(null)Created 6 Feb 2003 at 15:48 UTC by ulyssess00.
URL: http://www.artofthemix.orgNotes: new entree for "give a penny take a penny- replace penny with cd!" special. now that mixes are being sent, talk about them here.
i am wondering if you can post the final order in which we will be recieving eachother's mixes...?i know who mails to me and whom i mail to, but it'd be cool to see the path they're all going on.
is everyone into the idea of posting some comments on here?
I kind of like the suprise of not knowing what the next mix will be. I suppose it will get obvious once I know who is mailing to me and what they recevied. I guess it doesn't matter. Comments are great, but I at least want some surprise about the music I receive each month.
i totally repect that.but i still think we could have a system in place where you have to write "I AM REVIEWING SO AND SO'S MIX" so if you wanted it to be a suprise, you could skip it... and then once you got that mix in the mail, you could go back and find what others had to say about it in previous months... they may have some insight you didnt... you may end up liking something you otherwise wouldn't...
...once in a while. talk to him philmandog... i mean dogphilman...
i'll tell him. i got my cd yesterday. YA!!
"i love it when a plan comes together!"
i have been jamming instantcofi's mix for the past few days.stevie ray vaughn makes me vomit, but this song by a band called SPARTA is totally rocking my world. i am playing it over and over. i cant get enough. there are plenty of other other good jams on this tape so look foreward to some RAAAAAWWWWK. goatsnake sounds exactly what sabbath would sound like if they grew up in the 90's.
ps- sparta is like 4/5 of AT THE DRIVE IN. an amazing band. also check out THE MARS VOLTA, feauturing 1/5 of at the drive in. if ever a band was to be labeled as "PUNK FLOYD" it was mars volta.
i almost put them on my mix. but then i didn't remember and i didn't have room. eh.
in the words of David Byrne...still waiting.....Phil, did you give out my correct address?
e-mail me what your address is. and i'll check to see if thats thye one i used.
sorry for who ever hasn't got there music yet but, maily that isn't my falt. if i gave the wrong address it is my fault but, if it's just because we are a bunch of lazy asses then it's not my fault.
instantcofi, it's all my fault, and it will be going in the mail on Friday... and you'll get a personal copy.
If anybody sees oldpossumus, tell him to send me my CD please.
. . .that should read "his CD please". Yay.
he is looking to call you. he3's been working alot i know. but, try him at home. or just go visit him at borders. i did that one night it was fun.
and it's going in the mail tomorrow... i think i marked this pretty clearly on my disc, but please sit down and listen to it before you read the track listing. It will be more fun that way.
People should keep the playlist and sources for their mixes handy, in case the disc/tape doesn't survive for a whole year.
I may have mistakenly put one image of one person on the cover that is not actually on the CD. Ok, I did it I feel better now. He was cut on the 3rd revision of the mix. I feel bad about editing out Jason Spooner. You can hear his music at jasonspooner.com. I am also personally ashamed of making a mix without one Johnny Cash, Dylan or Petty song. Things like this should never happen.On a happier note, anyone want to confess to sending the mix to me? I'm enjoying it and can think of 4 or five people in the chi-town area with that last name who could be on this board.
smax, you have my mix; I suppose I should have signed the liner notes more clearly. Glad to hear you like it!Finally ran into oldpossumus yesterday, complete with mix. Listening. . .now.
I'm very excited to listen to it. I need to set aside some time with a tape player. It's times like this that I wish my car stereo hadn't've been ripped off.
I got my mix, It's cool becasue there is stuff I never would have listened to otherwise. There is this 15 minutes acoustic guitar song, it's really beautiful had me crying on the Belmont Bus home.
I realize it's kind of odd and eclectic, so it makes me happy to know that you've enjoyed it.
makin the ladies cry... i knew you were a dirty-dawg heartbreaker...
I pine for my mix.
your disc is skipping again in my cd player. you *might* want to burn another copy. i will try to burn my own copy and see if it comes out ok. then i can give it back to you to see if you want to make a new one or what.
and still no mix
lukas-
i've talked to your mix partner. he's a freakin freak and a chump sometimes. so, he will be sending you two copies one for you to keep and one... scratch that i'll have him mail one to you to keep and his mix to your mailing partner. ok? that way you don't have to mail anything this month. bam!
baggins-
don't worry about it just send it on to you mailing partner. i'll have him burn a new one. he burned that one for me. so, no worries.
thanks phil (I didn't mean to be a nag, I'm just bored)
Sooo... I keep thinking of all the songs I should have put on my mix. I forgot all about Mr. Cash, Mr. Petty, Mr. Dylan, never mind the mandatory electronica.So I'm putting up another mix for all those involved, and those who aren't. I call it the everchangingmixofrejects. You can find it at
<myusername)x.com/mixed_greens/
The username and password are in my diary... I figure that way I can edit them if they change. Please only download each song once. I have pretty good bandwidth, but It's possible to go over the 25gb I'm alotted a month. If it gets accessive I'll move it to one of those accounts I don't pay for.
should be 60625. unless im absolutely crazy.
its not working for me with the logon info you have us
Baggs, you got it right... maybe you typed the username wrong. BTW, please don't post either in here, e-mail me if you can't figure it out. I'm about to change the user and pass again because of the posting. Give me 10 min.
i figured as such
Baggs- check your e-mail. I took the liberty to send you the new username and password. Not that I didn't think you could figure it out, but to save you the trouble.Also, in case it wasn't obvious, this mix will continue to change and I accept submissions. If anyone wants to add something to the mix drop me an e-amil and I'll send you instructions on how to upload.
listening to the current version right now....I like it. Very ninja tune-esque so far.
johnny cash doing hurt give me chills
did you put hurt up? thats on my mix dude!
i got smax's mix on the first. man this thing is smooth like clockwork! i am digging it very much. the tracks really blend together quite well. i thought i was on track 3 or 4 and i looked down at the display and it was on 8!! awesome. i will listen to it more later.
March just creeped up on me... I'll get Welcome's CD out to dogman soon. I hope my landlord isn't pissed. Rent is such a silly thing.Also, to clear things up. The cd that is being sent around is different than the mixed_greens/ mix. I'll give mixed greens a bit more time before I switch out the songs again.
elise:so, you won't be getting instantcofi's mix for a while because it is in my car. my car that my brother is taking on spring break. the same brother who lives around the corner from me, and left town this morning for ten days without even calling to say goodbeye, let alone stop by or even check his phone messages before heading out on such a trip, where he would have heard a message from me saying "i need to talk to you and get stuff out of the car before you leave."
anyway... i might have him mail it from AZ and i'll mail you the case from here. we'll see.
but anyway, sorry.
and... looks like i should be getting pedro's mix very soon.
Last call on mixed_greens. I plan to change the mix tomorrow. Download now or forever hold your peas.
it's funktastic
i'm a fuckup. i will get my discs out really soon. [no excuses, but my roommate whose computer i would use to re-burn a copy of my mix because i was alerted to a weakness in quality is so so sick and i'm trying to avoid touching anything she touches because i get no sick days, there are no call-in-sick moments and i generally hate being sick. so her computer is a danger zone right now] but maybe i will don some plastic gloves and go in for the kill. of course, first i will drink a gallon of green tea to prep my immune system.
what a pathetic bunch we are, only the second month, and its already the 10th, yet it looks liek none of us have sent out our mixes yet, I guess I don't feel so bad anyhow. On the upside, I just found out i can mail shit for free through my work, YAY!
on the first monday of the month. maybe i should be more of a slacker?
New Mixed_greens are being uploaded as I type. The special this week is acoustic stew with a touch of melancholy on the side. I couldn't help leave mr. cash on there... it kinda fits, just not in the order that it's in.
i'm on my second listen-through and i'm really digging this. attention all other people who are going to get pedro's mix: it is the perfect soundtrack for cleaning your house.and i thought your little idea about "not looking at the track listing until you listen to the whole cd" was really stupid but i did it nyway and i think it made the listening experience so much better.
as coach z would say, "great jaaaeeeerrrrb!"
Thanks!Woot!
I realize that it's a little out of the ordinary, and depending on your mood, kind of slow... or something... so I appreciate that, ulyssess00.
