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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: KharBevNor on 20 Jul 2005, 09:08
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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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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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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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How can you not have a floppy drive!?
Maybe he has a Mac.
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That's his look-out then.
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yuck
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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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So, er, listen yet?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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is there anyone else who still wants to be in??
I could make something today and send it off
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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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Still no response? I've been anticipating the review of my CD ever since my internet went offline!
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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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..................................................awesome.
*bows down*
...Dan, pleeeeease review my mix? Puh-ritty please?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wow.
You're an idiot Dan.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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He's moving house I believe.
What was on your mix?
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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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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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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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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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Azathoth: your mix should be mailed out by monday if everything goes right, so expect it.
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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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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.
~~Willis
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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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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.
~~Willis
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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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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.
PS: I'm a dude, dude!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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you cruel koala!
please don't do it
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lastclearchance: There is absolutely NOTHING for you to worry about.
I'm so into the happy/fun music it's not funny. Even when I'm not happy. Happy fun music is like the best kind of music.
Also, even if it was full of I duno some dark stuff I'd probably still enjoy it anyway! Just because the whole idea of someone taking the time to share something they love with me is really nice... Ya know just gets me there... *sniff*...
I can't wait to get it! Don't worry. I have terrible taste in music and I'd never piss on someone for theirs.
Oh I'm so excited. So excited like you wouldn't believe. I hope its full of summer!
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Don't worry, I left a good chunk of silence between the end of the mix and the bonus *cough* track.
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"Nick Cave and shitty pop singers"? It can only be one thing . . .
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Hey, QHD! I got your mix! First impressions were veeery good, considering the kick-ass way you set out the track list. For everyone else, it was..
A Rope of Sand - Chapters 1-6
Chapter 1: A Truth Universally Admonished
1. Fugazi - Waiting Room
2. Autolux - Here Comes Everybody
Chapter 2: Meanwhile, Back In Blighty
3. Art Brut - Good Weekend
4. Big Strides - Suicidal
5. Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
Chapter 3: A Sudden Kitchen Explosion
6. The Shins - Those Bold City Girls
7. The Apples In Stereo - Benefits of Lying With Your Friends
8. The Frank Boscoes - Steel Cube Sculppture
9. The Boy Least Likely To - Monsters
Chapter 4: Escape From The Rat Race
10. Grandaddy - Nebraska
11. Novillero - Aptitude
12. The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together
13. Arcade Fire - Intervention (Live)
14. Beulah - Don't Forget To Breathe
Chapter 5: A Tale of The Unexpected
15. +/- - Suprise
16. Imogen Heap - Hide And Seek
17. Final Fantasy - The CN Tower Belongs To The Dead
18. Velts - In Suntess Seas
19. Sufjan Stevens - Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL
Chapter 6: The Rediscovery Of Fishing
19. Bishop Allen - Things Are What You Make Of Them
20. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
21. Modest Mouse - What People Are Made Of
22. 65 Days of Static - I Swallowed Hard, Like I Understood.
Thumbs up all around for this mix! And i'm not just saying because i'm too lazy to write an in depth review for each track! ;) The first 3 chapters are great. Although, when it came to Chapter 4 and especially chapter 5, my attention started to drift away. However, the very end section snapped my wandering mind right back.
Have to say that my favourite tracks are well...all of chapters 1 (the Fugazi song was an ace way to start the mix), 2 and 3, Grandaddy, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel and +/-. I'm not too keen on Beulah - Don't Forget to Breathe and that Imogen Heap song just annoys the hell outta me.
Overall, some damn good stuff is on this mix, QHD. You've introduced me to some new bands who i fully intend to look into and that's always a good thing. :)
The only problem is that there are 22 tracks listed, but when played, the CD shows 23 so it makes the running order a bit hard to follow near the end. If you still have the mix for yourself, could you let me know what it is?
Oh yes, and Awkward Silence, your mix is made and all i've got to do are the sleeve designs. It'll be posted by next Wednesday, at the latest.
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Thanks Awkward Silence.I shall await it. My mix for McTaggart will be sent winging on it's way to Australia tomorrow.
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And Tinjessla, sleeves?! Man, some people are really putting an effort into this. Makes me feel kinda bad, all i did was write the track list on a sheet of paper and slipped it in.
