x-tina

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Member Since: 10/10/2003
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THE AIR IS WET WITH SOUND

Artist Song
Odetta  Midnight Special 
Tom Waits  Watch Her Disappear 
Comets on Fire  Wild Whiskey 
The Earlies  Morning Wonder 
Lindsay Buckingham  Holiday Road (Mike Lupica Codeine Mix) 
John Lennon  # 9 Dream 
Frog Eyes  Masticated Outboard Motors 
Muddy Waters  I Feel Like Going Home 
Tom Waits  A Good Man is Hard to Find 
The Brunettes  Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks  
The Concretes  Diana Ross 
The Unicorns  Tuff Luff 
Erlend Oye  Fine Day (Phonique Club Mix) 
People Like Us  Stifled Love  
Black Dice  Cloud Pleaser  
Japanther  Summer Lulls 

Comment:

I can't really explain it, but Tom Waits' "Alice" album was my inspiration for this mix. Maybe not as sinister as I'd hoped, but still manages to get me through the night.

A wooden cherry scent is faintly breathing the air
I hear your champagne laugh
You wear two lavender orchids
One in your hair and one on your hip
A string of yellow carnival lights comes on with the dusk
Circling the lake with a slowly dipping halo
And I hear a banjo tango
And you dance into the shadow of a black poplar tree
And I watched you as you disappeared.

EDIT: I've posted the People Like Us and Black Dice tracks. Hope they work!

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French Connection
Date: 3/17/2005
Looks good but must confess the closing trio are new to me
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dimflash
Date: 3/17/2005
Muddy Waters and Black Dice .. there's an odd combo! Don't know enough of the tracks here to know what you're going for... But thanks for posting those two tracks -- interesting to hear if a tad baffling to my ears. That "Holiday Road" mix sounds like it might be a little scary too.
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x-tina
Date: 3/17/2005
I've also just added The Brunettes track, which is not at all like the other two tracks I posted, but it's got an utterly charming pop hook. SO PRETTY. The Brunettes are from New Zealand, and I think they are touring North America with the Shins right about now.
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12vman
Date: 3/17/2005
I just used the Brunettes track on a mix (un-posted as yet) - it is quite fine. This is a very interesting mix. I'm curious about that L. Buckingham remix.
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bufo alvarius
Date: 3/18/2005
Great,great, great stuff. Love the COF, Lindsey Buckingham (yay 'FMU), People like us and Black Dice tracks, especially. Nice.
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Rob_z2.
Date: 3/18/2005
yes, great.
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Bear
Date: 3/19/2005
Terrific. A winner!
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 3/20/2005
Excellent. Love the Comets on Fire, Concretes, People Like Us and Black Dice picks especially. And I'll second Shawn's WFMU shoutout.