539 Blame your strong blood, how it would break

Some oddball tracks mixed in to keep this spicy in-between some very recognizable tracks. 

I pulled the track title from words from every other track title in this mix... only later search and Google AI indicated that this phrase was used in a Jelly Roll song (my daughter is a fan).  Weird happenstance.

00:00  Chapterhouse - Pearl (edit)

02:58  Damage Manual - Blame and Demand (Wobble-Laswell Hybrid edit)

07:58  Clor - Goodbye

11:12  Dirty Projectors - Keep Your Name

15:39  Laika - Lower Than Stars

20:29  The Sea and Cake - Too Strong

23:18  Moonshake - Coward mix

25:23  The Cure - The Blood

29:01  David Bowie - Quicksand (demo)

33:36  Novy Svet - How

35:11  The Mountain Goats - Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton

37:35  Elliott Smith - Isn't It A Pity (George Harrison)

40:35  Piano Magic - Not Fair

44:41  Alice in Chains - Would?

48:06  The Gaslight Anthem - The Queen of Lower Chelsea

51:39  The Prids - Break

55:46  Beastie Boys - Sabotage

58:34  My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realize

62:14  The Jesus and Mary Chain - Upside Down

65:07  Catherine Wheel - Kill Rhythm

68:58  Death in June - Symbols of the Sun (live)

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446 Quirky Covers

00:00  Bunnygrunt - Love Theme From MST3K (Best Brains/MST3K)

01:40  The Cardigans - Das Model ('00) (Kraftwerk)

04:24  The Bouncing Souls - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Simple Minds)

09:01  The Legendary Pink Dots - Super (Neu!)

13:17  Iron Horse - Renegade (Styx)

17:16  Calexico - Corona (Minutemen)

20:31  Mexrissey - El Primero Del Gang (Morrissey)

25:32  Johnny Aloha - Vacation (Lindsey Buckingham)

27:57  Faith No More - Lets Lynch the Landlord (Dead Kennedys)

30:49  Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)

33:27  Mars Volta - Birthday (Sugarcubes)

37:41  Marsha Qrella - Pink Frost (The Chills)

42:12  Piney Gir - I Want To Touch You (Catherine Wheel)

46:22  Prince Fatty - Got Your Money (O.D.B.)

49:42  The Limianas - Mother Sky (Can)

55:23  Melvins - Trackfive (Throbbing Gristle)

62:27  Primus - Hello Skinny/Constantinople (The Residents)

67:08  The Guitaraculas - Love's Secret Domain (Coil)

70:24  Of The Wand and The Moon - Untitled (Der Blutharsch)

73:36  Jesu - The Funeral Party (The Cure)

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444 Alternative Rock Covers

00:00  Spiritualized - Anyway That You Want Me (The Troggs)

06:21  The Breeders - Happiness is A Warm Gun (The Beatles)

08:57  Toothache - She (The Sundays)

12:07  The Raveonettes - I Wanna Be Adored (Stone Roses)

15:42  Lush - Love At First Sight (The Gist)

20:42  The Gaslight Anthem - You Got Lucky (Tom Petty)

24:20  The Foreign Resort - Send Me An Angel/Sunglasses At Night (Real Life/Corey Hart)

29:15  Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen)

33:44  Hover - When I Was A Painter (The Breeders)

36:26  Pia Fraus - Strawberry Wine (My Bloody Valentine)

39:26  Editors - French Disko (Stereolab)

41:48  Chromatics feat Ida No - Ceremony (Joy Division)

47:33  Mum - Machine Gun (Slowdive)

51:17  Pas de Printemps Pour Marnie - When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine)

56:25  Echo & The Bunnymen - People are Strange (The Doors)

60:45  Calexico - The Guns of Brixton (Clash)

64:32  The More Extended Versions - Jelly, Babies (Epic Soundtracks)

68:52  Sylvain Chauveau & Ensemble Nocturne - Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)

72:14  The Twilight Sad - Floating In The Forth (Frightened Rabbit)

75:56  Sharon Van Etten - Machine Gun (Portishead)

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433 First of all, this too shall pass

This is a fan made soundtrack for a show that doesn't have an official soundtrack released.  I can make this fun by not mentioning the title to the show, though I doubt its hard to figure out.  Bonus if you can pick out the track in this list that was only mentioned, not played on the show.  It's not the greatest show ever, but has some tremendously funny parts and characters.  I usually only watch this one after a few (several) beers.  Still, damn near every episode has incredible music chosen and really accentuates the specific scenes.  I've seen other fan made playlists that either cover every track from the show, or highlight some of the songs I'm not as interested in.   This is the kind of show and soundtrack that reminds me that as much as I think I know about bands and music, there is always a whole world to explore.

