077: This Charming Mix

1. Always Something There To Remind Me A cover of the Burt Bacharach - Hal David song by Naked Eyes.
2. This Charming Man The Smiths
3. Heather- A mostly instrumental ode by Paul McCartney to his crazy, gold-digging, one-legged second wife, Heather Mills.
4. Boy Blue [edit] Electric Light Orchestra
5. Englishman In New York Sting
6. Chopsticks Liz Phair
7. Avery M. Powers Memorial Beltway Fear Of Pop was the "name of an experimental recording project by Ben Folds (of Ben Folds Five) and Caleb Southern (Ben Folds Five's long time producer), along with John Mark Painter (Fleming and John), William Shatner and others. Their first album, Volume 1 was released in 1998.
8. I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage
9. Spider [edit] They Might Be Giants
10. Peur Sur La Ville From "The Big Gundown", an album of Ennio Morricone songs performed by John Zorn.
11. Stray Cat Strut Stray Cats
12. "Pads, Paws And Claws" Elvis Costello (cowritten by Costello and Paul McCartney)
13. Rikki Don't Lose That Number Steely Dan
14. Johnny Strikes Up The Band Warren Zevon
15. High & Dry Radiohead
16. Senses Working Overtime [edit] XTC
17. Alive and Living Now The Golden Palominos, featuring Michael Stipe on lead vocals
18. Annabella's Song Everclear. From the Album Songs From An American Movie Vol. 1: Learning How To Smile
19. The Obvious Child Paul Simon
20. Sabrosa Beastie Boys

076: Chocolate Covered Mothballs

The title of this mix was inspired by an episode of the improv comedy TV show "Whose Line Is It Anyway"- Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh was a guest, and he was surprisingly funny on the show. I think he somehow worked the phrase "Chocolate Covered Mothballs" into a skit.

1. "Sara Smile" Daryl Hall & John Oates
2. "Fall At Your Feet" Crowded House
3. "Rosealia" Better Than Ezra
4. "This Moment" Matthew Sweet recorded this cover for a Victoria Williams benefit CD called Sweet Relief
5. "A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own" Tom Petty
6. "Everyday Is A Winding Road" Prince covering Sheryl Crow!
7. "Like a Prayer" [live] Guster covering Madonna (I found this on Napster).
8. "Save It For Later" [live] Pete Townsend covering The English Beat (I found this on Napster).
9. "Burning Down the House" [live] Bonnie Raitt covering Talking Heads.
10. "September Gurls" Big Star
11. "In My Room" Grant Lee Buffalo covering the Beach Boys
12. "There She Goes" The Boo Radleys covering The La's immortal one-hit wonder.
13. "Victim Of Love" The Eagles
14. "Love Is The Drug" Roxy Music
15. "Mysterious Ways" (Solar Plexus Club Mix) U2
16. "Go Your Own Way" The Cranberries covering Fleetwood Mac on the CD Legacy: A Tribute to Rumours
17. "Stop Whispering" From Radiohead's debut album Pablo Honey
18. "Border Song" Elton John
19. "Everyday" Dave Matthews Band

075: Baby, We're The Same

1. "88 Lines About 44 Women" The Nails
2. "People Who Died" Jim Carroll Band
3. "Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar" Bob Dylan, from the Biograph box set
4. "Change The Locks" performed by Lucinda Williams, later covered by Tom Petty.
5. "Cinammon Girl" Neil Young & Crazy Horse
6. "Wicked Game" Chris Isaak
7. "Easy" The Commodores
8. "Slow Love" from Prince's Sign 'O The Times album
9. "If I Were You" (Single Version) k.d. lang
10. "Could've Been Anyone" Aimee Mann
11. "We're The Same" Matthew Sweet
12. "Lady In The Front Row" This one-hit wonder from Redd Kross reminds me of my year interning at WFNX in 1993-94.
13. "No More No More" Aerosmith
14. "Give It Everything" I think I found this Al Green song on a soundtrack CD, but I don't have the CD anymore.
15. "Mr. Wendal" Arrested Development
16. "I Know" (single edit) Dionne Farris used to be in Arrested Development. This single is from her solo debut, Wild Seed Wild Flower.
17. "I Found A Love" I found this song, with an awesome drum solo, on Eric Clapton's Crossroads box set.
18. "What Is Life" George Harrison had just passed away from cancer (after a lifetime of cigarette smoking) when I made this mix.

073: I'm Feeling Good...For Now.

Mis-labeled "74".

1. Better Than Nothing Jennifer Trynin
2. Here We Go Again Everclear
3. 5-Piece Chicken Dinner, and
4. Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun- Beastie Boys
5. Personal Jesus (7" Version) Depeche Mode
6. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? An out-there cover by Lydia Lunch. This is the only Beatles cover I have ever heard which includes a sample of the original Beatles song! There's some car-crash sound effects too...
7. Blind Talking Heads
8. You're All I've Got Tonight The Cars
9. I Love Every Little Thing About You Stevie Wonder
10. Somebody To Love Queen
11. Down the Line Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (This is a very odd, rare track from Tom Petty's box set. The production has a very slick soulful R&B flair.)
12. Darling Lorraine Paul Simon
13. Wishlist Pearl Jam
14. Be Mine R.E.M.
15. Winona Matthew Sweet
16. 32 Flavors Ani DiFranco
17. Silver Springs Fleetwood Mac (The original 1976 B-side, not the performance from the live reunion album.)
18. Northern Sky Nick Drake
19. Crossroads Tracy Chapman

072: Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit

"All Songs Three Minutes Or Less...Guaranteed!"

This is a good mix to listen to in the car if you're taking lots of short trips! I had made similar "short song" cassettes in the past: Mixes 21 and 32 were very similar.

1. [Untitled Instrumental] Bo Diddley
2. One Week Barenaked Ladies
3. In God's Country U2
4. Get Up (Live) R.E.M.
5. Tears Of A Clown The English Beat
6. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Paul Simon
7. Second Hand News [alt mix] Fleetwood Mac
8. Waterloo ABBA
9. The Apartment Song [demo] Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks
10. Let My Love Open The Door Pete Townshend
11. Is That Love Squeeze
12. Crazy Love Van Morrison
13. Time Wounds All Heels Nick Lowe
14. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Elvis Costello
15. She's Too Good For Me Sting
16. I Fought The Law The Clash
17. When I Come Around Green Day
18. War (live at the LA Coliseum) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
19. Supernova Liz Phair
20. Sunshine Paul Westerberg
21. Come To California (demo) Matthew Sweet
22. Blood Makes Noise Suzanne Vega
23. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair They Might Be Giants
24. In Between Days The Cure
25. The Break Soul Asylum
26. The Great Big No The Lemonheads
27. Stop Your Sobbing The Pretenders
28. Something So Strong Crowded House
29. Groove Holmes The Beastie Boys

(My typical mix on an 80 minute CD-R will hold about 20 songs.)