the great MIXTAPE exchange!!!

Me and my partner have both mailed ours out (or so I'm told.) Should hopefully be any day now...

disx, dude, i'm mailing you three on monday. been travelling for business, dude. but i have your address, hick street. love it.

I'm not on hick street mufucka. That was a joke.. You've got the real one, right?

i received my CD from maestro. he put a cute pic of ppl dancing on the front and wrote out an astounding amount of info on the little booklet inside...it's all very obscure stuff, as i expected. i was terrified when he called duran duran a guilty pleasure, b/c i had put stuff like mary j. blige on mine. he told me to surprise him, and i think i will at least do that...i just hope he doesn't hate it.

i hadn't mailed mine out before i got his, though, so i included a long letter with mine attempting to justify my musical taste...

Hey, no need to justify what you like. I try not to judge people by what they listen to, because there is nothing worse than a musical ellitist (sp?)

phew. that's good then. when i saw your CD i was like *gasp* shit. he's gonna think i fucking suck.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by disx [/i]
[B]I'm not on hick street mufucka. That was a joke.. You've got the real one, right? [/B][/QUOTE]

of course i do. no worries, chum.

Sweet crap, I'm just now finding out about this. A friend throws a "NEW MUSIC NIGHT" once a month. Let's say 30 people are invited, they each create a CD compilation of X number of tracks that they think people won't know about but will dig. They create some cheap album art as best they can, maybe a little booklet and replicate 30 copies. At the party they just spin them as background, and when you leave you take a copy of everyone's offering with you. You're in your car with 30 CDs. Good day at work the next day.

Why can't something along those lines work here? Anyone up for some mail tag? Say, organize a theme (slow dance jams that remind me of Chuck) or whatever and run with it - everyone who wants, signs up provided they're willing to split with the blank discs + postage across the continent.

Any takers?

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by angrylush [/i]
[B]Sweet crap, I'm just now finding out about this. A friend throws a "NEW MUSIC NIGHT" once a month. Let's say 30 people are invited, they each create a CD compilation of X number of tracks that they think people won't know about but will dig. They create some cheap album art as best they can, maybe a little booklet and replicate 30 copies. At the party they just spin them as background, and when you leave you take a copy of everyone's offering with you. You're in your car with 30 CDs. Good day at work the next day.

Why can't something along those lines work here? Anyone up for some mail tag? Say, organize a theme (slow dance jams that remind me of Chuck) or whatever and run with it - everyone who wants, signs up provided they're willing to split with the blank discs + postage across the continent.

Any takers? [/B][/QUOTE]

I'm up for theme CD's. I really like those threads "music to die to", "sexiest song" etc. I'm in. Does this need a new thread perchance?

Excrement. I say that now, but we'll wait till more people clue in and take it from there.

I'm thinking maybe post a theme maybe each month. Then everyone that is inspired by that theme makes a CD and posts. People can PM for the CD's they want.

I think its a great idea.

it is. i thoroughly enjoy maestro's CD.

MAESTRO DID YOU GET MY CD YET?????

mirkah liked one of my threads! yayyy

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by insomnomaniac [/i]
[B]
mirkah liked one of my threads! yayyy [/B][/QUOTE]

Are you seriously fucking bipolar? Is this saracasm? An apology? Humor?

hey, forget i said it then. i *was* actually pleased about it.

One of these days when I'm bored and have nothing better to do (basically everyday for me) I'm going to make it a point to read this whole thread since I've never bothered with it before.

since kitty and maestro are the only ones who seem to have exchanged as of yet, why don't you both post the track list?

i am interested to see!

Okay, I just got my mixtape from Will, and I wanted to tell you all about it because it is just so freaking cool and I want you all to be jealous of me.

