The Quarterly Mixtape Project

Songs to sing along to in the car

2009-08-04T21:34:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'll admit it - when I hear a great song while driving by myself I can't help singing along like a big dork. So as riduclous as I might look to the driver in the car next to me, I belt it out - dashboard druming and all. And it's great. Here is an hour's worth of some of my favorite sing-along songs for when I'm stuck in the car:

1. Birthday - The Sugarcubes
2. Fake Plastic Trees (acoustic) - Radiohead
3. Tear in Your Hand - Tori Amos
4. Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain
5. Van Diemen's Land - U2
6. Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin
7. In A Little While - U2
8. I I E E E - Tori Amos
9. Wake Up (acoustic) - The Arcade Fire and David Bowie
10. Seven - Sunny Day Real Estate
11. Collect Call - Metric
12. Nightswimming - REM
13. Black - Pearl Jam
14. Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The Quarterly Mixtape Project lives!

the "mixtapes from my brother" mixtape

2009-04-02T18:40:00.000-07:00

directly inspired by all the songs i'd listen to with my then 17-year-old brother in the car on the way to wherever on the kitsap peninsula and/or all the mixtapes he'd mail to me when i was a highschool-aged dumbass in yakima, wa.

imperial teen - yoo hoo
cake - stickshifts and safetybelts
weezer - in the garage
veruca salt - spiderman 1979
camper van beethoven - take the skinheads bowling
sponge - speed racer
toadies - possum kingdom
pulp - like a friend
tripping daisy - i got a girl
cypress hill - i want to get high
beastie boys - brass monkey
smashing pumpkins - disarm
mxpx - chick magnet
the mighty mighty bosstones - where did you go
reel big fish - sell out
save ferris - she has a girlfriend now
soul coughing - circles
propellerheads - on her majesty's secret service
run DMC vs jason nevins - it's like that
aphex twin - girl/boy song
cake - frank sinatra

Caitlin Dale's "That First Sunny Day"

2009-03-29T11:16:00.000-07:00

A mixtape by Caitlin at four.ten:

Annuals - Brother
Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell
Animal Collective - Girls
Marco Benevento - The Real Morning Party
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbor
Jose Gonzalez - Down the Line
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
TV on the Radio - Golden Age
The Dodos - Red and Purple
Beck - Walls

looks like i'm not the only one who subscribes to the short mixtape paradigm. whew.

For Bouncing on the Metro

2009-03-23T12:30:00.000-07:00

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my great honor to present to you this contribution from my good friend Jimmy Marble.

Animal Collective - Bluish
Neutral Milk Hotel - Ghost
Joy Division - Disorder
Beat Happening - In Between
Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
The Beatles - She Said, She Said
Brian Eno - Needle in the Camel's Eye
Lou Reed - Andy's Chest
CocoRosie - Animals
Lykke Li - Let it Fall
Maps and Atlases - Witch
My Bloody Valentine - Blown a Wish
K9000 - Act Up
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine
Mirah - (Exactly Where We're From)
I Love You Avalanche - Miranda
Camera Obscura - Teenager

"physics makes us all its bitches"

2009-03-23T10:42:00.000-07:00

while in portland this weekend, it occurred to me to create a mixtape wherein every song has a song title or at least one lyric that makes a direct reference to a chemical reaction or a physical process.

turns out this wasn't as easy as i had initially thought it would be and i had to bend the rules a little.

anyways, here.

-mant

Starflyer 59 - Nice Guy (5:10)
Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit (3:34)
David Bazan - Cold Beer And Cigarettes (3:52)
Blonde Redhead - Dr. Strangeluv (4:47)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Soft Shock (3:55)
Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You (3:32)
Pinback - Crutch (4:21)
Wintersleep - Fog (1:35)
Islands - Swans (9:30)
Weezer - Only In Dreams (8:45)
The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning (3:28)

Tom's "I am the LOLrus"

2009-03-18T23:30:00.000-07:00

This was Q3 of '07 response to Holly's mixtape. Death Cab and Iron and Wine were on the radio, Ceremony and Phil Collins were on my mind. The rest were just kinda plucked out and fit for me.

David Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
New Order - Ceremony
Pulp - Like A Friend
The Cure - Pictures Of You
Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination
Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel (The Life Aquatic)
Iron & Wine - Naked As We Came
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Talk Talk - It's My Life
The Stills - Of Montreal
Air - Remember
Daft Punk - Something About Us
Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Get Away
Phil Collins - Against All Odds

Holly's "I Fought the LOLs, And the LOLs Won" mixtape

2009-03-18T15:27:00.000-07:00

Holly made this in Oct 07, but it's great so I had to post it.

