Side A
Artist	Song
the lucksmiths	myopic friends
???	friday
you am i	gasoline for two
beth orton	sweetest decline
marilyn monroe	diamonds are a girl's best friend
bjork	venus as a boy
mantronik and shirley bassey	diamonds are forever
goldfrapp	utopia
the whitlams	melbourne
yann tiersen	la valse d'amelie (piano version)
gloria grahame	cain't say no!
rufus wainwright	one man guy
coldplay	parachutes
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
mfsb	k-jee
blues traveller	felicia
things of stone and wood	share this wine
wendy morrison and richard plesance	seachange
radiohead	subterranean homesick alien
tori amos	smells like teen spirit
dave brubeck quartet	you're the top
bing crosby and bob hope	put it there pal!
al jolson	for me and my gal
the avenue singers and chorus	day by day
judy garland	over the rainbow
herbert	leave me now

Comment:

for the ever-lovable bill, the very essence of campness, silliness, and diamond fetishes. he's moving to melbourne next week and had a dinner party last night as a "farewell". i made this tape as a little present. in retrospect...i should of made radiohead more digestable for him by slotting it between marilyn and al... his music taste rarely passes the 60's. getting him to adore rufus wainwright took a long time. but, i try! this tape's perhaps a little too sentimental and crappy with a lot of bizarre "remember when we were dancing to this..." kind of stories attached (in particular diamonds are forever, k-jee, felicia, you're the top [albeit the ethel merman version!] and me and my gal) but i think he'll like it. title from one of my favourite childhood books "City Mouse and Country Mouse"...i wonder if my parents bought that for me in a small attempt to get one of their children to stay on the farm. it would appear they failed. in other news...i let ari cut of practically all my hair, i'm not quite sure if i like this arrangement yet, but i love not having to brush my hair in the morning!

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