song,artist,(commentary)

polly,moose,

no cabaret!,vhs or beta,

walk like a man (you can call me),grand funk railroad,

why can’t he be you,patsy cline,(why can’t he?)

pulled up,talking heads,(have i mentioned how much i love this band?)

crash,david byrne,(since i’m now in talking heads mode)

the man who sold the world,david bowie,(eanna’s child, finn, thinks i am the goblin king)

all i need,radiohead,

land mines,st. vincent,

you can’t go home again,dj shadow,(you truly, truly can’t)

the perfect needle,telescopes,

c30, c60, c90, go!,bow wow wow,

on broadway (live),gary numan,(wallace, if you don’t listen to much numan, please start.)

i set my face to the hillside,tortoise,(this album is rife with pleasant melancholy)

feeling stronger,the voluptuous horror of karen black,(eek!)

orange blossom special,the nitty gritty dirt band,

a good taste of the gnorrhee,bacon shoe,(the shoe cannot stop, kids…ever…)

i am she, nikki giovanni,(for my dear, old friend angel)

roughly 73 minutes long. click here to visit the download page for an .mp3 (67mb, one track).

song,artist,(commentary)

relapse,boot hill,(defunct kc band featuring the infamous gary cloud)

one of a kind,atmosphere,

high 5 (rock the catskills),beck,

palace of illusions,cold fusion,

something about us (love theme from interstella 5555),daft punk,

puppets,depeche mode,(for sunshine)

blue lines,massive attack,

chubb sub,medeski, martin & wood,

heartlight,neil diamond,(where my neil fans at? emaw?)

dakota,robert rodriguez & carl thiel,(what a creepy track to follow neil)

minimal,pet shop boys,(artie, w00t!)

walking through the darkness,tekitha,

the nothing left garden human condition,shai no shai,

hey love,stevie wonder,

clowns and jugglers (octopus),syd barrett,

peace krime #1,the legendary pink dots,

x-execution of a bum rush,the x-ecutioners,

verbage,illogic,(this one is for prater and marcelo to jam on)

dr. feelgood,mötley crüe,(turn up the volume on your stereo and your hair)

in yellow moonlight,chris lee

i saw red (acoustic version),warrant,(because the acoustic version really brings out the emotional complexity)

roughly 79 minutes long. click here to visit the download page for an .mp3 (73mb, one track).

song,artist,(commentary)

crazy [orange factory mix],seal,(this song, no matter how you mix it, never ceases to move me. i dunno why.)

isfahan,duke ellington,

big red rocket of love,reverend horton heat,

my opinion,shock g,

falling out of love,mary gauthier,

7/4 [shoreline],broken social scene,

i just found out about love,shirley horn,

oh, oh, i love her so,the ramones,

same all over,canned heat,

pacific shores,phantom surfers,

knock me a kiss,(swingin’, man)louis jordan,

queen of las vegas [mesopotamia outtake version],b52s,(i love this band more and more with every passing year. you should hear sarah and i karoake ‘love shack’, by the way.)

hot pink, distorted,50 foot wave,

e.s.t. [trip to the moon],alien sex fiend,(one of the greatest band names ever)

world of confusion,infam,(not to be confused with genesis’s ‘land of confusion’ and it’s creepy-ass puppet video)

kaw-liga,hank williams jr.,(this song is the fucking funkiest country song you’ll ever hear)

two horse town,stereo mcs,(i don’t remember these guys ever getting the credit they deserved…maybe they did sometime, from someone from whom such credit usually issues forth…but i don’t remember it.)

straight up and down,the brian jonestown massacre,

i started something i couldn’t finish,the smiths,

last day of magic,the kills,(off one of my favorite albums from last year,”a little tornado, a little hurricano…”, love that shit.)

roughly 79 minutes long. click here to visit the download page for an .mp3 (72mb, one track).