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Single Artist
5/22/2003
An obscure but simply lovely band, all of whose discs are long out of print. They evolved out of a Feelies spin-off called the Trypes, recording four albums in the early '90's with a revolving cast (in …
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Theme - Cover Songs
5/20/2003
A 2-cd collection of Velvet Underground covers, a mandatory part of every hip band's repertoire (alongside the obligatory Big Star, Stooges, Neil Young, and/or Wire covers). A fair amount of duplicatio …
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Theme
5/19/2003
After an unusually extended rainy season, summer has arrived here in San Francisco. So time to burn the obligatory summer mix.
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Single Artist
5/13/2003
Inspired by Rob, I've gone ahead and posted a mix of a band I most certainly do not like very much but, still, occasionally enjoy as a guilty pleasure. Plant's vocals and lyrics bug me (anyone over the …
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Single Artist
5/12/2003
For a brief shining moment (roughly '69-'73), the Stones lived up to their silly claim to be The World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band -- or, at least, tied for that honor (during the same period, the Who …
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Single Artist
5/6/2003
Here's another one that's a bit premature -- with only two albums and a few EP's, none of which has quite lived up to their role as San Francisco's most-hyped alt.rock band, there's not a ton to work w …
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Single Artist
5/6/2003
Call me an indie rock heretic, but I'm of the belief that the Pixies never had a truly great album. Sure, Doolittle was close, but I don't really find any of their albums start-to-finish perfect, and h …
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Single Artist
5/5/2003
Kind of a stretch calling this a "mix," as the band only survived long enough for two albums and a handful of singles & compilation tracks. Still, their second album, most of which is included here, wa …
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Pop
5/5/2003
I've done one of these for each year since '77, and this is, alas, one of the weaker ones. I didn't find 2002 to be terribly inspiring (hence the delay in finally sitting down and compiling this), havi …
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