Mixes

Mix #6: Bad Traffic, Slow Jams

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Walking up a hill in the snow. Streets blocked, even to through-traffic. More than an hour for the bus to see Sondre Lerche 1.4 miles away. JBM was great. Came home, left, had some drinks. Passed out guy on a couch. Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. I’m going to think about video games, but I’m not going to play them. Slow jam time.

Mix #6: Bad Traffic, Slow Jams

  1. Frames – Coin Stomp Intro
  2. Dâm-Funk – Mirrors
  3. Mudboy – Excerpt from Side B of “Summer of Saucers”
  4. Parliament – Common-Law Wife
  5. Paul McCartney & Wings – Arrow Through Me
  6. Donald Byrd – Feel Like Loving You Today

Mix #5: I Watched A Horror Movie

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

I watched The House Of The Devil the other day. Behold: A horrifyingly awesome mix. I’m going to keep the tracklist secret for a while. I don’t want to ruin the suspense. There is so much suspense.

Mix #5: I Watched A Horror Movie

Update February 27 — Okay, here is the tracklist!

  1. Madlib – West Zone
  2. Old Man Gloom – Clenched Tight In The Fist Of God
  3. Jeff Alexander – Come Wander With Me*
  4. Alexis Korner & The Collective Consciousness Society – Sunrise
  5. Edan – Smile
  6. Jeremy Enigk – Lewis Hollow
  7. The Stooges – We Will Fall
  8. William Shatner – The Transformed Man

* Sung by Bonnie Beecher
Overdubbed with a few seconds of Beach Boys – George Fell Into His French Horn

Mix #4: Hi-Fi Is Like Lo-Fi Too

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Boil water, put tea in the teapot, put the water in the teapot. Sit on the chair, play this music. Wait three minutes, pour the tea. Wait ten minutes for the tea to cool down enough that it does not burn anything. Drink the tea. If there is no chair, sit on a carpet. I realize that some people do not like tea. For example, I do not like tea. I think it’s for hippies. If this is the case, do something else while listening to the music.

Mix #4: Hi-Fi Is Like Lo-Fi Too

  1. Air – Clouds Up
  2. Helado Negro – Playas
  3. Nick Drake – Which Will
  4. St. Etienne – Like The Swallow
  5. Ruby Suns – There Are Birds
  6. Jandek – Your Other Man
  7. Los Saicos – Ana
  8. Television – Marquee Moon
  9. Squarepusher – Yes Sequitur
  10. Prince – So Blue

Mix #3: On The Floor, Looking Up At The Ceiling

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

I’m not into weed but if I was I’d get real high and listen to this on repeat until my hands couldn’t touch each other anymore.

Mix #3: On The Floor, Looking Up At The Ceiling

  1. Bari and the Breakaways – I Can’t Explain
  2. Bibio – Lover’s Carvings
  3. The Beach Boys – Wonderful
  4. Prefuse 73 – Afternoon Love-In
  5. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Daylight Again

Mix #2

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Here’s a mix of some songs that have been on the mind. A couple old ones followed by a few newer folk-inspired songs. Be prepared for the last song… it’s extremely happy & includes a prominent whistle.

Mix #2: The Mix With No Name

  1. Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons
  2. Elvis – Blue Moon
  3. The Avett Brothers – Paranoia In B♭ Major
  4. Elf Power/The Amorphous Strums/Vic Chesnutt – Mystery
  5. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home

Mix #1: Big Snow

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Here is a decent five-track mixtape. It snowed like two feet and it’s going to snow more tonight, and I want to listen to these songs. It’s always good to listen to music when it’s super crappy out.

Mix #1: Big Snow

  1. Hank Williams – I’m So Lonely I Could Cry
  2. Merle Haggard – Sam Hill
  3. Dusty Springfield – The Look of Love
  4. The Supremes – I Hear A Symphony
  5. Serge Gainsbourg – 69 Année Érotique (with Jane Birkin)