) - Emiliana Torrini
19. "The Unwanted Things" - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

m.i.x.s.p.a.c.e.s. recap

2007-04-10T15:20:00.000-07:00

My favorite mixspaces exchange was with a "brother" named What's In The Bag.

In August of 2005, he sent me

Melancholy: Three Day Weekend

and I sent him

fogged

I found out today that he lives in the next town over from me now. Saves postage if he is interested in making new trades.

April 2007

2007-04-10T14:59:00.000-07:00

I made a mix exchange through MySpace, which I haven't tried in a very long time.
Pinky wanted to know if I'd make an exchange, so we exchanged pre-fab mixes.
She received a new mix called

A Piff, A Knee
April March 1. Sometimes Sometimes
Spoon 2. Advance Cassette
The Dirtbombs 3. Earthquake Heart
Clinic 4. C.Q.
The Easybeats 5. Gonna Have a Good Time
Cat Power 6. Shaking Paper
The Natural History 7. Broken Language
Os Brazões 8. Tão Longe de Mim
Holly Golightly 9. Good Enough
The Performers 10. Mini Skirt
The Dirtbombs 11. F.I.D.O.
The Rolling Stones 12. Surprise Surprise
The Shitbirds 13. Baby What's New
DJ Shadow 14. Six Days (Soulwax Mix)
Marianne Faithfull 15. My Friends Have
The Rave-Ups 16. Rave Up/Shut Up
Peter Bjorn & John 17. It Beats Me Every Time
Stormy 18. The Devastator
The Zakary Thaks 19. Bad Girl
The Dirtbombs 20. Mystified
Supergrass 21. Melanie Davis

I also sent these mixes Candygram, The Blue Pill, Scented Bags and pilfer. Pilfer was said to be so well received that I felt comfortable posting it to Mixtape Collective.

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I received my April/May mix from Ballroom Pink this week it is entitled

The Way We Live Now

(I had a minute to type this up, but not to listen to the disc - a much better review to follow)

1. "Testament To Youth in Verse" - The New Pornographers
2. "Natural's Not In It" - Gang of Four
3. "The Way We Get By" - Spoon
4. "The Way Things Are" - Fiona Apple
5. "How We Operate" - Gomez
6. "Dumb It Down" - Pernice Brothers
7. "American Wife" - Rilo Kiley
8. "I Can't Get Behind That" - William Shatner & Henry Rollins
9. "Cold Blooded Old Times" - (Smog)
10. "Glass, Concrete and Stone" - David Byrne
11. " The Ghost of Corporate Future" - Regina Spektor
12. "Mad World" - Gary Jules
13. "The World is Full of Crashing Bores" - Moz
14. "There Is So Much More" - Brett Dennen
15. "Under Pressure" - Queen & David Bowie
16. "Knock Yourself Out" - Jon Brion
17. "Can't Get It Right Today" - Joe Purdy
18. "It Don't Worry Me" - Robyn Carrigan
19. "You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What Yo Deserve" - Johnny boy
20. "Sari" - Nellie McKay

March 2007

2007-04-10T12:01:00.000-07:00

My March mixes went out to jimcat in Scotland.

She wrote, "As promised, here are the tracklists for the two mixes sent by the wonderful derhay

The first mix is music featured in, or sounding like it ought to be featured in “The Black Donnellys” (which I haven’t seen, but am now intrigued by!)

March Donnellys

1. Beirut – Scenic World
2. Nick Drake – Horn
3. Andain – Beautiful Things
4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Mercy
5. Butterfly Boucher – A Walk Outside
6. Tom Waits – Gun Street Girl
7. The Natural History – Broken Language
8. Garmarna – Euchari
9. Snow Patrol – Open Your Eyes
10. PJ Harvey – One Line
11. Clannad – A Mhuirnín Ó
12. Elbow – Any Day Now
13. The Kingsmen – Louie, Louie
14. Minus the Bear – Dog Park
15. Hem – The Burnt-Over District
16. Carbon Leaf – The Boxer
17. Ten in the Swear Jar – King Earth
18. Dropkick Murphys – I’m Shipping Up to Boston
19. The Greenhornes – Hard Times
20. The Ordinary Boys – Boys Will Be Boys
21. Donna Germano – King of the Fairies
22. Doves – Caught By the River

The second mix had a very clever theme – all the songs are the exact same length. Which might possibly correspond to derhay’s birthday, judging by the hints he dropped – Happy Birthday for a week past Sunday, derhay!

III XVIII

1. The Beach Boys – I Know There’s an Answer
2. Blondie – Pretty Baby
3. Boxcar Racers – There Is
4. Cocteau Twins – Iceblink Luck
5. The Cure – Six Different Ways
6. David Bowie – Days
7. Eels – Dog Faced Boy
8. The Fratellis – Flathead
9. Gomez – We Haven’t Turned Around (X-Ray Mix)
10. PJ Harvey – Dress
11. INXS – Mystify
12. Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr – You’re All I Need to Make It
13. The Melodians – It’s My Delight
14. Mulatu Astatke – Yègellé Tezeta (My Own Memory)
15. Laura Pausini – Mi Rubi l’Anima
16. P.M. Dawn – Amnesia
17. Rilo Kiley – Wires and Waves
18. The Rolling Stones – Obsession
19. The Skatalites – Herb Man Dub
20. The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
21. The Sundays – Another Flavour
22. Tones on Tail – War
23. Van Morrison – The Way Young Lovers Do
24. XTC – Fly on the Wall

Both mixes made a very good soundtrack to my weekend of Ikea furniture building and front room rearranging, but that also meant that I haven’t given them my full attention yet. The tracks I’ve bolded were the ones that really stood out on first listen, but I expect I’d bold more after a more relaxing 2nd go! Thanks again, derhay!

(And BTW, your surname is my mum’s maiden name. We’re practically family!)"

I was very happy to know I didn't offend her Scots sensibilities with a pseudo-Celt mix.

______________________cut along here

I received my March mix from baggylettuce

Sophisticated Boom Boom
"Songs with finger-clicks, hand-claps and hip wiggling. And songs without any of that stuff as well, just because. There are two Momus tracks on there which is sort of cheating for a mix."

1. The Bird and the Bee - "Because"
2. The Shangri-Las - "Sophisticated Boom Boom"
3. The Puppini Sisters - "Wuthering Heights"
4. Momus - "Vogue Bambini"
5. Take That - "Shine"
6. Eartha Kitt - "Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell"
7. The Andrew Sisters - "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"
8. Sugarbabes - "Overload"
9. Spice Girls - The Lady is a Vamp"
10. Momus - "I Am a Kitten" Great lyrics. Gold star.
11. Pulp - "Stacks"
12. Rihanna - "Pon De Replay"
13. Kenickie - "Come Out 2Nite"
14. Robbie Williams - "Rudebox" "Ok, then back to baseheads. Dance like you just won at the special Olympics" :)

This is actually the second mix that she had to send me. The first mix was lost. I like to think that it is somewhere with Wilson and Hanks and that I will be reunited with it for the first time at some time. Thanks for this awesome mix!

