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the sixth mix
1 - Eels - Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
2 - The Fiery Furnaces - My Egyptian Grammar
3 - The Conchords - Foux Da Fafa
4 - Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen - Oh My God
5 - "I'm not really a horse."
6 - "I'm surprised."
7 - Eggstone - Good Morning
8 - Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
9 - "Friday night..."
10 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
11 - Filter - Take A Picture
12 - Hooverphonic - 50 Watt
13 - Supreme Beings of Leisure - This World
14 - Erlend Øye - Every Party Has A Winner And A Loser
15 - "The chicken catastrophe..."
16 - Fleetwood Mac - World Turning
17 - Revolvo - Too Cool For School
18 - Maserati - Synchronicity IV
19 - Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You

download a zipped folder with individual mp3 files

notes:

  • The album art has a picture of me with my new guitar. A group of very good friends, from all around the country, collaborated and conspired to get me a gift that I really wanted. I took home my new guitar yesterday and practiced until my fingers were sore. It's about time I learn an instrument.

  • Track #3 cracks me up to no end.

  • I read a really interesting interview with Mark Ronson, so I decided to seek out his music. Turns out it's really good.

  • Tracks # 5 & 6 are taken from an episode of Family Guy called "15 Seconds of Shame."

  • Track #8 is an Israeli singing in English.

  • Track #10 is on this mix because I read an article about Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel in Slate. Turns out he wrote this album after reading Anne Frank's diary. Now I have to listen to the whole album straight through a few times. This topic may find its way into a lesson plan of mine.

  • Track #11: I've had this 90s ditty kicking around the old noggin for a while. I even asked my resident 90s expert for the artist and title twice before it sunk in.

  • Tracks #12 & 13: Yes, Hooverphonic and Supreme Beings of Leisure are making music again.

  • Track #14: I was going to take it out because I already have so many tracks by Erlend Øye on my mixes. I was going to delete it from the playlist when I got home, but I kept on humming the tune for the song as I thought of deleting it. Feel free to delete it yourself.

  • Track #16: On the cab ride home from the Jet Set photo shoot, I the classic rock DJ introduced this song from the first Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham infused Fleetwood Mac album. The voice sounded like Carol Miller, a favorite DJ of mine from my youth. This track is awesome. Takes a while to build, but worth the patience.

  • Track #19 is taken from a live recording of Herbie Hancock in Tokyo in 1978. A friend at work gave me that concert (and a couple other very choice concerts). I listened to the recording about 4-5 times in one day. Although I selected this track, all the rest of the tracks were equally incredible.

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