chris1234

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Cassette | Mixed Genre
Cassette | Mixed Genre

A Midsummer Day's Shuffle

Artist Song
Super Furry Animals  Demons 
Boards of Canada  1969 
Elvis Costello  Alison 
Dismemberment Plan  Spider in the Snow 
Neutral Milk Hotel  The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 
Of Montreal  The Miniature Philosopher 
Yo La Tengo  Upside-Down 
Jets To Brazil  Morning New Disease 
R.E.M.  Fascinating 
Death Cab for Cutie  For What Reason 
Radiohead  Lull 
Sonic Youth  Schizophrenia 
Olivia Tremor Control  Define a Transparent Dream 
Mogwai  Stanley Kubrick 
Manic Street Preachers  She Is Suffering 
Rolling Stones  Sympathy for the Devil 
The Notwist  Neon Golden 
Mum  Green Grass of Tunnel 
Luna  Black Champagne 

Comment:

This one came out relatively strangely; I took the nineteen songs I wanted to include, put them in Excel and randomized them, and then I left this order for the CD. It makes for a few weird moments--absolutely no segue between Neutral Milk Hotel and Of Montreal, for instance, and the Sonic Youth song is sandwiched between two downbeat, trippy tunes--but I wanted it to evoke the sloth and haphazardness of a summer day where you're bored and have nothing else to do. I think it does that somewhat well; it's an interesting experiment if nothing else.

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Nirmala-B
Date: 6/25/2002
Nice idea - and "Neon Golden" is beautiful. (I tried something like this once for a friend; filled up a CD jukebox, hit random, and then recorded the songs in the order they played until the tape ran out. It did make for some weird moments, indeed, but I enjoyed seeing what song would play next, and sometimes the machine came up with some great segues.)
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Goo Goo 22
Date: 6/25/2002
The idea sounds like fun, and it looks like you got lucky!