Other Mixes By ofthaltned
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Alternative - Indie Rock
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Theme
Write a Book of Debt Everyone Must Pay
| Artist | Song | |
| The Pernice Brothers | B.S. Johnson | |
| XTC | The Mayor of Simpleton | |
| The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers | Ammunition for a Bolt-Action Heart | |
| Richmond Fontaine | Montgomery Park | |
| The Rollstons | Exploring the Fingerboard | |
| The Delgados | Ballad of Accounting | |
| John Wesley Harding | Career's Service | |
| Johnny Dangerously | Junk Culture | |
| Rocky Votolato | Prison Is Private Property | |
| Ral Partha Vogelbacher | Red Hot Tugboat | |
| McLusky | 1956 and All That | |
| The Suicide Machines | Numbers | |
| Luke Haines | I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass | |
| James | Laid | |
| Daniel Johnston | Psycho Nightmare | |
| Kraftwerk | Pocket Calculator | |
| The Auteurs | Tombstone | |
| Blumfeld | Von der Unm÷glichkeit, "nein" zu sagen, ohne sich umzubringen | |
| Pulp | This Is Hardcore | |
| The Paper Chase | I Did a Terrible Thing | |
| The Olivia Tremor Control | Define a Transparent Dream | |
| Baader Meinhof | Theme from 'Burn Warehouse Burn' | |
| The Unicorns | Ready to Die | |
Comment:
This is an odd little mix I made last week while having the song "B.S. Johnson" by the Pernice Brothers on heavy rotation and consequently re-reading the book "Christie Malry's Own Double Entry" by B.S. Johnson. Essentially, this is my attempt at a soundtrack to this book - not the most consistent collection of music ever burnt on CD, to be sure, but I think it covers all the essential ingredients of that book: the first few songs attempt to trace the background of the main character (a simple guy with a fucked up life and a crappy job as an accountant - I tried to go for a blend of individual doom and general social criticism), while the second half is filled with songs of terrorism and violence. Thrown in, for good measure, are a few songs about sex, a few accounting references, and some of those moments where the author reminds us of the artificiality of the whole story. That was the plan, anyway. The cover artwork is a blatant and not very well-executed rip-off and will look a bit like what you see below, except that I'm having all sorts of technical difficulties right now that might change all that.
Feedback:
Very interesting. I like the cover just how it is too. Really like that Delgados cover and the Richmond Fontaine, Ral Partha, OTC, & James picks.
Fascinating -- both the idea and the execution thereof. I agree with Barry, leave the cover as it is. I will avoid all the hideous "accountancy" puns that spring, unbidden, to mind -- you know the kind of thing: "audi(o)try"; "well balanced" etc. etc. -- Cripes! I'm my own worst enemy.
all i can say is, i should go ahead and read that book, but maybe before i do that i'd like to listen to this! lookin' good!
This looks more fantastic than it has any right to be.
beautiful.
Love the XTC, OTC, Kraftwerk, Daniel Johnston, Luke Haines, and Pulp picks.
How did I miss this one? If the darn Exhibits were working, this would be featured in "The Reading Room."
Terrorism, violence, sex, and accounting - how could ya go wrong with that combination.
Terrorism, violence, sex, and accounting - how could ya go wrong with that combination.
What a fabulous narrative. You have the custom made opener from the Pernice Brothers, and the songs seem to fit perfectly with the story, or at least my understanding of the story. The Ral Partha Vogelbacher > McLusky sequence is a stunner; it goes from cool planning of terrorist acts to an explosion of violence. Well chosen songs all the way thru. It was like a book that I could not put down.