February 2007

2007-04-10T12:00:00.001-07:00

I received two mixes from CherryChapstick

Did I Step on Your Trumpet while meeting Paris Hilton?
[Some of the Best Songs from Last Year]

1. "Rise Up with Fists - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
2. "On The Radio" - Regina Spektor
3. "Beast Simone" - Exit Clov
4. "Backass" - Karen O. featuring Peaches
5. "Wolf Like Me" - TV On The Radio
6. "Walk Away" - Tom Waits
7. "Cut From The Cloth" - The Evens
8. "Writings On The Wall" - The Album Leaf
9. "Country Mile" - Camera Obscura
10. "Summersong" - The Decemberists
11. "Did I Step On Your Trumpet" - Danielson
13. "Mr. Tough" - Yo La Tengo
14. "Honolulu" - Sondre Lerche
15. "Pull Shapes" - The Pipettes
16. "Alfie" - Lily Allen ty
17. "I Can't Decide" - Scissor Sisters
18. "Meeting Paris Hilton" - Cansei De Ser Sexy Concordo.
19. "Running the World" - Jarvis CockovthaWalker

Hey Ocean Man!: Songs About Sailing The Big Seas

1. "Ocean Man" - Ween
2. "I'm Shippin Up To Boston" - Dropkick Murphys
3. "The Irish Rover" - The Pogues and Dubliners
4. "Every Sea Has Her Sailor, Every Sailor Has His Sea" - Thomas Baz
5. "Sailor Song" - Regina Spektor
6. "Pirate Jenny" - Nina Simone
7. "The Pirates Gospel" - Alela Diane
8. "Nightmares By The Sea" - Jeff Buckley
9. "(Do Not Feed The) Oyster" - Stephen Malkmus
10. "The Mariner's Revenge Song" - The Decemberists
11. "Tidal Wave" - Longwave
12. "6,000 Shipwrecks" - The Kite Flying Society
13. "Shipwrecked" - The Gothic Archies
14. "Over the Water" - The Cardigans
15. "Come Sail Away" - Styx
16. "In an Aeroplane Over the Sea" - Neutral Milk Hotel

I sent one lowely mix to Masticator

He wrote, "...here's the tracklisting of derhay's awesome February mix, titled

Lie Back And Think Of Pam Grier...

01 Highlighters Band -- Poppin' Popcorn
02 Latyrx -- Lady Don't Tek No
03 Mae Young -- Let's Give Our Love A Try
04 Blackalicious -- Make You Feel That Way
05 The Performers -- Mini Skirt
06 The Four Mints -- Too Far Gone
07 Shuggie Otis -- Inspiration Information
08 Breakestra -- Getcho Soul Togetha Pt 2
09 Johnny K Killens & the Dynamites -- I Don't Need Help
10 Nina Simone -- See-Line Woman
11 Fabulous Originals -- It Ain't Fun But It's Fun
12 DJ Rhettmatic & Ursula Rucker -- Warrior Spirit (Interlude)
13 Nightmares On Wax -- Flip Ya Lid
14 The Eternals -- Queen Of The Minstrels
15 Reginald Milton & the Sould Jets -- Clap Your Hands
16 The Meters -- Darling Darling Darling
17 Mystic -- Forever And A Day
18 RJD2 -- Good Times Roll Pt 1
19 The Skatalites -- Herb Man Dub
20 TV On The Radio -- Dirtywhirl
21 The Delfonics -- Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
22 De La Soul -- What's More
23 Ron Ayers and Carl Clay -- Coffy Is The Color
24 Res -- 700 Mile Situation
25 Pam Grier -- Long Time Woman

Thanks derhay - this was unexpected and amazing! Best of mix was undoubtedly the TV On The Radio track - I also liked their tracks on Cassie's mixes previously. I really must get the album."

Dec 2005 / Jan 2006

2007-04-10T11:59:00.001-07:00

My Dec/Jan mix from knobbygirl entitled
fire crotch: an ode to panty-less partying
n = new to me

1. “Lindsay Lohan… is a firecrotch.” – Brandon Davis
2. “What’s New Pussycat” – Tom Jones
3. “Cigarettes and Alcohol” – Oasis
4. “Screwed (Alex C remix)” – Paris Hilton n
5. “Wake Up, K-Fed” – DJ Dirty Beagle n
6. “Pussy” – Lords of Acid n
7. “I Wanna Be Your STD” – Jimmy Edgar n
8. “Toxic” – The Chopin Sisters n
9. “Sneakin’ Out the Hospital” – The Beastie Boys
10. “The Crabhouse” – Lords of Acid n
11. “Burning Up” – Madonna n
12. “Suicide Blonde” – INXS great song
13. “Boyfriend” – Ashlee Simpson n
14. “She’s Your Cocaine” – Tori Amos
15. “Growing On Me” – The Darkness n
16. “Fire” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
17. “Alcohol” – Barenaked Ladies n
18. “Flames Go Higher” – Eagles of Death Metal n
19. “The Pussy Cat Song” – Connie Vonnett n
20. “Stars are Blind” – Paris Hilton n
21. “Ring of Fire” – Johnny Cash
22. “Medical Love Song” – Monty Python n

I sent two to Cassie and she wrote, "I received two mixes from derhay on Thursday that were almost entirely New To Me. There are a number of songs here that I fully intend to steal and put on mixes of my own.

Find Yourself A Comfortable Chair

1. Karlenken Vantar - Kent - (This has a great opening that really works to kicks off a mix.)
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Worm Is Green - (I grew to like this. I think it's a surprisingly versatile song.)
3. The Only Living Boy Around - American Analog Set
4. We're So Cool - The Au Pairs - (LOVVVVE this.)
5. Elephant Woman - Blonde Redhead
6. Banshee Beat - Animal Collective - (Gorgeous "slow build" song. Everything I've heard about Animal Collective suggested that they were a bit too "out there" for me. But I really like this. Is this them at their most accessible?)
7. Bicycle - The Autumns
8. My Diamond Star Car - Deerhoof - (I've read a lot of good things about this band, but I found this very annoying. My only "skip" on either mix.)
9. Beachcoma - Blur
10. The Lodger - David Byrne - (Is this what David Byrne sounds like now?)
11. Assessment (C Swing's Bootleg mix) - The Beta Band
12. When Prince Was a Kid - Jonathan Fire*Eater
13. Tiger Lily - The Bluetones
14. Ironspy - Splashdown
15. Vapour Trail - Ride
16. Sooner - Asobi Seksu
17. Live Wire - The Beastie Boys
18. Ruby Tuesday - Franco Battiato
19. The Day - Lisa Germano
20. The Coffee and Tea Wrecks - The Dandy Warhols - (They sound totally different here than in the "Veronica Mars" theme, my only prior exposure.)

