This was inspired in part by the lively discussion regarding Benn's "Numbers Racket" tape as well as a couple of series of discs I'm putting together right now. Lots of folks make 'em and the interesting ones usually get passed around, so....watcha makin'?


The two series I'm putting together right now are Cities and Seasons.

"Autumn" comes immediately to mind, and it came about because I have an annual ritual of playing certain songs this time of year, and they're on vinyl, so why not lump them onto a single disc for convenience? When looking through my collection it became clear that the other seasons should not be too hard. Still...I'm open to suggestion. "Autumn" already has a set list but the other three are open game, especially "Winter."

The Cities series is still just a fledgling concept, but my approach will be to feature music that represents the topic city stylistically, and not songs about the city. Frexample: "New York" will feature the Velvets, Talking Heads, Smithereens, etc. "New Orleans" will be pretty self explanitory. Also planned: "London", "Seattle" and "San Antonio".

Suggestions? Set Lists?

You mean like CD burners? Boy do I like mine. I've made, let's see, here. 18 discs!

You are all criminals... thieves who pirate and steal money from corporate executives hardworking artists (yeah, that's the ticket)! You should all be arrested for violating the DMCA!

"Cold Autumn Sunday" by Ken Hensley
and
"Autumn" by the Gods (coincidentally also featuring Ken Hensley)
"The Autumn Stone" The Small Faces

If this is about homemade tapes and CDs shouldn't it go under the Sink? I mean, look at the topic above this one. Anyway, here's the playlists for the first ten of my 19 disc set. I should have the lists for 11 through 19 later.

Disc One:

Why Part 2 ; Collective Soul
In My Life ; Chantal Kreviazuk
Life's Gonna •••• ; Denis Leary
I've Got You Under My Skin (Live) ; Diana Krall
Baby Got Brak ; The Great Luke Ski
Not Gon' Cry ; Mary J. Blige
Stan (Live) ; Eminem & Elton John
The Boys Are Back In Town ; Everclear
•••• The Police (Live) ; Rage Against The Machine
The Rodeo Song ; Gary Lee & Showdown
You're Breaking My Heart ; Harry Nillson
Casino Royale ; Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
How Do I Deal ; Jennifer Love Hewitt
Weenie In A Bottle ; Rick, Larry, & Jennifer
Heroes ; The Wallflowers
Grenades ; White Geezer
The Tower That Ate People ; Peter Gabriel
Dungeons & Dragons - The Dead Ale Wives

Disc Two:

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
From Good Homes - Cool Me Down
Drivin' Blind - Little Feat
In The Mood - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Never Gonna Let It Go - Tina Moore
A Thin Line Between Love And Hate - H-Town
Much At All - Susan Werner
Blue on Black - Kenny Wayne Shepard
Not An Addict - K's Choice
N 2Gether Now - Method Man feat. Limp Bizkit
Southside (Remix) - Mody feat. Gwen Stefani
Like Lovers (Holding On) - Texas
Bitter Boy - Truck Stop Love
X - Xzibit
Satisfaction Skank - Fatboy Slim vs. The Rolling Stones

Disc Three:

(ONE) Pets by Porno 4 Pyros
(TWO) Quality Control by Jurassic 5
(THREE) Detachable Pen!s by King's Missile
(FOUR) One Man Army by Our Lady Peace
(FIVE) Someone Who Is Cool by The Odds
(SIX) Anything, Anything by Buckcherry
(SEVEN) What's My Name by DMX
(EIGHT) Whoever You Are by Geggy Tah
(NINE) Flood by Jars of Clay
(TEN) Pure Reality by Lotus
(ELEVEN) Turn The Page by Metallica
(TWELVE) Powertrip by Monster Magnet
(THIRTEEN) Vulcan by Snake River Conspiracy
(FOURTEEN) Connected by Stereo MCs
(FIFTEEN) The Girl's Insane (Remix) by The Januaries
(SIXTEEN) Totalimmortal by The Offspring
(SEVENTEEN) Debbie by Throwing Toasters

Disc Four:

1. Here and Now - Letters To Cleo
2. Loser - 3 Doors Down
3. Cop Killer - Body Count
4. Hell Isn't Good - D.V.D.A.
5. It's Good To Be Alive
6. Shock The Monkey - Ozzy Osbourne w/ Coal Chamber
7. Butterfly - Crazy Town
8. Cars - Fear Factory
9. Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos
10. The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
11. Mrs. Robinson - The Lemonheads
12. Same Ol' G - Ginuwyne
13. Illumination - Henry Rollins Band
14. Let's Go All The Way - Insane Clown Posse
15. 6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps
16. Bad, Bad, Boba Fett - The Great Luke Ski
17. Sunshine Superman - Jewel
18. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

Disc Five:

1: Sweet Child Of Mine - Sheryl Crow
2: Star Wars Trilogy Homesick Blues - The Great Luke Ski
3: Murder Or A Heart Attack - The Old 97s
4: Enjoy The Silence - Failure
5: The Freshmen - Verve Pipe
6: Black Velvet - Alanah Myles
7: Letting the Cables Sleep - Bush
8: Leaving On A Jet Plane - Chantal Kreviazuk
9: Mr. E's Beautiful Blues - The Eels
10: Your Song - Elton John
11: More Than I Can Give - Jane Jensen
12: Peace Not Greed - Kottonmouth Kings
13: Girl On TV - LFO
14: Freak Of The Week - Marvelous 3
15: No Shelter - Rage Against The Machine
16: Five Years - Tom Smith
17: Your Woman - White Town

Disc Six:

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
Hanging By a Moment by Lifehouse
Stupify (Fu Forbidden Little Nicky Mix) by Disturbed
We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel
All The Young Dudes by Jill Sobule
Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp
Do it Again by Smash Mouth
Fork In Da Road by Lost Factor
Frozen by Madonna
Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Luka by Suzanne Vega
Pride & Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughn
Little Fish, Big Fish by P.J. Harvey
Hey Pretty by Poe
Smooth by Santana & Rob Thomas
One Step Closer by Linkin Park
It Had To Be You by Harry Conick Jr.
On The Outside by Stain'd feat. Fred Durst

Disc Seven:

01 The Great Luke Ski - Fanboy
02 Amanda Marshall - Birmingham
03 Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life
04 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - American Skin (41 Shots)
05 Chris Issak - Solitary Man
06 Tears For Fears - Break It Down Again
07 America - Horse With No Name
08 Guitar Man - Bread
09 The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
10 Fuel - Hemmorage (In My Hands)
11 Unknown - What If God Smoked Cannabis
12 Merril Bambridge - Mouth
13 Paul Simon - Kodachrome
14 Smashing Pumpkins - Everlasting Gaze
15 XTC - Dear God
16 John Williams - Duel of the Fates
17 The Great Luke Ski - Mystery Science Theater Picture Show

Disc Eight:

1) The Ghost of Tom Joad (Live) * Rage Against The Machine
2) We Have Ways * World Entertainment War
3) Uncle Fucka (Shut Yo Face) * Trick Daddy feat. Tre+6 and Trina
4) Flaming Youth * The Chad Mitchell Trio feat. John Denver
5) What It's Like * Everlast
6) Wander This World * Johnny Lang
7) The Mummer's Dance * Loreena McKennit
8) Out of the Darkness * Republica
9) Riches to Rags (MMMKay) * Nappy Roots
10) Right Now * Garth Brooks
11) Psycho Chicken * The Fools
12) Meet Virginia * Train
13) Tuesday Afternoon * The Moody Blues
14) Without a Face * Rage Against The Machine
15) Rock Superstar * Cypress Hill
16) Cruisin' * Huey Lewis & Gwenyth Paltrow
17) Tubular Boobular * The Cast of MST3k