The "not looking" thing was basically for two reasons -- 1., I wanted the surprises to be legitimate surprises, and 2., I wanted people to just listen to the music as opposed to anticipating what would come next. That, and I tried to give it kind of a dramatic ebb and flow that would be undermined by knowing what was coming.
But mostly, I'm just glad that you dig it, and that it's good for housecleaning!
pedro-the "dramatic ebb and flow" is what makes your mix. if i had to name the one art that i excel at, making mixtapes is it. your mix is the kind of mix i dream of making.
few of the songs on your mix are ones that i would choose to listen to on their own, but i enjoy listening to all of them because of the way they are peiced together. and the suprise factor definatly made it better.
so... who's got my mix this month?!?! i want feedback! i really think that good feedback/explination/discussion about mixes can be done on this page without ruining such suprises.
Hooray! Freakinfreak mailed me my mixes! Today I got both Tim's mix AND Wag's mix! Woot!
i hope you dig it lukas. i think there's some stuff on there that you will like.
i'm glad to hear he did. i only had to bugg him 20 times about that. so, his mix is yours to keep and wags mix you will pass on. ok?
still haven't gotten my second mix...maybe I'll get two next month, eh?
We should have known that were all really a lazy bunch... no offence welcome, I'm patient. Actually I assume you never got one. I plan to make additional mixes for each month I never get one. Breaking the rules....
So my next mix on mixed_greens will have a war theme... or shall I say anti-war. I've already picked up on Dylan- masters of war. Sabbath - War pigs and L7 - wargasism, but I could use some more suggestions.time to hit google
apparently the b-boys recorded an anti-war song and released on their website. No idea if it's any good though.
still in arizona?
it will be in the mail tomorrow!hooray!
I sent the mix out Tuesday, it should be there any day now. No excuses except laziness.
though the day was a bit of a blur, i swear i sent mine today. if i didn't send it, a little starbucks chick-a-dee came to life and took off with that and her dignity.
I got your stuff.
i just thought i'd mention that i have not received marchmix from my mailing person yet. maybe someone there could put the pressure on.
although my partner said he mailed it..... i guess i can blame the post office!
maybe everyone should post weither or not we should mail again this month or wait for next month. has everyone gotton there mix for this month? just wondering. we can always wait.
Mixed_greens on my web server is new. It's a techno/industrial/house mix by a few dj's of world class. the file is 69 mb, but worth every kb. Afew more mp3s are on their way to fill out a CD's worth of music. As always, your additions are always welcome.
tell me if you think we should postpone mailing this month? to catch up.
I already sent my march mix....unfortunately..I never got my march mix from pedro...boo hoo...So I dunno I have nothign to send for april, sorry guys....
i will burn my stuff tonight. and drop it in freak's mailbox tomorrow.
I can copy k-link's so that she can keep that, as well as send on Juice's, since I've had that for a little while... then I'd be all up to date.
so i have nothing to send. i find this odd, since ulyssess00 said he mailed it to me like over a week ago.......
I can send on waggins mix to Juice tomorrow. So strange that it is already april. Also, we should work out an email confirmation system or something so one central person knows who has received their monthly mix and then can apply pressure is someone hasn't received theirs yet.
If I set up a central email and webpage for tracking purposes will people use it? Or should I just not bother?
I don't get it....ha ha...but seriously what?
i keep forgetting that none of you can read my mind. i'll explain my idea later, after i figure out what i was thinking.
wait no i can't.
i guess everyone is mailing then? right?
to my mail partner, since i have no mix to send. :)
you ships to you?
I'm a slacker... it'll be in Monday's mail.
NOt to burst everyone's bubbles, but it seems to me like we are de facto skipping a month, because so many mixed have not been sent out. What are those people supposed to do, who either don't have them yet, or just got them? I think we should wait to send on for May. And if you've already gotten your mix, just sit on it.But dogman is in charge -- what say you?
but, people seemed to be sending anyways. WHO HAS MAILED ALREADY?
i gave you freak's mixes. and i already burned my own copies of them, so pass em on.
I slacked and mine should go out in the mail today. I gave it to karna to mail from state so it should be on it's way later today.
if anyone sees gene, tell him to send last months mix my way. dogman: i haven't a thing to send on, so i have NOT sent.this might take us a few years at this rate...
good thing no ones paying for these or sell on ebay like this. we woul dget the worst feedback.
I sent my march mix on to ulyessus, buti never recieved one to send on for april from pedro...sorry....
I mailed (or I should say karna mailed) Baggin's mix to Juice today, which means he has got 3 mixes now. He owes barefootjumper my mix and has freakinfreak's and will soon have baggin's.
....maybe this should just turn into a "mail it when you're done with it" thing... wether thats 3 days or two months....?
Because then things will pile up with the person who "just takes longer."
when did you mail me last months mix? i never got it... did it get lost in the mail? what's the deal?
did you enjoy my mix? i hope you did.
I really enjoyed your mix. I've been meaning to email you about it for weeks, so maybe I'll do that today.
You are the guy who just takes longer, ha ha ha ha ha, kidding. I'm just full of nasty remarks tonight,
I actually went to mail it on Thursday before I left, and I paid for the postage before I realized taht it still had my address on it......tomorrow!
Could you post the order of the people getting the cds... Here I'll startWelcome smax Dogmanphil
I actualluy don't know who's cd I have now.
baggins > freakinfreak > lukas > juice >
it goes like this too....barefootjumper> pedro> instantcofi> ulyssess00> elise>
Don't read any farther if you don't want to know the final order.
baggins > freakinfreak > lukas > juice > barefootjumper > pedro > instantcofi > ulyssess00 > elise > oldpossumus > welcome > smax > dogmanphil > baggins
my little plan is complete. don't you find it fitting that is starts and ends with me?
the alpha and the omega, the yin and the yang.I didn't realize my last diary entry rhymed, but when I re-read it it made me laugh.
Pedro, thanks for keeping me out of trouble today with the Diner. I have been working, but it's just been really quiet here, and I don't like to use the phone for personal calls at work 'cause my phone rings constantly. This has been my playground.
sorry about my scilence and lack of explination on this page...check your e-mail.
I would like to take this moment to thank barefootjumper for making the best mix cd I have ever heard...It was hard to swallow at first, a lot of unrequiteted love. It had me in tears. But it was sadness in that good release type of way....thanks so much!
yo freakinfreak, I should mention that I listen to your mix while driving to work. It's seriously good gridlock music. People probably wonder what's up with the longhair beardo shouting along with the punk rock, but let them stare. So thanks for the tunes, it gets me all psyched up to spend a day in my sterile little cubicle.
that is such an emad word.
so here's the truth, kids...served up hot and fresh from the kitchen o'instantcofi:I wanna make another tape, you see...I want to make the packaging better, everyone's shit is so fly, and mine is so...not fly. When I made the first one I was rushed, and my ex was harrassing me about how I was liek sending it to cute indie boys, I wish. So I had to make it lan becasue god forbid I impress anyone...but now I'm not rushed and I'm not held back...so i ulysses you may be getting another one, with no SRV...
i'm really glad you liked my mix.i think it will be fun to get our mixes back at the end of the rotation and see how we feel about them after everyone's heard them. because i think it's possible, in this case, that everyone who listens to them helps to create the heart of the cd.
i've gotten fairly positive responses regarding my mix so far. and im glad that people are enjoying it. i'd be interested to know just how much is on there that people haven't heard before.
however, when i made the mixes, i made myself a copy of my mix, and it hasn't left the first spot in the 12-disc changer in the car. i listen to it regularly, and i am completely satisfied with it every time i listen.
incidentally, the number two spot has been occupied by the Slow Learners EP since then, and it will not move for a long time. i listen to it as often as my mix.
hey dude you ever send your last mix for april? i never got it if you did.
Smax, I haven't forgotten about you. I had mislaid elise's mix and just found it over the weekend. It'll be in the mail tomorrow. Sorry about the recurring lateness.
I want to make a mix cd with my favorite song from each mix on it.
you stole my idea.how about you make the CD and i make the tape?
sooo, welcome, do you have my mix now?
if you are out there: send me my godforsaken mix!
oops. the last entry was mine, not mercurymouth's.
