Artist	Song
the stone roses	"i wanna be adored"
oasis	"songbird"
wilco	"i'm the man who loves you"
tom waits	"blind love"
john mayer	"gravity"
bright eyes with emmylou harris	"we are nowhere & it's now"
neil young	"birds"
nick drake	"northern sky"
neil young	"motion pictures"
r.e.m.	"nightswimming"
the velvet underground	"oh! sweet nuthin'"
beulah	"if we can land a man on the moon, surely i can win your heart"

Comment:

i previously stated that my last mix was kind of a precursor/outtakes compilation to this one, & i'm not sure if it's all too blatant to anybody but myself, but the evidence is there for those who care to look. this ended up - subconsciously - as a sort of bluesy, folkish, country-tinged kind of mix; although not enough to merit a genre exercise, as there are several songs which obstreperously break from the mold & venture into disparate territory. the REM, stone roses & the beulah closer (which i admit is there for plain ol' campy fun, but i can't help it - it makes a damn cute & memorable swan song) most notably break from the incidental theme, though i find that the velvet underground track surprisingly meshes well with the rest.

i normally don't reveal omissions (as most mixes start out with around 30 songs before being trimmed down to usually 12-15), as i feel they detract from the final draft, but i think the exclusions here really add some detail to the final product. i was going nuts rearranging & reordering the tracklisting before i realized that "vultures" by john mayer, "time has told me" by nick drake, & "pale green stars" by everclear not only added up to be merely tedious & extraneous filler, but they didn't even flow well with the other songs. as soon as i took those out, the mix took on its current form almost instinctively by itself; by stripping the mix down to its bare essentials, & making it both brief & concise (it's a mere 49 minutes in length), but also focused, i think this turns into a strong listen. i do, however, feel the urge to once again refer any john mayer skeptics to check into his new album, continuum; & those who do not wish to wade through the entire album are advised to at least check into "gravity" & "vultures" for a bit of mind-altering.

at any rate, this is the fourth installment in what i personally believe to be a consistent & continuously unfolding series. so until next month...

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