Oh, I'm Not With These Guys: A very special blossom Collaboration/Guest Vocals Mix
Really enjoyed this one. You can consider the first 19 tracks bolded, because it all played very cohesively. But I will bold my particular favorites.
1. Gang of Four - I Love a Man in Uniform (Yeah Yeah Yeahs remix) - (Aw. This one is really cool. I'm not familiar with the original — what constitutes the remix? Is that Karen O singing?)
2. The Strokes w. Regina Spektor - Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men - (I've got a real weakness for male/female combos.)
3. Spahn Ranch w. Vylette - Dreaming - (Very inventive cover.)
4. The Greenhornes w. Holly Golightly - There Is an End - (Only know her from that White Stripes song. She's nice and sultry here.)
5. Sigmatropic and Lee Renaldo - Haiku Twelve
6. Blonde Redhead ft. David Sylvian - Messenger
7. DJ Krush ft. Esthero - Final Home
8. Iggy Pop w. Kate Pierson - Candy - (Squee!!! I loved this song when it came out, and haven't heard it since.)
9. Sonic Youth w. Kim Deal - Little Trouble Girl - (Summit of the cool Kims!)
10. Basement Jaxx ft. Siouxsie Sioux - Cish Cash - (Totally infectious.)
11. The Herbaliser ft. Cappo - Failure's No Option
12. The Streets w. The Futureheads - Fit But You Know It
13. The Brian Jonestown Massacre ft. Sarabeth Tuceek - Seer
14. New Order ft. Billy Corgan - Turn My Way
15. Los Cinco & April March - Theme for the Lime Cafe
16. Sigmatropic & Cat Power - Haiku Ten
17. DJ Shadwo ft. Chris James - You Made It
18. Handsome Boy Modeling School ft. Jack Johnson - Breakdown
19. OP8 ft. Lisa Germano - Tom, Dick and Harry
20. Roy Orbison and k.d. lang - Crying - (I know that both of these artists are very talented, but this is Not My Sort Of Thing.)
21. Tweaker ft. Nick Young - Sleepwalking Away

Thanks, derhay!"

October / November 2006

2007-04-10T11:58:00.003-07:00

I received an EC Halloween mix from Sgt Howie calledKooky Spooky
1. John Zacherly - Halloween Hootenanny
2. Round Robin - I'm the Wolfman
3. Southern Culture on the Skids - Werewolf
4. The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf
5. Lord Luther - Teenage Creature
6. The Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 –
The Wolfman Stole My Baby
7. The Neanderthals - Werewolf from Outer Space
8. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween
9. Lavern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo
10. The Revels - Dead Man's Stroll
11. The Poets - Dead
12. The Magics - Zombie Walk
13. Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You
14. Harry Belafonte - Zombie Jamboree
15. The Misfits - Halloween
16. New Mayfair Dance Orchestra - The Haunted House
17. Zombina & the Skeletones - The Count of Five
18. Ben Colder - Shudders and Screams
19. The Hollywood Flames - Frankenstein's Den
20. Big Bee Kornegay & Group - At the House of Frankenstein
21. The Arsonists - Halloween
22. The Reverend Horton Heat - The Halloween Dance
23. Archie King - The Vampire
24. Eyeball Skeleton - Flat Top Vampire
25. Hot Blood - Soul Dracula
26. Bobby Bare - Vampira
27. The Bollock Brothers - Drac's Back
28. The Zane Bros - Dracula
29. The Duponts - Screamin' Ball
30. David, Hoffman and Livington - Trick or Treat

I received three orphan mixes for this round from ihavecooties
Disc one of my Oct/Nov orphan mixes from ihavecooties
Kansas Day (January 29. folks!)
1. “Where I Want To Be” Start
2. “Dirty Hands” Kill Creek
3. “The Hook” Danger Bob
4. “When I’m With You, I’m Ok” Ultimate Fakebook
5. “Hop A Ride” Podstar
6. “Short Fuse” Dead Girls Ruin Everything
7. “Fashionista” Vibalux
8. “My Friends” Ruskabank
9. “Heartbeat” Don Johnson
10. “People of the South Wind” Kansas
11. “Bring Me Some Water” Melissa Etheridge
12. “On the Way Out” Freedy Johnston
13. “At The Hundreth Meridian” The Tragically Hip
14. “Anthropology” Charlie Parker
15. “The Weary Blues” Langston Hughes
16. “Walter Johnson” Jonathan Richman
17. “On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe” Johnny Mercer
18. “Wichita” The Jayhawks
19. “Big Hair” The Alfred Packer Memorial String Band
20. “Bury My Heart” Sean Locke
21. “Iola” Great Plains
22. “By The Waters of the Minnetonka” Slim Whitman
23. “The Gunsmoke Theme”
24. “Home on the Range” KU Symphonic Band

ix of Contrition
1. “Fake Flowers” – Olivia
2. “Hourglass” – Squeeze
3. “Don’t Get Me Wrong” – Bonnie Pink
4. “Rio” – Bobby Yang | very cool
5. “Alone Again Or” – The Damned
6. “Black Black Heart” – David Usher
7. “Where’s My Love” – Caroline | amazing
8. “Makin’ Sunshine” – The Trews
9. “Ultraviolet” – McFly
10. “Earthbound Rings Of Saturn Valley OC remix” -
11. “InfraRed” – Placebo
12. “Uptown Girl” – Billy Joel
13. “Poison Arrow” – ABC
14. “Can’t You Figure It Out?” - Sloan
15. “Sunflower” – NineWood
16. “Love Among Ruins” – Craig Wedren
17. “Bloods On Fire” – Pinback
18. “Time Won’t Let Me” – The Outsiders
19. “Title of the Song” – DaVinci’s Notebook
20. “Sex Bomb” – Tom Jones
21. “Satellite” – Guster
22. “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag Pt. 1” –James Brown

All Japan, All the Time
1. “Sailing Day” – Bump of Chicken
2. “Ai No Shirushi” – Puffy AmiYumi
3. “Love” – Mr. Chicken
4. “Shine” – Chihiro Onitsuka
5. “Kanojo No Taisetsuna Mono” – Judy and Mary
6. “A Little Waltz” – Dreams Come True
7. “Escargot” - Spitz
8. “Boku wa Kuma” – Utada Hikaru
9. “Blackout” – Tokyo Jihen
10. “Ni Rin Ka” – Ikimono Gakari
11. “I Miss You” – Love Psychedelico
12. “Andante” – Yaida Hitomi
13. “Cherry” - Polysics
14. “Tsumi to Batsu” – Shiina Ringo
15. “Utataka” - Cocco
16. “Chronopsychology” – M-Flo
17. “Red Clover” – Shiratori Maika
18. “(Aa Seishun” – GO!GO!7188
19. “Beautiful Days” - Youjeen
20. “Bad Communication” – B’Z (extra-hidden track)

And I sent out two mixes to dcjayhawk
She wrote, "Standout tracks are starred, but overall, it's a good disc. Oh, the Yoda postcard is adorable!"

e tchau...

