My Love Is Alien... another mix for Halloween

1. Split Enz - Poor Boy (True Colours, 1980)
2. A Flock Of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song (A Flock Of Seagulls, 1982)
3. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (Special View, 1979)
4. The B-52's - Planet Claire (The B-52's, 1979)
5. The Tom Tom Club - Booming And Zooming (The Tom Tom Club, 1981)
6. The Easy Star All-Stars - The Great Gig In The Sky (Dub Side Of The Moon, 2003)
7. The Easy Star All-Stars - Paranoid Android (Radiodread, 2006)
8. Dread Zeppelin - Black Dog/Heartbreaker (Un-Led-Ed, 1990)
9. The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck (Psychedelic Jungle, 1981)
10. The Fabulous Poodles - Pink City Twist/Vampire Rock (Think Pink, 1979)
11. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (Voodoo Jive: Best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1990)
12. Brian Eno & David Byrne - Help Me Somebody (My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, 1981)
13. The Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Live) (The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads, 1982)
14. The Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation (Doolittle, 1989)
15. X - Devil Doll (More Fun In The New World, 1983)
16. Shorty Long - Devil With The Blue Dress (Hitsville USA, Vol. 1: The Motown Singles, 1992)
17. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Devil With The Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly (Rev Up: Best of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, 1990)
18. The Sonics - Psycho (Here Are The Sonics, 1965)

Rockin' Bones - a mix for Halloween

1. The Cramps - Rockin' Bones (Psychedelic Jungle, 1981)
2. The Ghastly Ones - Spooky Girl (A Haunting We Will Go Go, 1998)
3. The Misfits - Ghouls Night Out (Misfits, 1986)
4. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Beggars Banquet, 1968)
5. H.P. Lovecraft - At The Mountains Of Madness (Dreams In The Witch House: Collection, 2005)
6. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (Swordfishtrombones, 1983)
7. Dead Man's Bones - My Body's A Zombie For You (Dead Man's Bones, 2009)
8. Michael Jackson - Thriller (Thriller, 1982)
9. Brian Eno & David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit (My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, 1981)
10. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (Scary Monsters, 1980)
11. Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn - The Werewolf (Cubist Blues, 1996)
12. Gnarls Barkley - The Boogie Monster (St. Elsewhere, 2006)
13. Split Enz - Dirty Creature (Time and Tide, 1982)
14. Dave Edmunds - The Creature From The Black Lagoon (Repeat When Necessary, 1979)
15. Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans (Redbone, 1970)
16. Dr. John - I Been Hoodood (In The Right Place, 1973)
17. Donovan - The Season Of The Witch (Sunshine Superman, 1966)
18. The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman (Fifth Dimension, 1966)

Message of Love... a mix

An 80s night tavern mix.

1. Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind (Labour Of Lust, 1979)
2. Rockpile - Teacher Teacher (Seconds Of Pleasure, 1980)
3. Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk (Repeat When Necessary, 1978)
4. Elvis Costello - Lip Service (This Year's Model, 1978)
5. John Hiatt - Pink Bedroom (Two Bit Monsters, 1980)
6. Moon Martin - Bad Case Of Loving You (Shots From A Cold Nightmare, 1979)
7. Split Enz - I Got You (True Colours, 1980)
8. The Cure - Close To Me (The Head On The Door, 1985)
9. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Speak & Spell, 1981)
10. The Clash - Train In Vain (Stand By Me) (London Calling, 1979)
11. Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World (Big Smash, 1980)
12. Crowded House - Something So Strong (Crowded House, 1986)
13. Marshall Crenshaw - Someday Someway (Marshall Crenshaw, 1982)
14. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (Too-Rye-Ay, 1982)
15. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Sunshine On Leith, 1988)
16. The Pretenders - Message Of Love (Pretenders II, 1981)
17. The Cars - You're All I've Got Tonight (The Cars, 1978)
18. Prince - When You Were Mine (Dirty Mind, 1980)
19. Robert Palmer - Johnny & Mary (Clues, 1980)
20. The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (Beauty And The Beat, 1981)
21. Talking Heads - With Our Love (More Songs About Buildings And Food, 1978)
22. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Substance, 1988)
23. Squeeze - Goodbye Girl (Cool For Cats, 1979)

I Wanna Be Trash... a mix

First mix in May. Part of the May Mixathon at ZeRO.