Disc Nine:

I Wanna Be Sedated = The Offspring
Ina Gadda Da Vida = Iron Butterfly
A Taste Of Honey = Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Insane and the Brain = The Great Luke Ski
Danny's Song = Anne Murray
Silence = Delerium w/ Sarah McLachlan
Land of Confusion = Genesis
Little White Dove = Jess Klein
Farm on the Freeway = Jethro Tull
Classical Gas = Mason Williams
Testify (Live on Conan O'Brien) = Rage Against The Machine
Breakdown = Tantric
Use The Force = The Great Luke Ski
Suicide is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H*) - Unknown
I Wanna Be Sedated = The Ramones

Disc Ten:

I Creep - Radiohead
II Spark - Tori Amos
III Steal my Sunshine - Len
IV Snoop Bounce - Snoop Dogg feat. Rage Against The Machine
V The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring
VI The Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust
VII She's So High - Tal Bachman
VIII Harvey and Sheila - Allan Sherman
IX I Think God Can Explain - Splendor
X My Baby Got Shot - Verbena
XI Moment of Weakness - Bif Naked
XII Song #2 - Blur
XIII On the Shoulders of Freaks - Henry Phillips
XIV Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (Live) - Sarah McLachlan
XV Back That Ass Up (South Park version) - Big Gay Al
XVI Right Now - SR-71
XVII What's Up Spock? (DS9 Remix) - The Great Luke Ski
XVIII The Next Degree - Unsung Heroes
XIX I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
XX Champagne Supernova (Live Cover) - Ben Folds Five

While I'm still hoping to get a burner by year's end, this may end up being on tapes. But assuming that I don't work New Year's Eve, I'm going to work up a series of tapes as year end review. This is something I've done before.

Included in the selections will be tributes to many of the celebrities who died this past year. Because of the way my work situation has been this year, I was going to make that an ongoing theme of the collection. While that may still happen, clearly the events of September 11th will be mentioned throughout the collection.

This is going to be a more somber set than I originally planned.

Yeah Brian, you got it right, it's about homemade discs and tapes. I considered the sink but then this topic just seemed so lonely Anyway, it seems to work here too. Boy, you've been busy, and a man after my own heart too. What variety! Lots of my faves also (I once considered listing the Marvies under the Guilty Pleasures board, and you've got them on the same disc with the Old 97's- brilliant)

Benn, you've just gotta get that burner, especially if you've got old hard to get vinyl (which I guess you do). One of the first things I did was to record my old Tom Verlaine albums on to a disc- Warner Bros. will absolutely never release them (pity). Next thing was to make the Seven Dwarves (for the car)...you can guess what they sound like, especially Grumpy.

About your year end recap- I heard Dan Bern doing some songs about 9-11 on the radio during an interview, but I don't think I've heard of anybody recording anything yet.

Todd- it may be a cool idea to try to put together another set list for Autumn. Yours is definitely going in a different direction from mine, but that's why I opened it up: to find out what's blatantly obvious to others and consider it. Mine kinda wants to be more of an English folk thing, though it does venture into some jazz, revolving around harvesting and the like.

I still have some indecision regarding which version of "John Barleycorn" to use. Most people know Traffic's version, which really highlights the ironic nature of the song. But I also have friends who have been lobbying for Fairport Convention, who do it as a sort of celebratory drinking song complete with drunken harmonies. I'm leaning towards Traffic, myself.

Ah gee, thanks Miko. I try to be as varitous as possible. Look at the stark contrast between songs 1 and 2 on Disc 7. A Kid rock parody, followed by a serious song about a battered wife who finally gets the courage to leave (it makes me cry occasionally it's such a good song).

Miko,

Here are the lyrics to the Dan Bern song you mentioned, along with another he wrote recently:

NYC 911

Written by Dan Bern

it was indian summer in new york
with an early morning sun
tuesday, september 11
2001

uptown, young moms with strollers
pushed baby boys and girls
across the hudson river
new jersey shone like pearls

downtown, wall street traders
stirred their coffee cups
across the great east river
brooklyn was just waking up

the sky was blue and cloudless
the birds they gave their song
a day so strangely perfect
but not, dear god, for long

the morning calm was shattered
a nightmare took its place
an airplane flew directly
in the world trade tower's face

a fiery explosion
thousand feet above the ground
it felt just like an earthquake
from miles you heard the sound

there was no explanation
folks stood shocked and stunned
and as they watched a 2nd plane
ripped through the other one

as firefighters rushed to cope
with what was going on
a 3rd plane full of passengers
smashed the pentagon

the awful truth was dawning
this was a planned attack
desperate people tried to leave
the cops kept going back

two towers now were burning
two deathly morning rides
no one could imagine
the terrible scene inside

people started jumping
to escape the howling flames
two went down while holding hands
we didn't know their names

thousands still were trapped inside
those fire sticks of hell
and as folks watched in disbelief
first one, then both towers fell

people screamed and fled
a dust cloud left you blind
and never once did you forget
the poor souls left behind

the news began to flash around
hijackers with knives
bravery on a 4th plane
saving who knows how many lives

scores of policemen died
when earth and sky converged
hundreds of brave firefighters
never did emerge

pictures of the missing
soon lined every new york block
some turned up in hospitals
most did not

people who would never have
flown the flag before
proudly hung the stars and stripes
over their front door

people they lit candles
and said what can we do
they went and prayed in churches
and in the subway too

the president he seemed to grow up
right before our eyes
said we'd find out who did this
and they'd pay with their lives

mayors, governors, senators
foes the day before
all joined hands as comrades
as the country edged toward war

but what kind of war can this be
when the foe don't show his face
when his own life ain't worth nothing
and fear's his only ace

i can't say what will happen
how ends this deathly game
one thing i know for certain
we'll never be the same

we'll look over our shoulder
pause when we hear a plane
we'll search the face of strangers
and wear the scars of pain

i pray we'll find who thought this up
no matter who or where
and that we'll string 'em up
and leave 'em hanging in times square

i pray we'll try to understand
the anger behind the deed
i pray we'll know all people are the same color
when they bleed

i pray we aren't so frightened
to let freedom find its end
the freedom that we desire
so much to defend

and as i sit over breakfast this morning
in my right hand's a cold, cold knife
that won't feel the same in my fingers
all the rest of the days of my life

and as i sit over breakfast this morning
in my left hand i'm clutching my fork
and i think back on an
indian summer morning in new york


America, Hometown of the World

By Dan Bern

amidst the pictures of the missing
and the flag at half mast
and the tears of ringing sorrow
nerves jangling from the blast
and the films deemed unnecessary
'cause the same thing's on the news
and old enemies embracing
there's no conflicting views
and the once-crass politicians
become leaders 'fore our eyes
and our lives, like the lottery
as far as who lives or dies
and you see it on every streetcorner
that love is stronger than hatred
and the strong will survive
america, hometown of the world
america, hometown of the world


from the towers of new york city
to the dust of san antone
boulevards of los angeles
dakota faces carved in stone
maybe your grandma and your grandpa
sailed the ocean long ago
hope in every drop of blood
hearts to melt the snow
and you can knock down a building
you can kill a woman or a man
but from the brooklyn bridge to the golden gate
what's born in love will stand
and you can see it on every streetcorner
love is stronger that hatred
and the strong will survive
america, hometown of the world
america, hometown of the world


over there is brooklyn
chicago, seattle, miami
dallas, las vegas, minneapolis
oklahoma city, memphis tennessee


out of the rubble
of the ruins still smoking
of the stones and twisted iron
and the searchers scraped and choking
comes a new hymn of allegiance
to compassion and rebirth
every color of the rainbow
in every corner of the earth
let the enemies of liberty
from this day forward tremble
let hatred and oppression
die with the heroes in the rubble
and you see it on every streetcorner
that love is stronger than hatred
and the strong will survive
america, hometown of the world
america, hometown of the world

Yowee, Cazbob! You musta got those from his website or something. Did it mention if they've been recorded yet?

