So it has been a rough end of the year over here at the Mix Tapes Home Office. It seems I have found myself a tad laid off and have been traveling around 1930's style looking for work. There have been some times and I hope to bring you the music that tells the tales.
I just thought I would drop a little note saying that music is coming... from Tennessee and beyond.
Thanks to all who have been sending in - Especially, Jesse for the kick in the ass.
Back soon in '09
-Mgmt
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Monday, October 13, 2008
Recent Purchases Vol. 2
Here is a little list of music that is newly purchased:
1) Rodriguez - Cold Fact ---- I got turned on to this record by Andrew down at The Groove in Nashville. NPR did a little story on it recently. The album was recorded in late 1969 and soon after both Rodriguez and the album disappeared. It has been recently reprinted and is totally worth it. Check it out. If you are in Nashville The Groove has vinyl.
2) Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue --- I was worried about this one. I really liked the first album quite a bit and was curious whether it could be duplicated or exceeded without The Watson Twins' help. After my first listen I am not sure what I think. There are some gems on there for sure, but I might have wanted her to not change her sounds at all. . . and well. . . she changed. I think it is worth a listen and I also think it is a grower.
3) Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul - This is a compilation released by The Numero Group. If you are not familiar with this label they find lost music (usually based on a genera) gather it up and release it as a compilation. The ABCs of Kid Soul was all recorded around the time The Jackson 5 were blowing up. Every small label tried their hand at creating a Jackson 5. All of these tracks have been rolling around in obscurity for a decades. I believe they were all recorded by kids between 12 and 17. Check this album out, and check this label out.
4) Otis Redding - Live at Whiskey A Go-Go
Otis Redding - The Soul Album ---- I picked up both of these albums after the reprint for less than they were actually worth. I suppose there isn't so much to say about it. If you don't know Otis Redding go out now and buy a record, go outside and blast it at night and drink a bottle of wine. You will be hooked from then on. These two records are excellent records to start with!
5) Eddie Bo - In the Pocket with Eddie Bo --- I have been looking for a record from this guy for a long time. I was hanging out up in Newport KY a couple of years ago catching up with old friends and Eddie Bo was the background for the evening. In the Pocket with. . . is a new release that collects a sampling of music that spans Bo's entire career. I enjoyed this record but it didn't live up to the memory of that first unfindable record I heard. Anything by Bo is recommended!
1) Rodriguez - Cold Fact ---- I got turned on to this record by Andrew down at The Groove in Nashville. NPR did a little story on it recently. The album was recorded in late 1969 and soon after both Rodriguez and the album disappeared. It has been recently reprinted and is totally worth it. Check it out. If you are in Nashville The Groove has vinyl.
2) Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue --- I was worried about this one. I really liked the first album quite a bit and was curious whether it could be duplicated or exceeded without The Watson Twins' help. After my first listen I am not sure what I think. There are some gems on there for sure, but I might have wanted her to not change her sounds at all. . . and well. . . she changed. I think it is worth a listen and I also think it is a grower.
3) Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul - This is a compilation released by The Numero Group. If you are not familiar with this label they find lost music (usually based on a genera) gather it up and release it as a compilation. The ABCs of Kid Soul was all recorded around the time The Jackson 5 were blowing up. Every small label tried their hand at creating a Jackson 5. All of these tracks have been rolling around in obscurity for a decades. I believe they were all recorded by kids between 12 and 17. Check this album out, and check this label out.
4) Otis Redding - Live at Whiskey A Go-Go
Otis Redding - The Soul Album ---- I picked up both of these albums after the reprint for less than they were actually worth. I suppose there isn't so much to say about it. If you don't know Otis Redding go out now and buy a record, go outside and blast it at night and drink a bottle of wine. You will be hooked from then on. These two records are excellent records to start with!
5) Eddie Bo - In the Pocket with Eddie Bo --- I have been looking for a record from this guy for a long time. I was hanging out up in Newport KY a couple of years ago catching up with old friends and Eddie Bo was the background for the evening. In the Pocket with. . . is a new release that collects a sampling of music that spans Bo's entire career. I enjoyed this record but it didn't live up to the memory of that first unfindable record I heard. Anything by Bo is recommended!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Mix #27 - Friends and Lovers
Creator: Michelle
Occupation: Artist; Music LOVER
Theme: Lovers that know how to play music
Title: Friends and Lovers
Holy Shit is this is a new mix! Yes, it is – and it is a doozy.
We have had 26 mixes with many different themes, but this one is the most personal and intriguing.
