mix-o

well i had made this mix cd that k ended up with in her car. not in a million years did i ever think that it would be something that she'd actively listen to but in the end it was one of her favourite long-distance drive cds. so yeah. i swear that i went to take it back from her to get a track listing but she wouldn't give it back... ergo it was her who lost it... then she says that i did infact take the mix and i was the one who stone cold lost it. normally i take the blame in these situations... but i'm a little more than sure that she kept it. WHATEVER. so we took off for another trailer trash weekend and she was pouting that i had lost the fucking thing. i rushed to try and recreate it, deliberately adding stuff that i wanted to hear and a few that she had heard @ Phils [the bar not the dude].
naturally, as i'm bitching to the other roomate about this [while she's graciously giving me a blank cd because i'm out] she pauses and gets up....over to her stack of j. mix cds and says, "oh is it this one?"
turns out that i was a dumbass and named her version differently so she didn't know what we were talking about when k and i were squabbling about it the many, many, many times leading up to the weekend.
"oh. yes. it's that one..." d'oh.
I was spot on with some stuff and then stone cold forgot about some other ones. i'm writing these down for posterity and also because i have to give the original back to s as there's an i.o.u. on the fridge demanding it back.
without further ado:

"the mildly electoclash oriented mix" / "i couldn't think of a witty name...whatever mix"

1. take me out - franz ferdinand ok!! this was before the song got played to death and it was on an import cd s. brought home!!
2. house of jealous lovers - the rapture i defy your ass not to move when this comes on. yes he sounds like a strangled cat, but, um, it works
3. i.o.u. - metric deeeeeeeeelightful lyrics
4. deceptacon - le tigre dj kicks mix. again, one that people sometimes hate the vocals, but if you're not down with le tigre or dj kicks fuck you. i'm sorry, it's just the way it is
5. i wanna mmm - the lawyer goofy and gay. still a fun track
6. glitz rock - felix da house cat mix from the kittenz & thee glitz album
7. breakaway - basement jaxx - a relatively unknown track from Rooty. GOD DAMN it rules. someone should use it in a movie trailer or a move in general.
8. life on mtv - miss kitten & the hacker i used to sit and play mario kart on N64 and listen to this album really high before my night shifts. i still see yoshi dumping shells in my mind when i hear it
9. fuck the pain away - peaches mmmmm hmmm. love it.
10. me & madonna - black strobe from a Netwerk compilation cd of electroclash music. some of the tracks suck but this is super-sexy and throbbing
11. spin spin sugar - sneaker pimps moby mix. i know. too over done and so damn old. i got into electronic music the moment i heard this song on a late night club broadcast. when it hits that awesome peak i knew that i wanted to run away from home, take drugs and fuck strippers. ok, that's just a fantasy. i wouldn't fuck strippers. they're too high-maintenance
12. dead man walking - david bowie from the Earthling album. when i was in highschool i listened to this song 5 times a day for like, months and months. i dunno... just another electronic song i got obsessed over.
13. round and round - violetta & midnight mike. if you like electroclash, email me and I'll send you this song. it's sexy, slutty and tantilizing. vurrrrrrrrrry good
14. megacolon - fisherspooner agh! if you got the first release of this album you don't have this song. SO good. it's actually about trashy socialites & models sitting on the toilet after taking laxitives... "taggin' on the wall how i got in this jam... msg, money, margaritas and my man." ahh... too good.

the recreation mix that i did at the last minute

1. julie & candy - boards of canada an instrumental piece... i love it. i sit and work with it on loop a lot recently.
2. see thru you - flunk good one to be making out to
3. scapegoat - microbunny canadian group that has started to fill the massive void in my trip hop soul since portishead disbanded
4. the reason - ladytron if you will listen to metric you should like this band. in theory. it's just a good tune.. i normally use it as a closing song on a cd, but it flowed well with the next track
5. round and round - violetta & midnight mike
6. what does it feel like? - felix da housecat i think that if i was to recomend a song for a strip club it would be this one. it would be a good set if there was 2 chicks. WHAT? they're making a living at being hot. it's not like i'd get a lappie or something
7. how we do - mount sims one from that Netwerk "electrokills" cd. cute little track "... and the way you comb your hair like it's 1982..."
8. over - portishead portishead. enough said. Hail! Hail! Hail to thee!
9. pure & easy - the dining rooms um, i have no idea where i got this. it was on my harddrive and i listened to it by chance. goooood "instrumental" track
10. madame hollywood - felix da housecat shit, you'd think that i liked his mixes or something. anyone who likes this genre of music should own his "excursions" cd. solid.
11. me & madonna - black strobe see above
12. lusty - lamb mmmhmmm, good beat. perhaps better suited to be an opening track to a mix cd. i put it here to show how the mood of the cd elevates a little, but this ended up being a little more on the trip-hop down tempo kind of mix
13. too young - phoenix ha ha... i always think about people rolling around on the old-style roller skates to this song. it just makes me think of the 80's and roller skating. whatever.
14. deceptacon - le tigre dj kicks mix naturally k tells me that now she prefers the original version of this song over the remix. i like them both equally but for different reasons...
15. fuck the pain away - peaches k was adamant that this song was on it. for someone soooooooo straightlaced she sure likes a song that includes "suckin' on my titties" a heck of a whole lot
16.danger (high voltage) - electric six ok yeah i know it's kinda cheese, but i think the point is that it's making fun of the cheese dance stuff. anything that weaves "danger in the taco bell danger in the gates of hell" has to be pretty cool
17. midnight show - the killers well i don't fucking care if you don't like them. i love the guys voice and this is a searing track. if i could look like a boy i want to look like Brandon Flowers. really badly. eyeliner and all. [whistful sigh]
18. megacolon - fischerspooner seriously!! email me and I'll send it to you... how have you lived without this?