1. Gotta Get Away -- The Rolling Stones
2. Vacation -- The Go-Gos
3. Goodbye -- Asobi Seksu *
4. Gotta Start Somewhere -- Jon Brion *
5. Mexican Shuffle -- Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
6. Canada -- Low
7. City of Refuge -- Grant Lee Phillips *
8. The Motel -- Syria
9. Coral Bracelet -- April March
10. El Salvador -- Athlete *
11. Behind the Wheel/Route 66 [Mega-Single Mix] -- Depeche Mode *
12. Mommy Daddy You and I -- Talking Heads
13. Souvenir -- Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark
14. I Walk the Earth -- King Biscuit Time
15. Park Inn -- The Futureheads
16. Travelin' Man (DJ Honda Remix) -- Mos Def *
17. I've Changed Hotels -- Jonathan Fire*Eater
18. Something 4 the Weekend -- Super Furry Animals
19. Around the World -- Lisa Germano *
20. I'll Come Running -- Brian Eno

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She added, "Here is the second of derhay's mixes; faves are starred. Lots of big band/jazzy goodness. Thanks again!"

Butter That Popcorn

1. Funky Buttercup -- The Chosen Few
2. Take It Easy My Brother Charles -- Jorge Ben *
3. It's My Delight -- The Melodians
4. Butter That Popcorn -- The RDM Band *
5. Simmer Down -- The Wailers
6. Melting Pot -- Underground Vegetables
7. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting -- Charles Mingus *
8. Ain't No Love Lost -- Patti Jo *
9. Number One -- Bill Moss
10. Ten Penny Nail -- The Upsetters
11. Pain In My Heart -- Helene Smith
12. It Ain't Fun But It's Fun -- Fabulous Originals *
13. One for Daddy-O -- Cannonball Adderley
14. U.F.O. [Originial Version] -- Mickey & the Soul Generation
15. Rock Steady Romance -- Lionrock *
16. Groovin' -- J.J. Johnson *
17. Nuclear Weapon -- Ansel Collins
18. Perhaps (Someday the Roof Will Get Fixed) -- Dan the Automator
19. On the Dub-ble -- DJ Krush *
20. Safari -- Horace Silver
21. Samurai Code Quote "A Rainstorm" -- Forest Whitaker
22. See You When I Get There -- Willie Williams *

September 2006

2007-04-10T11:58:00.001-07:00

I received a mix from jakes mom called Television Montage

Notes read, "...this mix includes both classic montages, which show the passage of time, and also scenes in which several (mostly poignant) things happen to multiple characters." jakes mom, I really have enjoyed this mix and the concept behind it. I am sorry for my delay in posting this, but I did tell you I haven't been feeling 100%. *indicates I've seen this montage"

1. "Montage" - Team America (*South Park)
2. "Halleluja" - Rufus Wainwright (The O.C.)
3. "Hide and Seek" - Imogen Heap (Smith)
4. "Into Dust" - Mazy Star (*House)
5. "Time" - Chantal Kreviazuk (Men In Trees)
6. "Our Town" - Iris Dement (Northern Exposure)
7. "Hurt" - Johnny Cash (*Smallville)
8. "Cathedrals" - Jump, Little Children (Everwood) stunning
9. "Come Sail Away" - Styx (Ed)
10. "Mad World" - Gary Jules (Without a Trace)
11. "Across the Universe" - Fiona Apple (Joan of Arcadia)
12. "Boogie Shoes" - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (Sports Night)
13. "Turn! Turn! Turn!" - The Byrds (American Dreams)
14. "Change Gonna Come" - Otis Redding (American Dreams)
15. "It's My Life" - No Doubt (Alias)
16. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" - Louis Armstrong (Oprah)
17. "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas (Supernatural)
18. "Gravity" - John "O Face" Mayer (*House)
19. "Time After Time" - Eva Cassidy (*Smallville)

Thanks again, for this awesome mix. I have many more new treasures now.
I made two mixes for donna wk:

Dark Dance

01. Intro - Count Chocula
02. The Killing Moon - Grant Lee Phillips
03. Halloween - Matt Pond PA
04. Lagartija Nick - Bauhaus
05. Product Patrol - Cabaret Voltaire
06. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Worm is Green
07. Song from the Edge of the World - Siouxsie & the Banshees
08. Collapsing New People - Fad Gadget
09. Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan
10. Public Pervert - Interpol
11. Gods and Monsters - I Am Kloot
12. Wiping the Blood from our Teeth - Hint Hint
13. Down by the Water - PJ Harvey
14. Dreaming - Spahn Ranch w. Vylette
15. The Exploding Boy - The Cure
16. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Specimen
17. Re-Dial Meant 'Remember' - I Am Spoonbender
18. Spider and I - Brian Eno

Auto Pilot

01. American Dreaming - Dead Can Dance
02. Are You Awake? - Kevin Shields
03. Little Silver Ring - The Samples
04. Early Morning Blues and Greens - The Monkees
05. Friday I'm In Love - Glo-Worm
06. I'll See You in the Evening - Mazarin
07. Morning Will Come When I'm Not Ready - Lionrock
08. Dreams - TV on the Radio
09. Awake - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
10. Cupajoe - Anthrax
11. (Reach Up for the) Sunrise - Duran Duran
12. Have A Lucky Day - Morphine
13. Saturday Morning - Eels
14. Evening of the Day - Supergrass
15. Asleep on a Sunbeam - Belle & Sebastian
16. Ring the Alarm - Tenor Saw
17. Wake up Boo! - Boo Radleys
18. Coffee - Brak
19. Running on a Treadmill - Oingo Boingo
20. Good Morning, Good Morning - The Beatles
21. Sunday Afternoon - Texas
22. The Night - Morphine
23. ...to Dream - Lisa Germano
24. I Often Dream of Trains - Grant-Lee Phillips

She wrote "Dark Dance has a really nice flow and is an appropriately moody and dark Halloween mix. Auto Pilot also flows really well and both CDs introduced me to some new artists that I really enjoyed. Consider it all bolded; I enjoyed both mixes very much. Thanks, derhay!"

August 2006

2007-04-10T11:56:00.002-07:00

I received this orphan mix in October from Razzy
Now I have a soundtrack to my September orphan blues. Razzy sent me a mix called Orphan Blues. here go

1. "Set You Free" - The Black Keys
2. "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" - Bettye Lavette
3. "Bread and Butter" - The Roots
4. "She Wants to Sell My Monkey" - Junior Wells
5. "I Got A Woman" - Ray Charles
6. "Wail" - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
7. "Got Your on My Mind" - William Galson & Madeline Peryoux
8. "It Hurt So Bad" - Susan Tedeschi
9. "Don't You Ever (Get Tired of Hurting Me)" - Bettye Swann
10. "Blue Veins" - The Raconteurs
11. "Revenue Man Blues" - Charley Patton
12. "Shake a Hand" - Tina Turner
13. "Done Got Over You" - Buddy Guy
14. "I Can't Quit You Baby" - Otis Rush
15. "Cocaine" - Eric Clapton
16. "Idlewild Blues" - Outkast
17. "Everleen" - Bo Diddley
18. "Devil Got My Woman" - Skip James
19. "Boom Boom" - John Lee Hooker
20. "Have Love Will Travel" - The Black Keys

I made two mixes for ihavecooties.
She wrote:" I need to apologize, I've been lazy and have sat on these mixes from derhay for way too long. They're really good, though. One is called

We Hope You Like Guitars:

1. Moscow- Orange Juice
2. Vena Cava- 50 Foot Wave
3. Silver Apples- The Jeevas
4. In Like the Rose- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
5. Too Late Now- Holly Golightly
6. Resurrection Joe- The Cult
7. Friends- Gary Numan- Ooh, this sounds nothing like "Cars." I like it!
8. Utz- Enon
9. It Dawned on Me- Calla
10. Run Run Run- The Gestures
11. Spirit Ditties of No Tone- Deerhoof
12. Holes- Specimen
13. Kidney Bingo- Wire
14. Running Town- Siouxsie & The Banshees
15. Carnival Kids- The Futureheads
16. Bad Reputation- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
17. Rock & Roll- The Velvet Underground I was needing a studio version of this, thanks!
18. Young Lawyer- The French Kicks
19. Hawaii- The Strokes
20. Sometimes Sometimes- April March
21. The Ghosts Around You- Longwave
22. No You're Not- Spoon
23. Puchaca Surprise- Minus the Bear

Great stuff, very garagey!

