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This is where you post your thoughts, feelings, etc. about the mix-tapes/cds/cartridges/minidiscs/records/phonograph cylinders wot you have received in the above-mentioned way.
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« Reply #1 on: 22 Jul 2005, 04:00 »

Mine arrived today. I haven't listened to it yet, probobly tonight. I really need to finish my CD.
Also, I don't have a floppy drive.
So. Uh.
I have no clue what any of the songs are.
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« Reply #2 on: 22 Jul 2005, 09:19 »

How can you not have a floppy drive!?

Queer as Folk


1. Mägo De Oz - Intro: Irish Pub (2:58)
2. Skyclad - Spinning Jenny (2:43)
3. Bathory - The Sword (4:07)
4. Cruachan - Ride On [feat. Shane MacGohan] (4:38)
5. Subway to Sally - Böses Erwachen (Eng: Evil Awaketh) (3:48)
6. Blackmore's Night - Hanging Tree (3:46)
7. Finntroll - Slaget vid Blodsälv (Eng: The Battle of Blood River) (3:16)
8. Borknagar - The Genuine Pulse (4:51)
9. Wuthering Heights - Bad Hobbits Die Hard (3:22)
10. Inkubus Sukkubus - Song to Pan (’94) (3:02)
11. Lothlorien - A Stor Mo Chroi (Eng: The Star of my Heart) (5:10)
12. Agalloch - Kneel To The Cross (5:54)
13. Waylander - Born To The Fight (3:02)
14. Ensiferum - Lai Lai Hei (7:15)
15. Ewigkeit - Strange Volk [Edit] (3:52)
16. Isengard - Vinterskugge (Eng: Wintershadow) (5:15)
17. Of The Wand And The Moon – Here’s to Misery (A Toast) (3:42)
18. Korpiklaani - Man Can Go Even Through the Grey Stone (2:22)
19. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Sky Chariots (4:49)
20. Orthaugr - Der Weinende Hadnur (Eng: The Weeping Hadnur) (0:52)


LINER NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS:


