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Sweet Double Shot of Greatness: Jan CD Mix

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19:27 / 02.02.07

ok still send me your snail mail so you can get a copy.

22:11 / 03.02.07

do you need my address?
i think you already have it, but it's my old(current for another 25hrs!) one.
no bother if you have already posted. it is still someone i know, and i'll be back over the next few weeks.
if you havent, email me and i'll get you the new one.

21:59 / 05.02.07

this may turn out to be the plague mix as I'm very ill at the moment.
so I'm doing the cd's in batches. The first 5 to Europe will be mailed out tomorrow. (that includes you, Mist).

The second batch will go out on Wed, and the US! ones on Thursday.
Unless of course my ailment takes me out behind the shed and shows me the stars.

Once again if you get yours please just post that, not what it is in all of its glory and so ruin the surprise.

I wish it was even spiffier but for mini plague blankets I'd say it was pretty good.

22:43 / 05.02.07

I'll make sure and dip mine in alchohol immediately. I'm sorry you're sick. You could try leeches, they seem to work for everything, or so my barber tells me.

Thanks for doing it, even while you're sick. Double points for effort. I must say, though, I think you should send them all out at the same time so we here in the states get to gloat this time.

13:23 / 06.02.07

I have a HazMat team standing by. Thanks, XK!

w00t!

16:37 / 06.02.07

First batch of plague blankies is away, second is being made. the nice postal clerks said they were grateful I didn't lug in all of the overseas ones at the same time. The pile of customs forms I snagged made them depressed.

They liked my tiny embellishemnts to the packaging.

Did you know chocolate is a natural cough suppressant?

Nap will happen soon.

14:14 / 07.02.07

Second batch of plague CD's launched. Next will be the US! folks tomorrow.

Jake, Colossus of Clout

14:14 / 07.02.07

Sweet!

My plague can't come soon enough!

19:34 / 08.02.07

US! pile mailed out.

..and hey guess what? I'm a huge jerk when I have an illness. Guess who found a stack of neatly cut out playlists shoved under a bunch of crap *after* mailing everything?

Yes it's true you'll have NO IDEA what the songs are!!!!! HAHAHAHAH...er....me lame.

Shall I post the playlists now or after you get the CD's?

20:17 / 08.02.07

After'd be fine, I think. Might I request you scan one of your lovingly-scissored lists and post that? I'm a horribly anal-retentive completist and, while it would make you an enabler in a way, you'd also help me to feel SAFE.

15:06 / 09.02.07

hahaha. I'll see what I can do!

Hydra vs Leviathan

12:14 / 12.02.07

Just recieved mine!

Awesomely packaged, despite absence of tracklist... full marks for creativity (tho it may be difficult to shelve in my CD bookcase)...

also seems like the packaging's scented?

now i just have to see whether my crappy old CD player that often refuses to play CDRs will play it...

13:00 / 12.02.07

also seems like the packaging's scented?

with plagueE!!1

14:55 / 12.02.07

NOW WITH PLAGUE SCENT!!
I think that's just the glue really. You a huffer?

I can't locate a scanner for the list so I'm going to post it in a bit.

You can always cut the package apart and jam parts of it into regular jewel cases if that suits.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

18:22 / 12.02.07

You can always cut the package apart and jam parts of it into regular jewel cases if that suits.

Sacrilege!

I await mine eagerly...

23:19 / 12.02.07

Hey hey! I just got in late, found this in the mailbox. XK, you made my day. Looks lovely, I've just put it in. Thank you so much.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

08:35 / 13.02.07

Lovely packaging, XK! Thanks!

12:12 / 13.02.07

I got mine last night. It's a lovely-lookin' thing, for sure. Thanks for all your hard work!

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

15:36 / 13.02.07

Ironically, I'm geographically probably closest (I'm guessing) but due to USPS and Canada Post having some weird hate/hate relationship, I always get these things last...

15:39 / 13.02.07

ok well a track list would be nice wouldn't it?
For some reason I can't seem to format it nicely using the preview option on here. I'm not sure what's up with that....

A Rare Mix

Autumn Leaves --- Coldcut
Obokuri-Eemui --- Ikue Asazaki
The Goose Song --- Joseph Rupert
Sheltered Life ('66 outtake)--- The Velvet Underground
Flyover Country --- Paul Johnston
Über den Wolken --- Reinhard Mey
God's Child --- David Byrne/Selena
Double Mandolin Concerto in G major, RV 532 Andante--- Bobby McFerrin & Yo-Yo Ma
Go --- Sparklehorse & Flaming Lips
Little Smoke --- Owlls
Fish Lady --- Mad Kenny's Allnight Drinker
Every Little Thing She Do --- GWAR
1st Man in Space --- Philip Oakey
Wheels On The Bus --- Loki
(Ain't Got Much Money You & Me But Baby We Got) Toiletries--- The Benelux Circus
Thankful N' Thoughtful --- Sly & the Family Stone
Message From A Black Man--- Don Julian & The Larks
in memory of you --- ????

