Inaugurating the new blog in style, here’s my latest mix, which started as a party and ended as a lullaby. Of course, the Art of the Mix service is down right now, but here’s a quick tracklist:
- Italian men, “Su Tenore A Ballu” (field recording)
- M.I.A., “Bamboo Banga”
- The Beatles, “She Said She Said”
- The Arcade Fire, “Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)”
- Vampire Weekend, “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
- Beirut, “Elephant Gun”
- Guided by Voices, “As We Go Up, We Go Down”
- Elvis Costello, “Clown Strike”
- Talking Heads, “Stay Up Late”
- Grandpaboy, “Psychopharmacology”
- Elvis Presley, “Crawfish”
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, “100 Days, 100 Nights”
- Bob Dylan, “Call Letter Blues”
- Sonic Youth, “Shoot”
- Black Angels, “You in Color”
- Mission of Burma, “Dead Pool”
- Radiohead, “House of Cards”
- Frank Sinatra, “Last Night When We Were Young”
- Duke Ellington, “The Controversial Suite (Later)”
- Low, “In Metal”
- Big Star, “I’m In Love With a Girl”
Copies to the usual suspects on request; just leave a comment. (Man, it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to say that!)
Update: Art of the Mix came back online sometime since I wrote this, so the mix is linked now.