00:00  Japanther - First of All

02:11  Les Savy Fav - What Would Wolves Do

05:04  Relations - Take No Sides

08:54  And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - The Rest Will Follow

12:10  The Good News - Backstage Underage

16:14  Sunshine - Two Hundred Grand

20:20  Taylor Knox - One In A Billion 

23:55  Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand

29:16  Vacationer - Be With You

32:05  Milk & Bone - Pressure

35:48  Toro Y Moi - Blessa

38:31  Dan Deacon - True Thrush

43:10  Purity Ring - Fineshrine

46:37  Joel Plaskett Emergency - Fashionable People

50:43  Harmonium - Un Musicien Parmi Tant D Autres

57:39  Louise Burns - Burning Bridges

60:49  Adam Sabla - Now I Know Better

63:47  Toulouse - It Always Happens This Way

66:56  No Age - Eraser

69:52  Shimmering Stars - I'm Gonna Try

71:44  Tomorrows Tulips - Untitled

74:04  Dead Ghosts - Getting Older

76:07  Shannon and the Clams - Hey Willy

78:43  White Reaper - Last 4th of July

80:01  The Hunches - Static Disaster

82:42  The New Values - Straight Line

84:51  Tommy and the Commies - Permanent Fixture

86:39  OK Go - This Too Shall Pass

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421 Bob Mould

Growing up I always liked Bob Mould's projects, however it wasn't until about 2 or 3 years ago when I really started to love the music.  My friend Chris is a lifelong fanatic of his works, and for his housewarming gift I bought two books about Bob. That really prodded me to listen to more of his works again.  I nabbed a copy of Zen Arcade and Copper Blue on vinyl and haven't looked back.  I then dove in deep and checked out some of his other projects like Blowoff and Loudbomb.  I kept this mix in a bit of a shuffle, with Husker Du, Sugar and solo works in a pretty steady rotation.  I ended it with his only remix, of the band Low which is pretty wild and unexpected.

00:00  Husker Du - Something I Learned Today

01:56  Sugar - Titled

06:04  Bob Mould - I Apologize (Live)

09:23  Husker Du - In A Free Land

12:11  Sugar - Running Out Of Time (live)

14:36  Bob Mould - Losing Time

16:43  Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart

18:49  Sugar - Gift

23:04  Bob Mould - I Don't Know You Anymore

25:56  Husker Du - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely

29:18  Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind

32:26  Bob Mould - Voices In My Head

36:11  Husker Du - Flip Your Wig

38:53  Bob Mould - See A Little Light

42:01  Husker Du - Chartered Trips

45:28  Sugar - Changes

50:30  Bob Mould - Best Thing

53:19  Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All

55:52  Sugar - Your Favorite Thing

59:34  Bob Mould - Art Crisis

62:59  Husker Du - These Important Years

66:39  Sugar - Helpless

69:33  Bob Mould - Eternally Fried

73:01  Husker Du - Real World

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00:00  Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock

03:07  Bob Mould - Lost Faith

06:23  Husker Du - Its Not Funny Anymore

08:27  Bob Mould - Can't Fight It

12:06  Husker Du - I Apologize

15:40  Sugar - And You Tell Me

20:40  Bob Mould - Anymore Time Between

26:17  Husker Du - Do You Remember?

28:09  Bob Mould - Next Generation

30:28  Husker Du - Listen

32:21  Sugar - After All The Roads Have Led To Nowhere

35:30  Bob Mould - Star Machine

38:51  Husker Du - Celebrated Summer

42:44  Bob Mould - New #1

47:24  Bob Mould - Stop Your Crying

51:39  Blowoff - Here and Now

55:28  Loudbomb - Guys Like You

59:10  Bob Mould - Always Tomorrow

63:03  Bob Mould - The War

66:36  Blowoff - Fallout

70:15  Loudbomb - Number Nine

75:08  Low - Monkey (Bob Mould Remix)

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414 Don't Say No to the Red Plateau

