It's Got to Be Mellow
Stay in tonight. Kill a bottle of wine.download01. Leon Haywood - It's Got to Be Mellow02. Bloodstone - What Did You Do to Me, Pt. 103. Brenda and the Tabulations - Where There's a Will (There's a Way)04. The Choice Four - Just Let Me Hold You For a Night05. Ponderosa Twins + One - You Send Me06. The Montclairs - Make Up For Lost Time07. The Dynamic Superiors - Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing...
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The 2:22 Mix for 2/22
Originally posted at my blog.Here's my mix of songs that are 2:22 long. It's just a zip folder of mp3s but here is the tracklist. Mostly tried to keep it halfway consistent throughout and applicable for some sort of social gathering (not that anyone is going to listen to this in that way) but I think it's pretty good. 30 songs, though I guess I should have narrowed it to 22. silly me. it's almo...
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Before I Grow Too Old
Category: Sad Bastard MusicSounds like: Last gasps and last rites.A compilation of the last recordings of artists who died before their time. I include Joe Strummer in that subset. Each is either the last song on the artist's last album or something recorded after that. It's intentionally a pretty dour experience but the songwriting talent heard here, on songs written mostly before the arti...
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Play This Only At Night
Category: Random Hip-HopSounds like: 2:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m.Get home. Put it on. Starts slow. Gets high fast. Comes down easy.download01 Doug E. Fresh - Play This Only At Night02 Jay-Z - (Always Be My) Sunshine03 Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya04 Ice Cube - The Wrong Nigga To Fuck Wit05 The Notorious B.I.G. - Things Done Changed06 Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul07 Boogie Down Producti...
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Pure Misery
Category: Various ArtistsSounds like: The captain going down with the ship.In slight parody of the conventions of those Pure Moods comps you see on TV, this mix chronicles a progression of dour moods. Pianos and piano-like sounds feature as a sonic motif throughout many of the tracks, and there's also a bit of a watery theme, the ship lost at sea but still blundering onward. I tend to pull th...
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Sugar In My Soul
Category: Various ArtistsSounds Like: Just like it says on the boxdownloadA little late for Valentines Day, I know; but do we really need an excuse to share a little love? Smooth soul grooves and old fashioned sentiments to warm your heart and set your toes tappin'. Definitely not ADA approved.edit: re-upped, as the original was missing a few tracks. sorry folks.Tracklist:01. Sam Cooke - You S..
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The Powerpop Tape
Category: Various ArtistsSounds Like: Worthless youth with skinny tiesYour basic powerpop mixtape. I've done several since, but none ever came out this good.downloadSide A: The Reds – Whatcha’ Doin’ to MeHumans – I Live in the CityThe A’s – After Last NightGreat Buildings - …And the Light Goes OnRubber City Rebels – Paper DollsThe Dazzlers – Lovely CrashBram Tchaikovsk
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New York Trip Mix
Category: Various ArtistsSounds Like: My recent trip to New YorkThis is a cross section of the sounds I heard and the things I saw while in New York recently. Next to each song is an explanation of why it has been included.Enjoy.NYC Mix1. Sonic Youth - I Dreamed I Dream (I missed a Thurston solo show while up there)2. The National - So Far Around The Bend (Saw them play at the Tibet House Benef...
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