A Delicious Mix

Lord Randall --- Martin Carthy
Autumngirlsoup --- Kirsty MacColl
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl --- Nina Simone
Lilac wine --- Jeff Buckley
Bus Stop Bitties --- RJD2
Kaltes Klares Wasser --- ChicKs on Speed
Kinda' Kinky --- Ursula 1000
Apples & Oranges --- Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Natty Supper --- Chantells
Chicken Soup With Rice --- Carole King & Maurice Sendak
Dinner Bell --- They Might Be Giants
indian summer --- The Beat Happening
Dinner at The Sugarbush --- Brent Lewis
Perfect Scrambled Eggs --- Negativland
Die Eier Von Satan --- Tool
Quark Soup --- DJ Spooky
Braineaters --- The Misfits
The Cheesecake Truck --- King Missile
She Don't Use Jelly --- The Flaming Lips
Cheeseburger in Paradise --- Jimmy Buffet
Meat --- Radio Savage Houndy Beasty

16:08 / 13.02.07

Just got it.

Lovely packaging. I've got as far as the first track, but that's good. So must mean it's all great. Grain of sand etc.

Thanks!

Hydra vs Leviathan

23:37 / 13.02.07

Odly enough 2 of my favourite tracks on the food mix were the ones for which i couldn't really work out any obvious connection with food - the Ursula 1000 and DJ Spooky tracks (the latter of which sounded kind of like a mix consisting of about 3 tracks, possibly?)...

Putting that CD on and hearing "Lord Randall" without any tracklisting really took me unawares - whatever stringed Scottish folk instrument he was using in the opening bars sounded so much like a sitar that i actually thought he was singing in Hindi or something, and then about half a verse in i realised "hang on, this is actually English with a Scottish accent"... bit of a headfuck, but very cool, joining dots between traditions i'd have never thought were comparable before...

And "Meat" is... possibly the scariest thing i've ever heard. Where the hell did whoever contributed that track get that from???

I can't believe nobody put on Cab Calloway's "Everybody Eats When They Come To My House". I considered sending in that instead of my track, but thought, no, that's just too obvious, someone else will definitely have sent that in (maybe everyone else thought the same, lol)...

Hydra vs Leviathan

23:43 / 13.02.07

Obokuri-Eemui --- Ikue Asazaki

This is possibly one of the most moving and spellbinding tracks i've ever heard, despite the fact that i have absolutely no idea what it's about, and had absolutely no idea even what language it was in... i first thought it was perhaps North African or Arabic, then considered Chinese or Japanese, presumably (from the name of the artist) it's the latter? Very, very cool.

1st Man in Space --- Philip Oakey

I'm sure i've heard this track before somewhere...

Wheels On The Bus --- Loki

Now this is a wicked track, and epitomises everything i love about UK hip hop. Anything more by this artist (or group - i thought it sounded like 2 MCs, but i could be wrong...)?

Jake, Colossus of Clout

00:32 / 14.02.07

Got mine today. Wicked packaging, XK, nice work. Amusingly, My partner was very suspicious of it, 'specially the heart on the inside cover. "Who sent this, again?" Haven't actually listened to it yet, though. I'm trying not to look at the track listing so I can go in cold.

09:13 / 14.02.07

Yes, given that my CDs arrived this morning, and given the rather elaborate packaging and the address label on the envelope, I encountered a certain amount of difficulty in trying to convince my flatmate that I hadn't in fact received a weird valentine's gift from a mysterious American lady.

Will print off the track-listings and have a listen this evening!

09:40 / 14.02.07

The rare cd has been lovely (and a nice soundtrack so far to valentine's).

Could i suggest that, once the voting has been done and everyone knows who chose what, people write a little bit on each track - how they found it, why they chose it, what it means to them etc?

There has obviously been a lot of love and audiophilia gone into the selection of these tracks and it'd be great to hear a bit of their backstory...

10:30 / 14.02.07

I encountered a certain amount of difficulty in trying to convince my flatmate that I hadn't in fact received a weird valentine's gift from a mysterious American lady.

Well you did, sillyhead.

11:34 / 14.02.07

I found my valentine mix in the mailbox today. Thanks XK!

15:26 / 14.02.07

Holy crap Mist! That's pure magic!

..and yes BTW that *is* the connection between the two mixes. It's a Valentine's comp in case it isn't made glaringly obvious by my use of 3rd grader art skills and black duct tape.

uncle retrospective

15:50 / 14.02.07

You can have a Barbcrush for the packaging but I'm afraid you've also made my list.
How the hell am I going to top that? I should have picked April.

16:49 / 14.02.07

yeah but you can see where the track list was supposed to be glued in on the inside zone and I forgot. I'm way excited for your mix and glad it's sooner than April!

You know you're special when I use the black duct tape and the hemp twine on your CD Valentine.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

16:49 / 14.02.07

Uncle R - use yr design skills!

XK - lovely work!

16:52 / 14.02.07

I have mine, and, lo, it is a thing of beauty, indeed.

17:35 / 14.02.07

the Ursula 1000 ...

Member on here, I think. Only hangs out in the Comics forum, as far as I know, so not aware of this mix.

Interesting.

Yes, here. Used to own a great comic shop in Miami, so I said hi once I noticed his name on here.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

18:53 / 14.02.07

I've typed the tracklist up and (hopefully) sent it off to freedb.org, so anyone who rips the tracks from the CDs to their computer should get the titles and so forth; assuming their ripper uses freedb.org, that is. And of course that mine sent the disc IDs correctly.

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