Since I haven't heard "NYC 911" yet, and don't know the tune; I've been putting the words in my head to the theme song of "Gilligan's Island" . . . how absurd can you get?

Miko,

I did get the lyrics from the website. I have not heard the songs yet. I am still waiting for my copy of New American Language to be delivered.

I find the lyrics very moving. Dan has the ability to write very sensitive material one day and very irreverent material the next. I guess that's why I like him so much...

Dan will be playing locally here in Northern Virginia next month. I will probably go to the show. Maybe he will do one or both of these songs.

Hey, you live in Northern VA too, Cazbob?

I'm sure he'll do at least one of them. I heard him do both in a radio interview. There's a AAA format station in New York that not only plays Dan Bern but has live songs available for broadcast. They had a song that was very popular in the spring called "Kid's Prayer", I'm sure these two will have the same affect. They stream on line at WFUV, though it buffs out all the time on my computer.

Todd,

I live in Falls Church and work in Arlington.

Miko,

I have the CD single of Kid's Prayer. Definitely one of the "sensitive" songs I mentioned earlier.

I've got a DCI '78 mix...

Alright, Cazbob, we're practically neighbors!

Thanks for the lyrics; they were great.

Although I hate country (this from a Tennessee girl!), I like the lyrics to that Alan Jackson song.

As for mixed cds, I'm trying to burn some (CD-RW on my comp; not going well, won't do it for my MP3s) I'm putting my MP3's on there (I bought a box of 20 blank cds):

Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, the Supremes, Weird Al, G. Dubya parodies I got on Napster, Madonna, Toni Braxton, Metallica, Doors, Enya, En Vogue, Police, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, etc.

Yes, I have VERY wide taste. I listen to anything and everything except country and teenypop.

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits--Brian W.

Ooh, I love that song. The whole cd is good, actually.

HAHAHAH! Soon you evil pirates won't be able to make any mixes! We are making it impossible!!!

And if you do, we will have you prosecuted under the DMCA!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Dear RIAA,

I made a jazz CD. I have a car and want a CD that actually plays 74 minutes. I have "Birth of the Cool" and "Kinda Blue" on CD. I paid for them. I copied them onto a CD (I edited out a couple songs from BootC.) Are you still going to erase my hard drive?

I'm posting as anonymous because the answer may be "Yes."

Dear Anonymous,

Please stay where you are. The FBI will be there shortly. Thank you.

Anon--I wouldn't put it past the RIAA, or the government these days. "Patriot Act" or "Carnivore," anyone?

I've got a new project I'm starting to get ready to put together. I admit it's a bit egocentric, but it ought to be interesting.

The project? A compilations of all the songs that were #1 hits (according to Billboard) the week of my birthday. I'm only using songs that were number one in my lifetime. There's a lot of songs I outright hate, but I'm still gonna include them.

Here's the list if anyone's interested:

1963 - "Hey, Hey Paula" - Paul and Paula
1964 - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles
1965 - "This Diamond Ring" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
1966 - "These Boots Were Made For Walking" - Nancy Sinatra
1967 - "Kind of a Drag' - The Buckinghams
1968 - "Love Is Blue" - Paul Mauriet
1969 - "Everyday People" - Sly and the Family Stone
1970 - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel
1971 - "One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
1972 - "Without You" - Harry Nilsson
1973 - "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Roberta Flack
1974 - "Love Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
1975 - "Pick Up the Pieces" - The Average White Band
1976 - "Theme From S.W.A.T."- Rhythm Heritage
1977 - "New Kid in Town" - The Eagles
1978 - "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
1979 - "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - Rod Stewart
1980 - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen
1981 - "I Love a Rainy Night" - Eddie Rabbit
1982 - "Centerfold" - J. Geils Band
1983 - "Baby Come to Me" - Patti Austin with James Ingram
1984 - "Jump" - Van Halen
1985 - "Careless Whispers" - Wham! with George Michael
1986 - "How Will I Know" - Whitney Houston
1987 - "Living On a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
1988 - "Father Figure" - George Michael
1989 - "Straight Up" - Paula Abdul
1990 - "Opposites Attract" - Paula Abdul
1991 - "All the Man That I Need" - Whitney Houston
1992 - "To Be With You" - Mr. Big
1993 - "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
1994 - "The Power of Love" - Celine Dion
1995 - "Take a Bow" - Madonna
1996 - "One Sweet Day" - Mariah Carey and Boys II Men
1997 - "Wannabe" - Spice Girls
1998 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion (And I really, really, REALLY HATE this song! Arrrrgh!)
1999 - "Believe" - Cher
2000 - "I Know I Loved You Before I Met You" - Savage Garden
2001 - "Stutter" - Joe & Mystikal
2002 - "Always On Time" - Ja Rule featuring Ashanti.

I've got a buddy checking his collection to see how many of these songs he has. The last twelve years are particularly bad. But if I'm gonna do the job right, they'll have to be included. If anyone wants to see what was number one on their birthday, here's a website to consult: http://www.hart87.freeserve.co.uk/us1.html

Now, if y'all excuse me, I'm going offline for the remainder of the day to celebrate my birthday. (Me & some friends later this evening will be going to Red, Hot & Blue, a great rib joint that plays the Blues. I can't wait!)

n.p. - Spectres - Blue Oyster Cult

I might try another #1 list if I were you ... (Billboard ain't the ONLY goldfish in the tank)

All your tape are belong to us.

Benn, get in touch with me via AIM when you can...

Derf, could you suggest another chart to use? (I need to send you an email, don't I?)

RIAA - Over your dead body.

Now, let me digest my ribs and brisket, so I can eat my banana pudding.

n.p. - Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Hey, Benn-Boy! We bought Congress, and got the DMCA, and now we're pushing for the SSSCA! Pretty soon, you'll have to pay us just to think about a song!

Funny, the song I'm thinking of right now is "We're Not Gonna Take It."

And good luck with "Away In the Manger" and other public domain songs.

Benn,

My posts as the RIAA were sort of a joke at the time, but it is serious.

See this.

Lovely. I wish I could find where I read it, but I've read an article about record companies' MP3 offerings being a bit of failure. Not only are very few people downloading songs from the companies, but the artists are getting screwed by the record companies themselves. It turns out that the artists are getting very little in royalties for each download. (And I thought the record companies were shutting down Napster to protect the artists.) (Please note the previous sentence should be read with considerable sarcasm.) Some acts have said they prefer Napster to what the record companies are doing.

By the way, Scott, I hope you weren't offended by my posts. I kind of half-suspected you were "The RIAA". Any comments I made were directed at "The RIAA" and not to you.

No sweat Benn. I knew that. BTW, you might try C|NET, or ZDNet for that article.

Actually, now that I think of it, your best best is Wired. I think I saw it there, too.

