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Member Since: 2/18/2008
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avant gardening

Artist Song
Arctic Monkeys  Fluorescent Adolescent  
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band  Rosalita 
Bob Dylan  Like A Rolling Stone 
Rosie Thomas & *******  Say Hello 
Mutya Buena with Amy Winehouse  B-Boy Baby 
The Specials  Do the Dog 
Drunken Maria  Standing in the Way of Control 
Zena James  Fine and Mellow 
Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit  Eyeless in Holloway 
Mae  Awakening 
Seal  Walk on By 
Warren Zevon  Carmelita 
Moros Eros  I Saw the Devil Last Night 
Kings of Leon  On Call 
G. Love & Special Sauce  Stepping Stones 
Terry Reid  Brave Awakening 
Annie Lennox  Don't Let It Bring You Down 
Curtis Mayfield  Keep On Pushing 
RJD2  Just When 

Comment:

Last year I had a new house built. The only part still undone is the landscaping, which will include a vegetable garden. In attempting to come up with some ideas that were avant but not too costly for the yard, I happened to hear the Arctic Monkeys song. "Was it a Mecca dobber or a betting pencil?" is one line from this ska groover. So the song was saying to me, mix it up to your heart's content. It doesn't really matter as long as you like the outcome.

To paraphrase the french philospher Michael de Montaigne, I want death to find me planting my vegetables, but caring little for them, and even less for my imperfect garden. Seems to me an apt statement about cultivating a mix, at least this one.

So many plants, so many songs, so little time.

quiz alert - Two copies of this mix tracked in full audio (.wav) format with artwork are being made available (a) to the first AOTMer who can tell me the name of the guy singing with the lovely Rosie Thomas on track 4, and (b) anyone wishing to trade a mix.
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Feedback:

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Jotky
Date: 2/18/2008
Sufjan Stevens.
Sorry to blow it so soon after you posted.
Thanks for the download.
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Jotky
Date: 2/18/2008
This is fantastic. I can't wait to get the CD! My new favorite mix.
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G-Sphere
Date: 2/18/2008
Lots to like here. Especially Specials, Terry Reid, Curtis Mayfield, Kings of Leon and a great Springsteen pick. Really all of it.
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mahdishain
Date: 2/18/2008
love rosalita and carmelita. hey, a few more litas and i have a mix. thanks!
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mahdishain
Date: 2/18/2008
oh, and welcome to the site.
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 2/19/2008
Digging the opening 3, the Specials, Zevon. G. Love, Annie Lennox and Curtis Mayfield picks. Welcome aboard.
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strawberryxtine
Date: 2/19/2008
this is a great mix, there a couple songs I dont' know, so I'll have to check those out.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 2/21/2008
This looks great. Sorry I mised it before. That Zevon track is one of my favorite songs of all-time, and you can't go wrong with your Arctic Monkeys, Dylan, Curtis, Specials or Terry Reid (! always nice to see him here) picks.
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Salman1
Date: 2/25/2008
Yeah, I'm late on this too. Its great, by the way.
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doowad
Date: 3/24/2008
Wow, your title got me confused with the infamous mixer of the same name.

Your mix is breathtaking, I agree with everything everyone else says. That Annie Lennox is my second-favorite version of that song (acoustic version on 4-way street).
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ajje
Date: 2/7/2009
I love the title of this mix, very appropriate!