The other mix is called Au8ust- it's (mostly) the eighth track from the eighth album by different acts. A very ambitious mix, because not that many bands make it that far.

1. Crazy Eights- Tapes 'n Tapes
2. August- Rilo Kiley
3. Land's End- Siouxsie & The Banshees
4. Neighborhood- David Byrne
5. From the Floorboards Up- Paul Weller I feel like I've heard this somewhere else, but I don't know where.
6. Brain Damage- Pink Floyd
7. Just Like Heaven- The Cure
8. August- Clinic
9. 1984- David Bowie I had no idea this was a Bowie song! I grew up listening to Tina Turner's cover of it.
10. Within You Without You- The Beatles
11. Devorzhum- Dead Can Dance
12. Give What He's Got- Peter Murphy
13. Fourteen Black Paintings- Peter Gabriel
14. Everybody Knows- Echo and the Bunnymen
15. The Carrier- Brian Eno & David Byrne
16. Please Go Home- The Rolling Stones I'm not usually a big Stones fan, but this one's good.
17. Miami - U2
18. Outbreak of Love- Midnight Oil"

July 2006

2007-04-10T11:56:00.001-07:00

My July mix from BlueJayWay
Plains, Trains and Automobiles

1. The Beatles "Drive My Car"
2. The Monkees "Last Train to Clarksville
3. Bloc Party " Helicopter great energy
4. They Might Be Giants "AKA Driver"
5. M. Ward "Big Boat"
6. Popguns "Can't Ignore the Train
7. R.E.M. "Driver 8 (live)"
8. Radiohead "Killer Cars"
9. Mark Mothersbaugh "Let Me Tell You About My Boat
10. Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
11. Smashing Pumpkins "Rocket"
12. Sleater-Kinney "Light Rail Coyote
13. Beck "Rental Car"
14. The Cure "Mint Car"
15. Guillemots "Trains to Brazil"
16. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists "Six Months in a Leaky Boat"
17. Neko Case "Train from Kansas City"
18. The Magnetic Fields "Born on a Train"
19. Tom Waits "Downtown Train"
20. Bruce Springsteen "Thunder Road"

((Key: red highlight = <3>))

I sent two mixes to Neant

Way Out There (from my Doctor Who phase)

1. The Planets by Animaniacs
2. On Mercury by Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Pluto Drive by The Creatures
4. Hyperspace by Nada Surf
5. Satellite by TV on the Radio
6. Alien Sex Fiend by Garbage
7. Alien . Waiting for a Train by Beck
8. Laserbl’ast by Fu Manchu
9. Hypersonic by Jane’s Addiction
10. Haunted Spaceship by Sifl and Olly
11. Out of Space by The Prodigy
12. Subterranean Homesick Alien by Radiohead
13. Doctor Who [Original Theme]
14. Invisible Sun by The Police
15. Space Beatle by The Beta Band
16. Kill All Hippies by Primal Scream
17. Space and Time by The Verve
18. Robot by Futureheads
19. Gemini Spacecraft by David Bowie
20. Sound Wars by DJ Shortee
21. Major Tom by Unit: 187
22. Doctor Who [Closing Theme] by HardWire

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page ing

1 “Wrapped Up In Books” - Belle and Sebastian
2 “A Beautiful Book” - Butterfly Boucher
3 “Strawberry Letter 23” - Shuggie Otis
4 ”Black Letter Day” - The Cardigans
5 “Yesterday’s Papers” - The Rolling Stones
6 ”Paper Tiger” - Spoon
7 ”Author Unknown” - Jason Falkner
8 ”Centerfold” - The J. Geils Band
9 “Black Postcards” - Luna
10 ”Message in a Bottle” (Live) - The Police
11 “Paperback Writer” - The Beatles
12 “The Empty Page” - Sonic Youth
13 ”Pressed in a Book” - The Shins
14 ”Send a Message To Her” - Beck
15 ”Fan Mail” - Blondie
16 “Paper Scratcher” - Blind Melon
17 “Dirty Magazine” - Bree Sharp
18 “This Is How The Story Ends” - The Sundays
19 “Red Letter Day” - Get-Up Kids
20 ”Paper Thin Walls” - Modest Mouse
21 “Rudy, A Message to You” - Dandy Livingston

May 2006

2007-04-10T11:55:00.000-07:00

I received an orphan mix from baggylettuce

TOPSHOP PRINCESS: SOUNDTRACK TO THE SUMMER

1. OMD "The Boy from the Chemist is here to See You"
2. Arctic Monkeys "Still Take You Home"
3. The Zutons "Valerie"
4. Hot Chip "Over and Over"
5. The Divine Comedy "The Frog Princess"
6. Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
7. Rihanna "S.O.S."
8. Hard-Fi "Hard to Beat"
9. Mystery Jets "You Can't Fool Me Dennis"
10. Will Young "Keep On"
11. Dirty Pretty Things "Bang Bang You're Dead"
12. The Ordinary Boys "Boys Will Be Boys"
13. Rilo Kiley "Portions for Foxes"
14. Sugababes "Push the Button"
15. Spiller ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"
16. Shakira "Hips Don't Lie"
17. The Flaming Lips "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
18. The Kooks "She Moves in Her Own Way
19. Kirsty MacColl "Celestine"
20. Helen Shapiro "Walking Back to Happiness

((Key: red highlight = <3>))

I sent this mix to Jose Jalepeno

narcoleptic kitty grab bag

1. Come Along by Morphine
2. I Got Nightmares by Wellwater Conspiracy
3. Sun Arise by Alice Cooper
4. Baby Mine by Alison Kraus
5. Silver Lining by Beulah
6. Dead Finks Don’t Talk by Brian Eno
7. Wicked Little Girl by David Byrne
8. Spirit Ditties Of No Tone by Deerhoof
9. Make Up by Elefant
10. It Ain’t Fun But It’s Fun by Fabulous Originals
11. electric Lady Land by Fantastic Plastic Machine
12. Cry On Demand by Gomez
13. When Prince Was a Kid by Jonathan Fire*Eater
14. Shame, Shame by Magic Lanterns
15. Lovesick by Orange Juice
16. No You’re Not by Spoon
17. Sun Hits the Sky by Supergrass
18. Down Now by French Kicks
19. Hours From My Life by The Natural History
20. Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men by The Strokes w/ Regina Spektor
21. New York’s a Lonely Town by The Tradewinds
22. Rock & Roll by The Velvet Underground

