Side A
Artist	Song
Disturbed	Ten Thousand Fists (2004)
Helix	No Rest For The Wicked (1983)
Megadeth	Train Of Consequences (1994)
D-Generation (w / Jesse Malin)	No Way Out (1996)
Seven-dust	Praise (2001)
Concrete Blonde	Still In Hollywood (1986)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Take A Pebble (1970)
Alice In Chains	Heaven Beside You (1995)
Hanoi Rocks	In My Darkest Moment (2003)
The Rolling Stones	Can't You Hear Me Knocking (1971)
The Stooges (w / Iggy Pop & John Cale)	We Will Fall (1969)
Pink Floyd	Dogs (1977)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Ministry	Stigmata (1988)
Black Flag	Rise Above (1981)
Bob Dylan	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (1966)
The Stranglers	Peaches (1977)
Public Image Ltd.	Rise (1985)
Sy-stem Of A Down	Holy Mountains (2005)
Van Halen	D.O.A. (1979)
The Germs	Not All Right (1980)
Robyn Hitchcock 'N' The Egyptians (w / Peter Buck)	Madonna Of The Wasps (1989)
The Human Beinz	Nobody But Me (1967)
Alice Cooper	School's Out (1972)
Krokus	Stayed Awake All Night (1983)
Mudhoney	You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) (1989)
Buck Owens & His Buckaroos	Satan's Got To Get Along Without Me (19??)
The Nazz (w / Todd Rundgren)	O-pen My Eyes (1968)
Cocteau Twins	Pearly-Dewdr-ops' Dr-ops (1984)
The Monkees	Sweet Young Thing (1966)
Manic Street Preachers	Everything Must Go (1996)
Rush	We Hold On (2007)
Pearl Jam	Who You Are (1996)
Roger Waters (w / Ron Geesin)	Give Birth To A Smile (from "The Body") (1970)

Comment:

(A.K.A. "Dragged Down By The Stone...But I Would Not Feel So All Alone," "Anger Is An Energy," "And On The Bus Today, I Met The Queen Of L.A.," "Wear Sadness On Your Shoulders Like A Wornout Overcoat," "No Time To Worry, Gonna Hang The Jury," "If This Disturbs You, Then Walk Away," "Liar! Kil-ler! Demon! Back To The River Aras!" - I certainly had no shortage of prospective titles this time around - ha, ha, ha!) Well, here's my very first ALL NEW post-holiday season mix set! First of all...I'm not really all that sure where to start! I'm sure you've noticed the HUGE disparity in terms of the number of tracks on both discs. Well, I do have quite a few epic-length numbers on the first disc ("Take A Pebble," "We Will Fall," "Dogs")! Actually, the first disc started out as one thing and then sort of...well...mutated into something else, basically! We start out with a six-song sequence of short, sharp metal/hard rock/punk shocks, but then we take a rather sharp detour into very lengthy, drawn-out territory! As for Disc #2...well, as you can very well see for yourself, I pretty much went totally bonkers there! It's definitely the weirdest and most eccentric single disc that I've ever concocted, beyond a shadow of a doubt! As I pointed out in the comments for one of my earlier reformattings, I got several box sets for Christmas, and one of them was a Rhino Records various-artists set titled "Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The '80s Underground." And after listening to that particular set, I become quite infatuated with more than a few of the songs included within - including "Madonna Of The Wasps" with its eerie vocal harmonies on the line "Is this love?" and the lilting and ethereal jangle of "Pearly-Dewdr-ops' Dr-ops." I also included a couple songs from two other Rhino sets I already had: "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968" and "No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion." Y'know, if I was really the slightest bit interested in making people think I was hipper and cooler than I really am, I would probably delve into those Rhino box sets a lot more frequently than I have. However, such a ch-arade would no doubt crumble in the face of inclusions by the likes of Helix and Krokus (ha, ha, ha)! What can I tell ya? I guess I do have a somewhat more diversified palate than a lot of other classic rock/heavy metal/grunge brats within my age group, but I'll always retain a little bit of the spirit of that '80s metal geek that I was in high school, and which to some extent I still am! Suffice it to say, Disc #2 is probably the most scatterbrained, faux-Pollock-splatter representation of my own musical tastes I have posted here to date. It's totally schizoid and all over the place, no question about that, but I think it holds together in an odd sort of way that one wouldn't really imagine possible. (The only real odd duck out on Disc #2 is the Buck Owens number, which I've got on "The Devil's Rejects" soundtrack, but frankly I'm not all that sure whether that song would fit in on any of my other mixes! [*wink*])

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