Side A
Artist	Song
Mel Gibson	INTRO: Interview (from "Passion of the Christ" radio CD, 2004)
Menomena	Trigga Hiccups (I Am the Fun Blame Monster!, 2003)
Mission of Burma	Mica (Vs., 1982)
Xiu Xiu	I Broke Up (SJ) (Knife Play, 2002)
R.E.M.	How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us (New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996)
Magazine	Rhythm of Cruelty (Secondhand Daylight, 1979)
Public Image Ltd.	Memories (Metal Box, 1979)
Husker Du	Chartered Trips (Zen Arcade, 1984)
Cat Stevens	Where Do the Children Play? (Tea for the Tillerman, 1970)
Echo and the Bunnymen	Nocturnal Me (Ocean Rain, 1984)
Guided by Voices	Blimps Go 90 (Alien Lanes, 1995)
Emitt Rhodes	Long Time No See (Emitt Rhodes, 1970)
The Walkmen	Wake Up (Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone, 2002)
Devendra Banhart	The Charles C. Leary (Oh Me Oh My, 2002)
Mel Gibson	OUTRO: Interview (from "Passion of the Christ" radio CD, 2004)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Mel Gibson	INTRO: Interview (from "Passion of the Christ" radio CD, 2004)
Mercury Rev	Empire State (See You on the Other Side, 1995)
Buddy Holly and the Crickets	Not Fade Away (The "Chirping" Crickets, 1957)
Franz Ferdinand	Tell Her Tonight (Franz Ferdinand, 2004)
The Jam	Ghosts (The Gift, 1982)
Suicide	Cheree (Suicide, 1977)
Fairport Convention	Sloth (Full House, 1970)
Modest Mouse	The World at Large (Good News for People Who Love Bad News, 2004)
Ted Leo/Pharmacists	Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead (Hearts of Oak, 2003)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	Man Out of Time (Imperial Bedroom, 1982)
Simon and Garfunkel	A Most Peculiar Man (Sounds of Silence, 1966)
The Mountain Goats	Alpha Omega (Our Salvation Is in Hand, 1995)
Unknown	OUTRO: Cut-Up "Passion of the Christ" Radio Ad (from "Passion" radio CD, 2004)

Comment:

I am incredibly and utterly stuck on what to put on a tape for a friend of mine. I was also rather uninspired whilst trying to make a mix for a road trip and decided not to go because of it. (That, and I didn't shower.)So, to end the lack of inspiration, I made this tape. Working title was "Reckless, Abandoned," which evolved to "A Bitter End to Bitterness," which was inverted when I realized I was still bitter.This mix has an unusual amount of songs in the key of E. It also has plenty of songs that lack a clean ending, so pauses had to be done with the utmost of care. There are two really long songs on side 2: a 7.5 minute opus from Mercury Rev and nine minutes of sheer brilliance and beauty from Fairport Convention.Sadly, those old tapes I bought at Goodwill may be taking their toll: at several points during recording, I looked at the tape, and it looked like it was slowly being cut in half. Maybe it's time to buy a head cleaner.

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