In My Stereo

Friday, April 21, 2006
Freeway/DJ Whoo Kid - Rep Yo Click (G-Unit Radio Part 19)
Fabolous/Street Family/DJ Clue - Loso's Way: Rise To Power
The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Jeff Buckley - Grace (Legacy Edition)
Rod Lee - Operation: Start-Up (Morphius reissue)
Team Green/DNA - Hostage Volume 1
B. Rich - Born Rich
Gritty Gang - Gritty Gang Mixtape
Yung Gist - The Baltimore Son

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10:50 PM

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Bruce Springsteen - "Candy's Room" (mp3)
Posting Joey O.'s mix that I put this on reminded me I wanted to post the song itself. Even though I grew up saturated in 70's classic rock, I never really got exposed to much pre-Born In The U.S.A. Bruce, and just in the past 5 years or so I've really taken an interest in him. But every time I copped one of his earlier albums expected it to be The One, it didn't quite hit the spot, until I finally got Darkness On The Edge Of Town, which is exactly what I was looking for: basically Born On The Run but a little darker and less familiar. I guess there are a lot of people that like it but it still offends me that it's the only one of Bruce's first 7 albums that AllMusic gives less than 5 stars to. To me it's like the perfect Bruce album. This song is amazing, the hi-hats, the builds, maybe uncharacteristic enough to be enjoyed even by some Bruce haters. When I start my next band I'll probably try to implement a no-covers policy, but if the other people aren't having it, I'll insist that we cover either this or "King Of The World" by Steely Dan.

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8:47 PM

Friday, April 14, 2006
This is a mix I made for Joey O. a couple months ago when I hung out with him up in Philly:

1. Henrietta Collins and the Wife Beating Child Haters - "Drive By Shooting"
2. Apollo Sunshine - "Phoney Marony"
3. Spymob - "On Pilot Mountain"
4. The Sands - "House Of Golden Proportions" (demo)
5. Ruth Ruth - "Jerome"
6. The Oranges Band - "Atmosphere"
7. System Of A Down - "Attack"
8. John Mellencamp - "Love And Happiness"
9. Travis Morrison - "The Word Cop"
10. The Roots - "Push Up Ya Lighter"
11. Freeway and Beanie Sigel - "Philly Niggas"
12. Gwen Stefani f/ Ludacris - "Luxurious" (Zone 4 Remix)
13. DJ Chris J. - "I'm Rich Bitch"
14. Prince - "Shockadelica"
15. They Might Be Giants - "Am I Awake"
16. Sloan - "The Good In Everyone"
17. Frank Black - "Freedom Rock"
18. Ted Leo/Pharmacists - "Come Baby Come"
19. Little Feat - "Strawberry Flats"
20. The Posies - "That Don't Fly"
21. Bruce Springsteen - "Candy's Room"
22. R.E.M. - "Time After Time Etc. (Live Medley: Time After Time/Red Rain/So. Central Rain)"
23. Steely Dan - "Barrytown"

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10:43 PM

In My Stereo

Friday, March 17, 2006
Jon Auer - Songs From The Year Of Our Demise
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Mobb Deep/DJ Whoo Kid - G-Unit Radio 17 - Best In The Bizness
Chamillionaire/DJ Smallz - Man On Fire
T.I./DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz: The Leak
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
Tyree Colion - The Problem And The Solution
Bosslady presents On Da Grind, Vol. 3
Skarr Akbar/DJ Radio - Da Labotomy: The General Pt. 3

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8:45 AM

Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Last month I bought a new computer and for the first time finally have a CD burner. The first CD I burned was a mix that I gave to J.G.'s brother John as a Christmas gift:

1. Fugazi - "Song #1"
2. Medications - "Safe And Sorry"
3. The Dismemberment Plan - "The Ice Of Boston"
4. Apollo Sunshine - "Ghost"
5. Sonic Youth - "Teen Age Riot"
6. Superchunk - "Detroit Has A Skyline"
7. Brendan Benson - "I'm Easy"
8. Private Eleanor - "Estimated Distance"
9. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "No Action"
10. Spymob - "It Gets Me Going"
11. Bob Dylan - "Simple Twist Of Fate"
12. Jeff Buckley - "Grace"
13. Lake Trout - "Pill"
14. Ted Leo/Pharmacist - "You Always Hate The One You Love" (mp3)
15. The Geraldine Fibbers - "Lilybelle"
16. Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"
17. The Posies - "Song #1"

The Ted Leo track was the first thing I ever heard by him, way back in 2000 when I reviewed a crappy indie comp for Pitchfork that it was on, and it slowly had me hooked by the time Tyranny of Distance came out. In a way it's still one of my favorite songs by him and I kinda wish he'd do a whole record like that, solo and lo-fi but still energetic and song-driven.

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10:53 PM

Wednesday, September 07, 2005
in my stereo:

Kanye West - Late Registration
Dane Cook - Retaliation
DJ Kay Slay - The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1
Ludacris - Back For The First Time
Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
Darkroom Productions presents - Hamsterdam: The Best of Baltimore
Mullyman - Believe In H.I.M.: The Mix CD
The Oranges Band - The World & Everything In It
Lungfish - Indivisible
Private Eleanor - No Straight Lines

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11:10 AM

Monday, May 02, 2005
in my stereo:

Amerie - Touch
The Minutemen - Post-Mersh, Vol. 1
Rod Lee - Operation: Not Done Yet
George Jones - The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
112 - Pleasure & Pain
Ogun - Real On Purpose
Apollo Sunshine - The Paradiso, Boston MA 1/29/05
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
Two Dollar Guitar - Train Songs

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11:20 AM

Mixtape Tuesday

Tuesday, March 08, 2005
About 2 years ago, I was hanging out with my brother, and he let me go through the mp3 folder on his computer and pick out a bunch of songs and burn myself a CD. It was fun, and I was pretty pleased with the result. I wish I could do that more often, just rummage through someone's hard drive for an afternoon and make a mix from it.

1. The Clipse - "Grindin'"
2. Elvis Presley - "In The Ghetto"
3. No Doubt - "Sunday Morning"
4. Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita"
5. Coldplay - "Shiver"
6. The Clash - "Lost In The Supermarket"
7. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
8. Memphis Bleek f/ Jay-Z, Twista and Missy Elliott - "Is That Your Chick?" (The Lost Verses)
9. The Dismemberment Plan - "Can We Be Mature?"
10. Justin Timberlake f/ The Clipse - "Like I Love You"
11. Elastica - "Stutter"
12. The Descendants - "I'm The One"
13. Josie and the Pussycats - "Three Small Words"
14. State Property - "Roc the Mic"
15. Jay-Z - "Streets Is Watching "
16. Memphis Bleek f/ Jay-Z - "Murda Murda"
17.The Dismemberment Plan - "Since You Died "
18. Usher f/ Ludacris - "U Don't Have To Call" (remix)
19. Queen and David Bowie - "Under Pressure"

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11:36 PM