1: This tremendous track is the opener on Mägo De Oz’s ‘Belfast’ album. A great little mood setter.
2: A great little ditty from the true inventors of folk metal, the ever-mighty Skyclad. This song has everything that makes them great rolled into a short space of time: great, lively guitar lines, rocking violin solo, and brilliant, playful lyrics delivered in quick, machine-gun staccato to cram them all in. Some amazing lines “She will exorcise your demons, then exercise your thighs!”.
3: The Sword is one of those songs that pretty much sums up the concept of ‘Viking’ in music. Not so much blatant folk here, but the mood is undoubtedly correct, and there was no way I could leave Bathory off with most of my other Viking, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon faves being on here. Sheer majesty. Interestingly, apart from the drums it’s all one guy, mostly recorded in places like garages and bathrooms, and mixed on equipment from the sixties. Amazing. The opening with the anvil strikes always makes me want to swing my arm around in a hammer striking motion.
4: Cruachan AND Shane MacGohan of the Pogues? Too good to be true. A sweeping, romantic track that always gives me tremendous images of the bleak, rugged landscape of Ireland itself. The Pogues I left off as most people have heard them, and I wanted to cram as much new stuff as possible on here, but Shane still gets a look in, because he’s bloody awesome.
5: Over to Deutschland, where they like their folk with extra industrial GRRR. This is definitely one of Subway to Sally’s most subdued and folky tracks, off their live ‘Schrei!’ CD, which is a great introduction to them.
6: Seriously, this band could not have gone wrong. The Blackmore is, after all, Ritchie Blackmore, of Deep Purple. The man who wrote the riff to Smoke on the Water. So, let’s just say, he can play a bit of guitar. On top of this Candia Night has a voice that isn’t much equalled. The tambourine guy is pretty hot shit too ;)
7: This CD has not yet had enough fucking crazy Finnish people jumping around dressed like trolls. Soon remedied. Final proof that evil is way more fun than good. Particularly at around 1:20.
8: Now, after that raucous affair, a bit of considered, avant-garde post-black. The raw emotional burn of black metal with some seriously nice, inventive music. You cannot have enough people letting out that full, black metal death-rattle that starts this song. Unfortunately I think it’s the only one on the CD, and it’s a bit cut-off.
9: Right, that’s enough ‘depth’. Now time for Wuthering Heights to burn their fingers off in this blistering instrumental that sounds like a couple of folk dances mugging a Rhapsody solo in a dark alley.
10: To me, this song simply encapsulates the idea of paganism: lithe, sensual, uncowed and full of life. This is great life affirming stuff, proper ‘worship music’.
11: If you’re going to have one track from the odd, reconstructed genre people refer to as ‘Celtic Music’, then it’s going to have to be a Lothlorien track. Just listen to the aching, clean, pure notes of those pipes…wonderful. This is the closest track here to the separate universe of awesome that is actual folk music, though no-one ever actually listened to music like this ‘in ye olde days’…it was made up by hippies in the eighties.
12: This is the song I long to sing at every street preacher, door to door salvation salesman and all their ilk, but am really too polite to. It’s actually a cover of Sol Invictus, who didn’t make it on this mix, Agalloch’s wonderful dual vocals and perfect grasp of atmosphere do this song true justice. I find this song very stirring, but, well, if you happen to be Christian…it might not be your cup of tea. “They tried to conquer the Sun, with a Christian frost, the Corpses stench, beneath the cross”
13: Now let’s get out of a dirge-like mood with this reeling assault from Waylander. Bloody brilliant Celtic battle metal. Makes me want to Ceilidh like a motherfucker. If that’s possible.
14: This track is brilliantly medieval. I enjoy the shifts into soul-lifting power metal in particular, not to mention that great intro.
15: Always wonderfully eclectic, this thrashing, electronic and prog influenced folk-riffed monster is just one of the insanely brilliant gems from Ewigkeit’s ‘Radio Ixtlan’, hands down one of my favourite CD’s ever. Unfortunately, the Edited mix leaves off the cool glitched up ending with the Hitch-hikers sampling, but it’s a space issue. I recommend you track it down, and indeed the whole album, if you liked this however.
16: Now for a good bit of eerie, hypnotic folk-black. Isengard is a side-project of Darkthrone’s Fenriz, a past-master at minimalist music, and he brings that great, subdued, buzzing lo-fi creepiness to this track that just makes it, in my opinion.
17: Glumness AND snazzy acoustic guitar work? It’s like Christmas! Nice vocals too.
18: It’s time for more crazy Finns. Korpiklaani are crazed, thrashing party music: so easy to sing along to. “A mens gotta do what mens gotta do, mens gotta do…what mens gotta do!”
19: Now time for a bit more awesome Viking before we close. Slough Feg have a nice, idiosyncratic touch, especially the odd rhyming schemes and rhythms of the vocals, and they prove that it’s quite possible to pull this type of stuff off with the standard array of Metal instruments.
20: Varg Vikernes has a gift for startling, simple yet haunting compositions. Orthaugr’s wonderful, sobbing violin rendition of ‘Der Weinende Hadnur’ makes the perfect bookend to this CD.
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« Reply #3 on: 22 Jul 2005, 09:20 »

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How can you not have a floppy drive!?


Maybe he has a Mac.
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« Reply #4 on: 22 Jul 2005, 09:22 »

That's his look-out then.
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« Reply #5 on: 22 Jul 2005, 09:24 »

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« Reply #6 on: 22 Jul 2005, 09:59 »

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How can you not have a floppy drive!?


I don't have one either. :(  

But my comp did come with like 7 different fucking media card drives I'm never going to use.

sort of on topic..  how do I get in on this mix-tape thing?
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« Reply #7 on: 22 Jul 2005, 13:36 »

So, er, listen yet?
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« Reply #8 on: 22 Jul 2005, 20:50 »

I have not sent mine out in the mail yet because I, being the person who never sends anything ever, needs stamps and envelopes and shit.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #9 on: 23 Jul 2005, 10:36 »

That's ok Kai, I still haven't sent mine yet.  I wanted to make a fancy package for it but I suck at that kind of thing so I'll just send it today.
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« Reply #10 on: 23 Jul 2005, 17:02 »

I haven't sent mine either, probably by monday, I've been working extra hours at work so no time for anything but food and sleep! and other stuff... okay, so Im lazy!