Michelle offers up a mix titled “Friends and Lovers.”
Simply the theme is: Everyone on this mix is someone that is a friend or a lover. For the sake of public anonymity we won’t say who is who or which is which, but I will say that are more lovers than friends on this list, the friends were added in after the original mix was completed to so that you “the listener” would have to try to figure it out – and Michelle said it would be ok to contact her to ask questions; try to guess or hear the stories. If the conversations are good, maybe they will make the comments.
Email Michelle at: damagehole@gmail.com
My first thought was “What a theme?” then it was “ You have fucked enough musicians to make a mix” and then it was “Oh, you didn’t fuck 'them'?“ and then it was "isn’t the term Rock & Roll a 20’s slang for sex in the first place?”
I am always looking for that type of convergence on this blog – and never really get it! Here is some info about the origins of the phrase “Rock & Roll”:
Three different songs with the title "Rock And Roll" were recorded in the late 1940s, and the phrase was in constant use in the lyrics of R&B songs of the time. The phrase was also included in advertisements for the film Wabash Avenue, starring Betty Grable and Victor Mature.
Before then, the phrase "rocking and rolling", as secular black slang for dancing or sex, appeared on record for the first time in 1922 on Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll". Even earlier, in 1916, the term "rocking and rolling" was used with a religious connotation, on the phonograph record "The Camp Meeting Jubilee" by an unnamed male "quartette".[2] The word "rock" had a long history in the English language as a metaphor for "to shake up, to disturb or to incite". In 1937, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald recorded "Rock It for Me," which included the lyric, "So won't you satisfy my soul with the rock and roll." "Rocking" was a term used by black gospel singers in the American South to mean something akin to spiritual rapture. By the 1940s, however, the term was used as a double entendre, ostensibly referring to dancing, but with the sub textual meaning of sex, as in Roy Brown's "Good Rocking Tonight."
There you have it! From the beginning to Elvis to the backstage parties after 80’s hair metal bands – getting it on has always been linked to the phrase rock and roll
Enjoy the mix and send one if you want see more posted. I have received a handful of emails about people telling me their ideas. The ideas are great – you just have to make the mix. Keep the project going!
Here is the mix:
Friends & Lovers
Song - Artist
1) Sour Mash - Cory Branan
2) Red Door - The Thugs
3) Only the Lonely Devil Knows - These United States
4) Devil - Caleb Stine and the Brake Men
5) (I just want to ) be your man - Magical, Beautiful
6) So Desperate - The Mountain Goats
7) South Electric Eyes - The Legendary Shack Shakers
8) Trump Style - Kimya Dawson
9) A song for Henry Darger - Karl Blau
10) My Autograph - James Farrell
11) Better - Tigers Con Queso
12) I Want a Train - Jamey Wood
13) Motherfucker - Bobby Bare Jr.
14) Better Before You Were Big Time - Ted Russell Kamp
15) The Way You Needed Love - The Coalmen
16) Last Wish - Ballhog!
17) 1981 (or Waving at you as we part at light speed will look like I am standing still - Adam Arcuragi
18) Americana is a Faggot Word That Only Faggots Use - Gabe Zander
19) My Only Friend - The Mother Truckers
20) Slow Down Chicago - Canasta
21)Lips of an Angel - Hinder
22) Betelgeuse - Far Rad
23) Right On Down - Shake It Like a Caveman
Occupation: Artist; Music LOVER
Theme: Lovers that know how to play music
Title: Friends and Lovers
Holy Shit is this is a new mix! Yes, it is – and it is a doozy.
We have had 26 mixes with many different themes, but this one is the most personal and intriguing.
Michelle offers up a mix titled “Friends and Lovers.”
Simply the theme is: Everyone on this mix is someone that is a friend or a lover. For the sake of public anonymity we won’t say who is who or which is which, but I will say that are more lovers than friends on this list, the friends were added in after the original mix was completed to so that you “the listener” would have to try to figure it out – and Michelle said it would be ok to contact her to ask questions; try to guess or hear the stories. If the conversations are good, maybe they will make the comments.
Email Michelle at: damagehole@gmail.com
My first thought was “What a theme?” then it was “ You have fucked enough musicians to make a mix” and then it was “Oh, you didn’t fuck 'them'?“ and then it was "isn’t the term Rock & Roll a 20’s slang for sex in the first place?”
I am always looking for that type of convergence on this blog – and never really get it! Here is some info about the origins of the phrase “Rock & Roll”:
Three different songs with the title "Rock And Roll" were recorded in the late 1940s, and the phrase was in constant use in the lyrics of R&B songs of the time. The phrase was also included in advertisements for the film Wabash Avenue, starring Betty Grable and Victor Mature.
