Like the Best Of Blur, this was made for a dj friend of mine. Strangely enough, this was much easier to compile (even with specific song requests) than the Blur one. I stuck mostly to the older materia …

The mix could be whittled down, but when you've got 74 minutes to work with... Anyway, I thought the flow on this mix works pretty well.

In all of my years of exploring the fringes of popular (and patently unpopular) music, I don't think I've ever encountered anything as unremittingly punishing, bleak and nihilistic as the Swans' early  …

This is a mix dedicated to the new release today by Jerry Lee Lewis called "Last Man Standing". What can I say about him except ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't say enough good things about Beulah. They were probably the best pop band in the world while they were around, always working hard to put on an energetic live show. I first heard them when they …

I'm sure other fans will object to not having more material from "Handsome Western States," but this is intended more as a beginner's mix, a way to introduce someone to the band.

Although I have stated time and time again that putting together an 80 minute disc of Tom Waits tunes is a next to impossible task, spurred on by the recent excellent Waits mixes by Team Ashcraft (Hemi …

I tried to map out the connections, but it got too complicated. In any event, for those not familiar with these bands, Beachwood Sparks were a fine L.A. psyche-tinged country-ish band in the early part …

An artist that by all measures I should actively dislike (as should anyone who isn't a college undergrad sitting alone in the dorm at night with a bottle of cheap wine bought with a fake ID and a pack  …