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shunn789

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Member Since: 11/21/2004
Total Mixes: 120
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CD | Theme - Narrative
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CD | Theme - Narrative
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Namedroppers

Artist Song
They Might Be Giants  James K. Polk 
Prefab Sprout  Jesse James Symphony/Jesse James Bolero 
David Bowie  Pablo Picasso 
The Postal Service  Clark Gable 
Los Lobos  Buddy Ebsen Loves the Night Time 
Kim Carnes  Bette Davis Eyes 
Tom Lehrer  Wernher Von Braun 
OutKast  Rosa Parks 
Wilco  Joe DiMaggio Done It Again 
10,000 Maniacs  Hey Jack Kerouac 
Monty Python  Henry Kissinger 
Gorillaz w/Del tha Funkee Homosapien  Clint Eastwood 
Barenaked Ladies  Be My Yoko Ono 
Ben Kweller  Jerry Falwell Destroyed Earth 
U2  Elvis Presley and America 
American Music Club  Johnny Mathis' Feet 
Weezer  Buddy Holly 
Wilco  Bob Dylan's 49th Beard 
Tears for Fears  Brian Wilson Said 
Cake  Meanwhile, Rick James... 
The Replacements  Alex Chilton 
Trey Parker & Matt Stone & Marc Shaiman  What Would Brian Boitano Do? 
"Weird Al' Yankovic  My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder 

Comment:

I resisted the temptation to call this one "Starfuckers." Sounded too much like a coffeehouse chain. Tracks arranged by date of birth.  [album art full size]
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steelkillie
Date: 4/1/2005
Superb.
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plushpig
Date: 4/1/2005
Nice idea. How about the family Cat's "Tom Verlaine"?
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Kaycee1
Date: 4/1/2005
This is pretty cool. Nice picks and nice cover work.
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Dead Heaven
Date: 4/1/2005
"Starfuckers" could have also been seen as referencing NIN, and that would be like dropping names. Anyway awesome mix and GREAT GRAPHIC for the cover.
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shunn789
Date: 4/1/2005
Hey, that's a good point, Dead Heaven!
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Papa B
Date: 4/1/2005
i just posted one of these the other day...nice to see we have little intersection (apart from the song Pablo Picasso...i elected to go with the Modern Lovers original)

i would have gone with starfuckers myself...
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FLWB
Date: 4/1/2005
Thelonious Monster's "Sammy Hagar Weekend" would have fit well here.
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Nicholas Vegas
Date: 4/1/2005
I like the CD COVER / it remembers me a Bit on my "TRASHBACK CD" i made some times ago, btw , nice mix here & well choosen tracks to

NV
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Thomas_Mohr
Date: 4/11/2005
Cool. You might want to check out my "the light that shines . . ." and "the names have been changed" mixes.