Hot & Cold

Because I received a double theme this week, I decided to split my mix into a Hot side and a Cold side...and as if that wasn't limiting enough, I added the restriction that each side would feature the same artists. I was inspired by the realization that The Cure have a lot of hot and cold themed songs. Here's what I came up with:

I was also motivated by a complaint that a co-carpooler made last year that I had "forgotten my roots" - meaning that I wasn't putting much electronic music in my mixes, so this mix is predominantly electronic, and occasionally peppered with guitars. I had to throw Witchypoo into the mix because it was the first song I thought of when I heard the theme, and I love anything Sid and Marty Krofft.

This one's also mixed - enjoy!

You can get it here!

Tricks or Treats!!

Hey all.

I was given the honour of creating the Halloween themed mix this year. (I think mostly because it was my turn during the week of Halloween) For this mix I decided that I would pick songs that were either tricks or treats. Some may even play tricks with your mind. Also, I picked some songs that were by some "creepy" type artists. To top it all off I book-ended the mix with a couple of Scary Soundtrack items. I hope you enjoy!

P.S. the image in the cover is my pumpkin from this year. It took a long time to carve that...

1. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.

2. Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground

3. Candy Store Rock - Led Zeppelin

4. Surrender - Cheap Trick

5. The Garden - Guns N' Roses

6. Welcome to my Nightmare - Alice Cooper

7. Fly the Orient - Tricky Woo

8. Paranoid - Black Sabbath

9. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett

10. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon

11. (Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

12. Time Warp

Got your costume? Begin your Trick or Treating here!

In the Beginning... the Bible Mix (parts 1 & 2)

So, as a Christian I wanted this mix to be special, inspirational even. But as a music snob I wanted this mix to be infectious and hook-filled. The end product is two equally rad mixes... and a little boasting too.

Part 1 - Books of the Bible

1. Genesis - Tangerine Dream
2. Exodus - DJ Ray (remix)
3. Beast Life - Numbers
4. Six and Seven Books of Moses - Toots and the Maytals
5. Only God Can Judge Me - 2Pac
6. Extra Kings - The Avalanches
7. Death To The Feelers - Matthew Dear
8. A Question Mark - Elliot Smith
9. Prick Tat - Luke Vibert
10. Instant Karma - John Lennon
11. Remember The Romans - Boat
12. Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus
13. Start To Melt - Peter, Bjorn & John
14. Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
15. Hey Jude - Mutato Muzik


Part 2 - Religious Mixed Baggage

1. Love Defined (the Bible) - Daniel Johnston
2. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
3. Jesus The Mexican Boy - Iron & Wine
4. I'm In Hell - The Microphones
5. Heaven Is A Truck - Pavement
6. Angel Hair - Hockey Night
7. Do You Believe In Rapture? - Sonic Youth
8. Lord, Help The Poor & Needy - Cat Power
9. Monkey Gone To Heaven - The Pixies
10. Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam - Nirvana
11. Support Our Troops Oh! (Black Angels Oh!) - Xiu Xiu
12. The Incarnation - Sufjan Stevens
13. How I Beat The Devil - The For Carnation
14. Ono Soul - Thurston Moore
15. Oh My God, Oh My God, Everybody, Oh My God - North of America


download them here