Phil, why don't you send us all a list of the participants with their email addresses, and we can harass them ourselves when they don't send the mix, especially since some of them are not diner junkies like the rest of us.
I haven't seen oldpossumus at all this month ulyssess, and no word yet on whether or not he plans on passing it on. :P
do not send april's mix. hold on it. everyone needs to catch up, i know that myself and a few other haven't gotton there mix for april. so, no one send april's mixes. the only people that should be sending is those that need to catch up.
please sign in that you've read this. i will e-mail everyone as well to make sure this doen't get anymore out of wack.
i'm confused
I could listen to pedro's mix for another month!
I thought we paused for april (maybe since I never got mine). anyway, here is detail for those that are wondering:person mix person should have ------ for may and mail in june baggins - welcome freakinfreak - smax lukas - dogmanphil juice - baggins barefootjumper - freakinfreak pedro - lukas instantcofi - juice ulyssess00 - barefootjumper elise - pedro oldpossums - instantcofi welcome - ulyssess00 smax - elise dogmanphil - oldpossumsDoes this look correct to everybody? And if so, where's my mix yo?
If we all "just wait a month" we'll still be that much behind next month.The people who are behind should still be sending theirs on, but the people who "have the right mix" should hang on to it for a month. Is that right, dogmanphil?
Im planning on stealing Juice's mix every month to listen to and record from because I really liked this whole idea of listening to other peoples' musical interests. Lukas' was a little too straight up my alley to the point that i owned or was very, very familiar with more than 1/2 of the stuff, but it was still cool. I have not stolen the latest mix cd (baggins'), but probably will soon (though i own 1/2 the stuff on that too). But in any case, I wish I had been on the board before this was all going down.
Would it be unallowed for me to send something via Juice to go around the loop since Im stealing a CD each month anyway? It's ok if its a no, cause Im still stealing everyone's CD regardless :-)
But if its cool, Ill zip one out in the next couple days. I have so much love to give...
Replace love with music
i vote that Fook be allowed to jump in.
yes, yes, and yes. i think that answers all of those.
well, i think the list above of who should have what might be slightly off? or maybe something got lost along the way to me. i currently have lukas' mix and baggins' mix. either way, lukas, as incredible as your mix is, it currently skips. i'm not sure if you want to send another copy on or what...
that stinks. I can burn a new copy and send it where it needs to go. Probably my fancy cases :< Anyway, mail me you address (leklund@tastytronic_dot_net) and I'll mail a new copy monday. I think I remember the tracklisting...Also, If you or juice never got freakinfreak's mix, I can make a copy of that and send it along to the proper person as well. Or does fook have freakinfreak's mix?
Phil - I just found the cd in the mail room. Apparently someone thought it was FOR me not FROM me. Silly office people. I'll send it out today, and send the next mix as soon as it gets to me. BTW- there's an extra goodie in the box for you.
my roommate said he may be able to salvage it and then i could burn it and send it on. i'll let you know. i may burn several copies because this mix fucking rules. [become impressed: i like everything on it]
i just got barefootjumper's AND <person>Juice</peron>'s.DOUBLE DUCE ACTION.
So, I sent barefoot and juice's to instantcofi because I was behind -- and sending them both caught me up -- but that means, grady, that you need to listen to them both and then send on barefoot's to whoever is SUPPOSED to have it now. :) Unless you're not supposed to have Juice's yet, in which case, you'd send on barefoot's whenever we send next, and sit on juice's (figuratively) for a month. capice?I apologize for being partially responsible for that particular mess.
I sent them on, after taping both of them, becasue I just wanted them off my hands, I couldn't take the pressure any longer!
according to Lukas' table up there, elise is supposed to have pedro's mix this month... and she already does. the way i see it... i keep, er i mail... er... uh....aw, forget it... lets just try and make sure everyone gets to hear everyone else's mix, OK?
for crying out loud.
If we don't take the time to actually fix the rotation, it's only going to get brokener and brokener as the year progresses.
I have not made a mix, but i have this weekend off, so I will send it to....barefootjumper. I will not _take_ any mixes, per say, but will snag them from juice one day, copy, and give them back, mainly because we will be the same entity to avoid a 14th rotation, and also to stick Juice with the postage costs. Haha! There should (if the brokeness stops) be only _One_ rotation per month that contains two people worth.
so, i got my april mix today. it's funny cause it doesn't say who made it but, i know by the track listing it's oldpossums.
So according to dogmanphil, freakinfreak was to make two copies of his mix, one for me and one for juice. I just want to make sure that a copy of freak's mix made it forward in the circle. If it didn't I can make a copy and forward it on to juice so he can hear it and then he can pass it along to the next recipient. Did juice ever get freakinfreak's mix? Where's my may mix yo?
Phil, I figure the other cd makes up for the lost time?Welcome? Maybe you should just wait until you get next month's too and send both?
juice got freak's mix. i have verbal confirmation from juice of this.
I knew I forgot something I was going to do today. I'll send it right out, smax.
get freak's mix. i'm right after juice.
just finished copying the cds i have possession of so that i can send off the mixes for further enjoyment. i have no idea where they should be right now so i'm sending both lukas' and baggins' mixes to pedro.i'm outta here.
should i make a copy of freak's mix and send it on to someone? also, may's almost over and I'm still empty handed.
does everything start over in June? I got nothing to send out...I just want to be clear on the dilly?
I currently have no mixes, although this page leads me to believe that there are two cds headed my way.This leads me to believe (since cofi also has none) that I should listen to one real fast (or copy it) and send it to her almost immediately.
PHIL, does this make sense to you? If so, which one should she have?
Elise, I got your mix the other day and was surprised at how many artists on it I have been listening to lately, but haven't heard those songs before. Very nice...Phil it's my mission to have it to you before June 1st... I plan to fail, but it's still a mission.
I received ulyssess' and instantcofi's mixes at the same time; should I send them both?
phil, i will get you that and the other discs i owe you on saturday at the Blue Stone show, if you're going (i'm assuming you are).
alright, lets see here.
if you have no mix...do not send one.
if you have a mix...send it.
if you have more than one mix... send them.
if you have a burner...burn them, then send them.
if you name is tim hawkin'freak send you freaking mixes. this means you tim!
i just realized that i won't be sending you welcome's cd. i'll be sending it to freak. would you mind emailing me his address again? i think i might have deleted it by accident.
I'm not trying to make this difficult, but if you have two mixes, you should send one to your next person -- not both of them. If everyone sends on both mixes that they have, that means that someone won't have a cd...
i swear i'm sending your mixes soon soon soon!
that wasn't directed at you -- sorry -- I just mean that if everyone sends two mixes to the next person, then half the people don't have mixes. But since instantcofi doesn't have any either, I'll send one to her as soon as I get two from you.WHat it really comes down to, is that almost none of us is responsible enough to keep up with this thing.
same problems on the Fire Theft mix circle. including my own failure to get phil the cd i owe him.
if you have two discs then you maybe should have sent one already so, send them out. if you have a burner then just copy them and send both out right away and save on postage and then, you don't have to one out next month.
i guess what it comes down to is listen to the discs, copy them if you want and send them on asap. ok, kids?
i would pine for my mixes.
How do I join your cult?
I just got baggins, Juice, and freakinfreak's mixes.Is there a plan for what we should be doing now? Or have we just degenerated into bugging the person upstream to get our mixes?
instantcofi: I plan on listening to one mix for a couple days and sending it on to you, because I assume you have nothing right now, right? Then I'll send another one in 2-3 weeks, and then the last one in about 6 weeks. That should help keep the flow going. If others do the same thing, those without will soon have.
I'm not sure, since right now we're sort of in circulation mode...
if you received my mix, let me know if it plays a-ok. If not I can fire up the burner.
Ihave nothing.
ok
I have nothing. Please to send me a mix o MixPartner!
... is fun. but it reminds me of how shitty we all would be at communism.
...but we'd be bad at it because we're lazy slackers, not because we're greedy. Because when your ship would come in, boy would it ever! Everyone else in the communist state would throw you a party.
yeah. that's what i meant. we're lazy slackers, not greedy. it wouldn't be a problem of sharing. just getting off your (or my) ass to go milk the cow(s) so we could all have some milk. and hopefully one of you collected the eggs otherwise milk is gonna have to go well with the cereal that somebody forgot to buy. but that's ok, because next week we're having steak every week for dinner. screw the milk, we're eating good!
