avocado rabbit

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Member Since: 2/18/2008
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A Home Is Not A House

Artist Song
Weddings, Parties, Anything  The Last House on the Left  
Talking Heads  This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) 
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young  Our House 
Cake  Palm of Your Hand 
Johnny Cash  In The Jailhouse Now 
Bob Dylan  Subterranean Homesick Blues 
Crowded House  Weather With You 
The Boxtops  The Letter 
John Mellencamp  Pink Houses 
Madness  Our House 
Vanessa Carlton  White Houses 
Supertramp  The Long Way Home 
They Might Be Giants  Birdhouse In Your Soul 
Talking Heads  Burning Down The House 

Comment:

Yet another mix made while sitting around home wishing my computer hadn't disintegrated this summer. This is not so much about a residing in a certain zip code but rather the feeling of home. I managed to put this together without including such songs as "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" and "Take Me Home Country Roads." You can't use 'em all:) So, in my best Darth Pazuzu imitation, here are the notes ...
1) Mike Thomas is one of the better Aussie songwriters. Starting a new life in a new home.
2) Home is much more than simply the possessions around you.
3) What a great line! "With two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard ... now everything is easy 'cause of you."
4) Tearing down lives and starting all over again. Has particular relevance to yours truly.
5) None of us want to call this kind of house "home."
6) "The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles."
7) A song by this band was inevit*ble. But instead of "Better Be Home Soon" I went for the experience of moving and taking the feelings you have wherever you wind up.
8) The guy goes home because of some very nice correspondence.
9) You can have a house but at what price? Ask your loan officer.
10) The kings of Ska recall houses and families.
11) Vanessa loses her virginity as white houses fade from memory.
12) You never know what you've missed on the road not taken.
13) The blue canary representing a night light for your soul, at least that's what I think it means. Catchy as hell, though.
14) Make sure that nightlight doesn't have any frayed wires. Excellent safety tips from the band who probably wrote more songs about houses than any other.
The quiz concerns one of the bands who lost a member to suicide. That would be ...? A copy of the mix with artwork to the person with the answer.

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Feedback:

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musikitty
Date: 10/27/2008
This mix looks fantastic. I wish I was better at your quizzes :oP
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njr
Date: 10/27/2008
Feels as if we live in The House at Pooh Corner.
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Johnny Dark
Date: 10/27/2008
You're certainly making up for lost time my frie*nd.
Great mix,
stunning artwork.

Crowded House drummer Paul Hester sadly took his own life 3 years ago.
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sammyg123
Date: 10/28/2008
Well, the recession has got so bad I believe Paul Young has had his Hat re-posessed. Great mix as usual, great cover art as always..
have you checked this out? http://dylan.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/index.html
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doowad
Date: 10/28/2008
I always liked Crowded House and Supertramp as well as nearly every other artist here. It is good to have the Rabbit back.
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avocado rabbit
Date: 10/28/2008
J-Dark has the winning answer. Congrats to my frie*nd and alt-dj cohort.
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Funky Ratchet
Date: 10/28/2008
5-8 are just grand, as are your closing two. And very nice cover art, as usual!
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Texas Hobart
Date: 10/28/2008
This looks really great!
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natalyesaurus
Date: 10/28/2008
looks great. and fitting for my upcoming move this week.
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Mixxer
Date: 10/28/2008
Home sweet home. Track 3 is sentimental favorite.
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MarkSmith
Date: 10/28/2008
welcome back. another quality mix
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vandaleyes
Date: 10/28/2008
Welcome back! Glad to see you kept mixing. :) Can't turn down a mix that (nearly) starts & e*ds with the Talking Heads!
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senatorhung
Date: 10/28/2008
welcome back dean !
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Salman1
Date: 10/29/2008
What a comeback indeed. Loving your output!
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Darth Pazuzu
Date: 10/29/2008
Welcome back, [b]avocado rabbit[/b]! You've been sorely missed, man.

Of the four mixes you've posted most recently, this one's got the most stuff I'm familiar with. I love the Bob Dylan track, especially! :-)
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Darth Pazuzu
Date: 10/29/2008
CORRECTION:

Welcome back, avocado rabbit!

(How embarrassing! I used the wrong set of brackets... :-))
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anthony lombardi
Date: 11/3/2008
absolutely LOVE this, dean, so glad to have you back round these parts