I donno if Im gonna get one, I havent heard from bgred yet.. I sent him my address so Im hoping, maybe he just hasn't replied... but yeah...
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« Reply #11 on: 24 Jul 2005, 00:08 »

I haven't sent mine either, and I won't get a chance to until around the end of next week. Sorry 'bout that but it will come.
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« Reply #12 on: 25 Jul 2005, 06:09 »

Nooooo!

it better be good or else;)

I am planning on sending mine today, but I have been obsessing over the tracklist so I haven't thought about cover or anything, maybe I should go with the spartan look, instead of some ugly attempt at a cover..
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« Reply #13 on: 25 Jul 2005, 09:24 »

Damn can't beleive I missed out on this, i got invovled in the first trade snet a cd (to robbo) never got one (from godbowstomach)

not that I'm bitter

just angry, very angry!
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« Reply #14 on: 25 Jul 2005, 09:48 »

is there anyone else who still wants to be in??

I could make something today and send it off
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« Reply #15 on: 26 Jul 2005, 15:23 »

Mine is send, I can only pray that Robbo doesn't rip apart, screaming something about an indie kid conspiracy!

 purely friendly poking mate,
another thing is I wrote coercive in the letter when I meant cohesive, and I have no idea what coercive means
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« Reply #16 on: 27 Jul 2005, 04:53 »

Still no response? I've been anticipating the review of my CD ever since my internet went offline!
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« Reply #17 on: 27 Jul 2005, 06:18 »

Oh damn, this sounds interesting.

KharBevNor:
The guys of finntroll are extremely hilarious (I have drank with them once, good times).
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« Reply #18 on: 28 Jul 2005, 19:49 »

..................................................awesome.

*bows down*



...Dan, pleeeeease review my mix? Puh-ritty please?
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« Reply #19 on: 29 Jul 2005, 04:17 »

My track by track review.

1. Celtic Shit. Like watching the start of Lord of the Rings where they show what a bunch of wonderful, good-time people the hobbits are with dances and pubs and stupid feet. On constant loop for a million years. Or that bit in Titanic, where they go to that random dance that shows what a bunch of wonderful, good-time people all the shitty 9th class passengers are. For a million years. I imagine Mägo De Oz are a bunch of wonderful, good-time guys. Almost as much of a wonderful good time as I would have stabbing them again and again with their own fucking fiddles. Seriously the worst instrument ever. (tied with the accordion)

2. This is a joke, right? Those are the worst lyrics I've ever heard, and the 'heavy metal' riff is fucking hilarious. You know in films where some little kid decides to learn guitar, and buys a teach yourself guide called something like 'MEGA METAL ROCK POWER', and then the guide turns out to be full of three blind mice, and shitty folk tunes? Yeah? Well that's what this song is like, but after the kid has been learning from nothing but that book for  3 years, and still thinks he's playing METAL SHREDDING RIFFS.

3. As you so succinctly put it, this song sums up 'viking'. That saves me alot of time bandying abut terms like 'terrible', 'pathetic', 'worst song I've ever heard'. I can just tell you that the song sums up viking, and you can work all of that out yourself.

4. Jesus Christ, we're back in Lord of the Rings. DVD deleted scene I guess, because I don't remember some crack-addicted warbler and a drunken Irish twat vomiting onto microphones over the flute-driven 'The road was long, and lo!' soundtrack. Watch out for hilarious 'heavy' section at about 2:30. No wait, 2:30 onwards. Awesome. "SOMEONE! HAS STOLEN! MY GUINESSSSSSSSSS! RUHHHHHH!" is roughly what he's singing. Probobly. God I hate the Pogues. They're worse than U2.

5. The singer sounds like he recorded his lines while frolicking with fauns. However, it is a live performance, and I guess they could have toured Narnia. However, the guitarist has found himself a tab website. Well, a tab. Well, a riff. Just the one. It's alright, the first 200 times.