Call this part two of the "Air travel" mix from a couple days ago, as it is more tracks that were recollected based on the Mojo "Pigs Might Fly" compilation.  Always love the Jane and her husband collaborations.  Included a mid-late period Can track off Saw Delight, an album I don't listen to as often as their earlier more iconic works.  Mummy Dust Trippers is a leftover track from when I compiled the Unexpected Gamelan series.  Ulan Bator is a quirky fun post-rock group from France.  I'd had this track sitting in a folder for years waiting for the right mix to include it in.  Josefin Ohrn is an artist I came across via that Mojo comp and started seeking out whatever else I could find from them.  Orthodox is a doom metal band, but here they're somewhat less heavy and more psychedelic - I like to think of this song as a doom laden free jazz version of "The End" by the doors; maybe that's a stretch.  Larsen is a group I'd not have paid much attention to if not for the Nurse With Wound collaboration.  I tend to find a lot of music through that kind of association.  The Quickspace track is from an old krautrock/motoric compilation I made about 10-15 years back, and reused it here.  Pretty sure I have those old mixes slated for upload soon so it'll be duplicated there.  I came across a "demos and rarities" version of James Plotkin's "The Joy Of Disease" and refamiliarized myself with the wonderful music there.  Ending with a track from that Mojo comp with ties this up nicely.

00:00  Jane Weaver - Electric Mountain (Andy Votel Analogue Mountain Instro)

04:15  Can - Don't Say No

10:42  Mummy Dust Trippers - Cacti-Crypt Metamorphosis Bells

18:03  Ulan Bator - Haupstadt

25:33  Josefin Ohrn + The Liberation - Dunes

32:19  Orthodox - Con Sangre de Quien te Ofenda

40:41  Larsen - Impro #1

43:43  Quickspace - Lob It

46:00  James Plotkin - Red Plateau

54:05  Julie's Haircut - Salting Traces

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357 Bruce Covered

I'm a big fan of Bruce Springsteen.  Not really a guilty pleasure, I'm outright loving his music.  He really is the Boss, no doubt about it. This is a mix of some wonderfully done covers spanning his career.  I used "I'm On Fire" and "Thunder Road" twice, only because both versions are excellent.  Great songs and great respect to the songwriter on display here.  Khayem had a great post with plenty of covers of "I'm On Fire" at their site recently - must be something in the air having us working on Bruce Springsteen posts at nearly the same time.

00:00  David Bowie - Its Hard To Be A Saint In The City

03:40  Kurt Vile - Downbound Train

08:10  Electrelane - I'm On Fire

10:22  Lucy Dacus - Dancing in the Dark

13:34  Rage Against The Machine - The Ghost of Tom Joad

19:09  The Waterboys - Independence Day

24:37  Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy - Thunder Road

30:43  Vampire Weekend - I'm Going Down

33:41  Jessie Kennedy - Devils and Dust

36:58  Mendoza Line - Tougher Than The Rest

40:19  Marissa Nadler feat Faces on Film & Red Heroine - The River

46:44  Soccer Mommy - I'm On Fire

49:40  Anna Calvi - Fire

52:51  Badly Drawn Boy - Thunder Road

58:16  Aoife O'Donovan - Nebraska

61:57  Johnny Cash - Further On Up the Road

65:18  Townes Van Zandt - Racing in the Streets

68:01  The Joy Formidable - Badlands

71:27  Patti Smith Group - Because the Night

74:40  Greg Kihn - For You

78:33  Darlene Love - Night Closing In

82:39  Elvis Costello - Brilliant Disguise

86:35  Camera Obscura - Tougher Than the Rest

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223 - Olio Rock

A mix of hauntology themed tracks, with some rock and alternative aspects.  I tried diving into some bands discography where I really loved one track but didn't listen to much more.  Like The Chills, I love Pink Frost so much that I never really listened to anything else.  Same with Scheer, their first album is solid and it took me forever to give their follow up a chance.  Bringing it up to an unexpected climax with Neurosis I suppose.  I like this mix for its strange twists and turns.