I have nothing as well.... I may just start sending random cd's for no apparent reason. I'm working on a mix called "Thursdays are fuzzy." It's a sequel to "Wednesdays are for Drinking."Junior space badger, over and out.
i'm glad those got to you so quickly.so, now that i have done my duty in as half-assed a way possible, i have no mixes.
lukas, i think yours was working again after i reburned it. i did, however, somehow cut off the very last song on fathertime.
I totally did not expect to enjoy Tim's mix, because I'm not a huge punk fan... at least, I didn't think I was. But this is AWESOME!
pedro is walking down the street with a black leather jacket and a beaten up ramones shirt! how rad would that be!?!
and a nosering
you'd have even *more*secret admirers, dude. seriously.
Uh, I have not received a cd in quite sometime. who can remedy this situation
I feel left out and I too wanna be a jet. C'mon guys, let me be a Jet!
according to an email i received i will be getting some new mixes shortly. woo!
it's like watching a 13 car pile up form on a highway, you see it coming, you don't want to look, but you just can't turn away.
and neither do i. what happened out there?
freakinfreak aka tito is sending me a pile of mixes. once I make personal listening copies i will forward them to juice and they will trickle down eventually.
Woo hoo! Now this is like watching Reaganomics at work, and that's even more violent than a 13 car pile-up! :)
the wheels are off the car, much like my old subaru wagon parked on berteau. i have yet to get my fill of tastytronic mixes, but ryan left me a CD mix of fantastic mellow pop tunes and worldbeat goodness. next time i have the opportunity to send some tastytronic mixes off to juice, i'm just gong to inject it into the rotatino because it's a great CD.
are you out there?
well, i have no mix, sounds like juice has nada as well, lukas hasn't got anything and i'm not sure what freakinfreak has. it seems relatively smooth sailing from pedro to instantcofi to ulyssess00 to elise, from there on i have no idea what the pattern is or who's been on top of the game.all i know is i'm not the only one who sucks at this.
I don't want to be a nag you know....but nothing's being held up on this end, i got nothing to hold...my guess is he's busy, you know....
although i did send the last one i had on.
Sorry, I have been out of town for 10 days-- I'll put a disc in the mail to you tomorrow.
get your mixes, i've got mixes. in the mail shortly. this rusty old train is rollin' again.
just popped in elise's mix. no opinions yet...
hey, is juice's address still the same (on leland)? I'm planning to drop the two mixes I have in my possession in the mail tomorrow and I just want to make sure they get there.
they will get there.
I am mailing off three mixes to juice later today: phil's, smax's, and a bonus mix from moonboots. I didn't include a tracklist for the bonus mix because I don't know most of the songs by name and/or artist. It is definitely a mellow mix and it doesn't include a lot of the really wacko stuff one might expect on a mix from rjr. He told me that he made it for friends that had totally different musical likings so it's should be pretty easy on most everyone's ears. i was personally shocked to hear not a single song by the mountain goats on the CD. It's a good mix and enjoyable to stick on in the background. Maybe when he gets back from thailand I can prod him into making a mix of really esoteric stuff and throw it up on the web or something. anyway, this rusty old train is moving again. slowly.
...but now I can't find the tracklistings for the mixes I have... :<* pedro roots around in his junk...
.. the last mix I got. It was a couple months ago. I think it was Elise's... Welcome?
pedro's. It rocked. I'd like another mix someday.....
Crap. I'll send the ones I have on Monday, but I don't know when another one may be coming.
They gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia,by my count i think i've heard 4 mixes and i'm jonesin for some more. let's get this old train rolling again.
Saying, "Stevie, you're way behind time.
This is not 38, but it's Old 97,
You must put her into Spencer on time."
Somewhere in the distance, a dog barks.
with a different group of people. For this new one, each person is assigned a month. When it's your month, you make a mix and send it to the other 11 people. November is my month, so I'm making my mix now.... Although this is a more labor intensive way to do it (having to burn 11 copies and mail them), I have high hopes for it's success.
Didn't we discuss just that the last time I was at the wood?
great minds think alike!!!!!
so i have backed up to 3 cd's that pedro sent me in rapid fire. i need to know who to send them to next, i do believe Grady has dropped out of the circle, so i don't want to have them on my hands anymore, the guilt is becoming more then i can bear.
is he ulysees00 or whatever? if so, i'm after him. you can email me at elisix at zork dot net.
Hey, whatever happened to this? I, thankfully, have no CDs in my possesion.
And I only ever heard four mixes. Good mixes, but I was truly looking forward to the other eight or nine.
I doubt we'll ever all hear all the mixes. I'm interested in trying again, but I'm thinking we should do it like elise suggests above.
i didn't drop out of the circle.... so much as slowed down about a year ago when everyone else did.... and kind of drop out of the diner for a while.i would be happy to dig up the two mixes i have and send them on, if it means i get three more in the mail....
i also like elise's idea a lot. this would let people feel free to comment about the mix on this entree instead of keeping it a "secret."
who has mine right now? my car screwed up my copy of it.
maybe a list of who has what right at this moment would be helpful in knowing where to go from here.i was definitely looking forward to hearing the rest of the mixes. and now, i'm looking forward to hearing my own, as i have no clue what the hell might be on it.
I think I may have smax's and welcome's mixes.
no mixes. I sent three on to emi1y about one a month several months ago because they piled up with me... not sure if she sent them on or not.
juicy and barefootjumper's.
i ain't got shit.
... although I'm listening to a copy of Elise's. I would like to shake my finger at those of you that have more than one mix. Bad diners.
she'd send me her 3, since ulyssess00 dropped off the diner, but then i never got them. so, i have nothing.
Computers are bad things, no really. I just lost a crapload of mp3's, I'm guessing about 20GB. I'm re-ripping cds and tring to find stashes of mp3 cds I have laying about. Right now I'm re-ripping a copy of Elise's mix "Music to Chill By."I was wondering, anyone up for trying this again? Previously a few of us talked about just making copies of your mix and sending it out to everyone. That could solve some problems. I also think an online version might not be a bad idea. I've got a crapload of server space and bandwidth. Personally I prefer mail, I like pieces of paper with my name and address on them. Somehow fulfilling.
Anyone up for any of this?
if people want to send mixes for our 2nd drive out west, send them to:p3t3r & 4nn4 p3t3rs0n 10258 e. h0m3st3ad rd. p0pl4r, w1, 54864
we will be much obliged!
smax, I'm up for a revival if we could get enough people on board. Given the lack of activity on the diner these days, I kind of doubt it will happen though. I only ever heard 4 mixes from the first go round.
pedro, when do you guys leave? I was going to burn a few mixes for you guys. Just want to make sure they get there.
Ok... that's 2. I say we do it if we can get 6 people. 10-12 would be more ideal, but not very realistic.On a seperate note: According to itunes, I have 7453 songs, 29.8days, 56.37 GB worth of music. I had never really added it all up and find it a little frightening. Even more so with the knowledge that over 200 of those 'songs' are albums that are all mashed together on one mp3. Also this does not include the Tom Waits collection that I estimate is around 150 albums/live shows. I think I need to lay off the music obsession for a bit.
i'm down
smaxx
lukas
dogman
i was thinking & theres nothing that says we have to have 12 people again. we could do it with 6 & either go every other month or everyone goes twice a year.
I don't know who suggested this in the past, but I think we should do the thing were the person whose turn it is makes n mixes (where n is the number of participants) and sends them all out... so you don't have to send out 1 mix for 12 months, you send out 12 mixes in 1 month and then you're done. (Or 6 mixes, or whatever we get.)We leave July 30th from here for California.
i would want to be part of this. i have a new computer at home (a dell), so maybe i could do it that way. i will ask someone who knows if i could do this with what i have, and get back to you.
you should get a package of goodies tomorrow. if you want them tracklistings are here
We got them today. Can't wait to listen to them. You are the mantis.