Before then, the phrase "rocking and rolling", as secular black slang for dancing or sex, appeared on record for the first time in 1922 on Trixie Smith's "My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll". Even earlier, in 1916, the term "rocking and rolling" was used with a religious connotation, on the phonograph record "The Camp Meeting Jubilee" by an unnamed male "quartette".[2] The word "rock" had a long history in the English language as a metaphor for "to shake up, to disturb or to incite". In 1937, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald recorded "Rock It for Me," which included the lyric, "So won't you satisfy my soul with the rock and roll." "Rocking" was a term used by black gospel singers in the American South to mean something akin to spiritual rapture. By the 1940s, however, the term was used as a double entendre, ostensibly referring to dancing, but with the sub textual meaning of sex, as in Roy Brown's "Good Rocking Tonight."
There you have it! From the beginning to Elvis to the backstage parties after 80’s hair metal bands – getting it on has always been linked to the phrase rock and roll
Enjoy the mix and send one if you want see more posted. I have received a handful of emails about people telling me their ideas. The ideas are great – you just have to make the mix. Keep the project going!
Here is the mix:
Friends & Lovers
Song - Artist
1) Sour Mash - Cory Branan
2) Red Door - The Thugs
3) Only the Lonely Devil Knows - These United States
4) Devil - Caleb Stine and the Brake Men
5) (I just want to ) be your man - Magical, Beautiful
6) So Desperate - The Mountain Goats
7) South Electric Eyes - The Legendary Shack Shakers
8) Trump Style - Kimya Dawson
9) A song for Henry Darger - Karl Blau
10) My Autograph - James Farrell
11) Better - Tigers Con Queso
12) I Want a Train - Jamey Wood
13) Motherfucker - Bobby Bare Jr.
14) Better Before You Were Big Time - Ted Russell Kamp
15) The Way You Needed Love - The Coalmen
16) Last Wish - Ballhog!
17) 1981 (or Waving at you as we part at light speed will look like I am standing still - Adam Arcuragi
18) Americana is a Faggot Word That Only Faggots Use - Gabe Zander
19) My Only Friend - The Mother Truckers
20) Slow Down Chicago - Canasta
21)Lips of an Angel - Hinder
22) Betelgeuse - Far Rad
23) Right On Down - Shake It Like a Caveman
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Mix #26 - At a Loss for Words
Creator: Jesse Chula
Occupation: Inside Advertising Sales
Theme: Instrumental
Title: At a Loss for Words
Jesse delivers. This tape came in late last week - and I have had this post ready for about 3 days - sorry to keep you guys waiting. . .
This is a mix I have been waiting for since the I first started posting mixes. When decided to request/post mixes I had a couple of ideas for mixes I hoped I would get, and this is one of them.
I am not the biggest fan of instrumental tracks. I suppose that is because I am lyrics person - it is the same reason I can be a fan of old shitty recordings, and super lo-fi music - but without lyrics we get to write our own stories. Without lyrics it is easier for every listener to get a different experience. Couple that with the fact that by making a mix tape you are are taking any influence the author of the song had by placing in a specific order on the original album, and you seem to have more control on altering the songs meaning. I think it leads to a mix tape whose intent is uniquely decided by the listener.
Special Note: Judy is a Dick Slap is my second favorite dirty intramental track title - a close second right behind, "Lick my Love Pump" from Spinal Tap. In D minor - the saddest of all keys.
This mix is from Jesse Chula who sent in a mix near the very beginning of the blog. It is good to get another mix from him! Thanks, Jesse.
Anyway onwards!
Enjoy.
At A Loss For Words
Song - Artist
1) Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick - Arctic Monkeys
2) Judy is a Dick Slap - Belle & Sebastian
3) You Still Believe in Me - M.Ward
4) Life in Technicolor - Coldplay
5) Two Bass Hit - Miles Davis
6) Time is Tight - The Clash
7) In the Deep Shade - The Frames
8) Three Way - The Magnetic Fields
9) Midtown - Tom Waits
10)Fuckin' in the Bushes - Oasis
11) Glasgow Mega-Snake - Mogwai
12) Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo - Yo La Yengo
Occupation: Inside Advertising Sales
Theme: Instrumental
Title: At a Loss for Words
Jesse delivers. This tape came in late last week - and I have had this post ready for about 3 days - sorry to keep you guys waiting. . .
