The Missing Mix

Why the missing mix? Why, because I was missing! On this particular Friday I had abandoned my co-workers for an Arts conference, and so in my absence they decided that "missing" would be my inspiration for the week. At first it seemed daunting, then I realized that there were lots of songs about missing people, then I remembered that I don't like those songs, then I struggled. In the beginning I came up with a lot of goofy rap songs ("I missed the Bus", I Left my Wallet in El Segundo", "Tune From the Missing Channel"), but when I heard Chris Clark's song "Absence", I knew I needed to find songs that complemented this amazing track. It wasn't until the night before that I realized I could use untitled tracks because they were missing titles, and so the mix was beefed up with a classic song from Gas' Pop album, and some dancefloor glitch from Saskatoon (Knar).

This is a much warmer electronic mix than the Silence mix of two rotations back, mainly because most of these characters are using real instrumentation as their source (even Oval now!). This is also the first mix where every track came from my existing collection (with the exception of the Clark track):

01 Marc Bolan - Untitled Poem

02 Fennesz - Herbert Missing

03 Odd Nosdam - Untitled One

04 Piano Overlord - You stole my stereo outro

05 Dylan Group - An Indolent Appreciation of What You Left Behind

06 Secret Mommy - Surgery (Medieval Rural Denture Rmx) by Piers Whyte

07 Knar - untitled (knar’s pop quiz theme)

08 Christopher Willits - order (no blueprint)

09 Oval - Emocor

10 blunderspublik - glimse

11 F.S. Blumm - Ohne Orte

12 Savath y Savalas - Untitled

13 The Books - Motherless Bastard

14 Clark - Absence

15 Gas - Untitled #01

16 Tujiko Noriko - Endless End

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I Don't MIND GAMES

I never liked playing Mastermind, because I always lost.
I like playing 20 Questions, although I quickly get bored.
I won't play chess because I get too impatient to stick to any strategy.
Do I Like Mind Games? Yes, I do. And I hope you do too.

1) What You Think Will Happen? - Heather Perkins
2) What Think You? – Walt Whitman
3) Paul Cries – Think About Life
4) Her Psychology Today – Guided By Voices
5) If We Don't Make It We'll Fake It - Death From Above 1979
6) Hypnotize – The White Stripes
7) Courtesy Laughs – Phoenix
8) Going Against Your Mind – Built To Spill
9) Familiarity / Manipulation - unknown
10) Use The Same Old Song – Mighty Mike
11) Your Silent Face – New Order
12) Death - White Lies remixed by Crystal Castles
13) 10 Month Psych Out - Megaheadphoneboy
14) Fake Away – Transistor Sound and Lighting Co.
15) It’s All In Your Mind - Beck

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The White Out Mix

In honour of the first snowfall (although I don't know if I agree that such an event should be honoured) I was given the theme "whiteout". It turned out to be a doozey! (Both the first snow and the mix!) Thematically, I went with songs that deal with snowy or cold subject matter, or have a tie in to snow and cold in some way. In addition, I added some tracks that deal with the colour white. So, although I'm sure no one was really excited about the first snow fall, I hope that listening to this mix (perhaps while curled up in front of a blazing fire while sipping a brandy or maybe just stuck in your car on your way to work with the heat cranked up) will help keep you warm!

The Whiteout Mix

1. Take Off - Bob and Doug McKenzie (with Geddy Lee)

2. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

3. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum

4. A Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel

5. White Room - Cream

6. White Wedding - Billy Idol

7. Play that Funky Music (White Boy) - Wild Cherry

8. Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers

9. Girl with a Problem - The Northern Pikes

10. Prairie Town - Randy Bachman

11. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes

12. Ob La Di, Ob La Da - The Beatles

Put on your toque and head out into the cold!