The title was inspired by a monologue we heard at the comedic showcase Mortified- the woman was reading from her teenage diary, an entry about summer camp and the so-called "food" the campers were fed.The Cover: the top half is my face, with my vintage sunglasses I bought from an Indonesian man on eBay; the bottom half is my wife brushing her teeth.
The tracks: the blend is a little forced. I try not to use the same tracks on mixes repeatedly, but I should not have used that particular Jennifer Trynin song. I had just read her autobiography Everything I'm Cracked Up To Be, and I wanted to include a song of hers, but I should have stuck to one of the "hits" instead of trying to include a "deep cut". I need to learn that I don't have to be adventurous with EVERY choice! On the other hand, I dug deep for the Semisonic track "El Matador", which I now really love. I had just read the drummer's autobiography, So You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star, which inspired that choice. The last track is U2's "Vertigo", which I shoulda left off. I was sick of that song at the time, and I am sick of it now:
- Battle Without Honor or Humanity TOMOYASU HOTEI (aka That Song from Kill Bill)
- Let Keane In KEANE vs PAUL McCARTNEY (a great mashup)
- Crazy GNARLS BARKLEY
- Give Judy My Notice BEN FOLDS a very early-70s country-rock vibe.
- Least Complicated INDIGO GIRLS
- Monkey COUNTING CROWS
- Lose Yourself EMINEM (an awesome song on its own, even better in the context of the movie 8 Mile.)
- Let It Be Me SHAGGY vs THE BEATLES
- El Matador SEMISONIC
- Pictures of You LIT (an okay cover of the Cure song. The original was in those Hewlett-Packard computer printer commercials at the time.)
- Come Around RHETT MILLER
- Any Little Town THE PUSH STARS
- When You Were Young THE KILLERS
- Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again) WILCO
- Rock Your Body JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- Time Won't Let Me THE SMITHEREENS
- Bad Reputation JOAN JETT
- Vertigo U2