A bunch of new things I've been listening to the past few months. The opening song has a catchy repetitive chorus exclaiming I wanna be trash. Thus the mix title. There is also a trashy feel to a lot of the songs here and some trashy dance beats too.

Photo is from one of the trash people installations by German artist HA Schult.


1. The Whip - Trash (X Marks Destination, 2009)
2. The Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game (Technicolor Health, 2009)
3. Peter Bjorn and John - It Don't Move Me (Living Thing, 2009)
4. Franz Ferdinand - Turn It On (Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, 2009)
5. The Kills - Cheap And Cheerful (Midnight Boom, 2008)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (It's Blitz!, 2009)
7. The Presets - Talk Like That (Apocalypso, 2009)
8. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - A Teenage Love (The Pains Of Being Pure Of Heart, 2009)
9. The Airborne Toxic Event - Happiness Is Overrated (The Airborne Toxic Event, 2009)
10. Dan Auerbach - Heartbroken, In Disrepair (Keep It Hid, 2009)
11. The Upsidedown - Light (Human Destination, 2008)
12. Bat For Lashes - Sleep Alone (Two Suns, 2009)
13. PPP - On A Cloud (Abundance, 2009)
14. Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Sugarfoot (Tell 'em What Your Name Is!, 2009)
15. Friendly Fires - Lovesick (Friendly Fires, 2008)
16. Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (In Ghost Colours, 2008)
17. Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming (Fantasy Black Channel, 2009)
18. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (Merriweather Post Pavillion, 2009)
19. Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean (The Atlantic Ocean, 2009)
20. Doves - Kingdom Of Rust (Kingdom Of Rust, 2009)

In Dreams... a mix

The Dream series, Part 2

1. Roy Orbison - In Dreams (The Soul of Rock and Roll, 2009)
2. The Magnetic Fields - Busby Berkeley Dreams (69 Love Songs, Vol. 3, 1999)
3. The Sleepy Jackson - Dream On (Personality: One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird, 2006)
4. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Among Dreams (The Doldrums, 2004)
5. The Beach Boys - And Your Dreams Come True (Summer Days and Summer Nights, 1965)
6. Sam Philips - I Dreamed I Stopped Dreaming (A Boot And A Shoe, 2004)
7. Suicide - Keep Your Dreams (Suicide, 1977)
8. Shitdisco - Dream Of Infinity (The Emanator, 2008)
9. New Order - Dreams Never End (Movement, 1981)
10. The Soft Boys - Dreams (Underwater Moonlight, 1980)
11. Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice - Future Dream (James and The Quiet, 2007)
12. Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams (The Collection, 1991)
13. Marianne Faithful - Bored By Dreams (A Secret Life, 1995)
14. Swans - Dream Dream (Various Failures: 1988-1992, 1999)
15. Kate Bush - The Dreaming (The Dreaming, 1982)
16. Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Colour (Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam, 1981)
17. The Shiny Gnomes - You Live In A Dream (Wild Spells, 2001)
18. The Pillbugs - 4 Sec Nightmare In A 5 Sec Dream (Monclovia, 2007)
19. R.E.M. - I Don't Sleep, I Dream (Monster, 1994)
20. The Cure - The Dream (Join The Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001, 2003)
21. Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry - Dream, Dream, Dream (All The Best, 2003)
22. Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream (Frank's Wild Years, 1987)

How Long Must I Dream... a mix

First mix in a while... first post in a while actually.

A quickie mix done in almost one sitting. Used iTunes to create a list of songs with dream in the title as a source to work from. Why dreams? I had a mix in progress that started with the Tyler Ramsey song and then I was inspired by my friend Cliff's posting of his "mind" theme mixes on ZeRO.

My list of dream songs was quite large and I'm planning on a second volume of this theme mix and maybe even a third. I was pleased with this collection and I think they work quite well together.