It's been a long time, shouldn't have left you, without a dope beat to step to....... I still have the three mix cds... I even no exactly where they are. I've got dogmanphils, moonboots bonus cd, and another one with no name but it has Nick Cave, Modest Mouse, G.Love, Frank Black and others if that rings a bell to anyone. I'd be down for giving another swing at this, but after last time, it would really rely on your faith in me to pull through with it. If anyone wants thier old mix back letme know. It was fun while it lasted.....
a friend of mine loves The Be Good Tanyas. had never heard of them 'til i gave said friend's album a listen a few months ago. it's nice, pretty (and pretty nice) stuff. you and pedro just know everything, musically speaking, methinks. i will pay attention to rest of your mix.
i would gladly burn any of those mixes for you if you wanted.
would you burn those for me? they are great mixes. i'll pay for discs/postage. you can send it to NPU, box 24, attn: Heidi. that is awesome of you for offering--thanks a lot!
especially 'cause i'm, you know, going west soon myself. i might be taking the train back, which will be a day and a half/two day ride, so i would really appreciate some good tunes.
I'll mail them when I get back from MN.
I burned the discs last night Cin, but I probably won't get them in the mail until tomorrow. Are you still at NP for another week?I made a couple substitutions to the mixes: tracklistings.
I forgot the box #, but I mailed them to student services, attn: HD.enjoy!
but I'd be down for making a mix and sending it out. I do like Pedro's idea of everyone making 12 copies of their mix and sending it to everyone once, instead of making one copy and everyone rotating, that makes it a little too easy to bottle neck and such. Let me know if everyone's still in.
but I am promoting it now.
When you guys did this originally, you made a stipulation that the music needed to be new... Would that still be in place for the next round? I ask because I think I'd like to participate, but wouldn't be able to do it if all of the music had to be new... (I am now as I always have been,sadly out of date.)
Yeah I'd be unable to do it then to, I haven't gotten much new for years.
my appendix disc of extra long tracks included a grateful dead jam and a zappa track from 1969. even my main disc had older stuff on it. i'm pretty sure i stuck a marvin gaye track on there and a fela kuti track from the 70's. so to answer your question: new? no way. I think though it should at least try to be things that maybe not everyone has heard.
awesome--I can't wait to receive it. Thanks a lot!
i don't remember that being a stipulation. i'm sure i didn't put all new stuff on mine. in fact, i remember putting a Minor Threat song on there, and they certainly haven't put out anything new in almost 20 years.
it won't be a rule the next time around.l
i will jut have to be one on the later months, because i don't have a working burner right now. once we know how many people we have we should sign up for a month(s)
My computer is a little funky right now. The cd burner is suddenly not working, it doesn't even show up in my computer. I think I need to contact Dell and get a tech out to my house.
I am against rules. Rollcall... I'm in, starting the list, and willing to send almost anytime:smax
Hows abouts this. if you want in on the music mix, email me offlist with your mailing address. I will put up a webpage with the participants and their addresses and email you the link back (the link should not be posted publicly). Specify if you're ready to go right away, or later. "Ready" people will be put at the top of the list, which is headed by smax. "Wait" people will be put at the bottom of the list (but will still be on the list). Smax, start making your mix, and let's say a week from now, send them out to whoever is signed up. Then it will be the next person's turn and so on.Should we do one a month?
I'm in, and should I send it to pedro at voxhumana? I don't have your email address at work here, and I am not always the best about checking me email at home, as inkblot can tell you.
thank you so much--i received them. they have been in my player ever since. what a nice surprise. that was so very thoughtful of you. i'll let you know my "favorites" after i've had more days to listen and absorb it all. again, thanks! what a kind thing to do, and now i have plenty of tunes to accompany me "out west."
Those who want to join the current round of the mixclub should email me at my well-publicized email address and I will put you on the list and send instructions. Smax is up to bat, and then Isaac and Myself, so you won't even have to send your mix for 3n days, depending on how long we decide n is.Don't delay-elay-elay-elay!
Pedro: I emailed you!Cinnamon: yay! I hope you enjoy the tunes!
How often should the new mixclub send out mixes? Monthly? Or bi-monthly?I don't really care, but I don't want to make an arbitrary decision.
Because you only have to send things out once, it's not that big of a deal to be bimonthly -- you still only have to send things out once, and you still have however long until it's your turn to get prepared -- hint: make your mix early and sit on it so you can send it out on time -- however, we may find things jam up if we try to go too quickly.
but maybe we should start on a 2-3 week delay so that we have time to gear up for it, and get everyone who wants to participate a chance to sign up. Whatcha think?
I'd like to give it another get go..... I'm want to be in with the music swap again. sign me up.
...email me your address and I'll give you instructions.
Send me your mailing address: pedro@tastytronic.net and I will send you instructions. We should be sending out the first mix in a couple weeks if that schedule is still good for you, smax. Now Is Your Chance! Of course, you can always join in later, but the earlier you join, the more music you get! It is totally a Ponzi Scheme!
have a working burner. let me know when to go!
I've been working on my mix although I'm not until later... smax, are you set to go? Like, how soon could you ship?Who else is interested? We only have like, 6 people signed up.
maybe some of the people that don't post often. maybe missmouth, oldpeeps, and raskol. but, if not 6 works we can do a second round.
maybe?
I have 7 CDs made and ready to ship. I can send tomorrow if we're all set.
i could do this, i think. whatrtherules again? how many do i have to make?
The Rules
---------1. When it isn't your turn, wait for your turn and receive mixes from other people in the mail. Listen to them and enjoy them.
2. When it is your turn, make n copies of a single mix, where n is the number of participants in the mixclub at the current time. View our super-secret address list online (which you get a link to when you join the mixclub). Send a copy to each person on the list.
3. PROFIT!!!
Note: The sooner you join, the more music you get! Mixes aren't passed around like last time, so if you're not in when a mix is sent, you're out of luck. Join now!!!
Can you make a few more copies? raskol just joined and I think we may have a couple more subscribers. I'd like to have you send yours out on Friday (regardless of who is signed up by then).Isaac, how soon do you think you could have yours ready? I think we should go to a 2-per month schedule (like one person on the 5th and the other on the 20th), otherwise the new people just joining won't be sending out mixes until April of 2006!
I have been working on my mix and could be ready to send it within a couple of weeks.
So I'd probably have to say I'd not have a good mix together until Nov. 7. If your's can be ready before that I can wait and go after you. I just thought I wasn't going until Nov. so only have ideas in my head and no actual files on my computer yet, since I just wiped my hard drive and don't use it for music playing often.
A couple more cds can be made... those late folks might not get as nice of gem cases though. I'll send to whoever is on the list Friday.Also, for the technically defunct people... I've been thinking about getting a DVD burner, if anyone wants to buy a CDRW drive (iomega external usb) for $10 Drop me an e-mail and I can send it with your mix. I'll also take payment for the drive in non-utah beer.
what do you want money or beer? are you going to be in chitown anytime soon?
I think we're up to 10 now. Smax, see the page for updated names and addresses.
Phil - Beer... I have no idea when I'll get to Chicago-land next, well other than the hour or two in the airport next month. I'm not worried about it.Pedro - Does the US postal service know where "Whereabouts Unknown" is? Ha... good stuff. I hope this works better this time around.
in the city?
the page is updated now with stuff
can you e-mail it to me again, thanks
Yes, kinda. She's out in Glyn Ellen, however you spell that place. She actually reads in here a lot. Lurker/spy. I really should visit, it's been a year. I should really visit the toast family and about a dozen other folks too.I had no idea how many folks are out in Cali. Amazing. My goal is to have CDs out Saturday morning.
i'm up and running and can go when ever. just let me know and i'll start running copies off.
Isaac, you're up next... do you think you could have yours ready to go out in 2 weeks?
I'll crank on it in the next two weeks. I have some good ideas, just haven't linked them all together yet, but that'll come soon.
I know I said I'd get them out on Saturday, but I got detained by some rather large rocks in the desert, never mind work. So everyone should get a mix in a couple days. Phil - I'm still looking for the software for that burner. Hopefully I'll find it tonight and your's will be in the mail tomorrow.I gave a copy of the mix to a friend here (I miss counted and had a spare). He said it had been skipping for 45 minutes before he noticed. I can't tell if that's good or bad, or if that just says something about what he thinks of my musical taste.
thanks smax!
enjoying the mix! thanks man.
got the box yesterday! i'm looking @ shipping beer to you.
it's illegal to ship beer to Utah. same goes for Maryland and a few other states. Of course, if it's packed well, they'll never know.
what if it's not from me and for goose?
