January 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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!