Ah, don't worry! I do it for most of the mix tapes i make because i'm daft and like to give myself extra work. Besides, it's all about the sweet, sweet music.
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@Tinjessla: Glad you liked it to one degree or another. Hope you do check out the bands you hadn't heard before. Feel free to ask if you want reccomendations for other good tracks by any of them.
Sorry it was a CDRXG and not a proper CDR - it would've been three days later if it was a CDR, so I decided to go for the RXG.
Anyhoo, the reason the playlist is hard to follow is that I am a fool and apparently think the number 19 is so important that it needs two songs. Just apply the x+1 formula to the last 4 tracks.
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Thanks Awkward Silence.I shall await it. My mix for McTaggart will be sent winging on it's way to Australia tomorrow.
I cannot wait :).
I just printed the cover and the liner notes, so there should be a mix heading to Denmark as soon as I can get to a post office. Tommorrow's looking good for that.
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Joy!
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Bit behind schedule, but the CD for the lucky person who is getting mine is in the beta testing phase....
Im makin sure it works well before I subject anything human to it.
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Find mine today on my kitchen counter! It was beautiful! Thanks SOOO much David, you put some good work in it, and I just wanna say, it's great, as are the tunes. I've only given it one listen, but the one time, I thought it was fantiastic! As you can see, I'm still pretty excited I got a package from New Zealand ;)
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Ooh, did the stamps have funny-looking birds on 'em?
Also, Acclrator: I've finalised the track-list for your mix, I've just gotta burn the thing and write a bit about each song - hopefully I'll be mailing it early next week.
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Nope, it came in one of those express, white, plastic packages. I was so excited to see it!
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My mix is going to be sent off tomorow. I promise.
Btw, if anyone knows Mr. Teapot, please tell him to come back and send me le mix... I feel dejected because i took such a long danged time sending my address to hims.
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Find mine today on my kitchen counter!
That's awesome, I was starting to think it'd gotten lost in the mail - I'm glad you liked it. I can't wait til mine gets here...
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I found mine on the counter after my parents confronted me about who do I know in Sweden. Continuing on:
High Fives, Stagedives, Good Times
arranged by kikanjuuneko (or Gabe, whichever)
1. Kid Dynamite - Cheap Shot Youth Anthem
2. Paint it Black - Athiests in Foxholes
3. Strike Anywhere - Infrared
4. Comeback Kid - Wake the Dead
5. Thursday - War All the Time
6. The Suicide File - I Hate Rock N' Roll
7. Bane - Hoods Up
8. Champion - Looking Back
9. Sick Of It All - Step Down
10. With Honor - Long Story short
11. Poison the Well - The Realist
12. Evergreen Terrace - The Smell of SUmmer
13. Converge - In Her Shadow
14. Give Up the Ghost - Love American
15. The Power and the Glory - High Winds and Heavy Seas
16. Zombie Apocalypse - Welcome to the Jungle
17. Where Eagles Dare - Good Times
Basically a mix of hardcore/punk sort of stuff. There's 3 total bands in here I've heard, Kid Dynamite, Thursday, and Poison the Well. Kid Dynamite is ace, where I'm not a big fan of either Thursday or Poison the Well. Not my bag. Zombie Apocalypse's kinda half cover of Welcome to the Jungle (Start with the same intro, but then branches off into a whole different bag of awesome) rules. I don't have any other complaints about the rest of the mix; It's all very good hardcore/punk/whatever music. And for the best track? I think ZOmbie Apocalypse takes the cake, easily.
Also, Azathoth, sorry, but I only just got your mix in on Thursday because I've been working all week (Last week of work till I'm done for the summer, woo!)
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Btw, if anyone knows Mr. Teapot, please tell him to come back and send me le mix... I feel dejected because i took such a long danged time sending my address to hims.
Mans will get on it in the morning. I've just, within the hour, finished a 12 hour car journey. Holidays are fun, the return journey is not.
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Thanks + 2
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Right, my mix CD hath arrived!
To be honest, I read the track list with a certain sense of foreboding, but, fear not, I shall give it a fair hearing.
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Looking forward to hear your comments Khar!
~~Willis
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Oh Pistachio Pistachio where forth art thou mixtape *sigh* I just want music already dammit :P and a nice pretty package in the mail with MY name on it
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Praeserpium: Regarding the mix I sent, it turns out Four Tet is a whole lot less from Melbourne than I though. He's a brit. But we'll call him an honourary Australian just to keep the theme going...
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Well at least it was in commonwealth eh :)
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OK... I've finally finished my mix!
Only took a day later than I said, but I really hope its worth it... I spent a LOT of time on it.
Hehehe, I'm so excited, off to the post-shop tomorrow...WHEEEE!
Hopefully you'll get it soon dead.flag.blues !
EDIT: ITS TOTALLY SENT! AIRMAIL! AND IM TYPING IN CAPS BECAUSE IM SO EXCITED! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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hurray I got the mix..
oh boy oh boy, is this gonna be swell!
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Serious? That was faster than I was expecting.
Sorry it's kinda short. My music collection is somewhat lacking. Hope you like it:).
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(Kai comments on my tape)
Glad you liked it. :)
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My little sister brought it to me, quite anxious to know why I got a package from Australia, or she would have but she's not that sharp at reading.
Anyway on to the mix!
1. Custard - Apartment
Indie rawk in australian, punchy way to kick off the mix and the one wailing like an Indian in the start just adds to the greatness. I enjoyed it, short and sweet.
2. Willcannia Mob - Down River
Oh man, these kids are just too street for me, imagine a couple aboriginal kids rapping to a beat with a didgeridoo and you can't help but shake ya booty! If I could get an album full of this, my life would be complete :)
3. Xavier Rudd - Shelter (live)
"Oh he sounds a bit like Dave Matthews…" was my first thought, but this is much more folksy and dirty, mind you I like certain DM songs so it weren't really a hindrance. Actually it's a good song and the cheers only add to the atmosphere, at this point I was thinking can this go on, the awesome I mean.
4. Hilltop Hoods - Testimonial Year
Yes it can, this is a good rap track (and I don't usually like rap) and they namedrop Public Enemy, and incidentally this sounds like it was made before gangsta turned rap into a heap of dung. Oh and Aussie accents rapping is pretty cool. Sage Francis was what I thought of when I heard this.
5. 1200 Techniques - Karma
Also rap and ditto on the goodness, sort of like Jay Z's 99 Problems without the braggadocio, it's got geetar, good rappers and most importantly it's got a message, I mean other than let's smoke some niggas.
6. Darren Hanlon - Punk's Not Dead
"Punk's not dead
She’s just gone to bed"
that's the chorus(thing), and I had to surrender, what a great song, deliciously quirky and again the aussie accents are super.
7. New Buffalo - I've Got You and You Got Me
This is a really sweet song, labtop thing, kind of like a lullaby with 30’s atmosphere, beautifully done.
8. Gotye - Out Here in the Cold
Likewise but darker, reminds me of Azure Ray only with male voice, at first the lyrics annoyed me. But I admit together with the music it works well, I get the feeling that if the vocals were a sample it would have been better, call me weird. Despite that I still think it's a good track.
9. Four Tet - She Moves She
The Aussie who weren't actually Aussie, oh well it's still good, a bit like some of the Danish dub fellas, Future 3 but it's not as quite as damaged LP sounding as them.
10. Machine Translations - She wears a Mask
We are in indie territory again; I can't really name some comparisons, not to say its generic more sort of universal if you understand.
11. The Cat Empire - Days Like These
I reckon this is what ska sounds like if it were meshed with hiphop(and a bit of reggae thrown in for good measure), so summery I almost forget it's pouring down outside :)
12. Andy Clockwise - Song for the Unemployed
I was half expecting something like Sufjan Stevens, but na, it's much more lively and festive, pretty good but not a standout track.
13. Total silence before the storm... uhh...
14. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds w/ Kylie Minogue - Where the Wild Roses Grow
Oh I had been trembling in me undies for this track, and what do I get? Only the only song with Kylie Minogue that could be consider good (and not stupidly catchy), I must admit I hummed the chorus a couple times. What? I am a sucker for both Nick Cave and his murder ballads, and as it is I like this song as well...ha ;)
Overall I like this mix, the flow is good as it slows kind of down in the middle (with the laptop stuff) and then picks up again. There wasn't a song I didn't like, only a couple that weren't great, quite a feat I'd say. You sort of inspired me to get some of this aussie stuff, perhaps some Darren Hanlon…
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I don't know if any of Darren Hanlon's stuff has been released in Denmark, but if you can't find it there check out Candle Records (http://www.candlerecords.com.au) - you'll be able to order all of his stuff from them. Have fun!
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Ooh hey ASturge, I finished yours tonight! I'll mail it tomorrow, I promise!
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Okay, track-list and track-by-track review:
1. Trendy - Sorry
The track started out pretty rocking, which was cool. The music was good throughout. The vocals however, gave me a dangerous feeling of emooooooooo on more than one occasion. Not bad though. Just not my thing really. The music was good rock though. I felt my toe tapping on more than one occasion. The emo-ishness petered out a bit towards the end as well. Overall, a thumb tentatively sloped maybe twenty degrees from the horizontal.
2.DJ Payroll - Float on the Message
I really don't get most hip-hop. However, this gets a lot of points for inventive beats and loops, and being vastly better than pretty much everything on MTV. The lyrics seem pretty good. It's not going to change my mind, but it was actually quite pleasant to listen to, rather than a lot of rap and hip-hop, which totally gets on my nerves. Easy listening-hop? Maybe.
3.The Sharp Things - I'll Always Be Your Loser, Honey
This song starts off with a pretty nice relaxing piano intro. The vocals make me think SEVENTIES SEVENTIES SEVENTIES for some reason, which is a good thing. Saxophone joins in after a while, and the track goes on in what is frankly a rather pleasing manner. I like this track! Full thumb up. First track I really liked on the mix. Will it be the only? Time and the creeping progress of the play bar will tell.
4: Buddy & July Miller - Little Darlin
Gah! I could really like this song. I can dig country and bluegrass. The problem is the vocal (and possibly vocal/harmonica?) harmonies of the YEEEHAAAW sort. Whilst Bud and Julie (I think they both sing) aren't singing it can be a pretty damn nice track. Buddy on his own is ok, but there's something about the two together that really sets me on edge. For all of that, it gets pretty good around the middle, and the lyrics seem pretty good.
5:The K.G.B. - Captain Max
Again, emoish tinged vocals at first, but that's mainly the accent I think. Really good lyrics on the first bit from what I could hear. Ska I think? But not ott and annoying in any particular way. Again, one of those things that not really my thing though. If you see what I mean.
6:DJ BC - Snoop Dogg Battles The Pink Robots
This is the first track I really didn't like. I'd imagine this is a mash-up of Snoop Dogg and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by the Flaming Lips? This is more the sort of rap I don't like. I found myself skipping forward ten seconds or so a few times. What kinda perplexed me is it only seemed to have two lines of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
7: Marxy - We Won't Be Sold
Another sort of classic sounding rock/pop track. Echoes of late Beatles to my ear. Cheesy keyboard ftw. Not bad stuff really...the ending is kinda odd. Goes into a lot of rapidly changing samples and pieces of chip music and whatnot. Ends very suddenly. Not too keen on that.
8: The Hysterics - Mostly Untitled
Nice title. THis one continues that sort of classic pop vibe. Pretty nice easy listening kind of stuff. The kind of thing that might go in my collection along with similiar-ish types of thing I have more of an attachment for, like Marc Almond, The Kinks and Simon and Garfunkel.
9:Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone
Bad track title spelling doth not endear me! Kinda a simple song, guitar and vocals. I do not like the mans vocals, tbh. Especially when he draws out notes or goes high. Not bad guitar though...that's kinda all I really gotta say about this track. Meh. Seemed a bit...insubstantial almost.
10: Elvis Costello - I Want You
This guys vocals are way better, and he has backing musicians and everything. I like this track much more, though the intro is very quiet. This would b a definite thumbs up track, but it's so long! That can be cool, but it is very subdued and repetitive. I can stand that, but only from certain people. I dunno, who can explain their musical taste fully? A pretty nice 3 minute track. :p
11: The Velvet Underground - The Murder Mystery
Ah, the Velvet Underground. The crucial band I have only heard on adverts. Very long track, but wierd. The spoken, multi-line vocals on the initial part are very distinctive. I like the way the keyboard develops with the psychedelic guitars. Interesting picking all the things out. The last section with the hammond organ is a change, and also odd. As I said, a wierd track. Not really sure if I like it, but it was interesting. I couldn't pay it as much attention as it maybe deserved, but I'll give it another listen sometime possibly.
12: R.E.M. - These Days
We've moved forward in time! 'tis the eighties now, and everything is alright. Or at least that's what it sounds like. Rock music just before grunge got it's grimy mitts on it. Not that bad. The vocals are pretty good.
13: The National - Mr. November
Another sort of rock ballad, but much more modern sounding, and pretty damn free of emovocals. Woo! The vocals are again, a highlight. The sudden stop off in the middle breaks up the structure nicely. The lyrics sound ok too. Again, not really my thing, but this is ok. I might give it a listen now and again.
14: Tim Buckley - Pleasant Street
More old-school sounding stuff. Very subdued, some good vocals. I like this track quite a bit actually. The mix has come through again! Reminds me a bit of Dylan, after he went electric and before he found Jesus behind his fridge. I love the high guitar lines under the chorus.
15: Uncle Tupelo - New Madrid
Another country sort of song. Reminded me of a comment I once heard of emo just being country songs to bad hardcore. lol. Nah, I jest, not bad. Simple, twangy guitar lines, but they suit the song and vocals, or vice versa. Needs more harmonica. Good ender though.
So all in all, not too bad, though I doubt there's much been added to my lexicon. You seem to be a man of taste though sir, just one that is not mine. And that is all cool*.
[size="9"]*Mainly because I've had my caffeine fix, and I'm in a really good mood.:p[/size]
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Hey Khar, glad you enjoyed (for the most part) the mix. I also appreciated your comments. I was a bit worried about how it would go over, but those seem unfounded.
~~Willis
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Glad you liked it Praeserpium!
Seriously, that made my day.
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So, how many people have got/sent their tapes?
I think we should start round 3 pretty soon. I am an eager beaver.
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I am just wondering where Robbo is at and if he got my mix..
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Mine is being sent tomorrow morning. I would have thought most people would have recieved theirs by now, I've taken far too long.
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There's always a certain percentage of lost in posts etc.
I think I'll start the next one tomorrow morning. It seems to be a theme that different people organise it different times. Then, also, people can have a whole long weekend to sign up.
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I've feel slack and awful. I haven't sent mine yet, and I organised the damn thing! I've been too busy trying to find a new house to live in which has taken far longer than it should have, and everything else in my life has fallen by the wayside.
EDIT: Also people, you've got to remember that some of these mixes are being sent by surface mail half way around the world. That can take a while, be patient - just because it hasn't arrived yet doesn't mean it's time to rush off and start round 3.
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Yeah, I'm afraid I haven't got yr tape yet Awkward Silence. Funny thing is that I've ordered many many things from super-tiny record lables that only ship media mail and never had a package lost. Its odd for it to happen now. I'm very patient. I think I sent McTaggart's CD surface when I meant to send it airmail (forgot to ask). So apologies if it takes ages.
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Has anyone heard anything from ASturge, I've not recieved a mix yet.
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Note to self: Remember to buy some art by Jessica.
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"Art By Jessica", sounds like a good idea for a band!
Anyway, I was wondering how this works. I'm sort of new here, am I eligible to partake in this? I've never made mixtapes, mainly because no one around me seemed to care enough. But I've always wanted to give it a serious try. Much appreciated if I'm allowed to give it a go, no hard feelings if you think I'm not ready for it, or whatever :)
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You simply have to put your name down when the next round starts. And I vote that to be next week. I am eager to have a mix at least appreciated a bit :(
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Hurr hurr hurr "unblivered"!
I will listen to the mix now, "Miss" Tinjessla!
EDIT: So far so good. I took pictures of the album, because Tinjessla's beautiful artwork is all over it. I apologize for the low quality, my hands are horribly shaky.