This is a mix I have been waiting for since the I first started posting mixes. When decided to request/post mixes I had a couple of ideas for mixes I hoped I would get, and this is one of them.
I am not the biggest fan of instrumental tracks. I suppose that is because I am lyrics person - it is the same reason I can be a fan of old shitty recordings, and super lo-fi music - but without lyrics we get to write our own stories. Without lyrics it is easier for every listener to get a different experience. Couple that with the fact that by making a mix tape you are are taking any influence the author of the song had by placing in a specific order on the original album, and you seem to have more control on altering the songs meaning. I think it leads to a mix tape whose intent is uniquely decided by the listener.
Special Note: Judy is a Dick Slap is my second favorite dirty intramental track title - a close second right behind, "Lick my Love Pump" from Spinal Tap. In D minor - the saddest of all keys.
This mix is from Jesse Chula who sent in a mix near the very beginning of the blog. It is good to get another mix from him! Thanks, Jesse.
Anyway onwards!
Enjoy.
At A Loss For Words
Song - Artist
1) Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick - Arctic Monkeys
2) Judy is a Dick Slap - Belle & Sebastian
3) You Still Believe in Me - M.Ward
4) Life in Technicolor - Coldplay
5) Two Bass Hit - Miles Davis
6) Time is Tight - The Clash
7) In the Deep Shade - The Frames
8) Three Way - The Magnetic Fields
9) Midtown - Tom Waits
10)Fuckin' in the Bushes - Oasis
11) Glasgow Mega-Snake - Mogwai
12) Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo - Yo La Yengo
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Mix #25 - Songs that Were Stuck in my Head
Creator: Nicola Gillan
Occupation: Researcher
Theme: The Playlist Mix
Title: Songs that were stuck in my head in July. . . But I am totally over them now!
Although, we are lagging, temporarily, on timely posts here is a good one. I have some work that mixes are on their way to me, so I think Mondays will start working out again.
Send them in guys/gals.
Enjoy this mix!
1) I am a Scientist - Guided By Voices
2) Know by Heart - American Analog Set
3) Trees Lay Be - Josephine Foster
4) Papillion - Rilo Kiley
5) Plus One - Okkervil River
6) Shiver - Coldplay
7) Gone, Gone, Gone - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
8) I thought I saw your Face Today - She & Him
9) Waiting to Know You - Fiery Furnaces
10) Red - Okkervil River
11) Here's the Thing - Girltalk
12) An Experiment - Mates of States
13) I wish I was the Moon - Neko Case
Occupation: Researcher
Theme: The Playlist Mix
Title: Songs that were stuck in my head in July. . . But I am totally over them now!
Although, we are lagging, temporarily, on timely posts here is a good one. I have some work that mixes are on their way to me, so I think Mondays will start working out again.
Send them in guys/gals.
Enjoy this mix!
1) I am a Scientist - Guided By Voices
2) Know by Heart - American Analog Set
3) Trees Lay Be - Josephine Foster
4) Papillion - Rilo Kiley
5) Plus One - Okkervil River
6) Shiver - Coldplay
7) Gone, Gone, Gone - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
8) I thought I saw your Face Today - She & Him
9) Waiting to Know You - Fiery Furnaces
10) Red - Okkervil River
11) Here's the Thing - Girltalk
12) An Experiment - Mates of States
13) I wish I was the Moon - Neko Case
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Mix #24 - Heroes & Villians
Creator: Casey Chalmers
Occupation: Videographer
Theme: Heroes & Villains
Title: Heroes & Villains
Here we are days late due to technical difficulties. Sometimes the internets have a way of working against us. It has been a very lazy four days of trying and finally on Thursday, you have a mix tape! We never really claimed to punctual or prompt (or honest, or respectful.) I didn't think it was going to happen this week.
This latest, four-day-late, installment is a double disk. Heroes & Villains. The one thing that instantly jumped out at me is how fascinated musicians are with comic book heroes, especially the Wu-Tang. I suppose it makes sense - being into music is pretty nerdy, and loving super heroes is pretty nerdy.
Also, check out how how bad Betty Davis wants the Lone Ranger to make sweet, sweet masked love to her!
Enjoy!
