This is actually the best mix CD ever (ed: at the time of this writing). I’m not just saying that because I made it myself. It just is. I’m actually completely unbiased on this and often quite self-effacing in general.
Holy fuck I’m awesome.
- My Morning Jacket – Off the Record (from Z)
- Elbow – Picky Bugger (from Leaders of the Free World)
- Wolf Parade – Modern World (from Apologies to the Queen Mary)
- DJ Shadow – Six Days feat. Mos Def [Remix] (from the Private Repress)
- The Herbaliser – Gadget Funk (from Take London)
- Lyrics Born – I’m Just Raw (from Same Shit Different Day)
- LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations (from LCD Soundsystem)
- Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc. (from Demon Days)
- Roisin Murphy – Ramalama (from Ruby Blue)
- Sufjan Stevens – Come on! Feel the Illinoise (from Illinois)
- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Little Empty Boat (from B-Sides And Rarities)
- John Vanderslice – Plymouth Rock (from Pixel Revolt)
- Architecture in Helsinki – Maybe You Can Owe Me (from In Case We Die)
- Røyksopp – Only This Moment (from The Understanding)
- System of a Down – Revenga (from Mezmerize)
- Apsci – Tirade Highway (from Thanks for Asking)
- The New Pornographers – The Bleeding Heart Show (from Twin Cinema)
- Sigur Rós – Sæglópur (from Takk)
- Calla – Pulverized (from Collisions)
- Iron and Wine/Calexico – 16, maybe less (from In the Reins)
Running Time: 79:29
This mix was inspired by and supposed, in turn, to be inspiration for a short story I wanted to write. I had an idea for a tale about snow and Christmas and trains and loneliness and trying to find warmth, but it never managed to get finished. I think this set of songs captures the intended feel very well, and it is definitely the most quietly evocative mix I have ever made. It might be perfect for what it tries to do, and that’s make you sad, or at least contemplative and it might convince you it’s snowing outside and you need to pull that blanket a little closer around you.
- Adem – Everything You Need _from Homesongs (2004)
- Kings of Convenience – I Don’t Know What I Can Save You _from from Quiet Is the New Loud (2001)
- Sun Kil Moon – Carry Me Ohio _from Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)
- Josh Ritter – Come And Find Me _from Golden Age Of Radio (2002)
- Ulrich Schnauss – Passing By _from Far Away Trains Passing By (2001)
- Beth Orton – Sweetest Decline _from Central Reservation (1999)
- Espers – Daughter _from Espers (2004)
- Augie March – The Night Is A Blackbird _from Strange Bird (2002)
- Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr _from Illinois (2005)
- Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus – Roslin Castle/Miss Gordon of Gight _from Return to Kintail (1999)
- Wilco – Hummingbird (Soma Version) _from The Wilco Book (2004)
- John Vanderslice – June July _from Cellar Door (2004)
- Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) _from The Hounds of Love (1985)
- The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #2 (Laika) _from Funeral (2004)
- Portishead – Sour Times _from Dummy (1994)
- Radiohead – Let Down _from OK Computer (1997)
- Tom Waits – Time _from Rain Dogs (198
A few little songs that are, well, worth putting on a mix cd, as it turns out. A large selection of new stuff, and a general good turn-out, I think. No real theme, but a decent flow, I hope.
- Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass from Silent Alarm (2005)
- Bright Eyes – Down A Rabbit Hole from Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (2005)
- Joseph Arthur – Stumble And Pain from Our Shadows (2004)
- Broadcast – Ominous Cloud from Haha Sound (2003)
- Feist – Mushaboom from Let It Die (2004)
- Spoon – Everything Hits at Once from Girls Can Tell (2001)
- Annie – Heartbeat from Anniemal (2004)
- 13 + God – Soft Atlas from 13 + God (2005)
- Daedelus – Thanatopsis from Exquisite Corpse (2005)
- Ada – Cool my Fire (I’m Burning) from Blondie (2004)
- Architecture in Helsinki – Like A Call from Fingers Crossed (2003)
- Clann Zú – One Bedroom Apartment from Black Coats and Bandages (2003)
- The Wrens – She Sends Kisses from The Meadowlands (2003)
- Sparklehorse – Piano Fire from It’s A Wonderful Life (2001)
- Andrew Bird – A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left from The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005)
- Patrick Wolf – The Libertine from Wind In The Wires (2005)
- General Electrics – Facing that void (w. Maroons) from Cliquety Kliqk (2003)
- The Eels – Trouble With Dreams from Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2005)
- The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Temple Music from Royal Society (2004)
- The Constantines – On to You from Shine a Light (2003)
- The Divine Comedy – Tonight We Fly from Promenade (1994)
Running Time: 79:34
Mp3 (64 kbps)
(MP3)
6 am
Spoon / Something to Look Forward To / Kill The Moonlight (2002)
Merkury Burn / I Should Care / Rumours of Our Death (2001)
Death From Above 1979 / Pull Out / I’m a Woman, You’re a Machine (2004)
The Ramones / Blitzkrieg Bop / Ramones (1976)
Talk Talk / The Rainbow / Spirit Of Eden (1988)
Talk Talk / Eden / Spirit Of Eden (1988)
Ulrich Schnauss / Monday Paracetamol / A Strangely Isolated Place (2003)
Outkast / SpottieOttieDopaliscious / Aquemini (1998)
Massive Attack / Protection / Protection (1994)
The Decemberists / On the Bus Mall / Picaresque (2005)
7 am – I don’t want a job. I want to be independantly wealthy and fuck off.
Otis Redding / (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay / The Dock of the Bay (1968)
Willie Nelson / On the Road Again / Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
The White Stripes / I’m Bound to Pack It Up / De Stijl (2000)
Josh Ritter / Come and Find Me / The Golden Age of Radio (2001)
Sun Kil Moon / Carry Me Ohio / Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)
Travis / Driftwood / The Man Who (1999)
R.E.M. / Find the River / Automatic for the People (1992)
British Sea Power / The Land Beyond / Open Season (2005)
Modest Mouse / World At Large / Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
Mercury Rev / Goddess On A Hiway / Deserter’s Songs (1998)
The Divine Comedy / Tonight We Fly / Promenade (1994)
Cake / The Distance / Fashion Nugget (1996)
The Music / Take The Long Road and Walk It / The Music (2001)
8 am
Portishead / Roads / Dummy (1994)
The Delgados / Coming In From The Cold / Hate (2002)
Lisa Gerrard/Dead Can Dance / Sanvean / Towards the Within (1994)
Tom Waits / Time / Rain Dogs (1985)
John Vanderslice / Coming and Going on Easy Terms / Cellar Door (2004)
Elbow / Powder Blue / Asleep in the Back (2001)
Yo La Tengo / Our Way to Fall / And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Wilco / Reservations / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Radiohead / True Love Waits / I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001)
Ted Leo/Pharmacists / Under the Hedge / The Tyranny of Distance (2001)
Hot Hot Heat / Jingle Jangle / Elevator (2005)
Spoon / I Summon You / Gimme Fiction (2005)
Doves / Pounding / The Last Broadcast (2002)
