19 posts tagged “mix-tapes”

But I'm getting going on the grading nonetheless. Really, I oughta get a medal for soldiering on under such horrific circumstances...

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1. Come Around - MIA
2. Buggin' Out - A Tribe Called Quest
3. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
4. Jazz Pour Dadine - Nicola Conte
5. Full Cooperation - Def Squad
6. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Englebert Humperdink (Live, at that)
7. Overtime Man - Don Covay
8. Waiting Is Over - Darrius Willrich
9. Like It Like That - A Tribe Called Quest
10. Loser - Beck
11. Word Up - Cameo
    

I've got mixed feelings about this new Genius gadget iTunes has. You highlight a song from your library and iTunes creates a mix from the rest of your songs around the seed song's characteristics or something. Sometimes, it makes really good mixes, but others just come out of left field.

At any rate,here's the top of the set it just made from "Hang Fire" by the Stones:

B-Tel Records presents...

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1. Hang Fire - The Rolling Stones
2. My Love - Wings
3. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
4. So Far Away - Dire Straits
5. Gigantic - The Pixies
6. There Will Be A Light - Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama
7. White Riot - The Clash
8. Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
9. Jesus, Etc. - Wilco
10. Harvest Moon - Neil Young
11. Another Lonely Day - Ben Harper
12. Waiting On A Friend - The Rolling Stones
13. Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper

So what do you think? Genius? Not Genius? Genius-ish?

Well now I'm mixtape mad. Here's a quick mix of my ringtone songs:

B-Tel Records presents

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1. Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves - Aretha & Annie (Heartswater's calling)
   
2. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney (SLP's calling)
   
3. Get Right With God - Lucinda Williams (Tree's calling)
   
4. Redemption Songs - Bob Marley & The Wailers (LMH's calling)
   
5. Lean On Me - Bill Withers (PTM's calling)
6. Be - Common (who's calling?)
   

11:45am might be cutting it close, but technically it's still morning. Haven't put a mixtape up here for ages, so here you go:

B-Tel Records presents...

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1. The Ballad of Serenity - Joss Whedon
2. Take This Waltz - Leonard Cohen
   
3. I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Duke Ellington
4. It's So Bright - Everything But the Girl
5. Morning Has Broken - John Denver
6. Dance the Night Away - The Mavericks
7. Ashes - David Dondero
8. Wish I Could Shimmy (Like My Sister Kate) - Madeleine Peyroux
9. By Your Side - Sade
10. Chelsea Bridge - Duke Ellington
11. I Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys
    

I made this for Heartswater, but this time it goes out to Navelgazer:

Today is just a lovely day. Work is really very caught up, and caught up is divine. Spring is going on; also divine.

And I've got a great B-Tel Records mix going in the background. I started with a bunch of songs off Mark Mothersbaugh's brilliant soundtrack for Rushmore, put 'em in my pandora thingy, and the hits are just streaming now. So, for your good days, here's a sampling:

1. Shake Our Tree - The Rosebuds
2. Instant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Lennon
3. A Flatline Blur - Kevin Devine
4. Don't Let Me Wait Too Long - George Harrison
5. I Am A Lonesome Hobo - Bob Dylan
6. Portobello Belle - Dire Straits
7. I Like It When She's Easy - Guy Forsyth
   

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Disc One--Grad Skool Sux

1. Crackin' Up - Bo Diddley
2. Where Is My Mind? - The Pixies
3. Sick of You - The Muffs
4. Everywhere I Go - The Muffs
5. End of the Line - Traveling Willburies
6. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
7. Tell It To Me - Old Crow Medicine Show
8. Candy - Morphine
9. Take 'Em Away - Old Crow Medicine Show
10. Burn One Down - Ben Harper
11. Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead

Disc Two--Grad Skool Hope

1. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
2. Blue Eyes - Uncle Tupelo
3. A Break in the Clouds - Jayhawks
4. Touch the Hem of His Garment - Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers
5. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep - Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers
6. No Depression - Uncle Tupelo
7. Oh Happy Days - Aretha Franklin
8. Amazing Grace - Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers
9. Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers
10. Beyond My Wildest Dreams - Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
11. Just One Time - Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins
12. Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) - Sly & the Family Stone
13. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
14. You Only Get What You Give - The New Radicals
    

I got nothing new to say. 3.5-ish weeks till the end of the term still means piles of reading, writing, teaching, grading, just like it always does. I'm still getting help I can't really believe from gracious friends like Heartswater. I'm still married to a really, really, fucking good guy. I haven't accidentally starved the cat. I'm just as worried and stressed as I usually am, just as sure it's all going to end up fine enough anyway.

Ok, one new thing: if I do make to and through the end of this term, I will have finished my coursework for my Master's, and only have the comprehensive exam to knock out before I get that damned piece of paper in my hand. That's a pretty sweet new thing.

Cruelest Month Mix-Tape

1. To the Dogs or Whoever - Josh Ritter
2. Ashes - David Dondero
3. I Can't Hold Myself in Line - John Doe
4. Guitar Town - Steve Earle
   
5. The Lines You Amend - Sloan
6. Looking For (The Heart of Saturday Night) - Madeleine Peyroux
7. Candy - Morphine
8. Summertime - Josh Rouse
9. You Look Like Rain - Morphine
10. When My Boy Walks Down The Street - The Magnetic Fields
11. Right Moves - Josh Ritter
12. We Are Going to Be Friends - White Stripes
13. The Stars Are My Chandelier - David Dondero
14. Hotel Yorba - White Stripes
15. Ripple - The Grateful Dead
    

Thanks to all for the encouraging words in response to my pre-term freak-out. :) I'm back in the saddle, happily, and ready to ride when class meets for the first time tomorrow. Here's a little mix-tape I made for Heartswater a while back that's been carrying me through:

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1. Trouble - Little Feat
2. Rated X - The White Stripes
3. Harper Valley PTA - Jeanie C. Riley
4. Willin' - Little Feat
5. Southern Girl - Erykah Badu
6. The Ganja Song - Bitch and Animal
7. Crescent City - Lucinda Williams
8. Too Cool To Be Forgotten - Lucinda Williams
9. Three More Days - Ray Lamontagne
10. Any Other Day - Norah Jones and Wyclef Jean
11. Waiting On A Friend - Luna
12. It's Only Love That Gets You Through - Sade
13. Ride On - ACDC
14. Ooh La La - The Faces
    

Ahhhh.... Xmas with the in-laws was actually quite lovely. We did pretty much nothing--just ate, watched TV, and napped, in shifts. And today, I'm digging into the beginning of the To-Do-Before-It-All-Begins-Again list. I'm pretty sure I'm finally starting to grow up, because I'm so excited about spending the day cleaning my house, going through and storing the work from the previous term, and scheduling the aforementioned list so I actually get most of it done before the 7th,. when classes begin again.

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1. The Seed - Roots
2. Kundalini Express - Love n Rockets
3. Run's House - Run DMC
4. Soul City - Southern Culture on the Skids
5. Que Onda Guero - Beck
6. Green Onions - Booker T and the MGs
7. Slow and Low - The Beastie Boys
8. Hey Baby - The Holmes Brothers
9. Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters