Monday, March 20, 2006

Playlists


Mix tapes are in art. As we have become so technologically advanced the drive to sit down in front of a tape player and constantly hit play stop play.... has become very unnecessary. Of course, the old school hip hoppers, scenesters and the pretentious head bangers will disagree, I have to say that ipod playlists or mix cds (made on itunes) are just as fun.
People take all kinds of approaches to making a perfect playlist. Some stick to a specific genera, you could have a mix cd with only hip hop or you could have mixed genera playlist. While others will go from a mellow song and build up to a climax and then back down again. The possibilities are endless.
The good people at Tiny Mix Tapes have created an Automatic Mix Tape Generator .
    Here's the deal: You send us a style, genre, word, phrase, emotion, or whatever else, and if one of our mix tape robots fancies your suggestion, that crazy set of circuits might just make a mix tape out of it -- well, at least a tracklisting for a mix tape out of it.


The following are a few of my favorite "mix tapes" they have made:

Songs to complement my mustache.

Requested By: tasty
Compiled By: Scott

01. Sly and the Family Stone - "Brave and Strong" (There's a Riot Goin' On!)
02. The Modern Lovers - "Dignified and Old" (The Modern Lovers)
03. Modest Mouse - "Perfect Disguise" (The Moon and Antarctica)
04. Bruce Springsteen - "Brilliant Disguise" (Tunnel of Love)
05. Queen - "You're My Best Friend" (Greatest Hits 1)
06. The Turtles - "Happy Together" (Happy Together)
07. The Cure - "Close To Me" (Greatest Hits)
08. Saves the Day - "Handsome Boy" (Can't Slow Down)
09. The Pixies - "Broken Face" (Surfer Rosa) (this song is how you'd be with no 'stache)
10. Paul Simon - "You Can Call Me Al" (Graceland) (you, talking to your mustache)
11. The Smiths - "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" (Hatful of Hollow) (how you'd be, 'stache-less).



it's not Milk and cheese , it's soy milk and tofu

requested by: Junie Sanders
compiled by: cleo

01. Belle and Sebastian - "Asleep on a Sunbeam" (Dear Catastrophe Waitress)
02. Van Morrison - "Astral Weeks" (Astral Weeks)
03. Animal Collective - "Sweet Road" (Sung Tongs)
04. Built to Spill - "Now and Then" (Keep it Like a Secret)
05. CSNY - "Guinnevere"
06. Devendra Banhart - "Insect Eyes" (Rejoicing in the Hands)
07. Rogue Wave - "Eyes" (Just Friends Soundtrack)
08. Neil Young - "After the Goldrush" (Greatest Hits)
09. Cocorosie- "Terrible Angels" (La Maison de Mon Reve)
10. Melanie Safka - "I Don't Eat Animals" (Carolina on My Mind)
11. Animal Collective and Vashti Bunyan - "I Remember Learning How to Dive"
12. Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air" (Spirit of the 60's)
13. Built to Spill - "The Weather" (Ancient Melodies of the Future)
14. Emiliana Torrini - "Sunny Road" (Fisherman's Woman)
15. Damien Jurado - "Ohio" (Rehearsals for Departure)
16. the Mamas and the Papas - "Somebody Groovy" (If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears)
17. Wilco - "Handshake Drugs" (Handshake Drugs)
18. The Incredible String Band - "Mr and Mrs" (Changing Horses)
19. Matt Pond Pa - "New Hampshire" (Emblems)

2 comments:

Anne said...

hehe I find this highly amusing

Anonymous said...

i'm 97% sure that's my shuffle...it's lookin good...

my favorite mixed tape: i just lost my ipod. help me forget i like music.

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