musicgnome

gravatar
Member Since: 4/19/2004
Total Mixes: 177
Total Feedback: 2902

Other Mixes By musicgnome

CD | Theme - Alternating DJ
image
CD | Mixed Genre
image
CD | Singer/Songwriter
image
CD | Pop
image

Mind-Melt Listening Station: Volume XVII - The Gnome Goes Pop! (Valisian Psycle: Part VIIII)

Side A
Artist Song
Doves
U.K. 
Pounding
The Last Broadcast (2002) 
Papas Fritas
U.S. - Somerville, Massachussets 
Hey Hey You Say
Pop Has Freed Us (2003) 
Mercury Rev
U.S. - Buffalo, New York 
Little Rhymes
All Is Dream (2001) 
Super Furry Animals
Wales 
The Placid Casual
Radiator (1997) 
Mahogany
U.S. - Detroit, Michigan 
The View From The People Wall
Connectivity (2006) 
The Essex Green
U.S. - Brooklyn, New York 
Elsinore
Cannibal Sea (2006) 
The New Pornographers
Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia 
Jackie
Mass Romantic (2000) 
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
U.S. - Washington, D.C.  
Better Dead Than Lead
Shake The Sheets (2004) 
Zumpano
Canada 
Temptation Summary
Look What The Rookie Did (1994) 
Summer Hymns
U.S. - Athens, Georgia 
Beginning to See
Voice Brother and Sister (1999) 
The Ladybug Transistor
U.S. - Brooklyn - New York City 
The Reclusive Hero
Argyle Heir (2001) 
The High Llamas
U.K. - London, England 
Get Into The Galley Shop
Buzzle Bee (2000) 
Three 4 Tens
U.S. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
A Red Shirt Today/Bent Leg Chant
Change Is On Its Way (2001) 
The Stranglers
U.K. - Chiddington, England 
Golden Brown
U.K. - Chiddington, England 
Tanakh
U.S. - Richmond, Virginia 
5 a.m.
Ardent Fevers (2006) 
The Olivia Tremor Control
U.S. - Athens, Georgia 
A Place We Have Been To
Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1 (1999) 
The Flaming Lips
U.S. - Oklahoma 
The Spiderbite Song
The Soft Bulletin (1999) 
Augie March
Australia - Melbourne 
Little Wonder
Strange Bird (2004) 
The Resonars
U.S. - Tuscon, Arizona 
Goodbye Melanie
Bright and Dark (1999) 
The Aislers Set
U.S. - San Francisco 
Hit The Snow
The Last Match (2000) 
Modesty Blaise
U.K. 
Carol Mountain
Rough Trade Shops - Indiepop 1 (2002) 
The Orange Peels
U.S. - San Francisco 
She Is Like A Rose
Square (1997) 
Jellyfish
U.S. - L.A. 
Sebrina Paste And Plato
Spilt Milk (1993) 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
The Three O'Clock
U.S. - L.A. 
Tomorrow
Sixteen Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown (1983) 
Peachfuzz
U.S. - L.A. 
So Why Not Now
About A Bird (2003) 
Chewy Marble
U.S. - L.A. 
Peculiar
Chewy Marble (1997) 
Outrageous Cherry
U.S. - Detroit, Michigan 
Where Do I Go When You Dream?
Out There In The Dark (1999) 
Saturday Looks Good To Me
U.S. - Michigan 
Ambulance
All Your Summer Songs (2003) 
Richard Davies
Australia 
6/4 On
There's Never Been A Crowd Like This (1996) 
The Dukes of Stratosphear
U.K. 
You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)
Chips From The Chocolate Fireball (1985) 
The Shins
U.S. - Alberquerque, New Mexico 
One By One All Day
Oh, Inverted World (2001) 
Of Montreal
U.S. - Athens, Georgia 
Disconnect The Dots
Satanic Panic In The Attic (2004) 
The Squires of the Subterrain
U.S. - Rochester, New York 
Air Guitar
Strawberries on Sunday (2003) 
The Polyphonic Spree
U.S. - Dallas, Texas 
Days Like This Keep Me Warm
The Beginning Stages Of... (2002) 
Doleful Lions
U.S. - Chapel Hill, North Carolina 
Saturday Mansions
Out Like A Lamb (2002) 
The Pastels
Scotland - Glasgow 
Mobile Deli
Mobile Safari (1994) 
Great Lakes
U.S. - Athens, Georgia 
Little Touched
Great Lakes (2000) 
The Apples in Stereo
U.S. - Denver, Colorado 
Show The World
Fun Trick Noisemaker (1995) 
The Gerbils
U.S. - Athens, Georgia 
Crayon Box
Are You Sleepy? (1998) 
The Telepathic Butterflies
Canada - Winipeg 
Flowerbed
The Telepathic Butterflies (2004) 
The Unicorns
Canada - Montreal 
Les Os
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (2004) 
The Point
U.S. - Northern California 
All My Life
Children Of Nuggets (Disc 1) (1983) 
Bill Lloyd
U.S. - Bowling Green, Kentucky 
Cool and Gone
Standing On the Shoulders of Giants (1999) 
Beachwood Sparks
U.S. - L.A. 
Once We Were Trees
Once We Were Trees (2001) 
Daniel Johnston
U.S. - Austin, Texas/West Virginia 
Some Things Last A Long Time
Welcome To My World (Exclusive Bonus Tracks) (2006) 

Comment:

The Valisian Psycle: An ongoing series of mixes inspired by (and in Tribute to) Valis; a means of saying "thank you" for his tireless promotion of present-day psychedelic music and for the numerous psychedelic publication recommendations he has made during the time I have come to know him.Final Mind-Melt Broadcast within the Psycle. And, quite possibly, the best collection of "accessible" songs I've ever put together. Or, to put it another way, my girlfriend's "...favoritist mix EVER!!!"A nod must go to Moe whom I must've channeled while digging and compiling the various indie pop, psych pop and art pop nuggets found within this volume.So, for now, a final HUZZAH to Valis!Editor's Note: Continue to visit Trip Inside This House blog as the remaining volumes of The Psycle have been (and will continue to be) posted.Editor's Note - Part II: Artwork (only partial images of overall artwork) by David Barnes (Of Montreal fame) located at the The Bee With Wheels website

image for mix

Feedback:

gravatar
anthony lombardi
Date: 2/8/2007
this looks untouchably great -- a proper & fitting footnote to an endlessly mind-bending series. great work, gnome...
gravatar
sammyg123
Date: 2/8/2007
Remember Meg Ryan in 'When Harry Met Sally'? Yeah, you know the scene I mean. Well, I'm feeling a lot like her right now. Absolutely mind bogglingly brilliant.
A Wonderful series that I thought could get no better, somehoe just has. Oooh, I feel an editorial coming on....
gravatar
Dom1
Date: 2/8/2007
an exemplary collection - surprised to see so many bands I'm familiar with - enjoy the doves but never got into the Super Furries - always fun to see The Stranglers - now they were nasty!
gravatar
Moe
Date: 2/8/2007
Poppycock! Our man Valis is getting spoiled rotten. And yes, this is right up my alley. My fingers would get sore typing out all my favorist songs on this mix. My head did feel a bit strange the last few days, so it must have been all the channeling;) Guess I shouldn't have bought the Excedrin.
gravatar
Mixxer
Date: 2/8/2007
What's this accessible mumbo jumbo all about? Ha, ha, jk. This looks extraordinarily well thought out, and great music from what I know.
How did Athens GA become such a musical center? I'm counting 5 here, and another band that I like, Mendoza Line, started there as well.

Excellent, excellent work here, gnome.
gravatar
musicgnome
Date: 2/8/2007
Interesting point regarding Athens, Georgia. Other include: music Athens luminaries - R.E.M & The B52's. Add to that: Je Suis France, Pylon, Elf Power, Japancakes, Matthew Sweet (I think) and two personal faves and unlike acts/artists: Harvey Milk and The Drive-By Truckers.
gravatar
ofthaltned
Date: 2/9/2007
Oh, wow. I really thought things could only go downhill after the last volume ;) Well okay, I did not actually think that, but I really am surprised that it just seems to be getting better and better. Looks absolutely great!
gravatar
Mark Petruccelli
Date: 2/9/2007
Running out of superlatives, another brilliant installment. The Essex Green, Flaming Lips, Shins and Daniel Johnston tracks in particular jump out at me.
gravatar
arktical
Date: 2/9/2007
My God, this mix it awsome from top to bottom. This has to be my favorite series on this site.
gravatar
GambleOn
Date: 2/9/2007
Holy crap, that's a rich collection of awesome pop. Looking forward to indulging in it.
gravatar
mount scoundrel
Date: 2/9/2007
this is one of the most incredible mixes i've seen, hands down.
gravatar
French Connection
Date: 2/9/2007
Too many top tunes/bands to merit singling any out for specific attention. Chris you've completed a masterpiece, what more can I say?
gravatar
blasikin
Date: 2/9/2007
This looks like it might be my favoritist too! Dismayed by my ignorance on the L.A. scene represented here, and excited to be enlightened. Thanks!
gravatar
Bear
Date: 2/10/2007
Great swansong. Nice artwork. SFA and Pastels- swoon!
gravatar
telegram
Date: 2/10/2007
Everything's moving here. But wherever it happens to land. I'll be there...

Shimmering!
gravatar
plushpig
Date: 2/11/2007
Fantastic!!
gravatar
Barrydali
Date: 2/11/2007
Christ on a freaking bike, you are welcome to go pop any day of the week because this is special. Yummmmmmmmmmy!
gravatar
ofthaltned
Date: 2/12/2007
Hey, I was wondering - is there any way to convince you to switch to using another service for uploading your mixes in the future? It might just be a geographical problem (if I'm the only person having troubles, then, by all means, just ignore this), but at least from an Austrian IP, it is damn near impossible to get the download to work - "all download slots for your country are currently taken, please try again in a few hours", and believe me, I've tried again a lot. I used to avoid this by going in via a proxy server, but A) this slowed everything down considerably, B) my proxy program inexplicably stopped working a few days ago, so I'm at a loss now.
Oh, and I've said this before, but it can't really be stressed enough: This mix looks fantastic.
gravatar
p the swede
Date: 2/12/2007
sometimes I wish I was Valis
gravatar
mount scoundrel
Date: 2/13/2007
this whole series is just incredible. AMAZING. i mean, geez.
gravatar
tornadoZ
Date: 2/19/2007
have been going through withdrawals, and I'd really like to melt my mind today. but side one DL is 'temporarily unavailable.' I'm left-brained, and it doesn't seem right to only melt the right half. what can I do? this looks almost overwhelmingly good. and thanks for your superkind comments on my new one, musicgnome.
gravatar
DJ Karen Adams
Date: 4/17/2007
I like the look of this.