Utah is a strange place. It's actually considered bootlegging. You can't ship beer here and you can only carry a case per 21+ person across state lines. Kegs are forbidden. It's a strange place, this place. So don't worry about sending beer. I'll be in Chicago sometime before next summer.BTW- Does anyone's CD skip a alot or is it just my friend's lousy CD player?
thats crazy about utah. you'd think a state that has Polygamy Porter would be a little more easy on beer rules.http://www.wasatchbeers.com/pages/beers.html
hey.. thanks for the CD. I would have been happy even if it was deflated balloons, because I just love getting mail but getting the CD and hearing it all made it all the better....and no skips, so far, so that's a good sign, because my car stereo is one picky little bugger.. more to come on the mix, but wanted to say thanks and that I got it and that it doesn't skip...I do, though, but that's different..
Phil - I actually had a couple really nice 32oz, $3 glasses of Polygamy Porter last night. Wasatch Brewing is about 4 blocks from my office ( a very dangerous thing indeed). They're more of the Utah exception rather than the rule. For example, S. Salt Lake just passed a local law that clubs (bars) can't serve on sunday. I don't know all the details, but I don't plan on going down there. Park City is the heathen capitol of Utah. It's far more liberal and drunk than the rest of the state. You should hear the church or mormon's take on the Wasatch beers. I do love the ads for Polygamy Porter.. "Take some home to the wives." and "Why have just one?"And to get back on subject, you're welcome to all the thanks for the mix... but remember what goes around, comes around. Quite literal in this case. BTW- The CD cover is the Turnagain Arm in Alaska. Get it... goes around comes around turn-again? Ok.. so I'm a dork.
I got the cd, but haven't listened to it yet. I've been thinking long and hard about what to put on my mix and need to listen to yours for inspiration. I will be formulating it this weekend, and burning it net week to be mailed out probably towards the end of next week. It'll be a veteran's day surprise!
Everytime I listen to it, it surprises me. Thanks smax.
i've had one listen through so far. i kept putting my head around the corner of the kitchen thinking, this is on there? cool. sounds good. i want to get another couple sit downs in.thanks!
didn't get quite all of it, but it was very good. I'm still working on mine, my life has gone a little crazy recently so it might not be the tightest mix I've ever made, but it'll be good music regardless of its flow and theme.
enjoying the cd...thank you very much for it. it is fun to get to know someone through a mix.
thanks smax... definitely digging the mix.
It is created, it is ready to burn and mail. Unfortunately I am out of town starting tonight and coming back Sunday night. So the burning and mailing will happen next week, sorry for the slight set-back.
Great commute music!
The wife is working on a 15 page paper that is due tomorrow. Sorry everyone. I'll make them tomorrow and take them to the post office on Saturday. I'll also include a pack of gum in everyone's as an apology, you'll have to let me know the effects of shipping on the gum though, call it a work experiment.
OK so this should be in Silicon Nabiscos, but it relates to here. I have my mix cd prepared, but I can't burn it! For God knows what reason I can read cd's and DVD's on my drive, but can't burn them. I don't think I've tried to burn something since reinstalling Windows, so I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers thinking that might help, but NO! I think it's all messed up. When I put a cd or dvd in everything is peachy, but if I put a blank cd-r in then the drive suddenly says it's a cd-rom and not a cd-rw and won't do squat. I've checked to see if I had any registry filters on, and there aren't. And I can't find a more updated driver, and it says my device is working properly, but it isn't.Any ideas?
I'm going to bring home my computer laptop to transfer and burn the cd's so that ya'll don't have to wait, but it's still bothersome as hell.
The discs are made, the envelopes are labeled, all is well with the world, but not with my home computer. post office here I come, after work anyway.
thanks bigj
Also, If you like the Nagy Istvan tracks I have a whole album of it, freshly burnt from Budapest.
BigJ - Got the disk. Thanks, I haven't heard such a variety of new music in a while. I thought I was the only one that still listened to Front242. I have to confess, I couldn't bring myself to listen to the Garth track.
you mean chris gains
it may be Garth singing, but it's still a Bob Dylan tune, I actually like his version more than Bob's because when Bob sings it the song sounds kind of stalkerish, he's going to MAKE her feel his love, but Garth's voice gives it a nice love song feel. Besides it was our first dance at our wedding.It's really a smattering of a lot of my favorite songs from a lot of my favorite bands. Kind of random in composition, but all quality I think.
just got the mix today. looking forward to listening to it! (and thanks for the gum, too)
Definitely enjoying the mix -- still not all the way through (the commute has been fast today). Say what you want about Garth, he's a consumate performer and if he wants to cover a Bob song, good for him.I agree with you, BigJ, Bob's version does sound stalkerish (but I think I still like it better).
Totally enjoyed the Monkees song as well, and I'm always up for Weird Al.
And, as has been mentioned, thanks for the gum. The dry air has really be aggravating my hallelujah toasters lately!
bob dylan would stalk me. a person should be so lucky!
It's an obscure one that just makes me laugh. And the alternative polka I think is one of the best things Weird Al has ever done, and that's sayong something because his music, albeit odd, is genius.The last time I saw Bob he had an amazing show and during the final applause was just standing there with a harmonica in either hand shaking them, that image makes me think I just wouldn't want to be stalked by him.
that's what separates you from me!
has everyone gotten the mix?I'm a little self-conscious about it, and I don't know why.
and i brought it work and it got buried in paper and now that you reminded me I'm going to dig it out and pop it in right now. Thanks BigJ!
i got it. i haven't had a chance to listen yet, but i will give feedback once i have. and the gum held up superbly! thanks bigj.also: i would not mind a bit if bobby d stalked me. but if you don't mind, isn't that called something else?
I think then it's just called a creepy relationship.
What should we do -- we're off our schedule. Should we just send them out ASAP? Or (for example) has Phil been counting on a Christmas Mix CD?My mix is complete, but I have to send it out yet... but that would leave two more mixes in Dec. to be "on track".
Specifically, what do Lukas and Phil want to do?
i could be ready buy the end of the month if you want to go now pedro.
I have a mix in the works and could send whenever. Right now I just plan on sending it out two-weeks after I receive a mix from pedro. But I'm flexible.
So lukas and Phil, you can just send yours out ASAP -- whoever is on for January should get ready for January. I mean, who cares if we get three mixes in December eh?
I've got a mix mostly done. Maybe a tweak here or there tonight and if I get out to get some blanks w/cases I'll try to mail tomorrow. Gotta print some covers too so maybe I'll mail friday.
I went overboard with mine, poorly cut with no graphics and all the trimmings. :)
Personally I don't much care for any schedule. Much like personal gifts, I always prefer surprises over scheduled mailings. Whenever you folks can get mixes out is good enough in my mind. Just mt 2 bits.BigJ- Finally listened to Garth's version. It's not as bad as I thought it would be. I had a lot of friends that made me listen to him back in high school and I grew a pretty good dislike for his music. I love Dylan, so the idea of Garth covering Dylan made my skin crawl. My skin only crawled a little. I still prefer Dylan's version, but I also prefer Waits' version of "The Long Way Home" over Nora Jones... She's prettier in every sense of the word, but some things need to be growled, just like some things need to be creepier.
I'm game for mixes whenever. Send 'em and I'll listen.Meanwhile I'm trying to decide which MP3 player to buy, tough choice with everything out there right now, but I'll move that to silicon nabiscos or something.
except kinkos online printing service is horrible and lost my file so they'll go out on wednesday. grrrr
Mix is on the way...finally. some misc notes:The photos were taken by karna's grandfather in the '50s or '60s. The location of the cover shot is obvoious and the inside cover is a photo of a Bedouin high priest preparing to slaughter a lamb, or so the notes said. They were slides he shot when he was over there and I took them and cleaned and scanned them. The covers are a little small because kinkos messed up my printjob.