I sent out an orphan mix in June to Pam for this month's exchange

May or Phan mix (c'mon that's pretty clever)

1. “For a Few Dollars More” - The Upsetters
2. “Coal Black Model T” - Alice Cooper Band
3. “Pacer” - Amp
4. “Mini Skirt” - The Performers
5. “It’s Not Real” - The Greenhornes
6. “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” - Neko Case
7. “Never Say Die” - Black Sabbath
8. “No Worries” - Hepcat
9. “Paralyzed” - Betty Wright
10. “Baby What’s New” - The Shitbirds
11. “Silver Apples” - The Jeevas
12. “Compellor” - Wellwater Conspiracy
13. “Wishing Well” - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
14. “Blood Makes Noise” - Suzanne Vega
(saw Mazarin and The Walkmen on 6/6/06)
15. “At 12 to 6” - Mazarin
16. “NE Winter (demo)” - Mazarin
17. “There Goes My Baby” - The Walkmen
18. “So You Say You Lost Your Baby” - Death in Vegas ft. Paul Weller
19. “Young Lawyer - The French Kicks
20. “I Fought the Angels” - The Delgados
21. “Seer” - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
22. “Royal Orleans” - Led Zeppelin
23. “Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable Time” - Kaada
24. “Cet Air-La” -April March

April 2006

2007-04-10T11:51:00.001-07:00

I received an awesome mix from Masticator
Lie Back and Think of England:
1: "Revolution" - The Beatles
2: "When the Sun Goes Down" - Arctic Monkeys
3: "Life on Mars?" - David Bowie
4: "I Predict a Riot" - Kaiser Chiefs
5: "Unfinished Sympahty" - Massive Attack
6: "Is It Just Me?" - The Darkness
7: "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks
8: "Living for the Weekend" - Hard-Fi
9: "Bottle Rocket" - The Go! Team
10: "Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin
11: "Apply Some Pressure" - Maximo Park
12: "Reasons To Be Cheerful" - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Reminds me of "Can You Picture That" by Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem
13: "You Said Something" - PJ Harvey
14: "Sleep On The Left Side" - Cornershop
15: "Street Fighting Man" - Rolling Stones
16: "Too Much Too Young" - The Specials
17: "Going Out" - Supergrass
18: "Dreamy Days" - Roots Manurva
19: "Hope There's Someone" - Antony & The Johnsons
20: "Flicker" - Kathryn Williams
21: "Day Is Done" - Nick Drake

I sent two mixes to sunspot

"Finally, here are the track listings for last month's mixes. Thanks again derhay, I've listened to them several times. Particular favourites bolded, a few comments, lots of old faves and some new sounds and a general sense of love for them, particularly the first.
Bossy Pants

01. Run and Run – Psychedelic Furs
02. Hold Me Now – Elastica
03. Ring the Alarm – Tenor Saw
04. Don’t Hold Your Breath – Calla
05. Be My Wife – David Bowie (love Bowie)
06. Sssh! – Fleming & John
07. Stay Away From My Johnny – Freda Gray & the Rocketeers (love)
08. Hang ‘em High – Hackie Mittoo
09. Sit Down – James
10. Give Me Daughters – Jonathan Fire Eater (interesting and weird, yet still less offensive than that horrible Daughters song by John Mayer)
11. Take It Easy My Brother Charles – Jorge Ben (not crazy about it at first, but I listened again today in a fit of murderous rage and it actually helped me "take it easy")
12. Shake – Otis Redding
13. Cut Chemist
14. Speak For Me – Cat Power
15. Sifl & Olly meet the Tooth Fairy
16. Hands Off, She’s Mine – English Beat (it's like I'm 16 again)
17. Echoes of Deaf Journalists – Robotiks
18. Play It Cool – Super Furry Animals
19. Get Off Of My Cloud – The Flying Pickets (cute, but I think I only feel that way because of their accents, throw in a general North American accent and I'd probably be mildly annoyed)
20. Throw Away Your Television – Red Hot Chili Peppers (one of my fave RCHP songs)
21. Spin It On – Wings
22. Stay Up Late – Talking Heads
23. Prove My Love – Violent Femmes
24. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Nina Simone
25. Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sunshine In – Frente!
26. Johnny Depp
27. Say Hello To the Angels - Interpol

A great mix. I have to say the little clips were probably lost on me as I am very out of the loop when it comes to pop culture. For example, I know who Johnny Depp is but was that him or someone talking about him or what, I have no idea?

The second mix had no title, only symbols, so I have christened it....
The Disc Previously Known As Prince

01. Love Is All Around – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (the best thing about the Mary Tyler Moore show was always the theme song)
02. Nothing Stays the Same – Elastica
03. Tuareg – Gal Costa (the only song I think I didn't like at all)
04. Hold Me Baby – Holly Golightly
05. Thrills and Chills – Helene Smith
06. Band Of Gold – Marcia Griffiths (great version)
07. Fat Man & Dancing Girl – Suzanne Vega
08. Cracklin’ Water – OP8 f. Lisa Germano
09. Why Do I Lie – Luscious Jackson
10. Dr. Cat – Mary Timony
11. Petite Pays – Cesaria Evora (pretty)
12. Popsicles and Icicles – Murmaids
13. Let Me Know – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (I really haven't listened to much by them, obviously I should)
14. Polaroid Millenium – Superior
15. Another Flavour – The Sundays
16. I Love A Snot – Lisa Germano
17. Dress – PJ Harvey (love!)
18. C30, C60, C90 Go! – Pretty Girls Make Graves ( not what I was expecting at all)
19. The Butterfly Collector – Garbage
20. Fury Eyes – The Creatures
21. Sunday Girl – Rosetta Stone
22. Alive Alone – The Chemical Brothers f. Beth Orton
23. CQ Song – Mellor
24. Zero Zero – April March"

March 2006

2007-04-10T11:49:00.000-07:00

I received this mix from Joey Potter's It
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me It: A Selection of Motown and Northern Soul
The arrival of this mix couldn't have been timed better. I love this. Consider the entire mix bolded.