6. THE BEST FEMALE SINGER/SONGWRITERS IN THE WORLD EVER VOLUME 2,674! THIS RECORD ISN'T AVAILABLE IN SHOPS! ORDER NOW AND WE'LL SEND YOU A SECOND VOLUME CONTAINING THE ACTUAL MUSIC FREE. PLAY THEM TOGETHER AND YOU MIGHT GET A SONG! ORDER NOW! ONLY £2.30, PLUS £17.99 P&P.
Seriously, she sings, someone hits a tambourine about twice, and there is a bit of guitar, once. Where the fuck is the music? I've got nothing against accapellas, but don't try and pretend it's a real song.

7. Like watching a terrible local ska gig. Except the 14 year olds didn't know anyone who played horn instruments, so they got one of their parents to play accordion instead. Also, they didn't know anyone who could sing, but I guess they just decided to ignore that issue.

8. This track was fucked. It played about 10 seconds, then broke, then played a bit more, then broke. Etc. maybe that's deliberate, as you did say it was avant-garde. Given that, without the skipping, it was identical to every other rubbish metal track, that could well be the answer. They've breathed new life into the genre. I especially liked the silent parts.

9. This track only plays the first second on constant loop. This is disappointing, as it was apparently going to be instrumental.

10. This song doesn't even play that much. Dude, I think your CD is fucked.

11. Broken

12. Broken

13. Broken

14. Plays -0:01 to 0:00 on constant loop. It's a club banger.

15. Broken

16. Played until 0:18. Then got stuck. When I say 'played', I mean 'broke and skipped'. Still, a step in the right direction.

17. Broken

18. Broken

19. Slightly less broken. Only slightly. It's sounds like a really scratched record and skipped everything between 0:19 and 2:10. Then it skips back to the beginning.

20. Completely fucked. It just skips back to 19, and then plays that song even worse than before.

In conclusion, your CD is broken. It doesn't look scratched, so maybe your burner is fucked. Also, I'm ill, and in a bad mood. I think it's unlikely that there is any mood I would want to listen to this CD in, but this sure as hell isn't it. I might have put things slightly more politely if I wasn't pissed off and emptying two pints of mucous an hour into boxfulls of tissues.
Also, QHD, I am going to send you a CD, but I'm not making it until I feel less shitty.
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« Reply #20 on: 29 Jul 2005, 04:54 »

Woopsie... I sure am glad my mix caught Dan on a good day... Eek.
I'm sick too... Get better soon!
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« Reply #21 on: 29 Jul 2005, 05:15 »

I just got back from Italy (well, I got back last night, but I was sleepy).  I'll make ASturge's as soon as I can, and of course it will be unbelievably awesome.  I SAY THIS BECAUSE THIS THREAD NEEDS MORE HAPPY.
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« Reply #22 on: 29 Jul 2005, 07:14 »

Wow, you win the deliberate cunt prize. Fuck you. So much. You close minded prick.

OH NO WAIT YOU THINK THE FIDDLES SHIT BUT YOU LIKE THE BOARDS OF CANADA THE JOKES ON YOU.
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« Reply #23 on: 29 Jul 2005, 07:18 »

As I recall, you yourself were pretty damned harsh in your own appraisal of the C.D. you received in the first round, Khar.
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« Reply #24 on: 29 Jul 2005, 07:20 »

I did at least make an effort. I was pretty nice about the first ones, picked out some positive points I liked, and only got bad with the ones that either really got on my nerves and like, the last ten. When I'd got bored and needed something to do.

No effort made here whatsoever!
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« Reply #25 on: 29 Jul 2005, 07:27 »

Wow.

You're an idiot Dan.
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« Reply #26 on: 29 Jul 2005, 09:47 »

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That's ok Kai, I still haven't sent mine yet.  I wanted to make a fancy package for it but I suck at that kind of thing so I'll just send it today.


I got it!  Gave it a prelim listen and I will post a review soon.  Working on getting my mix to StarlightRecycler first though.
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« Reply #27 on: 29 Jul 2005, 15:56 »

Didn't make an effort? Good lord, have you read my review? I compared songs to films and shit. I had to watch those films especially. That's dedication. They're long films as well, 3+ hours each. Also, you see the thing with the 'wacky' take on an infomercial? I had to watch infomercials to get the 'wacky' phrasing just so. Plus the local ska gig. I fucking paid to get into that, just so I could compare the Finntroll song to it. What do I have to do here, scale Everest?