The music is a very random collection of tunes and most of it is stuff that was new to my collection or new to my ears. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I do.
speaking of which, I got the Three Mo' Tenors album for Christmas. It's an album I wish I'd had so I could include a song or two from that on mine. One of them, Rod Dixon, sang at my dad's funeral and sang one of the songs on the album so it has a lot of meaning to me, but regardless it's just a great mix of music in itself.
mix received. i just popped it in. i must say, this cd circle is going much more smoothly than the last.
I have the mix in my car, so I'm listening in pieces. So far so good, and I really like the art.
Hey,I'm getting awesome music in the mail, and I want to know when it is my turn. Is there a schedule somewheres?
My office is in a room with over 5000 records and over 8000 CDs.
Regardless, you're all getting riff rock from me! Muwhahahahaha!
btr
Dave
If anyone doesn't know where the schedule is, email me and I will send you the link. (Shred, I'll count this as your email.)
i don't have th elnk either
If you steal my riff rock idea, then I will say we are *not brothers.btr
Dave
ok. give me a couple of days and i'll start pumping out copies.
raskol or shred is ready to go know!
Hip deep in moving.btr
Dave
sorry 4 the wait, but things have been busy. but, i should have mine sent this week. i just finished the art. so, i'll get to inkos and then the post office no later than sat. trust me i'll make it worth the wait.
Enjoyed your mix, it's been living in my cd player recently. Now correct me if I'm wrong that Jeff Buckley song was written by Leonard Cohen right?
Ditto... been listening a lot lately too. I really like the track from (I think) the Ghana post office... or something like that. I've spent a bit of time looking up the artist on the cd on the interweb trying to find out more about them and their music.BigJ- I think you're right. Cohen recorded Hallelujah on a couple albums, including one of his best of albums. It's hard to tell though. A lot of his music gets covered and he does a couple covers so it's hard to tell who is the original. Kinda like Dylan.
I also have to say I'm really happy I went first. Now I just get new music every once in a while. Such a wonderful thing. A couple links for new artists I've (re)found and liked.
hallelujah is cohen's, i guess jeff's does it the way that leonard wrote it but, not the way he sings it. meaning i think jeff's has other verses that cohan didn't perform/record.
the post office track was from a cd that pedro and i had from a class we took at npc/u called music of the worlds people. it was the only track by them on the disc.
i printed art today so i should be on schedule to ship on thursday!!!!
I really like the Leonard Cohen version of Hallelujah but the sparse version Buckley does with his soaring voice only accompanied by his guitar is just so beautiful. The postal workers track I pulled of a set of CD's from uncleåke from his radio show Radio Free UP (which you can now listen to online). I wasn't aware that it was also part of the world music class--I'm wishing I had taken that class now. There are a few other songs that came from the radio show discs that I put on the mix, including the songs by Drums & Tuba, Os Novos Baianos, and Cornelis Vreeswijk. The entire Novos Baianos album, Acabou Chorare, is really really good. A few of the tracks I found via the salon.com audiofile music blog, like the New Music for Bowed Piano track and the Pearls and Brass track. The rest was laying around on my hard drives. I'm glad you guys have enjoyed it so much.Smax, I keep your mix in my car. It's got on of my favorite Bruce Cockburn song and the Beat Down Sound track is great. Plus, with a great black keys track (great band, but they need a bass player) and a Tom Waits closer you can't go wrong.
BigJ, I've had your mix in my computer at work and it's such a weird (in a good way) collection of music. From the Monkees to KMFDM to Garth Brooks, it's got it all. The Front242 song brings me back about 15 odd years every time it comes on. And I love the Nagy Istvan song, it makes me want to dance.
Thanks for the tunes so far. Can't wait to hear mixes from the rest of you.
Now that I'm done it's just sit back and listen.You're right Lukas that my mix is weird, but so am I. It's a pretty good representation of how my mind works, random.
The Nagy Istvan music is some of my favorite, the whole album I have is great, but I currently can't find it, and that's a little upsetting. It's great music to dance to, we listened to it about 6 times in a row in Hungary and danced for hours, good times to remember.
Dylan and Cohen are a lot alike. I usually like their music, they're both brilliant lyricists, and often covers of their songs come out better than their original recordings. All in all they make for good times with music.
i shipped out today.
have they arrived?
Got them yesterday... The "Music Mix Surprise" doesn't want to play on any of my patheticly old cd players. I still can't figure out how CDEX reconized the mixes and knew the songs. Crazy.
The first one rocks... i haven't gotten to the 2nd one yet. The Imogen Heap song is astounding.
both in itunes and in windows media player
anyone else having trouble with it not playing for you?
the first played in the discman in my car and at work. Haven't got to the second yet. so far it's rock'n'roll goodness. thanks phil!
but, i do know about rock n' roll goodness.
even though i'm not part of this round....pp gave me a copy of his at wags' wedding.
just finishing it up now.
the muppets track just about knocked me off my seat.
very very thoughtful packaging, too.
i'm so happy to see you.
i'm happy to be seen.are you in on this new round of mix-swapping?
I've been checking my mailbox eagerly for over a week, and stil haven't found anything... I think I missed this round.
you didn't get mine???
I just came back from my mailbox with mixes in hand, so no worries Phil. They were dated the 27th and today is the 13th--apparently, my mail carrier is not in the running for postal worker of the year...
I'm looking forward to listening.
...is it too late to get in on this thing?
email me your mailing address and i'll put you on the end of the list. future mixmasters will have to send you copies of their mix; former mixmasters have the option of sending you a copy of theirs at their convenience. rock on!
Be warned of the postal services these days... I'm in week 3 of trying to figure out where my DVD/CD burner ended up being shipped to. I also seem to be out a Christmas present hat. Postal and UPS workers, I'm watching... watching very carefully.
if they show up at your door smelling like handmade peppermint oatmeal soap make sure to smack them around for me.
There's nothing I like more than smacking postal workers.
Hey guysThe Ettin Mix is made and in the process of duplication. I will have it in the mail tomorrow. Sorry it is late, got caught up in various distractions.
btr
Dave
So i'm going to do a proper "in the mail" mix as soon as i get the go-ahead from pedro...but in the meantime, download a (large - 67 minutes) mp3 of a mix i just finished HERE.
i'll post a tracklist as soon as someone asks.
I'm too slow..."The file associated with this link has expired."
Goodness Greatnessand here's the tracklisting:
the juan maclean - dance with me
emperor machine - front man (idjuts dub)
hot chip - just like we (breakdown)(DFA remix)
chromatics - healer
pankow - girls and boys
black dice - smiling off (DFA remix)
metro area - miura
flying lizards - sex machine
nina simone - suzanne
map of africa - off the coast
creepers - baby's on fire
soulwax - another excuse (orig. version)
kaos - now and forever (jd twitch remix)
jonathan vance - sylvia the eagle (jd twitch remix)
tamion 12 inch - international
vanity 6 - make up
the juan maclean - by the time i get to venus
moebius-plank-neumeier - all repro (betty botox "conny" re-edit)
etta james - in the basement (theo parrish ugly edit)
Hey RemixersThere was a remix-up with my mailing. I asked if I could use the outgoing mail service of WMSE, the station I used to work for and now volunteer at. They said yes. Then they didn't mail the CDs and put them in my old desk. I found them today and am resending them tomorrow.
Sorry for the extended lateness. I wasn't going to include or post the track list, as a treat, but now, I might have to.
btr
Dave
so, it has come to my attention that some of my discs were faulty. i was wondering if maybe we should/could post the songs for those people to download if their discs didn't work. pedro???smaxx??? is this possible to do and then maybe e-mail everyone the link???
phil, email me the mp3s of the songs and I will do the rest.
your first disc works right pedro? so i just need to send disc two right?
Pedro/Phil I have disk space too... plenty. I think I still have a password protected area on one of my sites from last time we did this.BTW- What's up with the mixes these days, it's been a while. Not complainging much... just a little.
I was just planning to email the mix participants directly with the details.
I would think my turn is coming up but I don't know how to find out..and I don't know how to access any addresses either..I did once..
both of your discs work of mine right?
i know i'm supposed to make one soon, i just don't know when or where the addresses are either (sorry!)
Only the supplimental mix works. The regular dog mix has some strange error and won't play.
pedro will you host disc one and smax disc two please?
i will also re-email the location of our top-secret rebel musical base. many bothan spies died trying to bookmark that location.