00:00  My Morning Jacket - At Dawn

03:40  Starless & Bible Black - The Bitter Cup

08:01  Sybil - Different

10:26  The Chills - Purple Girl

13:44  Asobi Seksu - Thursday

17:55  Khruangbin - Maria Tambien

20:59  Still Corners - History of Love

24:07  Beautify Junkyards - Drop City

27:36  Kava Kon - King of the Ocean

31:12  My Morning Jacket - Lowdown

35:01  Still Corners - Wish

36:33  The Black Heart Procession & Solbakken - Things Go On With Mistakes

47:10  The Gaslight Anthem - The 59 Sound

50:20  Scheer - Deadly Serious

53:23  Neurosis - Flight

57:26  Crakerbash - Bike

61:14  Public Image Limited - Death Disco (7" edit)

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Episode 190 - Springtime mix (2021)

A mix I made specifically for my wife in early spring 2021.  I always try to get her something special for driving the kids around and enjoying some sing-along tracks. 

00:00  Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (edit)

03:04  Redbone - Come and Get Your Love

06:26  Broadcast - Tears in the Typing Pool

08:31  Yim Yames - All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)

13:35  Joe Strummer & Johnny Cash - Redemption Song (Bob Marley)

16:49  Cat Stevens - The Wind

18:25  The Rolling Stones - Pain In My Heart (Otis Redding)

20:32  The Kinks - Strangers

23:45  Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love

28:09  The Blues Busters - Something (The Beatles)

30:39  Carla Dal Forno - Clusters

34:48  Broadcast - Echo's Answer

37:41  Martyn Bennett - Uamh An Oir

41:03  Shirley Collins - The Rich Irish Lady/Jeff Sturgeon

46:57  Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head

49:25  Dark Dark Dark - Daydreaming

54:04  Daughter - Still

57:32  Frightened Rabbit - Scottish Winds

photo credit: screengrab from My Neighbor Totoro

Episode 167 - Beauty Creeping

Sad and creepy music that haunts you with its dark beauty.

00:00  Current 93 - All The Pretty Little Horses

02:27  The Kinks - Nothin In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl

05:06  The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes (Closet Mix)

10:43  Cat Stevens - The Wind

12:10  Neil Young - Harvest

15:09  Shirley Collins - Rambleaway

18:33  Maripol - Incendiaire

21:31  Donovan - London Town

24:34  Jane & Barton - It's a Fine Day

28:15  Grey Force Wakeford - Vercors

33:02  Nico - All That Is My Own

36:17  Lana Del Rey - Once Upon A Dream

39:14  The Kings Singers - The Oak and The Ash

42:11  Christopher Komeda - Rosemary's Baby

44:29  Paul Giovanni - Lullaby

45:14  Rebekah Del Rio - No Stars

52:26  Shirley & Dolly Collins - Never Again

54:03  Tori Amos - The Pool

56:26  Antony and the Johnsons - Mysteries of Love (Julee Cruise)

61:31  Sibylle Baier - The End

63:52  City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - The Ninth Gate (Vocalise)

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Episode 160 - Lovetta's era

My fourth overview mix of His Name Is Alive covers a transitional period.  Karin left the band, the guest singer Lovetta was put in the front slot and the band shed their former 4AD, hauntology, nostalgia pop sounds for more electronic and straight up R&B.  This was short lived and only covered two official albums and a handful of EPs, plus many items on their CDr imprint Time Stereo.  I was not a fan, but that has changed over time.  I'm glad I saved all those discs, and revisited now that I am older and wiser.  This is good music overall, and feels more like a side project than an evolution of the band I loved to much in the 90's.  Here I've selected two mixes of the best cuts and remixes from this stage... which also includes their outstanding roots-style dub cuts which honestly is the reason I came back to this period in their history.  This is actually two longer mixes that I consolidated to one for inclusion here, hence some repeated titles though they are radically unique versions.

00:00  Interlude (No Hiding Place remix)

01:55  My Name (remix - Detroit River)

05:19  One Year

08:49  Your Cheating Heart

12:16  No Hiding Place Down Her

16:37  Happy Blues (Susumu Yokota remix)

21:18  Crawlin

24:48  Detroit (Studio)

28:13  Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth (Burnt Friedman Nonplace remix)

31:45  Nothing Special (Burnt Friedman Nonplace remix)

35:42  Solitude (Stars) (Ellington)

38:44  Are We Still Married 

42:11  Moon Dance (Stars) (Van Morrison)

46:21  Write My Name (Tony Ollivierra remix)

51:17  Nothing Special (Herrmann and Kleine remake)

55:19  Cheater (remix - Detroit River)

58:40  One Year Dub

62:30  Last Blue (live)

64:58  Karins Blues

68:12  No Hiding (WDET Radio)

72:51  Everything Takes Forever

76:49  Sinner Man (Man)

79:07  Write My Name (rock'n'roll)

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Episode 151 - Active Disengagement

A hodgepodge of what was in rotation at the time (late 2019).  