ALSO, I REALLY LOVE THE EFFORT YOU MADE ON THE COVER.
I'm just joking.
But seriously, I do.

Hey, Signum_Tenebrae! How's it going? It's always great to get your opinion on the situation. You've always got that unique perspective to add to any conversation. Great stuff, great stuff. Guess what? I listen to metal. I guess my views are suddenly fascinating as well. Ain't that swell!
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« Reply #28 on: 29 Jul 2005, 16:06 »

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Didn't make an effort? Good lord, have you read my review? I compared songs to films and shit. I had to watch those films especially. That's dedication. They're long films as well, 3+ hours each. Also, you see the thing with the 'wacky' take on an infomercial? I had to watch infomercials to get the 'wacky' phrasing just so. Plus the local ska gig. I fucking paid to get into that, just so I could compare the Finntroll song to it. What do I have to do here, scale Everest?


I dunno, but you now stand a good chance of getting a job writing for Pitchfork.

Shit, and I thought I was harsh.  Next one of these, I want to trade mixtapes with Dan.
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« Reply #29 on: 29 Jul 2005, 16:36 »

So you want to critise the hell out of my next mixtape? Why don't you PM me your address and I'll send you a copy of this one. It'll be awesome.

Seriously though, without a doubt, folk and metal are hands down my least favourite genres. No others can even come close to pissing me off as much as those two. Aside from Metallica and The John Butler Trio, I have never heard a song in either genre that I've liked. Clearly there are some, but at the moment, I ain't heard them. Combining the two is the the worst plan I can think of. So I'm not suprised I didn't like it, and neither should you be. Admitedly, I didn't have to be such a dick about, but that's half the fun.
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« Reply #30 on: 29 Jul 2005, 16:59 »

There's being a dick and there's just being idiotic. I seriously have no idea what the fucking hell you're going on about with the Blackmore's Night track. Did the violin and guitar not copy  or something? It's fairly obvious that some of your criticisms were written with fairly close reference to the liner notes just to annoy me, which is of course dumb.

I personally thought the good eight or nine hours I put into finalising the track list, preparing liner notes, transcribing lyrics etc. was enough.

But thank you, by the way, for providing a text-book case of my pet hate of people simply dismissing all folk music as 'OLOLOL FAIRIES AND MORRIS DANCING'.
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« Reply #31 on: 30 Jul 2005, 00:06 »

Anyone seen Robbo, he's suppose to slack off my mix with righteous metal fury ;)

not in the little dispute to the above, I am just anxious how many dirty words Robbo can make up to describe my mix
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« Reply #32 on: 30 Jul 2005, 00:37 »

He's moving house I believe.

What was on your mix?
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« Reply #33 on: 30 Jul 2005, 00:48 »

stuff... this:

GimmiJapan – Teddy
Dub Tractor – More or Less Mono
Wäldchengarten – Forced Inquisition
Sorten Muld – Ulver
Mikael Simpson – Virus
Jomi Massage – Just Keep Going Straight
Under Byen(Below The City) – Jeg er Din Mand(I am Your Man)
Marie Laurette Friis – Dæmonen(The Demon)
Kå – Skyller
Amber – Walking Through
Lack – Primo Levi
Sort Sol – Shaheeba Bay
Gasolin – Lilli Lilli
Under Byen – Om Vinteren(In the Winter)

It's all danish so I suspect he doesn't know any of it..
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« Reply #34 on: 30 Jul 2005, 01:13 »

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So you want to critise the hell out of my next mixtape? Why don't you PM me your address and I'll send you a copy of this one. It'll be awesome.


Nah, I'd like to see what you'd have to say about whatever I mix up for you.

You know, for shits and giggles.
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« Reply #35 on: 30 Jul 2005, 08:17 »

StarlightRecycler, your mix is done and getting mailed on Monday.  So it's time for me to review Azathoth's mix, which I was very excited to receive the other day.