Cover (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/keidis/DCFN0041.jpg)
CD Holder (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/keidis/DCFN0043.jpg)
The Back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/keidis/DCFN0046.jpg)
Woohoo! Glad to hear it got to you and you're liking it so far. Oooh, i feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
Note to self: Remember to buy some art by Jessica.
Aha, well i'd be happy to paint/draw for you, Ray. Commissions = awesome.
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Ah...skip to the last few seconds and theres a teeny little sound bite right at the end. It's like a very small hidden track...of the sorts.
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Really? Thats odd. There is an actual bit of sound at the end but i think my incredibly dodgy cd burning software might have something to do with that fact it's missing.
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You simply have to put your name down when the next round starts. And I vote that to be next week. I am eager to have a mix at least appreciated a bit :(
Stop being impatient! There's still a bunch of people who haven't received their mixes, and you really haven't given them much of a chance. There were at least 2 months between the first trade and this one. You can't rush off and start new rounds every time somebody dislikes your mix.
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I would have started this round faster too!
More haste!
More speed!
More zoom!
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I think I sent McTaggart's CD surface when I meant to send it airmail (forgot to ask). So apologies if it takes ages.
Eh, no problem. It just makes the anticipation better (theres a better word to put there but I forget what it is) because now I have no idea when to expect it.
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Just got mine from Nickyandthefuture
Im about 3 tracks in a so far, it's megacool. It probably arrived a while ago but ive been on holiday in Scotland =/
Proper review in a wee bit.
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Has anyone heard anything from ASturge, I've not recieved a mix yet.
I sent it weeks ago.....
Since we live in the same country that's probably a bad thing.
If it doesn't arrive in another week just PM me and ill send it you again.
Sorry for the delay (and double post )
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Hey wow, that got there fast. Less than four days! I've sent stuff from one end of New York to the other and had it take a week. They only charged me sixty cents this time, too. I think I went to the magic post office.
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I still haven't received mine from kai. I'm not worried yet but I will be soon. Kai, I should give you me my address again just in case I made a mistake.
Khar, If you desperately need approval you could send me a mix and see if it gets here faster than kai's. There's a chance I might like it.
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It's not really approval I need...ah well.
I can wait.
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El Opium: your mix arrived today! I haven't listened to it yet but the cover is awesome and the general lack of bands I know is promising.
Also, it was airmail.
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Still nothing from MilkmanDan.
Hello - is it me you're looking for?
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I still haven't received mine from kai. I'm not worried yet but I will be soon. Kai, I should give you me my address again just in case I made a mistake.
I was wondering if you had gotten it; If it doesn't come by tomorrow, I'm sending it again.
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I received mine a few days ago. It was a huge surprise, for I was only expecting a cd. But alongside the cd, I got a playlist puzzle!
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid182/p2f324050b17b483b81117098a5e20fd3/f2be97ee.jpg)
There's a little note for every song, as well. To make it even more complex, it's double sided! I had so much fun with this thing.
I hope the picture works :S
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Ooh that's crazy awesome! Who made it?
The sleeve I made was just a hastily scribbled... thing.
Speaking of which... ASturge... tells them... tells them about the noises...
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Glad my mix arrived McTaggart. I just didn't see em sticking any airmail stickies on it at the time. Hope you enjoy.
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Sounds good but my adress has changed as I've moved back to University. I'll PM it to you.
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Like...bump.
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Okay, I got mine from normz a couple of days ago. Review coming soon.
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and i STILLL havent gotten a mixtape from pistachio i think it was who was meant to be m buddy *sobs in corner* OH mixtape gods why have you forsaken me
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I'm going away for a week tomorrow...so let's either start signing up for round three today, or wait till I
get back. I've designed a cover and done the playlist and even written out a poem one evening when I was bored.
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definitely still haven't gotten my mix from Patatat, nor have i heard anything from him.
i sent a private message around the time this thing started, but no word back.
any chance i can hook up with another poor, lost, mix-making soul?
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I sent the puzzle to dead.flag.blues. He was gonna post a picture of the other side aswell, but I think hes just too lazy :P
But but but... How can we start on a new one?
I mean I love making these and sending them out BUT... I haven't received ANY from either of them. I'd really like to get one aye...
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You must pray for better luck next time!
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You are such a meanie Khar...