I love O'Rourke, I think I made a comment about "Insignificance," one of my favorite albums from the last few years, on your Wilco mix... and of course, that's included almost in its entirety here... and the "Halfway to a Threeway" EP is phenomenal too (and the one O'Rourke CD I have not named after a Nicholas Roeg film). Anyway, what's next, a collection of your favorite Loose Fur songs (which, of course, would be the entire Loose Fur album minus "So Long")?

Nah. Loose Fur kind of bores me, although I haven't felt moved to trade the CD yet.

great call on this mix, but there's no gastr del sol, sonic youth, loose fur (which i agree with you on more or less) or any of hi other stuff! Gastr del Sol is pretty good at times

Now that I own albums from both Jim O'Rourke and David Grubbs, it makes sense that I should look into Gastr del Sol... but I dunno, does any of it sound like "Insignificance" and "Rickets & Scurvy" or does it reflect their experimental work more?

Camofleur is pretty comparable to their poppier stuff, and Crookd, Crackd, Fly is sort of a low-key acoustic record, Patrick. I'm not sure you'd be all that up on Upgrade & Afterlife or their other stuff, though, based upon what you've said. To Zach: I like all of that stuff reasonably well, but this is a Jim O'Rourke solo mix. I like his solo stuff better than anything that he's done with any of those bands (btw, I haven't cared about a single Sonic Youth album since Dirty).

hey rob, this is REALLY great. i think "eureka" is my favourite of his albums but all in all i respect whatever he does.

i dunno, i kinda like the new sy, in a dorky sort o way. but yeah, orourke solo definitely kicks ass