I believe C|Net is where I originally read the article, Scott. Thanks.

Benn, not many people would be so devoted to a theme that they include songs that they aren't so crazy about. But to one-up that and include songs that you actually dislike, well...that takes somebody special! I'm not sure if I admire you or not (tell me how that Celine Dion situation works out and then I'll decide).

I found some videos recently of the Night Music shows (including the Son House performance, thankfully) and I've decided to use some of the audio tracks as a springboard to making a few compilation discs. [Mind you that my approach is different from Benn's- I only include songs that I would want to hear over and over again. If that means that I don't include a certain artist's "big song" then so be it.]

Anyway, I've got some great NRBQ performances, particularly an awesome "duet" with Phil Woods on "Little Floater". And then there's a really cool version of Pere Ubu doing "Waiting for Mary" with Louden WainrightIII and Debby Harry on backup vocals. So my latest projects will be individual NRBQ and Pere Ubu discs, I can't wait.

For the record, my Autumn and New York discs are made. I made the mistake of lending New York out to my brother and it took two months to get it back. I might make a 2 and 3 disc for New York to incorporate Jazz and other styles- I kept this one focused on the whole Greenwich and CBGB's thing. The set lists follow:

New York
1- Cities- Talking Heads
2- Rockaway Beach- Ramones
3- Behind the Wall of Sleep- Smithereens
4- Waves of Fear- Lou Reed
5- Femme Fatale- Velvet Underground
6- Straight Lines- Suzanne Vega
7- Kingdom Come- Tom Verlaine
8- Ana Ng- They Might Be Giants
9- Blister in the Sun- Violent Femmes
10- Transylvania Concubine- Rasputina
11- The Trap Door- Jules Shear
12- Guiding Light- Television
13- Artists Only- Talking Heads
14- Satellite of Love- Lou Reed
15- Guenivere- Lucy Kaplanski
16- Gypsy- Suzanne Vega
17- Cut Flowers- Smithereens
18- Animal Boy- Ramones
19- Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head- TMBG
20- Rock and Roll- Velvet Underground
21- Sad Eyes- Come

Autumn

1- Early Autumn- Ben Webster
2- King Harvest (Has Surely Come)- The Band
3- Late November- Fotheringay
4- John Barleycorn- Traffic
5- Fire and Wine- Steve Ashley
6- Reaphook and Sickle- Albion Country Band
7- After Halloween- Sandy Denny
8- Fall '77- Oregon
9- Sunday Morning Yellow Sky- October Project
10- October Reasons- Nanci Griffith
11- Both Sides the Tweed- Capercaille
12- Scarecrow- Steeleye Span
13- Gathering Mushrooms- Clannad
14- Fall- Bruce Cockburn
15- The Hiring Fair- Fairport Convention
16- The Chill Eastern Winds- Silly Wizard
17- Halloween Rehearsal- Russ Barenberg

"Benn, not many people would be so devoted to a theme that they include songs that they aren't so crazy about. But to one-up that and include songs that you actually dislike, well...that takes somebody special! I'm not sure if I admire you or not (tell me how that Celine Dion situation works out and then I'll decide)." - Miko Iko

Yeah, I think it's a matter of being slightly insane. Seriously, though, to me it's a matter of doing it right. This is a project that has, unfortunately, some rigid standards built into it. I suppose that if I wanted to, I could reduce it to only songs I actually like. But then only the '60s, '70s and '80s would survive mostly intact. There'd be nothing from the '90s or this decade.

Interesting choices on your disc, Miko. For Autumn might I also suggest "Autumn" by the Edgar Winter Group and "Autumn Leaves" by Miles Davis? Or is the project quite finished?

I have to admit, I'm more familiar with the songs from your New York disc, though. I love Talking Heads' "Cities", The Ramones' "Rockaway Beach", The Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale", Violent Femme's "Blister In the Sun" and The Smithereens' "Cut Flowers". Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love" and "Waves of Fear" are good, but there are other songs I prefer by him - "Romeo Had Juliet", "Dirty Blvd." "Caroline Says", "The Original Wrapper", "Video Violence" and "Walk On the Wild Side" (duh!). But that's just me. (BTW, it's Lou Reed's birthday. He's 60 years old today.)

n.p. - Summer 1967 The Complete U.S. Concert Recordings (disc four) - The Monkees

Oh, about Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", I've always thought of it as the "You Light Up My Light" of the Nineties. Now, if turned out that that song would also have made the list, not only would the project be abandoned, no one here would know of it! (It'd be very hard for me to say which song is worse.)

I'm pretty that whatever follows the tape/disc (whichever format it ends up in), when I play it, will probably the hardest rock I can find - Marylin Manson, The Sex Pistols, Ministry, nine inch nails - anything to cleanse the palate.

Benn, you hit on one of the "eternal truths of compilations" in your 1:38 post, that is- a compilation will never be judged by what it includes but by what it doesn't include. That's why they make chocolate and vanilla, I suppose...

The "doing the job right" thing is certainly admirable, but sometimes, as you also hinted at, you just gotta junk the whole idea. I sincerely hope you come up with something that you're proud of. As for myself, I can relate to the concept. A while back I wanted to make a tape of Country Classics, Old and New with the same set list on each side, only side A would be the originals, and side B would be the covers. Stuff like both Hank Williams and George Thorogood doing "Move It On Over", etc. Problem is, I had to go out and buy a lot of source material (fortunately the 45's were still available.)

Thanks for the suggestions, but those discs are already in the can. I did consider "Autumn Leaves" (by Bill Evans) but there were time constraints. I also like to hear the how segues work before comitting to a project, and that occasionally will redirect my thinking. A few examples from New York: I originally wanted to use the Smithereens' "In a Lonely Place" after Suzanne Vega because she sings backup on that one, but I didn't like the flow so I changed it at the last minute. Same thing with the Velvets' "Rock and Roll", which was supposed to be "Waiting for the Man".

And if you need anything cleansingly loud, just let me know.

"The "doing the job right" thing is certainly admirable, but sometimes, as you also hinted at, you just gotta junk the whole idea. I sincerely hope you come up with something that you're proud of. As for myself, I can relate to the concept. A while back I wanted to make a tape of Country Classics, Old and New with the same set list on each side, only side A would be the originals, and side B would be the covers. Stuff like both Hank Williams and George Thorogood doing "Move It On Over", etc. Problem is, I had to go out and buy a lot of source material (fortunately the 45's were still available.) " - Miko Iko

I've been toying with a similar concept. What I'm wanting to do is take songs with the same title, though. On one side would be, say, "Bluebird" by Paul McCartney and Wings and on the other, "Bluebird" by Electric Light Orchestra. It's really a back burner idea, though.

As for my current project, it's on hold. I have to wait until I can get the following songs:

"Love Is Blue" - Paul Mauriet
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
"I Love a Rainy Night" - Eddy Rabbit
"Careless Whispers" - Wham! with George Michael
"Livin' On a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
"Father Figure" - George Michael
"Straight Up" - Paula Abdul
"Opposites Attract" - Paula Abdul
"To Be With You" - Mr. Big
"My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion
"Believe" - Cher
"I Know I LOved Before I Met You" - Savage Garden
"Stutter" - Joe & Mystikal
"Always on Time" - Ja Rule featuring Ashanti.

Maybe later this year...

I'm sure I've got plenty that's cleansingly loud, but out of curiosity, whatcha got in mind?

What about "Bluebird" by Robin Trower?

