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Mixed Genre
9/30/2002
Gee, one of these songs is not like the others. With the exception of that Ravel hit (from that period when he was calling himself The Ravel-vet Underground) none of these songs is the first one you mi …
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Mixed Genre
9/26/2002
Originally meant to be a goth/industrial/cold wave comp (hence the title), but a mix heavy on Nico and Zvuki Mu can be a bit of a load, esp. after repeated listening. Themed tapes can be a joy in other …
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Pop
9/24/2002
A fat, gooey Valentine to Todd Rundgren; his sugary fingerprints are all over this one. Every song would have been the best tune on any tape I'd made up to that point, so I'd learned how to economize t …
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Mixed Genre
9/24/2002
This comes from a period in my history when I was mass-producing mixes at a prodigious rate. I can get pretty nervous, and I've often felt as though I was trying (and failing) to grab pieces of time.
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Mixed Genre
9/18/2002
How do you set off an entire VC album, in this case "In the Presence of Greatness"? Purely by instinct.
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Mixed Genre
9/18/2002
A moldy oldie from the archives, but chock full of ten-ton meat. A tip of the cap to Cub Koda, who filled my Rhino CD booklets with some of the most informative, incisive, and funny liner notes yet wri …
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Mixed Genre
9/17/2002
This is one of my fave mixes for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the inclusion of that Stealer's Wheel single. I was chagrined to find the version on the album was not the same song I'd …
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Mixed Genre
9/4/2002
A keeper that's been doing road trip duty for quite a few years. One of my few tapes that has a good finish; I really ought to discover more about Sunny Day Real Estate.
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