Side A
Artist	Song
The Flaming Lips	The Gash (The Soft Bulletin, 1999)
Simon and Garfunkel	A Hazy Shade of Winter (Bookends, 1968)
Curtis Mayfield	Pusherman (Superfly, 1972)
Ted Leo/Pharmacists	I'm a Ghost (Hearts of Oak, 2003)
Squeeze	Another Nail in My Heart (Argybargy, 1980)
Television	Careful (Adventure, 1978)
R.E.M.	E-Bow the Letter (New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996)
Kate Bush	Hounds of Love (Hounds of Love, 1985)
Junior Senior	Shake Your Coconuts (d-d-don't stop the beat, 2003)
Prince	Soft and Wet (For You, 1978)
The Kinks	No Return (Something Else by the Kinks, 1967)
The Darkness	I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Permission to Land, 2003)
Pavement	Spit on a Stranger (Terror Twilight, 1999)
The Mountain Goats	Anti Music Song (Tropical Depression, 1997)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Rush	Closer to the Heart (A Farewell to Kings, 1977)
Super Furry Animals	Golden Retriever (Phantom Power, 2003)
Billie Holiday	Fine and Mellow (single, 1939)
OutKast (Andre 3000)	Spread (The Love Below, 2003)
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band	Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles (Clear Spot, 1972)
Devendra Banhart	Cosmos and Demos (Oh Me Oh My... 2002)
Harry Nilsson	Jump into the Fire (Nilsson Schmilsson, 1971)
Mercury Rev	Downs Are Feminine Balloons (BOCES, 1993)
Sparks	Here in Heaven (Kimono My House, 1974)
Fairport Convention	Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Unhalfbricking, 1969)
The Wrens	She Sends Kisses (The Meadowlands, 2003)
OutKast (Andre 3000)	OUTRO TO TAPE (from "Where Are My Panties?") (The Love Below, 2003)

Comment:

I owe four people mixes. All of them are CDs except for one tape; all of them are freestyle except for one "bizarre-sad" theme. (i.e. Xiu Xiu.) I am afraid. I am especially afraid that the three non-themed mixes will probably wind up being essentially the same thing (I can already predict some common threads, such as Roxy Music's "Do the Strand). And of course there's Bizarre-Sad, and I have absolutely no clue.I made this tape as a way to tell myself, "You can do this." I made it the same way as i made my previous tape for Matt, "Does This Mix Have a Point?" i.e. no thought beforehand.The working title was "Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice, Vol. 7," which I made up during a screenwriting class. The final title comes from the Mercury Rev song on the tape. (That's the one that goes "If there's one thing I can't stand, it's up.")I thought the end was rather empty, so I added two lines from the post-"Spread" interlude on the OutKast CD:Andre: "What a hell of a way to goddamn wake up."Some background guy: "ICE COLD!"I was wondering if I would ruin my "cred" by starting side two with Rush. Then I realized I had no "cred" to begin with, and besides, "cred" does not buy lunch. So fuck "cred." My fourteen-year-old brother (fifteen this February!) has taught me to love Rush, and I am all the better for it. Even though I don't really want to buy anything besides the best-of cd.And of course there's the Darkness, which at this point seems rather obligatory, as if everyone's using it on their mixes. But of course there's a reason for that, and it's not that hard to figure out.Overall, I am incredibly pleased with this tape. Of course, there's the question of whether I should give this to anyone, but I'll probably hang on to it. I don't have any real example of a mix I made in tape form. Everyone else has those.Now, onto those other four mixes...

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