00:00  Ostara - Bavaria

04:00  BaBa Zula - Bahar (Spring)

09:56  Pell Mell - Nothing Lies Still Long

14:43  Belle and Sebastian - Dog on Wheels

16:45  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Pretty Little Ditty

19:45  Blondie - Sunday Girl (French Version)

22:33  Goat - Run To Your Mama

24:45  Iggy & The Stooges - No Fun

29:49  The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations

32:20  Scheer - Nemesis (demo version)

36:31  Unknown Mortal Orchestra - From The Sun

40:43  Kishi Bashi - It All Began With A Burst

43:43  Boards of Canada - Midas Touch (remix)

48:13  Real Life - Send Me An Angel (88 Version)

51:52  John Carpenter - They Live

54:54  Danielle Dax - Olamal (US Mix)

56:00  Skinny Puppy - Rodent (Ken Hiwatt Marshall remix)

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Episode 128 - Devendra mix A & B

 Another overview of a favorite artist.  I first came across Devendra Banhart as a member of The Angels of Light during an episode of the Brainwashed Eye.  I bought the double vinyl for Rejoicing in the Hands / Nino Rojo and thought it was one of the greatest double albums ever.  Next I purchased "Oh Me Oh My..." and found how absolutely wacky this guy's roots were.  When Cripple Crow and Smokey Rolls... came out I saw he had sufficiently mellowed his style and was quite an accomplished musician.  It is also worth seeking out the bootleg "Yo Si Oigo - Devendra Banhart's Influences" as it contains many gems that are certainly huge influences on his body of work.

No mixcloud option again, just the spotify and download links below.

Mix A

00:00 Little Yellow Spider

03:30 Fall

06:14 Baby

09:19 Fallin'

11:52 We All Know

14:30 Never Seen Such Good Things

17:28 Fur Hildegard Von Bingen

19:49 Noah

22:09 It's A Sight To Behold

24:23 Michigan State

28:06 Goin' Back

31:42 Mi Negrita

34:57 Will Is My Friend

37:53 Santa Maria De Feira

42:19 Be Kind

45:10 The Good Red Road

47:10 This Is The Way

49:52 At The Hop

51:57 Hotel St Sebastian (demo)

55:39 Carmensita

60:15 An Island

62:11 Samba Vexilographica

Mix B

00:00 Tick Eats the Olives

00:36 The Body Breaks

03:12 Rejoicing In The Hands

04:45 The Charles C Leary

07:28 This Beard is for Siobhan 

09:55 Tit Smoking in The Temple of Artesan Mimicry

11:11 Wake Up, Little Sparrow

13:58 Hatchet Wound

17:02 Can't Help But Smiling

19:18 Queen Bee

21:52 Now That I Know

26:40 The Other Woman

30:16 Freely

34:59 Korean Dogwood

38:53 Chin Chin & Muck Muck

44:10 Lookout Point

photo credit:  Michael Gira & Devendra from Brainwashed's The Eye,  Yo Si Oigo cover art

Episode 117 - Never reveal your next move

A contemplative mix, closing out tracks that didn't make the cut on previous mixes while looking ahead for what I was going to do next. Quite varied in style.

00:00 The Deep Dark Woods - Fallen Leaves

03:48 Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You

07:12 Slowdive - 40 Days

10:07 Cut City - My Hands Are Bloody

12:19 Godzuki - Autohaze

15:05 Brian Eno - Third Uncle

19:30 Portishead - Only You (French)

22:58 The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (Blue States mix)

27:30 John Carpenter - Dark Star

28:51 DNTEL - WOOZ

33:10 Download - Attalal (remix)

40:09 Pan Sonic - Kierto

45:53 The Blood of Heroes - Remain (Justin K Broadrick remix)

51:56 Skinny Puppy - Worlock (Rhys Fulber Mix)

58:31 Venetian Snares - Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole

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Episode 110 - History Rebuilt

I made this likely in 2002.  It has more palatable items culled from The Wire Tapper series and some label samplers that accompanied that magazine, and a few stray oddball items thrown in for fun.