1) "You've Really Got a Hold On Me" - The Temptations
2) "Reach Out, I'll Be There" - The Four Tops
3) "Tainted Love" - Gloria Jones
4) "Lucky To Be Loved By You" - Willie Hutch
5) "Night Owl" - Bobby Paris
6) "You're All I Need To Get By" - Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell
7) "My Girl" - The Temptations
8) "Moonlight, Music and You" - Laura Greene
9) "Every Little Bit Hurts" - Brenda Holloway
10) "Baby I Need Your Loving" - The Four Tops
11) "Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" - Kim Weston
12) "Nowhere To Run" - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
13) "Beechwood 4-5789" - The Marvelettes
14) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell
15) "The Tracks of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
16) "Needle in a Haystack" - The Velvettes
17) "The Happening" - Diana Ross & The Supremes
18) "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Gladys Knight & The Pips
19) "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" - Marvin Gaye
20) "Walk Away Renee" - The Four Tops
21) "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)" - The Isley Brothers
22) "What Becomes of a Broken Heart" - Jimmy Ruffin
23) "You Didn't Say A Word" - Brenda Holloway
24) "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder
25) "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" - Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations
26) "Please Mister Postman" - The Marvelettes
27) "Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got" - Jimmy Ruffin
28) "Love Makes A Woman" - Barbara Acklin

I sent two mixes to Razzy. Queens, Foxes and Little Girls

1. “Queen of the World” - The Jayhawks
2. “After the Fox” - Peter Sellers and The Hollies
3. “Foolish Little Girl” - The Shirelles
4. “Return of the Frog Queen” - Jeremy Enigk
5. “The Fox in the Snow” - Belle and Sebastian
6. “Strange Little Girl” - The Stranglers
7. “The Queen of Ur and the King of Um” - Wire
8. “Fox on the Run” - Sweet
9. “Little Trouble Girl” - Sonic Youth ft. Kim Deal
10. “50ft Queenie” - PJ Harvey
11. “After the Fox” Instrumental - Burt Bacharach
12. “Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss” - Built to Spill
13. “Little Bitty Pretty One” - Bobby Darin
14. “Queen Bitch” - David Bowie
15. “ Portions for Foxes” - Rilo Kiley
16. “Sexy Little Girl Princess” - Lisa Germano
17. 'Karaoke Queen” - Catatonia
18. “Like Foxes Through Fences” - American Analogue Set
19. “Little Girls” Live - Oingo Boingo
20. “The Queen is Dead” - The Smiths
21. “Foxymusic” - Super Furry Animals
22. “All the the Pretty Girls” - XTC
25. “Stay Young and Beautiful” - Annie Lennox

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pilfer

“To Catch a Thief” - Lovage
“Lion Thief” - The Beta Band
“You Can Be a Millionare” - Steve Martin
“Metal Detektor” - Spoon
“The Fire Thief” - Hem
“The Trickster” - Radiohead
“Thick as Thieves” - The Jam
“Police & Thieves” - Junior Murvin
“Bankrobber” - The Clash
“Bird Stealing Bread” - Iron & Wine
“Charlie Don’t Cheat” - S.O.D.
“Stolen Car” - Beth Orton
“Daylight Robbery” - Imogen Heaps
“C-30 C-60 C-90 GO!” - Pretty Girls Make Graves
“Been Caught Stealing” - Jane’s Addiction [12” remix]
“The Hook” - Stephen Malkmus
“Hands Off, She’s Mine” - The English Beat
“Lost Cat” - Catatonia
“Not Your Bottle” - The Dandy Warhols
“Lost and Found” - Echo and the Bunnymen
“Bonnie and Clyde” - Luna
“The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts” - Sufjan Stevens

December EC mix 2005

2007-04-10T11:39:00.000-07:00

I made an extra credit exchange with nudgewinkgirl.

She sent me Sing Along With Me - Volume 2

1. "Yesterday" - The Beatles
2. "Cry Me a River" - Julie London
3. "Cannonball" - Damien Rice
4. "I Believe in Love" - Dixie Chicks
5. "I Wish I Were In Love Again" - Judy Garland (from Babes in Toyland)
6. "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me" - Aretha Franklin and George Michael
7. "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" - Gene Pitney
8. "Just When I Needed You Most" - Dolly Parton ft. Alison Krauss Very nice.
9. "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" - Lauren Hill
10. "Come What May" - Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman (from Moulin Rouge)
11. "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - from Anything Goes
12. "The Lighthouses Tale" - Nickel Creek
13. "Another Night At Darry's" - Joanna Riding (from The Witches of Eastwick)
14. "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) - Roxette
15. "Falling" - Alicia Keys
16. "Runaway" - The Corrs
17. "I Can Love You Better" - Dixie Chicks
18. "That I Would Be Good" - Alanis Morrisette
19. "Landslide" - Dixie Chicks
20. "Wrong Again" - Martina McBride

I sent her a Christmas mix and she had this to write about it:
"Just finished listening to another awesome Christmas mix...this one from the lovely derhay! Fabulous, fabulous, and it goes a little something like this....

Christmas 2005

"Christmas Time" Bill Cosby
(every time I hear or hear of Bill Cosby I imagine Jack Black deriding John Cusack in 'High Fidelity' with the words "That? Is a Cosby sweater. A Cosssby. Sweater." So, hee.)
"Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms
(Classic, and also reminds me of 'Mean Girls' now also. And yes, I do want my pink shirt back. I want my pink short back!)
"Let It Snow!" by Dean Martin
(Such a classic - trust me, windy English weather, Christmas card writing and Deano blaring is a heady mix. I had to have a Scotch in order to honour the big guy too...so excuse me any stumblings / ramblings etc.)
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
(Brilliant. Just brilliant. Also amused me no end when I called my sister and randomly played this down the phone to her, with me cackling in the background. We loved the chipmunks when we were wee!)
"2000 Miles" the Pretenders
"Here Comes Santa Claus" Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
"Just Like Christmas" Low
(Who are/is Low? This is good!)
"Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy" Bing and Dave
(I love this song - it works on so many surreal levels!)
"O Holy Night" Nat 'King' Cole
(O Holy Yes! I looooove this song so much and it rarely gets played over here. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful)
"A Wonderful Christmas Time" Wings
"Christmas Time Is Here" Stone Temple Pilots
"Edward Meets The World: Ice Dance" Danny Elfman
(I adore Danny Elfman - he is one of my favourite composers for film....ever. And this is just beautiful, evocative, all that good stuff!)
"Skating on the River" Lily Frost
(I love this track. Cute and cosy and lovely. I feel I am running out of superlatives now...)
"Winter Wonderland" The Cocteau Twins
(Trippy, ethereal and fab)
"Song For A Winter's Night" Sarah McLachlan
(Just gorgeously solemn and beautiful. I want to be one of Sarah's backing singers)
"Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book" Dead Can Dance
(Wow. Showstopping. What. A. Song. Love it.)
"Give Me The Simple Life" J.J.Johnson and Kai Winding
(Nice bouncy instrumental...makes me want to sip a cocktail and dance with a Tom Hanks lookalike. Is that wrong?)
"Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee
(I remember my mum doing the most awesomely baaaad dance to this when I was wee...brings back many a happy memory)
"White Christmas" The Drifters
(I love the Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooooh bit!)
"Father Christmas" The Kinks
(This is so cool - I can't believe I'd never heard this before!)
"Christmas Wrapping" The Waitresses
(currently holds joint first place in my heart as far as Christmas songs go (the other one being 'Fairytale of New York') so you had me from hello on this one :-))
"Von" Sigur Ros
"Skating" Vince Guaraldi Trio
"Comfort and Joy" Simon and Garfunkel
(Lovely and traditional, good all round)
"Christmas Time Is Here Again" The Beatles
(Great closer! I love the spoken ad libs)

Awesome mix, derhay! I love it! Thank you soooo much."

