nickhalz

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Member Since: 6/8/2001
Total Mixes: 9
Total Feedback: 33

Other Mixes By nickhalz

Cassette | Alternative - Indie Rock
Cassette | Single Artist
Cassette | Theme
Cassette | Single Artist

Optimism: The Mixtape

Side A
Artist Song
XTC  Life Begins at the Hop 
Superchunk  Slack Motherfucker 
Violent Femmes  Prove My Love 
Fastbacks  Apologies 
Afghan Whigs  Gentlemen 
Death Cab for Cutie  405 
Wilco  Say You Miss Me 
Pixies  Letter to Memphis 
Tullycraft  Heroes and Villains 
The Jam  But I'm Different Now 
Buzzcocks  Everybody's Happy Nowadays 
The Breeders  Divine Hammer 
David Bowie  Moonage Daydream 
Billy Brag & Wilco  Secret of the Sea 
The Minus 5  A Thousand Years Away 
Richard Hell&the Voidoids  Love Comes in Spurts 
Squirrel Bait  Sun God 
Pavement  Summer Babe 
Toad the Wet Sprocket  Nightengale Song 
The Dream Syndicate  Tell Me When its Over 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
X-Ray Spex  Let's Submerge 
Husker Du  Something I Learned Today 
XTC  Making Plans for Nigel 
Throwing Muses  America (She Can't Say No) 
Minutemen  Themselves 
X-Ray Spex  I Live off You 
The Clash  Somebody Got Murdered 
The Jam  Dream Time 
PIL  Lowlife 
Dinosaur  Repulsion 
Black Flag  Rise Above 
The Who  Won't Get Fooled Again 
Replacements  Seen Your Video 
Billy Bragg  A New England 
Astrid  High in the Morning 
Superchunk  Brand New Love 
Robyn Hitchcock  Beautiful Girl 
Marshall Crenshaw  Cynical Girl 
Dead Milkmen  Punk Rock Girl 
   

Comment:

120 min. Musically, its somewhat similar to previous mixes I've made this summmer, but at 2 hours length it covers pretty much every corner of my record collection. I tried not to use any songs I had used on any previous mixes (A New England is the only exception, one of my all-time favorites so I couldn't deny I). As far as the title goes, I kinda felt like this mix was telling a story with a happy, positive ending. Some side 1 songs are about relationship problems and such, but then I threw in a couple of happier songs to assure that everything was resolved. Side 2 is more concerned with political/social ills. The love songs prevail in the end, though. I'm especially proud of the "girl" hat trick. I guess I was having a good week when I made this mix too. It pretty much took shape as I was making it.

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kgp.
Date: 8/4/2001
I think we have matching record collections.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 8/6/2001
Fuck. So do I. I almost used "Sun God" just last week. "A New England" is one of my personal theme songs. "Prove My Love" is far and away my favorite Femmes song... I could go on and on. But the point of all of this is: why the hell haven't you gotten back to me about trading?! :-)
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Rob Conroy
Date: 8/6/2001
Actually, good sir, I may want a copy of this, as well as whatever it was that I mentioned to you about a month ago...