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08Feb

The Contents of a Selection of Mix Tapes, in Chronological Order

Oh, some of the very best ones (almost all of high school) are at my parents’ house, and sadly, some lived in my car for so long that they are faded and I can no longer read the tracklists.  Also, there is one here called “A Fistful of Joseph Fiennes” that I can’t precisely locate at this moment, which is a shame. But here are five that made it to D.C. with me intact:

A Trixie Wonder Mix (Spring 1995) (made for me, not by me)

Side A: The entire album by the South Carolina band Blightobody

              Only Wanna Be With You — Hootie and the Blowfish

              Ezekiel 25:17 — Pulp Fiction

Side B: Bell Bottom Blues — Eric Clapton

              Run Around — Blues Traveler

              Supernova — Liz Phair

              Romeo and Juliet — Indigo Girls

              Me and Bobby McGee — Janis Joplin

              Bombtrack — Rage against the Machine

              Son of a Preacher Man — Dusty Springfield

               *69 — R.E.M.

               Moondance — Van Morrison

               Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon — Urge Overkill

               Jungle Boogie — Kool and the Gang

               Time Capsule — Matthew Sweet


Songs You Won’t Hear at McKenzie’s, Vol. 1 (Christmas 1997) (From Stephanie)

Side A:     Walls — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

                  She’s a Star — James

                  Close to Me — The Cure

                  Pocketful of Rainbows — Elvis Presley

                  Hey Emilie — Mother Hips

                  I Wanna Be With You — The Sneeches with Shoes

                  Hey Nineteen — Steely Dan

Side B:     Song 2 — Blur

                  Nightclubbing — Iggy Pop

                  Away with the Pixies — Ben Lee

                  Groove Me — King Floyd

                  Somebody’s Baby — Jackson Browne

                  Falling Out of Love (With You) — The 6ths

                  Into the Mystic — Van Morrison

                  She Came in Through the Bathroom Window — The Beatles

                  A Case of You — Joni Mitchell

A Compilation Tape for the Assertive Woman (Summer 1998) (Author — a boy; recipient — moi) 

Side A:     The Fly — U2

                 When I Fall —Barenaked Ladies

                  Ruiner — Nine Inch Nails

                  DND — Semisonic

                  I Hope, I Think, I Know — Oasis

                  Street Spirit (Fade Out) — Radiohead

                  Too Many Days — Uncle Mingo

                  Come on Over — Dayroom

                  Elderly Woman Behind a Counter in a Small Town — Pearl Jam

                  Laid — James

Side B:     Quiet Feel — The Drag

                  Lucky Man — The Verve

                  Daddy From Inside — Treehouse

                  Crown — The Connells

                  It’s Alright — Big Head Todd and the Monsters

                  The Old Apartment — Barenaked Ladies

                  Come Undone — Duran Duran

                  Miami — U2

                  Fake Plastic Trees — Radiohead

                  Gone to the Movies — Semisonic
 

Merry Christmas, Love, Emilie (Christmas 1999) (intended recipient: uncertain.  status:  never delivered)

Side A:    Let Me Go — Cake

                  Cigarettes Will Kill You — Ben Lee

                  Isabelle — Blue Dogs

                  All in All — My Friend Steve

                  Nineteen — Old 97’s

                  Polyester Bride — Liz Phair

                  Here Comes My Baby — Cat Stevens

                  Sonnet — The Verve

                  You Got Me — The Roots

                  Born For Me — Paul Westerberg

                  To Zion — Lauryn Hill

                  Ain’t No Sunshine — Bill Withers

                  Romeo and Juliet — Indigo Girls

Side B:     Crazy Little Thing Called Love — Dwight Yoakam

                  Shilo — Neil Diamond

                  She — Elvis Costello

                  Siren — Tori Amos

                  Beauty Mark — Rufus Wainwright

                  Kate — Ben Folds Five

                  Happy Xmas (War is Over) — John Lennon

                  Baby Please Don’t Go — Dwight Yoakam (feat. Sheryl Crow)

For Jake (February 2002) (From me, aw) 

If I Needed You — Townes Van Zandt w/ Emmylou

A Song for You — Whiskeytown

Gene Autry — Beulah

Cry Like a Baby — Kasey Chambers

I Will — The Beatles

Looking at the World Through a Windshield — Son Volt

If I Should Fall Behind — Bruce Springsteen

This Moment — Matthew Sweet

Indoor Fireworks — Elvis Costello

Pick Up the Change — Wilco

I’m Gonna Make You Love Me — The Jayhawks [subtle!] 

All I Want is You — U2 [really subtle!] 

Save Me — Aimee Mann

Least Complicated — Indigo Girls  


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I love the Pulp Fiction sound track--it's one of my favorites. As is Trainspotting, especially the song Nightclubbing.

I've got a lot of soundtracks from the mid to late 90s. Not sure if that makes me cool or not...
February 9, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterJaime
OHHH! Memories ... like the corners of my mind. Misty tape mix-colored memories of the way we were. You know I thought I was all cool with the "Hey Emilie" song. Thanks for keeping it! I'm so honored!
February 9, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterstephanie
Entertaining. I wish I had the ones I made. Thankfully, I have all my cassette tapes in a foot locker in my living room. Here's the track listing of one to me, from the first girl I ever really fell in love with, circa 1991:

Side 1:

Bad Religion - Suffer
They Might Be Giants -- Your Racist Friend
Violent Femmes -- Nothing Worth Living For
The Smiths - Please Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Sinead O'Connor -- Black Boys on Mopeds
(unknown) -- I Hate People
Frank -- Anarchy
Depeche Mode -- Somebody
Indigo Girls -- Love's Recovery
Fishbone -- Skankin' to the Beat
The Replacements -- Within your Reach
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians -- Circle
Morrisey -- The Ordinary Boy
Sinead O'Connor -- Jackie
Jimi Hendrix -- Little Wing

Side 2:

The Replacements -- Sadly Beautiful
The Smiths -- Meat is Murder
Rickie Lee Jones -- Ghetto of my Mind
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- You Always Sing
Edie Brickell -- Me By The Sea & Ghost Of a God
Indigo Girls -- Girl With The Weight of the World In Her Hands
Sonic Youth -- My Friend Goo
REM - Dark Globe
Falling (theme from Twin Peaks)

I think the best part is how she obviously ran out of records part-way through and had to begin repeating artists. We still keep in touch, kinda. She's married now, and has a son. Time flies.
February 9, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterMichael M.
So good, Michael. Love it. "Love's Recovery" and "Circle" were two of my mix tape staples around that time as well. And "Sadly Beautiful," actually. That's good stuff.
February 12, 2007 | Registered CommenterPop Culture, Reviewed

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