Side A
Artist	Song
DOWN (w / Phil Anselmo)	Three Suns And One Star (Down III: Over The Under - 2007)
SPARTA	Untreata-ble Disease (Threes - 2007)
THE CULT	Born Into This (Born Into This - 2007)
TOOL	Prison Sex (Undertow - 1993)
RUSH	The Larger Bowl (Snakes And Arrows - 2007)
R.E.M.	Man-Sized Wreath (Accelerate - 2008)
CREAM	Anyone For Tennis (Strange Brew: The Very Best Of Cream [compilation] - 1983/'68)
QUEEN	The Invisible Man (The Miracle - 1989)
BOB DYLAN	On The Road Again (Bringing It All Back Home - 1965)
RADIOHEAD	Knives Out (Amnesiac - 2001)
LIVING COLOUR	Flying (Collideoscope - 2003)
THE POLICE	Bring On The Night (Reggatta De Blanc - 1979)
AUDIOSLAVE	The Worm (Out Of Exile - 2005)
MICHAEL MONROE	Machine Gun Etiquette (Peace Of Mind - 2000)
IAN HUNTER	Gun Control (Short Back 'N' Sides - 1981)
LENNY KRAVITZ	I Love The Rain (It Is Time For A Love Revolution - 2008)
PEARL JAM	Sweet Lew (Lost Dogs [compilation] - 2003/'00)
BOSTON	Something About You (Boston - 1976)
THE CLASH	White Man In Hammersmith Palais (The Clash [U.S.] - 1979/'78)
IRON MAIDEN	Alexander The Great (Somewhere In Time - 1986)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
PANTERA	The Great Southern Tren-dkil-l (The Great Southern Tren-dkil-l - 1996)
BLACK SABBATH (w / Ian Gillan)	Stonehenge (instrumental) (Born Again - 1983)
BLACK SABBATH (w / Ian Gillan)	Disturbing The Priest (Born Again - 1983)
THE STOOGES (w / Iggy Pop)	Ann (The Stooges - 1969)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS	My Guernica (Know Your Enemy - 2001)
BLUE OYSTER CULT	Sole Survivor (Fire Of Unknown Origin - 1981)
GREEN RIVER	Hangin' Tree (Sub Pop 200 [V/A] - 1988)
ROB ZOMBIE	Scum Of The Earth (Mission: Impossible III [O.S.T. - V/A] - 2000)
GUNS N' ROSES	New Rose (The Spaghetti Incident? - 1993)
WAYNE KRAMER	Wild America (Dangerous Madness - 1996)
THE GERMS	Media Blitz (GI - 1979)
PINK FLOYD	Southampton Dock (The Final Cut - 1983)
PINK FLOYD	The Final Cut (The Final Cut - 1983)
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	Lightning Song (instrumental) (Rated R - 2000)
JUDAS PRIEST (w / Tim "Ripper" Owens)	Cathedral Spires (Jugulator - 1997)
APOCALYPTICA	Peace (instrumental) (Worlds Collide - 2007)
DREAM THEATER	The Spirit Carries On (Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory - 1999)
THE FIRM (w / Jimmy Page & Paul Rodgers)	Midnight Moonlight (The Firm - 1985)

Comment:

Well, I guess this is kind of a landmark of sorts: MIX #150...DISC #300! However, otherwise it's kind of business as usual for me. Nothing particularly special, conceptual or out of the ordinary this time around. I already did my American Mix with #147, so I'm kind of tapped out in the grand concept department! :)

Anyway, two eliminations today:
146. R.E.M. - Accelerate (2008) (#150 - 2/4/09)
147. Boston - Boston (1976) (#150 - 2/4/09)

There is one thing about DISC #2 (or #300, if you will!) that's perhaps worth mentioning: The overall vibe feels rather dark and vaguely apocalyptic, if with a bit of hopeful uplift at the conclusion. That certainly wasn't part of the plan, though, and only on rare occasions can I even claim to have a plan at all. I just come up with these sequences of songs in my head that I think would sound really cool in a mix, and it's only on listening to playback on my CD walkman that I get any sort of effect. Awfully funny thing, the subconscious is, but it's certainly a hell of an ally for a mixer to have! [*wink*]

Ann - Ron Asheton: R.I.P. Such a bummer, man! It kind of feels like "Kil-ler" Kane all over again... :(

Cathedral Spires - Let me just say that I'm not a particularly big fan of the Judas Priest period without Rob Halford, when Tim "Ripper" Owens took over for two albums and tours. So disappointed was I with 1998's Jugulator that I haven't even checked out the follow-up, Demolition, yet. But I do love Jugulator's doomy, epic closing track Cathedral Spires, and I thought it would work as part of the closing sequence...

Sweet Lew - This rarity from the Lost Dogs compilation just happens to be the only Pearl Jam track on which bassist Jeff Ament takes the microphone! The lyrics are inspired by Jeff's meeting with his childhood hero, basketball great Lew Alcidor, which proved to be somewhat disappointing!

Machine Gun Etiquette < New Rose - A pair of Damned covers for all the old-school punks out there! :) I actually don't have anything by the Damned in my collection. Perhaps I will correct this oversight at some point in the future...

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