First off, here's the playlist:
Side 1
1. Pete Townsend--Baba O'Reiley (orchestral version)
2. Pearl Jam--Alive
3. Fugazi--Merchandise
4. Stevie Wonder--Superstition
5. Jim Boyd--Father and Farther
6. Woody Guthrie--Jesus Christ
7. White Collar Crime--God is Kick-Ass
8. Ani Difranco--32 Flavors
9. Sleater-Kinney--Swimmer

Side 2
1. The Clash--Know Your Rights
2. Mia Zapata--Social Love
3. The Gits--Social Love
4. Chris Cornell--Sunshower
5. Soul Coughing--Idiot Kings
6. Patti Smith--People Have the Power
7. Otis Redding--Tramp
8. White Stripes--Little Room
9. Jane's Addiction--Jane Says [this one really cracked me up]
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers--Can't Stop
11. Joey Ramone--What a Wonderful World

The cover of this, in case you are wondering, says I LOVE YOU TO DEATH and has flowers and a "Get Your War On" comic on it, and I laughed my ass off. Again.

Also in the box were a short letter and a set of liner notes, 2 beanie babies, 3 books ('Big Trouble' by Dave Barry, 'A People's History of the United States' by Howard Zinn, and 'Reservation Blues' by Sherman Alexie), some yellow post-it notes , what looks like a Goombah toy, and a letter, fake tattoo, and ribbon from Chuck.

I'm smiling so hard right now it hurts. So yeah. That's my mixtape.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by small_fire [/i]
[B]since kitty and maestro are the only ones who seem to have exchanged as of yet, why don't you both post the track list?

i am interested to see! [/B][/QUOTE]

Okay, here goes:

Farenheit Fair Enough - Telefon Tel Aviv
In My Place - Coldplay
Drive By Kiss - The Dambuilders
Wednesday - Tori Amos
Anesthesia - Bad Religion
Moment of Weakness - Bif Naked
Life's Gonna Suck - Denis Leary
Religion - Front 242
Kid Fears - Indigo Girls w/ Michael Stipe
Mona Lisa - Guster
Water Night - Eric Whitacre
Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis
Celebrity Skin - Hole
3 AM Etrenal - KLF
Brackish - Kittie
In the Meantime - Mary J. Blige
Tribute to the Greatest Song in the World - Tenacious D
Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
I Whupped Batman's Ass - Welsey Willis
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright
Ziggy Stardust (Acoustic) - David Bowie

Kitty was a little worried about me liking her selections, but overall I think it was a successful exchange. I like Coldplay, I like Tori Amos. Bad Religion is one of my favorite bands. I was a PA on Denis Leary's TV show, "The Job," so I gotta give props to the boss. Everyone loves Tenacious D. Everyone should love Johnny Cash. Wesley Willis is awesome. Plus, I was exposed to a handfull of new music.

Has anyone else received their mixes, or are you all just lazy about posting, like me? (Mine came over a week ago already.)

KLF is gonna rock ya!

Hmm. How would I go about getting in the loop on this one? I got new faux-vinyl blank cd-r's, and I'm itching to waste them.

KLF!!!!

my CD is in my car...um...i'll post the list later? suffice to say there was lots of twin-peaks esque stuff and a fucking awesome cover of ...Baby One More Time. that's my favorite track on there. that and taco flavored kisses.

maestro--YOU WORKED FOR DENIS LEARY?????????? holy shit. that man is my freakin hero.

i'm glad you liked the CD...what did you think of the stuff that was new to you?

epon, send me one.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by insomnomaniac [/i]
[B]

maestro--YOU WORKED FOR DENIS LEARY?????????? holy shit. that man is my freakin hero.

[/B][/QUOTE]

Well, it wasn't like I was his personal assistant, but like I said, I did work on his show. I think the most he ever said to me was, "You got orange juice in that cooler?" Oh yeah, and he's really tall in person.

Comedy Central taped a roast for him this past weekend and a bunch of us who worked on the show got to go. It was pretty cool. I don't know when it will air. I saw Big Pussy from the Sopranos and some of the Strokes. I don't know which one. They are all dirty.

omf,f,f,f,f,f,g just for denis leary to ask me for OJ would be fucking kickass. i'd be like, "dude, let's smoke a butt." you know he would.

Insomno, PM me your address and I'll get to work on one

And also, you might want to name like one band that I can work off of, otherwise I'll just be putting songs that I like on there. Unless you have faith in my taste in music.

what the fuck is this whole thread about, for some reason i have been purposley avoiding the thread and now am interested as to what this is all about

Knox, buddy, I'm hoping you were drunk when you asked that. But even if you were sober, I will tell you now. Because I love you.