The mix starts off fairly moody in tone and sound, the latter of which stays so for five songs and then on and off throughout, and the former of which is very consistent start to finish.  I'm trying to find the adjective for this type of music.  It makes me think of some weird combination of Joy Division and Depeche Mode.  I feel like this is a genre that I can't think of the word for.  It's the sort of 80s sound that the Bravery is ripping off with "An Honest Mistake."  This sound recurs later in the mix, but it's more the mood of it than the sound of it that's consistent.  The whole mix feels like it has a wet blanket over it (not in a bad way).  The next time I'm feeling glum and it's rainy I'll probably give this disc another spin.  It's a good mix.  I'm just too cheery for Azathoth's mix today so it was a little weird to listen to eighty minutes of it.  

The only tracks I didn't like: King Missile's to finish off the mix.  But it was under 2 minutes so it was hardly a big deal.  And the Wipers song is like 10:27 which is just too long.  The breakdowns in the middle and stuff don't justify that amount of time for the track.  Of course, Azathoth did a nice job of following it up with a succinct My Bloody Valentine song (3:17).  Other than that I'd recommend any of these songs to someone looking for something moody like Joy Division or My Bloody Valentine.  

Thanks very much Azathoth, I enjoyed it.  

P.S.  The only song I remember having heard before was the Jesus and Mary Chain.    

1 "Missing You" A Place To Bury Strangers
2. "Reverence" Jesus and Mary Chain
3. "Over and Over" Skywave
4. "Artifact" Revolver Modele
5. "Things'll Never Be the Same" Spacemen 3
6. "Lady Godiva's Operation" Velvet Underground
7. "December" Unwound
8. "Two People In a Room" Wire
9. "Nausea" X
10. "Interzone" Joy Division
11. "Youth of America" Wipers
12. "Nothing Much to Lose" My Bloody Valentine
13. "Drive" Skywave
14. "Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste" Galaxie 500
15. "Shy No More" The Faeries
16. "Mona Rider" Greg Ashley
17. "Angelica Take Me Down" Alcian Blue
18. "Don't" Dinosaur Jr.
19. "Rock n Roll Will Never Die" King Missile
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« Reply #36 on: 30 Jul 2005, 09:15 »

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I'm trying to find the adjective for this type of music.


I call it dark psychedelia (er that's a noun), psychedelia hippies will hate.

Did you have a fave track?
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« Reply #37 on: 30 Jul 2005, 09:17 »

Azathoth: your mix should be mailed out by monday if everything goes right, so expect it.
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« Reply #38 on: 30 Jul 2005, 10:42 »

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Did you have a fave track?


"Missing You" worked great as the opener.  "Lady Godiva's Operation" was just one more reason for me to check out more VU.  "Nothing Much to Lose," as I mentioned, followed up the Wipers nicely.  I don't know about the drums in the first 24 seconds of it though.  "Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste" despite being 6 minutes long, certainly didn't suffer for it.  And the way it leads into the Faeries, into Greg Ashley, those three are great in a row.  I think if I had to pick one song though, it would be "Missing You."
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« Reply #39 on: 30 Jul 2005, 13:37 »

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I did at least make an effort. I was pretty nice about the first ones, picked out some positive points I liked, and only got bad with the ones that either really got on my nerves and like, the last ten. When I'd got bored and needed something to do.


FYI I mailed yours out on friday.  So hopefully you'll have it by this following friday.  I look forward to you ripping me a new one in your review of the tracks that luckily/unluckily made it onto the CD.  And as a forewarning, I have no design skills, so you have all the freedom you want to criticize the cover & track listing.

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« Reply #40 on: 30 Jul 2005, 13:40 »

You should be making these tapes with the expectation that they will be found to be totally awesome. I know I did -_- That's why it has some of my favourite tracks ever on it.
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« Reply #41 on: 30 Jul 2005, 13:53 »

Oh I'm not saying I don't love the tracks on there.  It's that there is this perception that you are very picky when it comes to your musical taste.  I remember someone remarking that 99% of the stuff out there, you won't like.  And actually after that, I felt at more at ease in making the mix.  I figure if there is little chance you will like it, then I'll have fun with it, and that's what I did.  Another thing, I don't want these comments to influence how you do feel about the tracks.  If you like them, great.  If not, well I tried to open you up to some new things.  Anyway, I'll be looking foward to your comments next week.