6 am – In honour of the rising sun
Jerry Lee Lewis / Great Balls of Fire / Fire (2003)
Twine /Kalea Morning / Twine (2003)
The Cinematic Orchestra / Dawn / Man With a Movie Camera (2003)
Broken Social Scene / Looks Just Like the Sun / You Forgot It In People (2002)
U2 / The Three Sunrises / Wide Awake in America (1985)
Plump DJs w/ Louise Rhodes / Morning Sun / Eargasms (2003)
Pulp / Sunrise / We Love Life (2002)
Brian Eno / Silver Morning / Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (1983)
Slowdive / Good Day Sunshine / Souvlaki (1993)
Orbital / One Perfect Sunrise / Blue Album (2004)
The Polyphonic Spree / Light & Day – Reach for the Sun / The Beginning Stages Of… (2002)
7 am – The Arsonist’s Songbook
The Prodigy / Fire (Sunrise Version) / Experience (1992)
Electric Six / Danger, High Voltage! / Fire (2003)
Weezer / El Scorcho / Pinkerton (1996)
Sparklehorse / Piano Fire / It’s A Wonderful Life (2001)
Tricky / Bury the Evidence / Blow Back (2001)
Merkury Burn / Fireball / Burning Words (2000)
Franz Ferdinand / This Fire / Franz Ferdinand (2004)
Johnny Cash / Ring of Fire / Ring of Fire (1963)
Bruce Springsteen / Dancing in the Dark / Born In The U.S.A. (1984)
Latyrx / Aim for the Flickering Flame / The Album (1997)
Ada / Cool My Fire (I’m Burning) / Blondie (2004)
U2 / The Unforgettable Fire / The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
8 am
Roisin Murphy / Dear Diary / Ruby Ble/Sequins 2 (2005)
Busdriver / Unemployed Black Astronaut / Fear Of A Black Tangent (2005)
Edan / Beauty / Beauty and The Beat (2005)
Rae & Christian / Divine Sounds / Northern Sulphuric Soul (2004)
Missy Elliott / The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) / Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Nicolette / No Government / Let No One Live Rent Free in Your Mind (1996)
Crime and the City Solution / The Dolphins and the Sharks / Paradise Discotheque (1990)
New Order / Krafty / Waiting for the Siren’s Call (2005)
Of Montreal / Disconnect the Dots / Satanic Panic in the Attic (2004)
Dispatch / The General / Bang Bang (2000)
Jude / Brad and Suzy / No One Is Really Beautiful (1999)
M.I.A. / Amazon / Arular (2005)
(<a href=“https://storage.googleapis.com/radioslipstream/radio/slipstream040605.mp3">MP3)
6 am
The ArcadeFire / Wake Up / Funeral (2004)
–U2 Live from San Diego (March 28, 2005)–
(City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo – Stories For Boys, Cry – The Electric Co., An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart, Beautiful Day, New Year’s Day, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else)
7 am
–More U2 Live from San Diego (March 28, 2005)–
(Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky – Hands That Built America, Running to Stand Still, Zoo Station, The Fly, Elevation, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One, All Because Of You, Yahweh, 40)
8 am
White Town / Your Woman / Women in Technology (1997)
DJ Shadow / Six Days (Remix featuring Mos Def) / Six Days CD Single (2002)
Gorillaz / Feel Good, Inc / Demon Days (2005)
Mitch Hedberg / Various Funnyisms / Various Funny Places (24 February 1968 – 30 March 2005)
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & The Clowns / Don’t You Just Know It / Having a Good Time (1959)
A Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band / Horses in the Sky / Horses in the Sky (2005)
Beck / Broken Drum (Boards of Canada Remix) / Guero (2005)
The Weakerthans / Reconstruction Site / Reconstruction Site (2003)
The Constantines / Young Lions / Shine a Light (2003)
British Sea Power / North Hanging Rock / Open Season (2005)
A very special super-shortened version of the Slipstream featuring a final hour vaguely inspired by the McMaster Thespian Society’s production of Romeo and Juliet.