Heroes
Song - Artist
1) Heroes and Villains - The Beach Boys
2) Big Darkness - Crooked Fingers
3) Supa GFK - Ghostface Killah
4) The Lone Ranger - Betty Davis
5) Waitin' for Superman - The Flaming Lips
6) Gothem City - R. Kelly
7) SuperHoes - Funkdoobiest
8) Superman - The Clique
9) Wonder Woman - Lee Dorsey
10) Fearless Vampire Killers - Bad Brains
11) Heroes from our Past - Dropkick Murphys
12) Judge Dred in Court - Derrick Morgan
13) Spidey's Wild Ride - Tom Waits
14) Rza - B.O.B.B.Y
15) Supa Ninjaz - Cappadonna
16) Heroes - David Bowie
17) White Trash Heroes - Archers of Loaf
18) PinBall Wizard (live) - Elton John
19) Jones from Indiana - Daughters
Villians
Song - Artist
1) Diary of a Madman - Gravediggaz
2) Human Fly - The Cramps
3) Creep in the Cellar - Butthole Surfers
4) Ballad of Jim Jones - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
5) City of Hobgoblins - The Fall
6) She-Devil Rock - The beguiled
7) Witch - The Sonics
8) Horror of Party Beach - Sloppy Seconds
9) AstroZombies - The Misfits
10) Ghoulies are go - Groovie Ghoulies
11) HalfSharkAlligatorHalfMan - Dr. Octogon
12) Dracula's Wedding - OutKast
13)Mutant Hoochie Mamas - Kentucky Prophet
14) Basketcase - DangerDoom
15) King Kong - Tom Waits
16) Six Kids of Mine - Alan and Richard Bishop
17) Crooked Fingers - Bad Man Coming
18) I am a Witch - Helium
19) Book of Revelations - Sun City Girls
20) Skelet0n Man - Evangelicals
21) Michael Myers Resplendent - The Mountain Goats
22) The Enemy - Dirty Pretty Things
23) Walking my Gargoyle - Gothic Archies
24) Good Guys and Bad Guys - Camper Van Beethoven
Occupation: Videographer
Theme: Heroes & Villains
Title: Heroes & Villains
Here we are days late due to technical difficulties. Sometimes the internets have a way of working against us. It has been a very lazy four days of trying and finally on Thursday, you have a mix tape! We never really claimed to punctual or prompt (or honest, or respectful.) I didn't think it was going to happen this week.
This latest, four-day-late, installment is a double disk. Heroes & Villains. The one thing that instantly jumped out at me is how fascinated musicians are with comic book heroes, especially the Wu-Tang. I suppose it makes sense - being into music is pretty nerdy, and loving super heroes is pretty nerdy.
Also, check out how how bad Betty Davis wants the Lone Ranger to make sweet, sweet masked love to her!
Enjoy!
Heroes
Song - Artist
1) Heroes and Villains - The Beach Boys
2) Big Darkness - Crooked Fingers
3) Supa GFK - Ghostface Killah
4) The Lone Ranger - Betty Davis
5) Waitin' for Superman - The Flaming Lips
6) Gothem City - R. Kelly
7) SuperHoes - Funkdoobiest
8) Superman - The Clique
9) Wonder Woman - Lee Dorsey
10) Fearless Vampire Killers - Bad Brains
11) Heroes from our Past - Dropkick Murphys
12) Judge Dred in Court - Derrick Morgan
13) Spidey's Wild Ride - Tom Waits
14) Rza - B.O.B.B.Y
15) Supa Ninjaz - Cappadonna
16) Heroes - David Bowie
17) White Trash Heroes - Archers of Loaf
18) PinBall Wizard (live) - Elton John
19) Jones from Indiana - Daughters
Villians
Song - Artist
1) Diary of a Madman - Gravediggaz
2) Human Fly - The Cramps
3) Creep in the Cellar - Butthole Surfers
4) Ballad of Jim Jones - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
5) City of Hobgoblins - The Fall
6) She-Devil Rock - The beguiled
7) Witch - The Sonics
8) Horror of Party Beach - Sloppy Seconds
9) AstroZombies - The Misfits
10) Ghoulies are go - Groovie Ghoulies
11) HalfSharkAlligatorHalfMan - Dr. Octogon
12) Dracula's Wedding - OutKast
13)Mutant Hoochie Mamas - Kentucky Prophet
14) Basketcase - DangerDoom
15) King Kong - Tom Waits
16) Six Kids of Mine - Alan and Richard Bishop
17) Crooked Fingers - Bad Man Coming
18) I am a Witch - Helium
19) Book of Revelations - Sun City Girls
20) Skelet0n Man - Evangelicals
21) Michael Myers Resplendent - The Mountain Goats
22) The Enemy - Dirty Pretty Things
23) Walking my Gargoyle - Gothic Archies
24) Good Guys and Bad Guys - Camper Van Beethoven
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