Artist	Song
counting crows	'round here
cranberries	linger
morrissey	the more you ignore me, the closer i get
smashing pumpkins	today
janet jackson	if
madonna	bedtime story
bjork	human behavior
doug e fresh	keep risin' to the top
english beat	ranking full stop
nirvana	penny royal tea
edie brickell and the new bohemians	wheels
stone temple pilots	still remains
pearl jam	black
smashing pumpkins	geek usa
de la soul	say no go
new order	bizarre love triangle
frank zappa and the mothers of invention	you're probably wondering why i'm here

Comment:

why janet? why stp? and why the wonderful mothers amongst it all? because i was like 13, thats why. it was at the point where i was weaning off of my family's taste in music and right before i found my own. i had some remnants of their influences-any hip hop was my sis champagne, new order my momma, and zappa dad. i had a general idea of what sounds i liked but had no real outlet to find them, except fucking Power 92.3 FM in phoenix and mtv. thank god for 120 minutes, thats how i found out about smashing pumpkins and bjork, who are still my top 2. oh, and strangely enough, 'ranking full stop' came from these lame LDS district youth dances that my mormon friends took me to. all the "alternative" high school boys would high step to it. anyhow, a lot of people would make a mix like this look better than it really should be, but i am all about embracing what confused tastes i had. its nice to be able to smile in the face of "ooh, you liked the cranberries? shit, i thought you were cool" type comments from kids at my radio station. never be embarrassed about what you like/d, ever.

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