Mixtape Showdown #4

Update!!! Mixtape Showdown #4 is official as of 3:48 pm EST. Phenedate is rolling with precision. can anybody knock him into the gutter? We'll meet his new challenger tomorrow evening.

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Mixtape Showdown #4: It's the unstoppable mixtape-making juggernaut vs. the babyfaced assassin. The challenger is paying homage to the decade he was born in, while the champion is repping the decade he came of age in. Listen to the playlists, vote on your favorites, and we'll see the champion return next week.

Challenge #4
Theme: 80's Teen Angst

Challenger: Josh Hendrick

Notes: Teen angst, the weight of the world, the coming of age - We've all been there. If I were a bedroom kid going through these complex emotions in the 80s (and not being "created" in a bed in the 80s) this mix would sum it up. How do you deal with your developing feelings and new-found identity in a world of confusion and chaos? You tell me.

Tracklist:
1. The Stone Roses – I Want to be Adored
2. The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
3. The Associates – Dogs in the Wild
4. The Cure – Jumping Someone Else's Train
5. Tom Waits- Clap Hands
6. Daniel Johnston – Speeding Motorcycle
7. Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
8. R.E.M – Radio Free Europe
9. The Cars – Heartbreak City
10. New Order – Sunrise
11. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands
12. The Pixies - Cactus
13. Dinosaur Jr. – In a Jar
14. The Replacements – Unsatisfied
15. Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
16. Talking Heads – Listening Wind
17. Bruce Springsteen – Highway Patrolman
18. House of Freaks – Broken Bones
19. Peter Gabriel – Biko

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VERSUS

Champion: Phenedate

Title: Guaranteed to Explode

Notes: This mix makes me hate everything I was too young to understand in the eighties. I had no idea things sucked so bad when I was in 4th grade. Wham! made it seem like everything was going so well. Little did I know. I have an idea that no one's going to like this mix. In most places, it's abrasive and noisy and pissed off. If the songs lack a certain punch in your nuts, don't worry, The Clash is here. You can dance and be happy listening to The Clash but for God's sake, don't pay attention to the lyrics. They just let you know that everyone's a slave and you're doing it wrong, life that is. And didn't everyone think Devo was a bundle of joy? They're not...not at all. Try not to get too upset. We live in much easier and happier times. Everything's a lot less of a push and a struggle than it was livin' in the eighties.

Tracklist:
Killing Joke - Eighties
Big Black - Kerosene
Foetus - The Throne of Agony
Cop Shoot Cop - Smash Retro!
Devo - Race Of Doom
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
Black Flag - Rise Above
Minor Threat - Steppin' Stone
Pailhead - No Bunny
Nirvana - Scoff
The Pixies - Tame
Metallica - Battery
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
Ministry - Stigmata (live)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

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