Mike Eternity

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Member Since: 12/22/2002
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Summer 2007: Listening to the Sprinklers Outside My Window at Midnight

Artist Song
Iron & Wine  Resurrection Fern 
Rufus Wainwright  Tiergarten 
Bob Dylan  Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll 
The Cansecos  Side B 
Hello Saferide  Long Lost Penpal 
Michael Garrick Trio  Sketches of Israel 
Andrew Bird  Sweetly 
The New Pornographers  Entering White Cecilia 
Harry Belafonte  Come Back Liza 
Claudio Villa  Santa Lucia Luntana 
Queen  Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) 
Tarkio  Keeping Me Awake 
Tegan and Sara  Call it Off 
Andrew Bird  St. Francis Reel 
Fruit Bats  The Old Black Hole 
Pete Seeger  If I Had a Hammer (live) 
Nick Drake  River Man 
Mountain Goats  There Will Be No Divorce 
R.E.M.  Nightswimming 
Loudon Wainwright III  Graveyard 

Comment:

R.E.M. added at the last minute because as overused as it may be, it will never be more aptly placed than on a mix conveying the poignancy of summer nights...or at least trying to. Actually I think the song styles and subject matter are too diverse here for the mix to come together the way I'd hoped, but I still loved the songs themselves so I'm fine with it. There should be a Mix Category choice called Pensive. I make a lot of mixes like that - not necessarily depressed but contemplative, and ambient doesn't cut it either. Oh well.

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Johnny Cage
Date: 8/16/2007
Love the R.E.M. pick, as well as the Andrew Birds and Iron & Wine. Fine job, Sir Eternity.
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A.D. 69
Date: 8/16/2007
Dig this one the most out of the three. Good work--good artist picks, but I still gotta check out the songs you have listed here...
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Barrydali
Date: 8/16/2007
My fave of the trio. Belafonte cuddling up with the New Pornos being a highlight, though 14-20 just flows like a river of gold.