So I have the entire cd ripped and in a place for folks to DL with the exception of the wilco song, when the roses bloom again. Can anyone get a decent rip of that track?
sent it to you dude
email me the directions to get the music and i'll send out an email to the mixclub.
Unfortunately work blocks the downloading of multi-media files... I'll dl and ul tonight. Instructions coming to Pedro's inbox then.
Something about mixed_greens on my site?
I have my mix made and ready. Should I just send it out now or should I wait til it's officially my turn?
I don't think we necessarily need to follow a tight schedule at this point... we might as well just make this the opted-in group, and coordinate with each other so there's not a glut of mixes and a long drought, but I say send it.
BigJ, I sent it to your voxhumana/tastytronic address, hope that's ok.
Got yer mix. It's in my headphones... mmmm Leonard Cohen.
i'm burning the test copy of my mix as i type this.i definatley should have dedicated this morning to tasks related to MOVING, but i figured if i didn't do it today, it'd probably be another month or so before i did.
so keep a heads up for my mix... it'll be just what you need to ring in spring.
it's ok to send it there. Now I just need to remember how to access that email. I stopped when I went to Hungary, let's just say it's been a while.
mixes in mail.of course i pick TAX DAY to go the the post office and do it...
let me know when you get 'em.
oh yeah, after you get my mix, please GO HERE to download a super-secret BONUS TRACK.(do not download it until AFTER you have listened to the CD.)
ulyssess00 - Sorry you didn't accomplish your goal... I don't hate any of the tracks. In fact, I laughed out loud over a couple.Any news on disk on of the dogman mix pedro? Need a hand?
well, i'll gladly take failure if it means you enjoyed the mix.anyone else get theirs?
anyone care to send me thiers? (i was late to the party so only got pedro's.)
I'll burn one and send it off. You may not get the fancy color cover unless I can find the extra copy.pedro had a mix? when did that one get sent out? I don't think I got that one.
and hand it to people that were at waggs wedding
Unfortunately, it's not likely that I'll be able to hand deliver the rest of these so I'll mail them out this week.
THAT'S ENOUGH LEONARD FUCKING COHEN!btr
Dave
you cant appreciate a cohen cover that's that good?
Phil, if you can put all the songs for your mix into a folder and upload it to the server, I can host it, but right now I can't find the CD. I'm sorry that I haven't done this yet, but I've been totally swamped lately.
that cover of "suzanne" is my favorite thing to listen to right now. nina simone is a champ.
I got involved with this to gain exposure to music I might not normally be exposed to. I could've handled *just a Leonard Cohen cover, but, alas.Keep in mind that I had a pre-existing LOW opinion of Leonard Cohen. This mix club hasn't improved that opinion. In fact, it has just lent credo to one of my theories...
I would also like to point out that there has been more Leornard Cohen in the Tastytronic Mix Club than there was Ben Harper in the Ben Harper Fan Club Mix Tape Circle from May of 1997 through September of 1998.
btr
Dave
hmmm.......that probably has something to do with the fact that even people dedicated to a ben harper FAN CLUB can recognize the limited scope and impact of his musical contributions... while the average diner visitor (whom of course has above-average musical taste) can truly appreciate the greatness of Leanord Cohen.
...but that's just, like, my opinion man.
it's the leonard guy i can't stand!
That's bs, mang.btr
Dave
i wasn't trying to pick on anyone's taste, just trying to defend the common love for cohen among diner residents. i was just being cheeky with the harper comment.in all seriousness, despite absolutley flipping for that simone cover every time i listen to it ever since i discovered it a year ago, i put it on my mix thinking that those in the mix circle would dig it because i knew (most) of them dug leanord cohen. sorry that's not you, shred; i hope you enjoyed the mix anyway.
and, in my defense, i joined this thing rather late in the game and only got pedro's mix before sending out mine. i probably would have gotten sick of LC showing up every round even though i like him. that's part of why i chose to go with a "themed" mix.
anyway... i looks like i was last on the list, so what happens now?
i've been working on a mix but was unclear about where i fell in the order. i'll scrub it together quick like a bunny and send it out real soon.is the mailing list up to date?
seriously, i fucking love that nina simone song. i almost fell over the first time i listened to it.
I think that people should put as much X as they want on their mixes. I think people should put 3 copies of song Y by X on their mix if they want, even if someone else put it on their mix. And then I think people should be able to make comments, criticisms and crack jokes if they want. It is funny that there has been so much Leonard Cohen on the mixes so far, regardless of how Shred or anyone else likes it. So I hope that everyone just laughs this off and doesn't get any feathers ruffled.I think that we should just throw the "order" out the window. I propose new rules for the mix club:
1. If you're in the club, make a mix whenever you feel like it.
2. Send it out to everyone on the list.
3. Hope other people do the same.
4. Profit!
good call, pete. i am about to make mine asap. sorry guys - for the delay!
that was me, not our sweet sadiegirl! sorry for putting words in your mouth, sadie.
GARTH
i could track down a rare live show of garth/cohen duets and made my mix just all of the outtakes and hilarity?? i would be so popular on the diner!
Has everyone finished downloading the dogman bonus mix from my site? I'd like to replace the tracks with some Leonard Cohen tunes. =]Speaking of mixes, I'd like to recomend pandora.com and 3tunes... pandora has made it a little more complicated, but not for those that know much about sound files.
should i email the link to people pedro???
email it to the people on the bbsmix page.
there are only mailing addresses on the page not email
try now
i never downloaded the tunes, smaxx.oh well, next time.
Just download soon.
I'm making another mix; this one is all stanley brothers/clinch mtn. boys... once it's done, I'll be sending it out to everyone plus all the people that never got my first mix. so get your blue grass on.
my very late mix has been in production and is now in post production. as soon as the funds come through, we should have u.s. distribution...
You know that link on my website to Phil's mix? Well, my mix is on there too now (someone I remember didn't get a copy that was on the list, Grady?). Also a bonus mix of new music I've found withing the past month or so will be coming soon.
I don't think I told you how very much I enjoyed your two mixes. I like them for long car trips.
the packaging and sending of my mix has been delayed slightly. the day after i burned all the discs and did the artwork, my car was ticketed and towed. i'm working off that debt first.
i'm glad you dig them
so in my move, i lost my hard copy and most of the mp3s of my mix. (how do you lose mp3s in a move? well, i do somehow....)can someone upload my mix? there were a few tracks on there that were really hard to track down.
how's hawaii?
no mixes in a while
i have mine all ready to go, but ran out of money to package and ship them. they'll be on their way out soon; very soon.
To save some $ I'd be willing to help with a digi version, at least for myself. Don't want to speak for everyone.
Besides it's just going to end up on my hard drive/MP3 player anyway
I am still in the dark ages, so I'd prefer a disc. But, if digi works best for everyone else. Don't mind about me.
i wouldn't even know where to start creating a digi version. plus, these cds are very much ready and waiting to go out. i always prefer to get a cd because i don't have a computer or an ipod, but if someone prefers the digital version and can help me to create one, i'm happy to do it.
If you have the cd in mp3's I can make you a thing to upload them for a digi version folks can download. If you want to travel this route drom me an e-mail at <myusername>@<myusername>x.com
i never got pedro's mix. pedro, where's the love man?
I'll get them to you...
I realize that it wasn't really my turn and that we're sort of permeanately between mixes... still, I couldn't really help myself.
Here's the List of what's on there (if you care):
Ordinary Day, Vanessa Carlton
Ocean Floor, Audio Adreneline
Breathing, Lifehouse
Back to the Start, Cold Play
What About Everything, Carbon Leaf
I Am Free, Newsboys
Girl Next Door, Saving Jane
Love It When You Call, The Feeling
My Jesus, Todd Agnew
Echoes, Dar Williams
Stand in the Rain, Superchick
Void, Darren Hayes
Last Request, Pablo Nutini
Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol
Here Without You, 3 Doors Down
What If, Nicole Nordeman
My Savior My God, Aaron Shust
Ordinary Day, Great Big Sea
Also, I want to apologize to Grady. I didn't have a current address...
Thanks Amy. I was very surprised. I'll get one out soon too. This time it won't just be my random thought process of music I'll pick a theme. Either that or I'll just burn you all the Katie Todd band cd I have, which is enough really.