The previous posts (i.e. all the posts before this post) were posts about something called, "the great MIXTAPE exchange!!!" where people sent each other mixtapes (or CDs, depending on their available technologies) to one another. It was an awesome idea, and most executed awesomely. Although XChuck never wrote me back, so he's not getting his mix tape because I want to send it to Zoe Trope, because Harper Collins just sent me an ARC of her book and I'm in it so she deserves teh love more than XChuck. Although if the little spaz ever emails me back, I will make him one, too.

That's what the thread WAS about. From now on, though, it is only dedicated towards singing the praises of what AN ABSOLUTE GODDESS (ironic, I know, as she is a devout Christian. But you know what I mean) JANE S. IS!!!! Yeay!

Here is the tracklistings of the - not one! But two CDs that she made me. They are perfect in everyway and she has better music taste than anyone I know. And sent me M+M's and a cool good luck in grad school bear and sweet Japanese stuff and a pic of herself (she is teh gorgeous, no joke), and all sorts of stuff:

Will's CD #1
1.Blackbird - The Beatles
2. Breakfast After 10 - Blue October
3. One Foot in Front of the Other - Bright Eyes (I <3 them now!)
4. Shine All the Time - Blue Moon Ghetto
5. I Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees
6. Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Dan McClean
7. Three Libras - A Perfect Circle
8. The Brilliant Dance - Dashboard Confessional (Sad story, good music!)
9. Harder to Breathe - Move On 5 (I <3 this song, too)
10. Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven(!!!)
11. One For My Baby (And One More For the Road) - Frank Sinatra and Count Basie
12. Sister - The Nixons
13. Love In Vain Blues - Robert Johnson (Perfect Synergy between Jane and I: I sent her a copy of Sherman Alexie's book "Reservation Blues," in which Johnson is a main character!)
14. Leader of Men - Nickelback
15. Mother Nature's Son - Beatles
16. Star-Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix

Will's CD #2
1. Give Me My Money Back - Ben Folds
2. The Crossroads - James Cotton and David "Honeyboy: Edwards
3. I Saw Her Again Last Night - Mamas and the Papas
4. Given to Fly - Pearl Jam
5. What's Left of the Flag - Flogging Molly
6. My October - Collapsis
7. Come Down (Acoustic) - Bush
8. The Times They Are A-Changing - Bob Dylan
9. Hi-de-ho - Blood, Sweat, and Tears
10. Alive - Pearl Jam (I put this on hers, too!)
11. Don't Know When But the Day's Gonna Come - Bright Eyes (!!!)
12. Dear Prudence - The Beatles
13. At Last - Etta James
14. Beautiful Things Can Come From the Dark (it's a great song, but I can't look at the title without laughing) - Azure Ray
15. Revolution - Oar
16. Fell In Love With the Girl - White Stripes (who were also placed on the tape I made Jane).

UTTER PERFECTION NOT JUST ONCE, BUT TWICE!
SHE BLOWS MY MIND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (AND DENNIS)!
I AM AMAZED! FLOORED! AMAZED AND FLOORED!

And grateful. For one of the most awesomeness friends I've managed to make this year.

With love, forever.

Knox, that's what this thread's about.

Oh!

And she sent me Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs. Which I read that night, and laughed my laughing head off. Yeay!

*is so happy she can't even speak*

I believe the song you mentioned is Harder to Breathe by Maroon 5, not Move on 5.

Just a heads up.

Thank you for teh head's up!

Looking back, I misread teh perfectly (giggle) handwriting of teh Goddess her own self.

My bad!

Okay, my handwriting sucks majorly bad. And I am sorry. Also I wrote that letter in the middle of the night. Will is lucky he was able to read any of it at all.

YOUR HANDWRITING IS TEH AWESOMENESS.

Don't let anyone (even me!) tell you different.

IF IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH YOU, IT ROCKS TEH HIZOUSE!

Word .

i see, sounds like fun i guess. although i couldnt be satisfied by any music composition someone made me cause no one can nail my taste, im just that special