Side A
Artist	Song
Beck	Devil's Haircut
Frank Black	Superabound
Wallflowers	One Headlight
Rolling Stones	Moonlight Mile
Bob Marley	Duppy Conqueror
Black Crowes	Sometimes Salvation
Soul Coughing	Super Bon Bon
Warren Zevon	Splendid Isolation (Live)
Otis Redding	Slippn' And Slidin'
Pearl Jam	Jeremy
Morrissey	Speedway
Leo Kottke	Endless Sleep
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Elvis Costello	The Beat
Shonen Knife	Riding On The Rocket
Big Audio Dynamite II	Rush
Radiohead	Fake Plastic Trees
Phish	Theme From The Bottom
John Wesley Harding	Where The Bodies Are
Lyle Lovett	Creeps Like Me
Nick Lowe	So It Goes
Los Lobos	Bertha
Graham Parker	Pourin' It All Out
Michelle Shocked	Sleep Keeps Me Awake
Ned's Atomic Dustbin	Kill Your Television
Pixies	Alec Eiffel

Comment:

Another mix tape from my years in Italy (compiled 2-21-97). I did a lot of driving back then, mostly due to a lengthy work/home commute and the fact that my then-girlfriend lived about 15 miles away, so mix tapes were a lifesaver (in addition to audio books). Listening to this tape still reminds me of sitting in my crappy little 1982 Alfa Romeo, cursing the Italian traffic. The title refers to something I had to say a lot at my job. I was the editor of an English language newspaper, and the layout artists I worked with were Italian and spoke little to no English. I used to give this guy named Bernardo a disc with a bunch of articles on it, so he could plug them into the pages using Quark Express, and I would just say, "open this, Bernardo." Eventually I learned more Italian, thanks in large part to Bernardo. He also was kind enough to teach me Italian swear words. God bless him.

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