Mixtape Showdown #10

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."

--Hunter S. Thompson

Challenge #10
Theme: Stoner music

Challenger: Marissa Mele

Title: I Got Lost in the Music

Playlist:
1. Twilight Zone - Opening narration
2. Labi Siffre - Doctor doctor
3. Here We Go Magic - Ahab
4. Zaza - Sooner or later
5. Beans - Mellow you out
6. CAN - Sing swan song
7. Clinic - For the wars
8. Orchestra Baobab - Dee moo woor
9. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
10. Quix*O*Tic - Anonymous face
11. Delta 5 - Mind your own business
12. The Rapture - Out of the races and onto the tracks
13. Kinks - Lola
14. Burning Spear - The invasion
15. Fleetwood Mac - The chain
16. Edith Piaf - Padam padam
17. Warpaint - Billie Holiday
18. Ween - Buenos tardes amigos
19. Stereolab - Double rocker

Listen:



VERSUS

Champion: SPF

Title: Hi I'm Normal

Notes: I don't do drugs, but if I did this is the music I would listen to while on them.

Playlist:
01 - The Web - Rated G
02 - Peter Bjorn and John - Amsterdam
03 - The Notwist - Chemicals
04 - Com Truise - Sundriped
05 - New Riders of the Purple Sage - Death And Destruction
06 - Shearwater - Castaways
07 - Santo and Johnny - Sleep Walk
08 - Wilco - Sunken Treasure
09 - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Indiana
10 - Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
11 - Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby
12 - Hot Chip - Colours
13 - Yeasayer - Madder Red
14 - Menomena - Dirty Cartoons
15 - Bunny Wailer - Dream Land
16 - Built To Spill - Else

Listen:



Vote:

QuestionsView Results

Mixtape Showdown #9

Update!
We gotta call this one at 1:46pm EST. Congratulations to SPF for a successful title defense, and a thanks to Josh Duncan for bringing a strong challenge. What sublime goodies await in the next showdown? Part the beaded curtain tomorrow.

* * * * *

I love you I hate you I need to see you I never want to see you again I'm going to text you I'm going to delete your number I hope I see you on the street I'm going to stay away from your part of town Charlie Sheen...

Challenge #9
Theme: Bi-polar

Challenger: Josh Duncan

Notes: I call this mix "Bipolar" because, well, "Wild Mood Swings" was taken. The idea is simple, it only contains upbeat songs, or songs that you would slit your wrists to. But, as in life, the manic episodes are frenetic and grandiose. The down ones can be sweet. And, often, the tension between these two can lead to some pretty eccentric ideas.

Playlist:
1. Untitled - The Cure
2. Walking on Broken Glass - Annie Lennox
3. Is this Love - Bob Marley and the Wailers
4. The Facts About Jimmy - Shawn Colvin
5. Atlantis - Donovan
6. The World is not Enough - Garbage
7. Pathetique - Beethoven
8. Jump in the Line - Harry Belafonte
9. Five String Serenade - Mazzy Star
10. Miss Otis Regrets - Cole Porter, sung by Ella Fitzgerald
11. Vissi D'Arte - Verdi, performed by Maria Callas
12. Baby, Now That I've Found You - Alison Krauss
13. If I had no Loot - Tony! Toni! Tone!
14. River of Deceit - Mad Season



VERSUS

Champion: SPF

Title: The Truth About Charlie

Notes: The higher the highs, the lower the lows. Turn off Access Hollywood. Put down your copy of People Magazine. Forget all that goop. Everything you need to know is here -- the last ten years of Charlie's life mixed in chronological order.

Playlist:
1 - Parts & Labor - The Gold We're Digging
2 - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - I Am Warm and Powerful
3 - Super Furry Animals - Sex, War and Robots
4 - The Thermals - I Might Need You to Kill
5 - Joseph Arthur - Even Tho
6 - Jets to Brazil - Lemon Yellow Black
7 - Big Star - Life is White
8 - Beck - Lost Cause
9 - Graham Parker - Between You and Me
10 - Positive K - I Got a Man
11 - Delta Spirit - Trashcan
12 - Girls - Laura
13 - Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy
14 - The Tough Alliance - Something Special
15 - Man Man - Van Helsing Boombox
16 - Cody Chesnutt - 6 Seconds
17 - Snowglobe - Happy

Listen:


Vote:

QuestionsView Results