It's nice to know that I'm not the only person who listens with "intense scrutiny" to every mix I make before sending it out. It looks like something I would enjoy. Let us know how she likes it.

Obviously, your Candle records package arrived Rob :) I think that's a load of shit, but we'll get on fine.

my preliminary thoughts, rob? well, let's see. there's one track i know (two headed boy), a few artists i'm somewhat familiar with (sonic youth, pixies, bonnie "prince" billy among them), several more i've merely heard of, and a number only brought to my attention in conversations with you. *grin* so basically, i have very little idea what i'm going to get here. that said, i'm looking forward to it. good luck in the semi-aquatic land of pavement and lawn.

oh, and thanks for the compliment. ;)

Wow. Thanks, Samantha. And yes, Brandt, I got my Candle package... eight discs or someting like that? I think I definitely prefer their older stuff. And Talia, I'll have this in the mail to you by the end of the week... and you're quite welcome. :-)

how could i have missed this? great, as usual. (i also just received something like 7 discs from candle, incl. the 3 luckies discs i didn't have, sodastream, a compilation cd from red roses for me and 2 freebies - i felt like i won the lottery!)

okay, having now had about three weeks to absorb this, i'm ready to comment. *grin* rob, this is one damned fantastic mix. among my favorite tracks: "cliched title for kris" (for relevance if nothing else), "know your onion!," "half a century high," "rye," and "ride with me (acoustic)" (which i love and am shamelessly appropriating for my own use). i don't know to what extent you crafted this with my rather scattered tastes in mind, but you managed to make a disc that pins down a lot of what i love about music while including almost nothing i'd heard before. the transitions are fascinating, too. well, well done. *sigh* now it's time to delve into the second mix. ;)

Wow. Thanks, Talia. I'm so glad that this made you so happy. :-)

this looks wild. props for galaxie 500 and choosing that cool pixies song. years later, this mix rocks.

Half a century high...awesome song.

"Intense scrutiny" IS the key....definitely. I may have to make a mix with that as the title. I know I've agonized over mixes many times before sending them to someone. I've also done some that I liked so much I changed my mind and DIDN'T send it. Mixes that I didn't put the real effort into sound like that now...like I didn't subject them to that "intense scrutiny". And Phil Ochs still rules.