Hooverphonic - Renaissance Affair
Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies
Rainer Maria - The Aweful Truth Of Loving
The Clash - Spanish Bombs
The Clash - Clampdown
Elliot Smith - Rose Parade
Frou Frou - Let Go
Guided by Voices - The Best Of Jill Hives
The Mountain Goats - No, I Can't
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
The Pixies - Alec Eiffel
The Replacements - Alex Chilton
Sleater Kinney - Words And Guitars
Sloan - G Turns To D
The Smiths - Ask
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
Tom Waits - Hang Down Your Head
Violent Femmes - American Music
Summer Lawns - Piano Song
The Mendoza Line - Under Radar
Danny Elfman - Making Christmas

Ben's "Gently Pull Your Sleepy Ass Out of Bed" mixtape

2009-03-18T09:17:00.000-07:00

Bench says, "Inspired by the opening scene from Vertical Ray of the Sun, here are some excerpts from my "Gently pull your sleepy ass out of bed" playlist, clocking in at 79:57:"

The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Willie Nelson - Matador
Clem Snide - Fontanelle
The White Stripes - We're Going to Be Friends
Clem Snide - Strong Enough
Leonard Cohen - The Partisan
Clem Snide - Find Love
Crooked Fingers - Boy with (100) Hands
Iron & Wine - Love and Some Verses
Crooked Fingers - You Must Build a Fire
The Mortal Coil - You and Your Sister
Jack Johnson - No Other Way
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Norah Jones - Until the End
Willie Nelson - Georgia on my Mind
Alison Kraus - Gravity
Willie Nelson - She is Gone
Iron & Wine - Naked as We Came
Norah Jones - Seven Years
This Mortal Coil - Mr. Somewhere
Willie Nelson - Stardust
Kings of Convenience - Winning a Battle, Losing the War
Mandalay - Don't Invent Me

Holly's Mixageddon: The Riposte

2009-03-18T07:33:00.000-07:00

AR Rahman & M.I.A. - O... Saya
Psyche - Goodbye Horses
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
U2 - New Year's Day
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation
Final Fantasy - This Is the Dream of Win & Regine
Bob Mould - The Silence Between Us
Beulah - Score From Augusta
Loudon Wainwright III - Grey In L.A.
The Beatles - Martha My Dear
Cloud Cult - No One Said It Would Be Easy
Wings - Maybe I'm Amazed
John Williams - Flying Theme (From "E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial")
A-ha - Hunting High and Low
The Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
XTC - Sacrificial Bonfire
Eugene Mirman - Teen Wolf, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights

Katie's Q1 Attempt - What does a book sound like?

2009-03-17T19:24:00.000-07:00

So lately I've kinda been into this little series of books some of you may have heard about called Twilight. :) And I thought it would be a fun project to score the second book. So here's my take on what New Moon sounds like. Each song is intended to be sung by a particular character in the book, almost like conversations. Enjoy.

New Moon

The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night (Edward)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Edward)
Beirut - The Penalty (Edward)
Metric - Help, I'm Alive (Bella)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Edward)
Björk & PJ Harvey - Satisfaction (Bella)
Mike Doughty - Your Misfortune (Jacob)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Landside (Bella)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears (Bella)
Counting Crows - A Murder of One (Jacob)
Björk - Joga (live) (Bella)
Jason Webley - Again the Night (Jacob)
Radiohead - Creep (Edward)
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window (Bella)
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - Falling Slowly (Edward & Bella)
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (Edward)
Garbage - You Look So Fine (Bella)
Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma (Edward)
Jason Webley - Lullaby (Jacob)

Tom's "Mixtape: Part Deux"

2009-03-17T18:38:00.000-07:00

This started out as a couple songs that have been stuck in my head, and I filled it out with other stuff I like.

Shonen Knife - Top of the World
Pulp - Common People
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
The Smashing Pumpkins - The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning
Felix Da Housecat - Ready 2 Wear
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Beggin (pilooski re-edit)
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Elliott Smith - Baby Britain
Peter, Bjorn And John - Young Folks
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Beastie Boys - Get It Together
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything Is Alright)
Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools
Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust
George Michael - One More Try
Toto - Africa
The Sundays - Wild Horses
The Cranberries - (They Long to Be) Close to You