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                                    5/22/2006
                                 
                                    Not much to mix here, as the Roses built their reputation largely on the basis of a single album. But oh what an album it was -- the immortal '89 self-titled debut, which managed to rise above like-min … | 
                                
                                
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                                    5/13/2006
                                 
                                    Another trip down random lane... This time I raided the banker's box of compilations in the back of my closet. Loads of cd samplers from CMJ, Mojo, and Uncut over the years, plus assorted soundtracks,  … | 
                                
                                
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                                    Pop
                                 
                                    4/28/2006
                                 
                                    Having made 40th Birthday mixes for a few friends over the past couple years, it's finally time to make one for myself. (Though I'm still a month away from this evil landmark.) I opted for the one-song … | 
                    
                        
	
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                                    4/19/2006
                                 
                                    Talk about your guilty pleasures. I had no qualms about posting a Monkees mix. I didn't even mind posting a Neil Diamond mix. But Yes? now there's something to feel ashamed of. Like most kids in the 70 … | 
                                
                                
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                                    Pop
                                 
                                    4/15/2006
                                 
                                    2 cd's, all tracks live. I've done this before as a bootleg sampler, but this time around all the tracks come from official live albums (or bonus tracks on reissues, box sets, etc.). As I don't have a  … | 
                                
                                
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                                    3/30/2006
                                 
                                    Hot on the heels of my recent ode to the soft-rock, sunshine-pop sounds of U.S. singer/songwriter/producer Kurt Boettcher, here's my tribute to his U.K. counterpart Mark Wirtz - perhaps far less known  … | 
                    
                        
	
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                                    Theme
                                 
                                    3/25/2006
                                 
                                    A sequel of sorts to my recent mix of rock songs featuring saxophones, this time around we've got rock & roll with a healthy dose of piano. Thought it would be another down & dirty mix, but ended up wi … | 
                                
                                
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                                    3/22/2006
                                 
                                    File this under: Another mix made so I can box up some of the crap I never listen to that's cluttering up my CD racks. Honestly, I don't think I've listened to this band in a decade, and probably never … | 
                                
                                
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                                    3/18/2006
                                 
                                    Pretty much all the Soft Boys you could ever want, and then some. This was Robyn Hitchcock's original twisted pop band circa '77-'81, before embarking on a successful (sort of, at least by indie standa … |