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« Reply #42 on: 30 Jul 2005, 14:09 »

Opening me up to new stuff is all well and good! But I mean, the last person to make me a CD deliberately put lots of twee pop stuff on because she knew I would not like it. I do listen to a good whack of music, it just tends to be almost universally different to the music people here listen to...bands I like include the Afrocelt Sound System, The Reverend Horton Heat, Wolfsheim and Blackflag ffs.
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« Reply #43 on: 30 Jul 2005, 15:19 »

No, I put it on there because I like it.  It makes up a large portion of the music I own.  

The CD I made for you was full of really good indie music.  Some of it was twee, some of it was not.  It wasn't like I chose you in the drawing.  I just made a CD full of stuff that I really liked and felt like sharing at the time.  I figured that no one's tastes are one-dimensional, and maybe you could find something to enjoy in music that's the polar opposite of what you listen to.  I was wrong, apparently.  I know some of it was pretty fruity, and I considered taking it off before I sent it, but I decided to leave it on just to see what would happen.  But please, stop acting like you suffered under a such a great burden by listening to the Smittens for two minutes.

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« Reply #44 on: 30 Jul 2005, 15:32 »

When did I?

The only burden I have suffered so far is spending about £8 on padded envelopes, CD's, cases, floppies, paper and postage and goodness knows how much time, not to really get anything out of it, apart from Brittany liking a few bands on my last CD, which was cool. Hopefully Willis will have some nice stuff on this one and it'll be worth it.

Also, I distinctly remember, and could dig up, you discussing with someone how you should definitely put on that song...Brooklyn Bridge I think? Because of me. So don't say there wasn't some thought when it came to who you were sending to.
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« Reply #45 on: 30 Jul 2005, 15:43 »

Yeah, Inlander suggested that one, and I used it instead of the other Darren Hanlon song I had in the mix.  It wasn't like I saw that I got you, rubbed my hands together, and said, "Muhuhahaha, now I have you!  Onward my pretty, pretty ponies!"  Yes, I realized that some of the tracks were a little out of your league, but this is supposed to be fun!  I figured that if there was something ridiculously silly on there, you'd just laugh.

To everyone:  Please! If you don't like something in the mix you get, don't act like the other person is assaulting you!  Nobody thinks you're cool because you spend a lot of time making fun of the music that someone else took the time and money to send to you.  Try and see the good in it.
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« Reply #46 on: 30 Jul 2005, 15:53 »

Well I, for one, am looking really forward to getting a lot of aussie music thrown in my face. Australia for me is Nick Cave and shitty pop singers, but if you disappoint me, McTaggart, I will personally come down under and kick your dingo-bitten ass!

I kid, I kid mate :)
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« Reply #47 on: 30 Jul 2005, 16:00 »

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I figured that if there was something ridiculously silly on there, you'd just laugh.


I think this just highlights the incredible differences that lie at the deeps of peoples tastes. I mean, reading my liner notes for my tracks tells you what I think of them, whilst of course to you it is inconcievable that anyone could really dislike your favourite bands. It's a big gap to leap. I mean, dan criticised some of my tracks for sounding like they were from lotr (Because Enya was on the lotr sound-track, I dunno), but I love bands like Isengard, Lothlorien, Gandalf and Nazgul, not to mention tracks like Aurora Borealis - The War of the Ring and Cruachan - The Fall of Gondolin. Hell, I got into metal because it was music about Lord of the Rings. My musical destiny was set when I first heard Led Zeppelin's 'The Battle of Evermore'. I don't get how that could be in any way bad, it's just incommunicable to me. In the same way, I can easily see how music so 'happy', to you anyway, could not really be seen to be bad.
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« Reply #48 on: 30 Jul 2005, 19:06 »

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In the same way, I can easily see how music so 'happy', to you anyway, could not really be seen to be bad.


See, this is what I'm sort of afraid of too.  I made a good mix for StarlightRecycler, and I don't think it will disagree with her tastes, but just because it's got so much of me right now in it, it's fairly cheery in spots and very summery in other spots.  And I'm sending it to winter in New Zealand.  But I think that's part of the fun/risk.
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« Reply #49 on: 31 Jul 2005, 00:40 »

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Australia for me is Nick Cave and shitty pop singers...


That gives me an awesome idea. Lucky post offices are closed after 12:30 on saturdays or I would have sent it already and wouldn't have a chance to do this to you.
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