How Long Must I Dream

1. Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream (A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea, 2008)
2. Eels - The Trouble With Dreams (Blinking Lights And Other Revelations, 2005)
3. Randy Newman - Last Night I Had A Dream (Sail Away, 1972)
4. Love - Dream (Four Sail, 1969)
5. The Lovetones - Inside A Dream (Meditations, 2005)
6. Of Montreal - I Was A Landscape In Your Dream (The Sunlandic Twins, 2005)
7. My Morning Jacket - Dream A Lil Dream Of Me (Ch.2 Learning: Early Recordings, 2001)
8. Dion - Life Is But A Dream (Acappella Underdub) (King Of The New York Streets, 2000)
9. Daniel Johnston - I Had A Dream (Why Me? LIve Volksbuhne Am Ros, 2000)
10. John Lennon - #9 Dream (Walls & Bridges, 1974)
11. Olivia Tremor Control - Define A Transparent Dream (Dusk At Cubist Castle, 1996)
12. Hawkwind - You Know You're Only Dreaming (In Search Of Space, 1971)
13. The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream (Kilimanjaro, 1980)
14. Pixies - Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons (Trompe Le Monde, 1991)
15. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream Of Trains (I Often Dream Of Trains, 1984)
16. Nico - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Chelsea Girl, 1967)
17. The Zombies - Hung Upon A Dream (Odessey and Oracle, 1968)
18. John Martyn - Dreams By The Sea (Solid Air, 1972)
19. Richard Thompson - I Still Dream (Amnesia, 1988)
20. Los Lobos - Dream In Blue (Kiko, 1991)
21. Roy Orbison - Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) (The Soul of Rock and Roll, 2008)

The Tyler Ramsey lead song is also the lead song off his recent solo album. He plays in Band of Horses. I could listen to song over and over. I did.

I'm a big fan of Eels and Blinking Lights... may be my favorite of albums of theirs although I really like the recent Useless Trinkets B-sides & rarities collection.

Sail Away is probably the only Randy Newman album that I could listen to all the way through but that album is a classic. Every song is great. I like a few of his songs scattered throughout his career but overall I don't pay much attention to him.

I close the mix with Roy Orbison. You can't have a collection of dream songs without him. He is the King of Rock 'n Roll Dreams. I'll probably start the next mix with him.


Listen here.

Nothing Ever Happened - New Mix

This is a collection of some songs from some albums released in 2008. Not really a best of the year collection but certainly lots of great songs that sound good together. This mix will be finding it's way to my brother's bar next week and a few patiently waiting people. I highly recommend all of the albums highlighted here.


Nothing Ever Happened

1. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes (Fleet Foxes, 2008)
2. Gordie Can't Swim - The Junipers (Cut Your Key, 2008)
3. Lost Coastlines - Okkervil River (The Stand Ins, 2008)
4. Heads Roll Off - Frightened Rabbit (The Midnight Organ Fight, 2008)
5. Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter (Microcastle, 2008)
6. Give A Little Love - Noah And The Whale (Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down, 2008)
7. You Don't Love Me Yet - Winterpills (Central Chambers, 2008)
8. I Don't Live In A Dream - Jackie Greene (Giving Up The Ghost, 2008)
9. Out Of Time - Jason Collett (Here's To Being Here, 2008)
10. Walk Through A Cloud - The Donkeys (Living On The Other Side, 2008)
11. I Believe In You - Cat Power (Jukebox, 2008)
12. Sister Lost Soul - Alejandro Escovedo (Real Animal, 2008)
13. So Well - Benji Hughes (A Love Extreme, 2008)
14. Twisted - The Wood Brothers (Loaded, 2008)
15. Methamphetamine - Old Crow Medicine Show (Tennessee Pusher, 2008)
16. Ain't No Lord - The Moondoggies (Don't Be A Stranger, 2008)
17. The Sound - Human Highway (Moody Motorcycle, 2008)
18. No One Does It Like You - Department Of Eagles (In Ear Park, 2008)
19. For Emma - Bon Iver (For Emma, Forever Ago, 2008)
20. Something More - Kelley Stoltz (Circular Sounds, 2008)

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