Uh, well, to begin with, I'm unfamiliar with it. And secondly, I was only tossing out an example. I'll have to see if one of my friends has that song on a tape or disc and give it a listen.

It's a pretty cool tune from a much underappreciated Robin Trower album In City Dreams. Worth looking into.

I'm sure I've got plenty that's cleansingly loud, but out of curiosity, whatcha got in mind?

Well...since you asked, this is what I'd do--->
Pop the following into your disc player:
Zen Arcade- Husker Du
In Utero- Nirvana
Workbook- Bob Mould
The Land of Rape and Honey- Ministry
Pure- Godflesh
and program the following: (there's an absolutely brutal section of six songs on Zen Arcade that I've always loved, and using the program function allows you to increase it to seven, so let's start with that)
1- Indecision Time
2- Beyond the Threshold (this one's called "Beyond the Threshold"...and that's what it's about)
3- Pride
4- I'll Never Forget You
5- The Biggest Lie
6- What's Going On
7- Masochism World
Which should segue quite nicely into Nirvana's
8- Tourette's
9- Scentless Apprentice
Back to more bile spitting rage from Bob
10- Whichever Way the Wind Blows
and a classic from Ministry
11- Stigmata
and conclude with 20-odd minutes of total feedback
12-PureII

You should be sufficiently cleansed at this point.

Well, I do have In Utero and Land of Rape and Honey. However, if I were to pick a Ministry album, I'd probably go for Psalm 69. "Jesus Built My Hot Rod" is a hard song to beat.

Where Nirvana is concerned, it would depend on my mood. I like In Utero, but I think Bleach and Nevermind are better. Again, it'll depend on how I feel.

For me, other possibilities would include B.O.C.'s Heaven Forbid, Metallica's ...And Justice For All, Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast and/or Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced? There are more. I could put together a little something from various albums, though.

Since CD player in my car will play data CDs, I like to put a TON of songs on one disc and then press RANDOM. My latest disc is a bunch of post-1970 songs by each of the four solo Beatles. Actually, it works pretty well.

If the RIAA and MPAA and Sen. Hollings (D-Disney D-SC) get their way, you won't be able to do that any more, goog.

Those parties, to my knowledge, are only interested in stopping file sharing, aren't they? Surely they're not trying to prevent me from making copies of my own CDs. I didn't say I downloaded the music; I just put the highlights from my solo Beatles collection onto one disc.

Surely they're not trying to prevent me from making copies of my own CDs.

Read up on the SSSCA. Also the DMCA. Why do you think that Vivendi/Universal plans to copy control all it's newly released CDs? (I refuse to use the term "copy protect").

Also, goog, read up on the DMCA, in particular Section 1201, where it discusses the penalties for circumventing copy control.

So, it's illegal to even try to copy that copy-controlled CD you just bought from Universal.

Tell your friends: "Think you own that CD you just bought? Think again, thanks to the DMCA."

Okay, I see your point. I do feel the companies have a right to protect themselves against pirating, and that new technology requires new measures, but this is going too far.

re: cities
I put one together for Chicago, for a friend. The songs were so varried in style that it didn't jell (gell?) as a cohesive whole.

re: cities
I put one together for Chicago, for a friend. The songs were so varried in style that it didn't jell (gell?) as a cohesive whole.
If I have the time I like to play my sets first before I make them, especially if I'm mixing genres, which can be tough. Usually I let the mood of a track be the determining factor, or sometimes I'll create an "arc", where one song leads into the next and so on, but the end doesn't really relate to the beginning. I did that for a world music disc that I made.

ScottN- I glanced through some of your earlier links and will look at the rest when I have the time. Thanks for the research. Does this also apply to making discs onto Audio CD-R's through one's stereo? The way it was explained to me, a few years back, was that the difference between the standard CD-R's and audio ones is that the audio ones include a fee that goes into a pool to be shared by the license holders. There are some downsides, like being limited to 80 minutes, but I think it's worth it. And the prices have gone down lately.

Benn- if you and I each made a Nirvana disc they would probably sound completely different, but I would enjoy listening to both. Not bad for a band that only released 4 studio albums (3 proper ones). I would focus on the other two

In theory, Audio CD-Rs shouldn't be covered. Congressman Rich Boucher (R-VA) has pointed out that the record companies may be in violation of the law by preventing copying to audio CD-Rs because of the "RIAA tax". In addition, Phillips, maker of consumer audio CD-R burners, and holder of the patents on CD, and holder of the CD trademark has said that copy controlled CDs may not be marketed as "CDs". I.e., they may not use the CDDA logo. Philips calls them "silver disks that happen to contain music".

People, this is important stuff. Write your Congressman and/or Senator and tell them that you definitely do not support the proposed SSSCA. Ask them to work to repeal the DMCA. Ask them to restore your Fair Use rights.

Rick Boucher (R-VA) Strikes Again! Once more on the side of the good guys.

An VA-ians here, you guys are lucky to have this guy.

NY Times Op/Ed piece on the SSSCA. Warning, registration required.

I'm a VA-an, and, yes I feel lucky.

My bad. Boucher is a Democrat.

I'm going to be posting my ENTIRE Mix CD Song Collection in the future. Watch for it. 31 CDs total.

We will be waiting, with our Copyright Police©

Make that 30. A bunch of the songs I'd donwloaded for #31 turned out crappy.

Ah HA! You are an Evil Pirate™.

Making mix CDs of stuff you own is Fair Use. Downloading and burning like that could be considered a copyright violation.

Author's Note: In general I think the RIAA is a bunch of idiots who want to take away all our rights.

Well, a lot of the stuff I like is from INDEPENDENT labels that you RIAA muthaf***ers keep out of the big stores like Media Play And Virgin Mega, but the point is, since they are from NON major labels, you're pirate label doesn't apply. Double check, and mate, sucka!

Here we go. Hold on to your hats and your balls ladies and jaywalkers.

Disc One:

Why Part 2 ; Collective Soul
In My Life ; Chantal Kreviazuk
Life's Gonna •••• ; Denis Leary
I've Got You Under My Skin (Live) ; Diana Krall
Baby Got Brak ; The Great Luke Ski
Not Gon' Cry ; Mary J. Blige
Stan (Live) ; Eminem & Elton John
The Boys Are Back In Town ; Everclear
•••• The Police (Live) ; Rage Against The Machine
The Rodeo Song ; Gary Lee & Showdown
You're Breaking My Heart ; Harry Nillson
Casino Royale ; Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
How Do I Deal ; Jennifer Love Hewitt
Weenie In A Bottle ; Rick, Larry, & Jennifer
Heroes ; The Wallflowers
Grenades ; White Geezer
The Tower That Ate People ; Peter Gabriel
Dungeons & Dragons ; The Dead Ale Wives

Disc Two:

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
From Good Homes - Cool Me Down
Drivin' Blind - Little Feat
In The Mood - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Never Gonna Let You Go - Tina Moore
A Thin Line Between Love And Hate - H-Town
Much At All - Susan Werner
Blue on Black - Kenny Wayne Shepard
Not An Addict - K's Choice
N 2Gether Now - Method Man feat. Limp Bizkit
Southside (Remix) - Mody feat. Gwen Stefani
Like Lovers (Holding On) - Texas
Bitter Boy - Truck Stop Love
X - Xzibit
Satisfaction Skank - Fatboy Slim vs. The Rolling Stones

Disc Three:

(ONE) Pets by Porno 4 Pyros
(TWO) Quality Control by Jurassic 5
(THREE) Detachable ••••• by King's Missile
(FOUR) One Man Army by Our Lady Peace
(FIVE) Someone Who Is Cool by The Odds
(SIX) Anything, Anything by Buckcherry
(SEVEN) What's My Name by DMX
(EIGHT) Whoever You Are by Geggy Tah
(NINE) Flood by Jars of Clay
(TEN) Pure Reality by Lotus
(ELEVEN) Turn The Page by Metallica
(TWELVE) Powertrip by Monster Magnet
(THIRTEEN) Vulcan by Snake River Conspiracy
(FOURTEEN) Connected by Stereo MCs
(FIFTEEN) The Girl's Insane (Remix) by The Januaries
(SIXTEEN) Totalimmortal by The Offspring
(SEVENTEEN) Debbie by Throwing Toasters

Disc Four:

1. Here and Now - Letters To Cleo
2. Loser - 3 Doors Down
3. Cop Killer - Body Count
4. Hell Isn't Good - D.V.D.A.
5. It's Good To Be Alive - DJ Rap
6. Shock The Monkey - Ozzy Osbourne w/ Coal Chamber
7. Butterfly - Crazy Town
8. Cars - Fear Factory
9. Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos
10. The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
11. Mrs. Robinson - The Lemonheads
12. Same Ol' G - Ginuwyne
13. Illumination - Henry Rollins Band
14. Let's Go All The Way - Insane Clown Posse
15. 6 Underground - Sneaker Pimps
16. Bad, Bad, Boba Fett - The Great Luke Ski
17. Sunshine Superman - Jewel
18. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

Disc Five:

1: Sweet Child Of Mine - Sheryl Crow
2: Star Wars Trilogy Homesick Blues - The Great Luke Ski
3: Murder Or A Heart Attack - The Old 97s
4: Enjoy The Silence - Failure
5: The Freshmen - Verve Pipe
6: Black Velvet - Alanah Myles
7: Letting the Cables Sleep - Bush
8: Leaving On A Jet Plane - Chantal Kreviazuk
9: Mr. E's Beautiful Blues - The Eels
10: Your Song - Elton John
11: More Than I Can Give - Jane Jensen
12: Peace Not Greed - Kottonmouth Kings
13: Girl On TV - LFO
14: Freak Of The Week - Marvelous 3
15: No Shelter - Rage Against The Machine
16: Five Years - Tom Smith
17: Your Woman - White Town

Disc Six:

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
Hanging By a Moment by Lifehouse
Stupify (Fu Forbidden Little Nicky Mix) by Disturbed
We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel
All The Young Dudes by Jill Sobule
Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp
Do it Again by Smash Mouth
Fork In Da Road by Lost Factor
Frozen by Madonna
Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Luka by Suzanne Vega
Pride & Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughn
Little Fish, Big Fish by P.J. Harvey
Hey Pretty by Poe
Smooth by Santana & Rob Thomas
One Step Closer by Linkin Park
It Had To Be You by Harry Conick Jr.
On The Outside by Stain'd feat. Fred Durst

Disc Seven:

01 The Great Luke Ski - Fanboy
02 Amanda Marshall - Birmingham
03 Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life
04 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - American Skin (41 Shots)
05 Chris Issak - Solitary Man
06 Tears For Fears - Break It Down Again
07 America - Horse With No Name
08 Guitar Man - Bread
09 The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
10 Fuel - Hemmorage (In My Hands)
11 Unknown - What If God Smoked Cannabis
12 Merril Bambridge - Mouth
13 Paul Simon - Kodachrome
14 Smashing Pumpkins - Everlasting Gaze
15 XTC - Dear God
16 John Williams - Duel of the Fates
17 The Great Luke Ski - Mystery Science Theater Picture Show

Disc Eight:

1) The Ghost of Tom Joad (Live) * Rage Against The Machine
2) We Have Ways * World Entertainment War
3) Uncle Fucka (Shut Yo Face) * Trick Daddy feat. Tre+6 and Trina
4) Flaming Youth * The Chad Mitchell Trio feat. John Denver
5) What It's Like * Everlast
6) Wander This World * Johnny Lang
7) The Mummer's Dance * Loreena McKennit
8) Out of the Darkness * Republica
9) Riches to Rags (MMMKay) * Nappy Roots
10) Right Now * Garth Brooks
11) Psycho Chicken * The Fools
12) Meet Virgina * Train
13) Tuesday Afternoon * The Moody Blues
14) Without a Face * Rage Against The Machine
15) Rock Superstar * Cypress Hill
16) Cruisin' * Huey Lewis & Gwenyth Paltrow
17) Tubular Boobular * The Cast of MST3k

Disc Nine:

I Wanna Be Sedated = The Offspring
Ina Gadda Da Vida = Iron Butterfly
A Taste Of Honey = Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Insane and the Brain = The Great Luke Ski
Danny's Song = Anne Murray
Silence = Delerium w/ Sarah McLachlan
Land of Confusion = Genesis
Little White Dove = Jess Klein
Farm on the Freeway = Jethro Tull
Classical Gas = Mason Williams
Testify (Live on Conan O'Brien) = Rage Against The Machine
Breakdown = Tantric
Use The Force = The Great Luke Ski
Suicide is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H*) - Unknown
I Wanna Be Sedated = The Ramones

Disc Ten:

I Creep - Radiohead
II Spark - Tori Amos
III Steal my Sunshine - Len
IV Snoop Bounce - Snoop Dogg feat. Rage Against The Machine
V The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring
VI The Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust
VII She's So High - Tal Bachman
VIII Harvey and Sheila - Allan Sherman
IX I Think God Can Explain - Splendor
X My Baby Got Shot - Verbena
XI Moment of Weakness - Bif Naked
XII Song #2 - Blur
XIII On the Shoulders of Freaks - Henry Phillips
XIV Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (Live) - Sarah McLachlan
XV Back That Ass Up (South Park version) - Big Gay Al
XVI Right Now - SR-71
XVII What's Up Spock? (DS9 Remix) - The Great Luke Ski
XVIII The Next Degree - Unsung Heroes
XIX I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
XX Champagne Supernova (Live Cover) - Ben Folds Five

Disc Eleven:

1. Pumping On Your Stereo - Supergrass
2. Drops of Jupiter - Train
3. Add It Up - Violent Femmes
4. Smooth Criminal (Trimmed Version) - Alien Ant Farm
5. City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
6. I Will Find You - Clannad
7. Purple Hills - D12
8. One More Time - Daft Punk
9. American Pie - Don McLean
10. Ordinary World - Duran Duran
11. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
12. Starfuckers Inc. - Nine Inch Nails
13. The Universal Adjective - Pinkard & Bowden
14. Du Hast - Rammstein
15. Banned From The End of the World - Sleater Kinney
16. God - Tori Amos

Disc Twelve:

I Could Not Ask For More ; Sara Evans
Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops) ; Blu Cantrell
You Wouldn't Beleive ; 311
Good Enough (Live) ; Sarah McLachlan
(This Song's) Just Six Words Long ; Weird Al Yankovic
Epic ; Faith No More
Who Will Save Your Soul (Unplugged Version) ; Jewel
Faith ; Limp Bizkit
Disposable Teens ; Marilyn Manson
Buch Dich ; Rammstein
Possesion ; Sarah McLachlan
88 Lines About 44 Simpsons ; The Great Luke Ski
American Woman ; The Guess Who
Daydream Beleiver ; The Monkees
Come Original ; 311
Crucify ; Tori Amos
Camp Grenada ; Alan Sherman
Werewolves of London ; Warren Zevon

Disc Thirteen:

Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done
Staind - It's Been Awhile
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Full Version)
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Guano Apes - Open Your Eyes
The Breeders - Cannonball
The New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Garbage - Dumb
Disturbed - Shout 2000
Alicia Keyes - Fallin'
Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Resignation Superman
Canned Heat - Going' Up The Country
Travis Meyer - The Devil Went To Jamaica
John Mamoser - 9 Coronas
Joydrop - I Sometimes Wanna Die
Run-DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
The Corrs - So You (Unplugged Version)
Methods of Mayhem featuring Li'l Kim, Fred Durst, and George Clinton - Get Naked
Barenaked Ladies - Call and Answer

Disc Fourten:

(ONE) Because I Got High by Afroman
(TWO) Highway To Hell (Live) by AC/DC
(THREE) Keep On Rockin' In The Free World by Neil Young
(FOUR) Rebel Yell by Billy Idol
(FIVE) Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller Band
(SIX) Night Moves by Bob Seger
(SEVEN) Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits
(EIGHT) Fire and Rain by James Taylor
(NINE) Drive by The Cars
(TEN) Doubleback by ZZ Top
(ELEVEN) Bodies by Drowning Pool
(TWELVE) Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim
(THIRTEEN) It's The End Of The World As We Know It by REM
(FOURTEEN) The Joker by Steve Miller Band
(FIFTEEN) White Wedding by Billy Idol
(SIXTEEN) Harvest Moon by Neil Young
(SEVENTEEN) Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC

Disc Fifteen:

1. Rock The Casbah - The Clash
2. Santa Monica - Everclear
3. America - Neil Diamond
4. Bad Religion - Godsmack
5. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
6. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
7. Brain Stew (Godzilla Mix) - Green Day
8. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
9. Hey Man, Nice Shot - Filter
10. Learn To Fly - The Foo Fighters
11. Bad Day - Fuel
12. In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
13. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns n' Roses
14. The Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
15. When You're Falling - Peter Gabriel & The AfroCelt Sound System
16. The End - The Doors

Disc Sixteen:

1: Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2: Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
3: Daniel - Elton John
4: Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel
5: Somewhere Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin
6: Falling Away From Me - Korn
7: Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
8: Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band
9: Enter Sandman - Metallica
10: 99 Luft Baloons - Nena
11: Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails
12: Imagine - John Lennon
13: Sweating Bullets - Megadeth
14: Rocket Man - Elton John
15: Stop The Rock - Apollo 440

Disc Seventeen:

Jumper by Third Eye Blind
Evil Ways by Santana
Guilty by Gravity Kills
Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit
Renegades Of Funk by Rage Against The Machine
Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bullet With Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
Dead And Bloated by Stone Temple Pilots
Fly by Sugar Ray
Say Hello To Heaven by Temple Of The Dog
Free Fallin' by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Burnging Down The House by Talking Heads
How I Could Just Kill A Man by Rage Against The Machine
Crash And Burn by Savage Garden
Chop Suey! by System Of A Down
Duck And Run by 3 Doors Down

Disc Eighteen:

01 Everclear - When It All Goes Wrong Again
02 The Great Luke Ski - My Name Is... Al Bundy
03 Sevendust - •••••
04 Garbage - Androgyny
05 Gravity Kills - Enough
06 Joe Satriani - The Crush Of Love (Live)
07 Josh Joplin Band - Camera One
08 Tool - Sober
09 Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
10 311 - Down
11 U2 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday
12 Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love
13 Westside Connection - Bow Down
14 Sevendust - Denial
15 The Great Luke Ski - Y.O.D.A.
16 Coldplay - Yellow
17 Nickleback - How You Remind Me
18 Carly Simon - You're So Vain

Disc Nineteen:

1) Alive * Joey Lauren Adams
2) A Man Of Constant Sorrow * The Soggy Bottom Boys
3) Judith * A Perfect Circle
4) Firewater Burn * Bloodhound Gang
5) Buddy Holly * Weezer
6) Only Time * Enya
7) Take A Picture * Filter
8) I'm The Killer (Killer Rap) * Lifelong feat. Incident
9) School Of Hard Knocks * P.O.D.
10) Push It * Static X
11) Smoke Two Joints * Sublime
12) Sugar * System Of A Down
13) It's A Fanboy Christmas * The Great Luke Ski
14) Everything Dies * Type-O Negative
15) Change (In The Hosue Of Flies) * The Deftones
16) Promise * Eve 6
17) Eat The Rich * Aerosmith

Disc Twenty:

Independence Day = Martina McBride
As My Guitar Gently Weeps = The Beatles
Diary Of A Madman (Live) = A Perfect Circle
Turn Off The Light = Nelly Furtado
Block Rockin' Beats = The Chemical Brothers
Cuttin' Heads = John Mellencamp feat. Chuck D.
3 Little Pigs = Green Jelly
Shame On You = Indigo Girls
When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues = Martina McBride
Hard Knock Life = Jay Z.
Fight The Power = Public Enemy
Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix) = U2
Doctor Worm = They Might Be Giants
Ugly = Bubba Sparxxx
Closer To Fine (Live) = Indigo Girls feat. Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, and Meredith Brooks
I Love You = Martina McBride

Disc Twenty-One:

I Connection - Elastica
II Run - Colective Soul
III If You're Not In It For Love (Dane Remix) - Shania Twian
IV Big As Life - Hammel on Trial
V Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio feat. L.V.
VI Take This Job And Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
VII I Did It - Dave Matthews Band
VIII I'm Still Standing - Elton John
IX Out Of My Mind - Fastball
X Into The Void - Nine Inch Nails
XI Lick The Pavement - Garbage
XII Unforgiven II - Metallica
XIII Galileo - Indigo Girls
XIV Somethin' •••••• - Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman
XV Too Hot - Coolio
XVI Mudshovel - Staind
XVII I Am So In Love With You - UNV
XVIII Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
XIX Blue (Club Remix) - Eifel 65

Disc Twenty-Two:

1. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
2. Volcano Girls - Veruca Salt
3. Banditos (Live) - The Refreshments
4. Dream - Forest For The Trees
5. I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain
6. Secret Garden - Bruce Springsteen
7. Pepper - Butthole Surfers
8. I Will Survive - Cake
9. Wicked Game - Chris Issak
10. Crush - Jennifer Paige
11. Don't Lose Your Head - INXS
12. The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
13. Head Like A Hole - Nine Inch Nails
14. 50 Foot Queenie (Live) - P.J. Harvey
15. Wild Thing - Sam Kinison
16. Mr. Roboto - Styx

Disc Twenty-Three:

Don't Fear The Reaper ; Blue Oyster Cult
Breathe ; Prodigy
Math Suks ; Jimmy Buffet
Can't Get Enough Of You Baby ; Smash Mouth
Escape From The Prison Planet ; Clutch
My Hero ; Foo Fighters
Flagpole Sitta' ; Harvey Danger
Mortal Kombat (Techno Syndrome Mix) ; The Immortals
Smeg-A-Mix ; Red Dwarf
Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thang ; Salt-n-Pepa
Save Tonight ; Eagle Eye Cherry
Timmy!!! ; Timmy & The Lords Of The Underworld
Hell ; Squirrel Nut Zipper
Wonder Boy ; Tenacious D
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) ; The Offspring
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) ; Green Day
Zoot Suit Riot ; Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Smack My ••••• Up ; Prodigy
Godzilla ; Blue Oyster Cult

Disc Twenty-Four:

South - Paint The Silence
Hed P.E. - Bartender
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You
Catherine Zeta Jones - In The Arms Of Love
Linkin Park - In The End
OutKast feat. Killer Mike - The Whole World
Kate Winslet - What If
Rammstein - Links 2,3,4
Sevendust - Waffle
Subway - This Game We Play
Garbage - Thirteen
Planet Soul - Set You Free
Diana Krall - That Old Feeling
The Soupdragons - I'm Free

Disc Twenty-Five:

(ONE) Ashes To Ashes by David Bowie
(TWO) Bonnie Portmore by Loreena McKennit
(THREE) Can't Even Tell by Soul Asylum
(FOUR) Dead Man Walking by David Bowie
(FIVE) Far Behind by Candlebox
(SIX) Shades Of Grey by Grateful Dead
(SEVEN) Kernkraft 400 by Zombie Nation
(EIGHT) Kiss The Rain (Chasing Amy Remix) by Billie Meyers
(NINE) March of Cambreadth of Heather Alexander
(TEN) Moondance by Van Morrison
(ELEVEN) The Player's Club by Rappin' 4 Tay
(TWELVE) Plush by Stone Temple Pilots
(THIRTEEN) Rapture by I.I.O.
(FOURTEEN) Rodeo Clowns by G Love & Special Sauce
(FIFTEEN) Stranger In A Strange Land by Iron Maiden
(SIXTEEN) TV Song by Blue Man Group

Disc Twenty-Six:

1. Bert & Ernie Homicide Life On Sesame Street - Family Guy
2. Break On Through (Live) - The Doors
3. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
4. Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
5. Pump Up The Volume - M.A.R.R.S.
6. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
7. Fast Car - Tracey Chapman
8. Take Five - Dave Brubek
9. Tom's Diner - Suzzane Vega feat. DNA
10. Hocus Pocus - Focus
11. Carry On My Wayward Son - Kansas
12. Hannukah Song Part 2 - Adam Sandler
13. Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods
14. The Highwayman - The Highwaymen
15. Usage Of •••• - Unknown
16. Saved The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
17. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy - Ren & Stimpy

Disc Twenty-Seven:

1: Passion - K-5
2: Bach Prelude No. 2 In C Minor - Petra Haden
3: 911 Is A Joke - Public Enemy
4: Magic Carpet Ride (Techno Remix) - The Crystal Method
5: Let's Go - Ron Isley
6: My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook - Annete Peacock
7: California - Liz Phair
8: Stay - Coal
9: What Does Your Sould Look Like? - DJ Shadow
10: Ain't Nuthin' Goin' On But The Rent - Gwen Guthrie
11: The Leanover - Life Without Buildings
12: The Impression That I Get - The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones
13: Run's House - Run-D.M.C.
14: Live Wire - The Meters
15: Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man - Public Enemy
16: Red - Petra Haden
17: Red Alert - K-5

Disc Twenty-Eight:

Insomnia (Monster Mix) by Faithless
Be Yourself by Whodini
Born Slippy by Underworld
My Friend by Groove Armada
Spybreak by Propellerheads
Let You Go by ATB
Never Gonna Come Back Down by BT
Tetris (Rave Mix) by DJ Liquid
Daylighting (Tugboat) by Life Without Buildings
Speed Freak (Moby Remix) by Orbital
Ecuador by Sash
Confusion by New Order
Whatever I Fear by Toad The Wet Sprocket
Kalpol Intro by Autechre

Disc Twenty-Nine:

01 Soul Asylum - We3
02 Scooter - Move Your Ass
03 Astral Projection - Trance Dance
04 Barbara Lewis - Puppy Love
05 Brian Eno - Ambient 1 Music For Airports
06 Choreboy - We're In It For The Money
07 DJ Quicksilver - Trance Emotions
08 Flipp - I Don't Care
09 Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel
10 Sponge - Have You Seen Mary
11 The Hang-Ups - Jump Start
12 Scooter - Ramp
13 Soul Asylum - Lucky One

Disc Eight:

1) Video Killed The Radio Star * The Bugles
2) I Shot Lucifer * Bionic Jive
3) Breaking The Code * Andrea Parker
4) We Are All Made Of Stars * Moby
5) Hands Clean * Alanis Morrisette
6) Begging Bone * Garbage
7) Neely O'Hara * Bright Eyes
8) For What It's Worth * Buffalo Springfield
9) All The Pretty Horses * Current 93
10) Raindrops, Raindrops * Karin Krog
11) Crackpot Baby * L7
12) Push It (Boom Boom Satellites Mix) * Garbage
13) Jump On It * Sir Mix-a-Lot
14) Start The Commotion * The Wiseguys
15) Spooky Loop * Nurse With Wound

TOTAL # OF SONGS: 520

Pirates say, "Arrrrrr." Buccaneers say, "Avast Ye." I hope that clears up the confusion.

Bucc: What, if anything, does that have to do with my Discs?

I once made a compilation tape of old and (back then) current songs, and put some of them in the following order on one tape:

Radiohead - "Street Spirit (Fade out)"
The Levellers - "Hope Street"
The Cardigans - "Lovefool"
The Stone Roses - "Fool's Gold"
The Small Faces - "Itchycoo Park"
[among others]

Amazingly, they all (sort-of) flowed extremely well, one into the other - because they were all recordings in the same root chord - A (major or minor).

I even tried it out on the following songs whereby the chords change from intro to verse to chorus to end etc. and I found *this* combo also worked:

Roy Orbison - "I Drove All Night"
Air - "You Make It Easy"
Kraftwerk - "The Model"
Madness - "It Must Be Love"
Roxy Music - "Oh Yeah (on the radio)"

[In case anyone's wondering, I compiled this collection during a time when I found true love... for about one week... then wasted one year trying to find her. But I digress. Ahem.]

In most of the cases, the final chord of the song was almost the same as the opening of the next one (the Air/Kraftwerk I'll admit is more tenuous...). I think in future I may try this technique when making new compilation tapes. (For myself, I'll have you understand. )

[In case anyone's wondering, I compiled this collection during a time when I found true love... for about one week... then wasted one year trying to find her. But I digress. Ahem.]

Well, we all know that after a break-up you can't listen to anything on the radio for 8 or 9 years.

Here's a song for you gusy out there whose girl has accused them of a plot SO complicated that not only didn't you do it, you weren't even mentally capable of thinking it up!

It's a song called You'll Be Alone For The Rest Of Your Life, from the album You'll Die Alone In A Puddle Of Your Own Urine In A Welfare Hospital!"

I'm not sure exactly where to put this.

I saw a commercial for inspirational "hits". You know Christian alternative or whatever it is called. If I log onto Napster or Kazaa can I steal them. (Gee, your honor, I love the LORD so much I had to steal those Bibles.)

Arr Matey,

The RIAA will get IP addresses of those it downloads a song from. So ye swabs ye be setting up to not upload and shiver me timbers. Avast there be a problem with no one uploading anything but ye can find a way to wriggle out of the noose lad fer now. Arrr.

My latest CD:

"Dynamite Walls," Hayden
"Down in a Hole," Alice in Chains
"Freiflug," Megaherz
"Gott Sein," Megaherz
"Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys," Traffic
"Falsche Götter," Megaherz
"Remember Me This Way," Jordan Hill
"Herz aus Stein," Megaherz


etc.

A Memo to Hannah F.:

We know where you live.

Now the House has passed the "Piracy Deterrent and Education Act (PDEA)". Makes certain instances of filesharing a felony.

Aren't you glad we have the best Congress that corporations can buy?