August 2009
5 posts
Mixtape Mixer #1
MTM #1 — October 27, 2008 — Theme: “Hello”
My methodology: I wish I could remember… Some songs were definitely songs of greeting, seeing how “Hello” was the theme and it was the first session. But some of them are just songs I love, and I suspect my logic was to use some of those songs are my introduction. I’m also willing to say that I...
Mixtape Mixer #2
MTM #2 — November 24, 2008 — Theme: “Thanks”
David Sedaris - “Thanks” - Live At Carnegie Hall
Kaiser Chiefs - “Thank You Very Much” - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Goodness - “Sincerely Yours” - Goodness
Nouvellas - “Satisfied” - Satisfied b/w Right Kind of Woman
The Baseball Project - “Gratitude (For Curt Flood)” -...
Mixtape Mixer #3
MTM #3 — December 15, 2008 - Theme: “Winter”
Au Revoir Simone - “Fallen Snow” - The Bird of Music
Iron & Wine - “Faded From The Winter” - The Creek Drank The Cradle
Buford O’Sullivan - “Winter Storm Warning” - The Club of Hopes and Fears
Nicole Atkins - “Snowshakes” - Bleeding Diamonds EP
Pixies -...
Mixtape Mixer #4
MTM #4 — January 26, 2009 - Theme: “Change”
My methodology: This one was in honor of the inauguration that had occurred 6 days earlier. The way I did this was to show how an artist had changed over the years. I’d use two songs from the same band, one from their first (or an early) album, and the second from their newest/last album (or reasonably close to that).
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Mixtape Mixer #5
MTM #5 — February 23, 2009 — Theme: “Under The Covers”
My methodology: Some people did love/romantic songs, i.e. being all sexy-like and ‘under the covers’ for the month of February. I did all cover songs…
Backbeat Band - “Long Tall Sally” - Backbeat Original Soundtrack
Johnny Cash - “Further On Up The Road” - American V: A...