00:00 In The Nursery - Groundloop

05:04 Scala - Remember How To Breathe

08:56 Solex - The Cutter (Echo & The Bunnymen)

12:00 Sun - Reach for the Sky (Pluramon remix)

15:30 The Pastels - Leaving This Island (Jim O'Rourke remix)

17:55 The Jesus & Mary Chain - Perfume

22:26 My Bloody Valentine - Strawberry Wine

24:51 Big Baby Driver - What You Want (My Bloody Valentine)

29:05 Bedhead - Powder (Live)

36:12 Mum - We Have A Map of the Piano

41:19 Electrelane - This Deed

44:32 Mice Parade - Focus on the Roller Coaster

49:12 The Sea and Cake - Left Side Clouded

52:25 Sam Prekop - Showrooms

56:24 Masha Qrella - I Want You To Know

60:48 Yo La Tengo - Lets Save Tony Orlando's House (Sonic Boom remix)

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Episode 59 - His Name Is Alive - pt2 Middle Period

Continuing on this excellent group's overview, this time focusing on what I considered their mid-period (1996 - 2000). There is a bit of overlap timewise with the previous mix, but this focuses much more on the transition from their early to later styles.  They really came into their own, moving away from the hazy, shoegazing 4AD trove of artist during this phase and incorporated a lot of great covers.  The explosion of Time Stereo label as their CDr and Cassette imprint of unreleased or associated artist albums was always fun to explore.  The site, which is no longer full of pages, had so many things to investigate, from their write ups on the Noise Camp, to artwork from Davin and Warn (I've still got a few numbered prints I was lucky enough to get).  And yes, I'm still a proud owner of their handmade Cloud Box.  

00:00 His Name Is Alive - Soul Resides in the Horse Barn (wet)

02:22 His Name Is Alive - Crashed Up on the Corner (hot tonite)

05:30 His Name Is Alive - Michigans Finest 1

07:17 His Name Is Alive - Dub

10:25 His Name Is Alive - Summer

13:46 His Name Is Alive - Summer of Esp(Summer)

16:00 His Name Is Alive - Wall of Speed

18:24 His Name Is Alive - Affection (The Carter Family)

21:38 His Name Is Alive - Blues (2)

23:58 His Name Is Alive - Ain't No Lie (Elizabeth Cotten)

26:57 His Name Is Alive - The Time Light Bodies Take to Fall

31:19 His Name Is Alive - Young (Neil Young)

34:43 His Name Is Alive - Blues

37:27 His Name Is Alive - Canada

40:30 His Name Is Alive - Killing Floor

42:43 His Name Is Alive - Moon

45:10 His Name Is Alive - Land

48:25 His Name Is Alive - Fond Affection (The Carter Family)

49:13 His Name Is Alive - Library Girl

52:31 His Name Is Alive - Broken Tango 1

53:23 His Name Is Alive - Melody Farm

56:55 His Name Is Alive - Sunshine (John Denver)

photo credit: Davin Brainard via Time Stereo

Episode 44 - Being Forthcoming

The act of being forthcoming.  A mix of songs I planned to make into other mixes more specific to their genre, but ended up pulling together like this.  These are mostly reflective of times in the last several years (I made this in 2016) and was looking ahead in my life as to what would come next.  I remember first hearing Mojave Three on the Shaving the Pavement tour with Scheer and Lush, having no clue it was the guy from Slowdive.  Noir Desir is a great French band I wouldn't have come across without the CDr swapping with a former Coil email list member that I befriended - this is nowhere close to what I imagined a Coil fan would be into, but it hit home with me and my minor understanding of the French language.  I came across the Abner Jay track via a spotify playlist from Marissa Nadler.  That Icelandic operatic cover of Bjork is breathtaking - trust me its worth seeking out the rest of the album this is from.  I'm elated to hear Sunny Day Real Estate is reunited for tours this year, I may just have to drag my old shoegaze/emo self out for that one.  Of course, ending this with some more oddities, such as Fall of Saigon which is a fantastic one off project from Pascal Comelade, and of course a Nancy Sinatra cover by Coil.  That is always a classic.

