Mixture, an new mix CD
1)Flock of Seagulls-I Ran
2)Radio Birdman-Descent Into The Maelstrom
3)the Replacements-Alex Chilton
4)Veronica Tangent-Clean Shaven Pussy
5) Eels-My Beloved Monster and Me
6)United Future Organization-Upa Neguinho
7)The Smiths-This Charming Man
8)Badly Drawn Boy-The Shining (Avalanches remix)
9) Buffalo Daugther-Great Five Lakes
10)American Analog Set-Weather Report
11)Lampchop-What Else Could It Be
12)Lovage-Sex (I'm a Man)
13)Zero7-In The Waiting Line
14)the Polyphonic Spree-Section 9
15)Gary Jules-Mad World

About two years ago, around the time when I broke up with Pearl, I developed a mad facination with late 80's rock and New Wave. What can I say? I was crazy back then. That said, one of my projects during that period was to create a mix CD featuring what I considered to be some of the best rock from that decade of excess that those of us that grew up during the 90s tried to forget. The CD was going to be called "Rock Rock". Clever, né? Sadly, like most of my creative ventures, I never completed it, but a partial playlist stayed on my old computer. Flashforward to 2004, and I've dug up my old computer, complete with my 400 plus library of music. Filled with ambition, I decide to pull a Lazurus and finally burn "Rock Rock". Pulling out my files, I rediscover a lot of music that I've loved in the past, and scrap my idea of making a CD of pure rock music, and decide to make a CD of music that I won't grow sick of. Mixture is the end result. The first couple of tracks, from I Ran to Alex Chilton are pretty much all the remains of my rock CD. Tossed at the wayside was Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's Black Tambourine and the Hot Snakes' Automatic Midnight. I decided to add Veronica Tangent's Clean Shaven Pussy because I like to represent my old home of Victoria's music scene. United Future Organization and Buffalo Daughter filled my quota of Japanese music, bonus points were added since an Englishman could appreciate the music since they lacked Japanese lyrics. I put Zero7's In The Waiting Line, the Polyphonic Spree's Section 9 and Gary Jules' Mad World because they've bookended a bunch of great films that I've seen the last couple of months. Kudos to anyone that can catch the cinematic references.