Side A
Artist	Song
the Flaming Lips	do you realise??
the Smiths	ask
Bj÷rk	it's oh so quiet
X-Ray Spex	warrior in woolworths
Dusty Springfield	I just don't know what to do with myself
Neil Young	a man needs a maid
M·m	now there's that fear again
Mogwai	golden porsche
U2 & Johnny Cash	the wanderer
Sigur R=s	svefn-g-englar
R.E.M.	nightswimming
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Dick Dale & his Deltones	misirlou
the Cramps	bop pills
Ed Harcourt	watching the sun come up
New Order	age of consent
David Bowie	quicksand
Radiohead	how to disappear completely
Nick Cave	the mercy seat
the Smashing Pumpkins	silverfuck
the Velvet Underground	heroin
Joy Division	atmosphere
Iggy Pop	real wild child

Comment:

wow! this was the fabled lost mix of some time last year. i lost the tracklist shortly after i'd made it and since then i've been wondering where it got to. a few days ago, in a wild search to find my birth certificate, it surfaced. it was like finding a lost treasure. i was so happy, man. anyway, it's appropriate too, as my friendship with nikki (for whom the tape was made) drifted and has recently somewhat reconnected. here's the original letter which accompanied said mix: the idea for this tape first crash landed in my head after reflecting on childhood books. i thought nikki nighthawkk was a cute name and i remembered nicky the kitten who was afraid of noises in the night. then i remembered an even better book, because it was about nick AND maddy. and i thought 'perfect!' when i realised i could divide the tape into one side being the CHILD (cutey happy boppy or sweet and sleepy pretty music) and one side being WILD (crazy dancy screamy sqealy or dirty dark and heart-wrenchingly self destructive music). and i'm sure your idea of wild is different to mine. but 'tis the way of the world and i'm working in a different frame of musical mind than you may be. although we do intersect at some points, and that's enough for a connection. so dear boy, i hope you enjoy my creation. it's a beautiful thing, to be able to share music. [[life is short, art is long, motives are complex and human nature is endlessly fascinating.]] >> for the record, his tape is the best anyone has ever made for me.

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