00:00 Billy Bragg - A New England

02:07 Calexico - Crystal Frontier (Widescreen Version)

05:59 Mojave Three - Breaking the Ice

09:55 Noir Desir - Le Vent Nous Portera

14:37 Dinosaur Jr - Quicksand (Wagon Reprise)

18:57 Abner Jay - I'm So Depressed

22:15 Grayson & Whitter - Little Maggie with A Dram Glass in Her Hand

25:38 Jose Gonzales - Teardrop (Live) (Massive Attack)

28:38 Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals)

31:16 Ásgerður Júníusdóttir - All Is Full Of Love (Bjork)

33:48 David Bowie - It's Hard to be a Saint in the City (Springsteen)

37:26 Sunny Day Real Estate - Red Elephant

40:38 We Miss The Earth - Out Alive

42:45 Fall of Saigon - She leaves me all alone

46:48 Strange Attractor - Rorschach (heritage part 1 01)

51:31 Coil - Bang Bang (Nancy Sinatra)

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Episode 43 - Drive

All tracks named "Drive" or some variation of that word.  I made this mix specifically for, you guessed it, a road trip with the family.

00:00 Spencer Moore - Driveway to the Cemetery (Main Title - Night of the Living Dead)

02:16 The Gaslight Anthem - Drive

05:11 My Bloody Valentine - Drive it All Over Me

08:13 R.E.M. - Drive 

11:52 Marissa Nadler - Drive

16:22 The Cars - Drive

20:09 The Herbalizer Band - Blackwater Drive (Instrumental)

24:53 Spacemen 3 - Drive Feel So Sad

30:21 Bruce Springsteen - Drive All Night (Version 1)

35:02 Kitchens of Distinction - Drive that Fast (7" edit)

38:51 Ride - Drive Blind

43:25 The Dub Trio - Drive By Dub

47:53 Skywave - Drive

49:42 R.E.M. - Driver 8

53:01 Corduroy - Four Wall Drive

56:03 Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Way)(Acoustic)

60:28 Kid Koala - Thank You, Good Night, Drive Safely

Photo Credit: a roadside travel picture from me

Episode 41 - The Sea and Cake

Hopefully everyone already knows about The Sea and Cake.  They always give me a half smile and a boppy groove.  I've presented my favorite songs from them here.  I came across them via Tortoise, and then heard their music in multiple skateboarding videos way back in the 90's.  I made this mix in early 2015, before they released their latest album.  Not represented is their cover of Bowie's "Sound and Vision" which I will certainly include in my all covers mix.

00:00 The Sea and Cake - The Argument

04:52 The Sea and Cake - Jacking the Ball

08:33 The Sea and Cake - Sporting Life

13:22 The Sea and Cake - Left Side Clouded

16:30 The Sea and Cake - Leeora

20:46 The Sea and Cake - An Echo In

25:01 The Sea and Cake - Tea and Cake (Stereolab)

28:58 The Sea and Cake - Afternoon Speaker

33:15 The Sea and Cake - Interiors (Broadcast Remix)

36:30 The Sea and Cake - Escort

40:52 The Sea and Cake - Lyric

46:20 The Sea and Cake - Lightning

50:21 The Sea and Cake - On a Letter

53:45 The Sea and Cake - Midtown

56:36 The Sea and Cake - Seemingly

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Episode 29 - The Art of Slow Pop and an Urge to Move

The art of slow pop and some music to make you move.  Hopefully I won't have to share the significance of the Jane track.  This is one of the oddest Cabaret Voltaire tracks in my opinion.  I loved the first bit !!! did, but didn't really follow much after their first album.  That Elvis Costello track takes me back to my vacations in San Diego back in 1998-2000.  On one of those trips I picked up the excellent Third Eye Foundation remix album which remains my favorite from them.  Aside from a song or two, this mix is exactly what I fell in love with in the year 2000.   Still holds up two decades later.

00:00  Hal is Operational

00:03  Black Dog Productions – Bolt7

00:20  Jane – It’s a fine day

02:04  The Residents – Moisture

03:02 I  Am Spoonbender - Stopwatch Static

06:53  Cabaret Voltaire – Low Cool (Wasted)

12:08  The Album Leaf – Spinning Makes Me Dizzy

16:15  Meat Beat Manifesto – Echo in space dub (DJ Wally remix)

19:57  !!! – Feel Good Hit of the Fall

24:56  Portishead – Mysterons

29:36  Elvis Costello – Spooky Girlfriend

33:53  Third Eye Foundation vs Glanta – When I Dance

41:26  Emiliana Torrini – If You Go Away (Scott Walker cover)

45:34  808 State w/ UB40 – One In Ten

48:14  The Magnetic Fields – Strange Powers

50:47  Totom – Wouldn’t You Be My Baby

53:25  Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Baby

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