Nov/Dec 2005

2007-04-10T10:54:00.000-07:00

For this round, I received two tapes from Anna_Karina

Creative Minds
"Cream" - Prince
Janean Garafalo's rant on Fiona Apple
"Somewhere" - Tom Waits
"Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
"Hail Mary" - Tupac
Chris Rock McDonald's bit 40 cents = bun + a pickle
"Down by the Water" - PJ Harvey
"Jolene" - Dolly Parton
"The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell" - David Bowie
"Venus as a Boy" (Live) - Björk
Dave Chappelle Disney bit "Take him to Mickey's tower."
"The Beautiful People" - Marilyn Manson
"The Man Comes Around" - Johnny Cash
__side two__
"Burn" - NIN
"Working Class Hero" - John Lennon
"I Put a Spell on You" - Nina Simone
"All Blues" excerpt - Miles Davis
"Funky Big Band" - Janet Jackson
George Carlin Good Ideas bit
"Body Language" - Queen
"Tired of Midnight Blue" - George Harrison
Richard Pryor camping bit
"Fascination" - Liberace
Paul Mooney bit
"Renegades of Funk" - Rage Against the Machine

-and-

Guilty Pleasures / Oddballs
"***k her Gently" - Tenacious D
"Joe Le Taxi" - Vanessa Paradis
"Good Vibration" - Marky Mark heh
"Big Mamma Thang" - Lil' Kim
"Angie Baby" - Helen Reddy
Patton Oswalt - Nick Nolte bit
"Dreams" - Faye Wong
"Welcome to My Nightmare" - Alice Cooper
Axel Rose rant
Pablo Francisco - Movie Previews bit
"Heartbeat" - Don Johnson
"Zat You, Santa Claus?" - Louis Armstrong
"Rock Me Tonight" - Billy Squire
__side two__
"Nightmare" - Whyte Boots Very nice.
"Oh Sherry" - Steve Perry
"99 Problems/Too Much" Jay-Z/Dave Matthews Band mashup
"The Wedding List" - Kate Bush Great
"Nothing My Love (Eyebrows) Can't Fix" - Joey Lawrence
"Pirate Jenny" - Donmar Warehouse Cast
"Auto-Manipulator" - Crispin Glover
"Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" - Big & Rich
Animaniacs clips
"Run Joey Run" - Kasenetz Katz
"I Can Never Go Home Anymore" - Shangri-La's
"Downtown Train" - Rod Stewart

I sent Mike Eternity two mixes. He wrote about the first:

"At last, the aforementioned derhay mix(es). First one is Your Party and Your List. Impeccable artwork, as I said, very professional-looking, with the songs chosen around the theme of party plans, so it's divided into sections.

1) Do's and Don'ts / Gomez
Where: 2) Here and There / Homunculus
How: 3) Nice and Sleazy / The Stranglers
When: 4) All Day and All of the Night / The Kinks
'Til They: 5) Shiver and Shake / The Cure

Don't Forget to Invite
6) Venus and Serena / Super Furry Animals
7) Aaron and Maria / American Analog Set
8) Mephisto and Kevin / Primus (at first I thought this song was really annoying me, until I realized it was actually love at first sight)
9) Punch and Judy / XTC
10) Johnny and Mary / Placebo

Guests are to Bring
11) Title and Registration / Death Cab for Cutie (one of my faves by them)
12) Pasties and a G-String / Tom Waits
13) Coffee and T.V. / Blur

Party Favors
14) Red Eyes and Tears / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
15) Plastic and Whores / Hint Hint
16) Buttons and Zips / Elbow
17) Wires and Waves / Rilo Kiley

The Entertainment
18) The Donkey and the Walrus / Drums and Truba
19) Benny and the Jets / Beastie Boys ft. Biz Markie
20) The Coffee and Tea Wrecks / The Dandy Warhols
21) Electric Music and the Summer People / Beck (hee)

Don't Forget
22) Me and Jesus Don't Talk Anymore / Beulah

So delightfully clever! And backed up by genuinely good music - what a combo. For sheer craftsmanship, it puts all the mixes I've ever made to utter shame
."

-and-

"The second mix from the generous derhay initially appeared to be an original vs. covers deal, but turned out to be just shared song titles. Simply titled Juke, the first 10 tracks are kinda commonly-named (but largely well-known) songs, and the following 10 are other versions of the same name but different make-up. Since with only a couple exceptions I like most of these songs, what I'll do instead of bolding my faves is bold the version of each that I prefer.
1) Strangers / Portishead
2) I'm Not in Love / Talking Heads
3) Change / Patty Griffin
4) You Are / Built to Spill
5) This Time / INXS
6) Clocks / Coldplay (I'm sorry, I still enjoy this song)
7) Bad Reputation / Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (hardly anything competes with this perfect classic)
8) Hold Me Now / Elastica
9) Easy / The Beta Band (I do like this song, however)
10) Rock and Roll / Led Zeppelin

11) Strangers / Puressence
12) I'm Not in Love / 10cc
13) Change / Blind Melon
14) You Are / Pearl Jam
15) This Time / The Verve (no disrespect to INXS, but I really like this song)
16) Clocks / The Casual Dots
17) Bad Reputation / Thin Lizzy
18) Hold Me Now / Thompson Twins (proof of my poor taste in music that I like this cheesy '80s ballad more than one by an actual good band like Elastica)
19) Easy / Faith No More (again, a straightforward cover of Lionel Ritchie over an acclaimed Scottish indie pop group? My music snob license is going to be revoked forever)
20) Rock and Roll / Velvet Underground"

October 2005

2007-04-10T10:45:00.000-07:00

My first FTOTZ mix assignment was to the moderator, at the time, Azucar.

Her response was, with tracklist-
"I haven't been online too much in the past couple of days, so I didn't get a chance to post the mix I got from new kid derhay! It's untitled but it's got a lot of cool stuff. I'm especially glad that reggae is represented, as it seems to be the least appreciated genre around here for reasons I will never understand:

1) Iambic 5 Poetry- Tom Jenkinson
2) Judith- Heather Duby
3) Melting Pot- Underground Vegetables
4) Track 11- Cut Chemist/Noah- Bill Cosby/(A) Touch Sensitive- Super Furry Animals (All on one track! Weirdness!)
5) Yegelle Tezeta- Mubatu Astatke
6) Popsicles and Icicles- The Murmaids
7) Better Things- Massive Attack
8) For A Few Dollars More- The Upsetters
9) Coffee In A Pot- Supergrass
10) Power Move- The Chemical Brothers
11) It's My Delight- The Melodians
12) Saturday Night- Mos Def
13) My Guru- Bombay The Hard Way
14) Maddening Shroud- Frou Frou
15) Come On- The Rolling Stones
16) Getcho Soul Togetha, Pt. 2- Breakestra
17) Don't Hold Your Breath- Calla
18) Take Me Over- McKay
19) It's You Or No One- J.J. Johnson
20) Hayling (radio edit)- FC Kahuna

Thank you, derhay!"

Gimme Gimme Gimme

2007-04-10T08:26:00.005-07:00