(MP3)
7 am
Bill Haley and his Comets / (Tonight We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock / (1954)
Nina Simone / Sinnerman / Pastel Blues (1965)
Beth Gibbons & Rustin’ Man / Mysteries / Out of Season (2002)
Passengers / Your Blue Room / Original Soundtracks 1 (1995)
Radiohead / Bullet Proof (I Wish I Was…) / The Bends (1995)
Fun Lovin Criminals / We Are All Very Worried About You / 100% Colombian (1998)
Latyrx / Storm Warning / Quannum Spectrum (1999)
Roots Manuva / Clockwork / Brand New Second Hand (1999)
Orbital / P.E.T.R.O.L. / In-Sides (1996)
Moloko / Forever More / Statues (2003)
8 am
Jens Lekman / If You Ever Need a Stranger (to Sing at your Wedding) / When I Said I Wanted to be your Dog (2004)
Bent / Chocolate Wings / Programmed to Love (2000)
Antony and the Johnsons / Fistful of Love / I Am a Bird Now (2005)
Air / The Vagabond / 10,000 Hz Legend (2001)
Bright Eyes / Lover I Don’t Have to Love / Lifted (the story is in the soil, keep your ear to the ground) (2002)
Gavin Friday / Angel / Shag Tobacco (1996)
The Shins / Pink Bullets / Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
Yo La Tengo / You Can Have it All / And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (2000)>
William Shatner / Romeo and Juliet / The Transformed Man (1968)
Garbage / #1 Crush / Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Decemberists / I Don’t Mind / 5 Songs EP (2005)
Mazzy Star / Fade Into You / So Tonight, That I Might See (2002)
(MP3)
6 am
Junior Senior / Move Your Feet / D-d-don’t Stop The Beat (2002)
Hybrid / Finished Symphony (live) / Live Angle (2000)
U2 / Zooropa / Zooropa (1993)
Amon Tobin / Stoney Street / Bricolage (1997)
Lamb / Lusty / Lamb (1997)
Aim / Cold Water Music/ / Cold Water Music (1999)
The Notwist / This Room / Neon Golden (2002)
Avia Gardner / Urban / Saturday Morning Empires (2004)
M Ward / Sad, Sad Song / The Transfiguration of Vincent (2003)
Patrick Street / Music For a Found Harmonium / 3 Irish Times 3 (1989)
7 am – Devils with Drum Machines
Orbital / Satan (Industry Standard) / In-Sides Bonus Disc (1996)
Azzido Da Bass / Doom’s Night (Timo Maas Remix) / Music for the Maases (2000)
Dope Smugglaz / The Word (PMT Remix) / Swordfish OST (2001)
Luke Vibert / Acidisco / YosepH (2003)
Underworld / Moaner / Beacoup Fish (1999)
Primal Scream / Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers Remix) / XTRMNTR (2000)
Basement Jaxx / Where’s Your Head At? / Rooty (2001)
The Prodigy / Voodoo People / Music for the Jilted Generation (1995)
Leftfield and Afrika Bambaataa / Afrika Shox / Rhythm and Stealth (1999)
Lemon Jelly / ‘88 aka Come Down On Me / 64-95 (2005)
Way Out West / Intensify Pt 1 / Intensify (2001)
8 am
Everything But The Girl / Hatfield 1980 / Temperamental (1999)
General Electrics feat Maroons / Facing That Void / Cliquety Kliqk (2003)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / (Are You) the One That I’ve Been Waiting For? / Boatman’s Call (1997)
John Vanderslice / Confusion Boats / Mass Suicide Occult Figurines (2000)
Dismemberment Plan / The Face of the Earth / Change (2001)
Trashmonk / Dying Day / Mona Lisa Overdrive (1999)
Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus / Roslin Castle/Miss Gordon of Gight / Return to Kintail (1999)
The Delgados / No Danger / The Great Eastern (2000)>
The Libertines / Can’t Stand Me Now / The Libertines (2004)
Spoon / Metal Detektor / A Series of Sneaks (1998)
Decemberists / Eli, The Barrow Boy / Picaresque (2005)
The Go! Team / Everyone’s a VIP to Someone / Thunder Lightning Strike (2004)
This may or may not have been made with someone in mind. Several months on down the road, that person is much less in mind, I have no particular regrets, and a really kickass mix cd came of it.
01 – Doves – Pounding [from The Last Broadcast, 2002]
02 – Hot Hot Heat – Jingle Jangle [from Elevator, 2005]
03 – Of Montreal – Climb a ladder [from Satanic Panic in the Attic, 2004]
04 – Spoon – I Summon You [from Gimme Fiction, 2005]
05 – Augie March – There is No Such Place [from Sunset Studies, 2000]
06 – M Ward – Vincent O’Brien [from The Transfiguration of Vincent, 2003]
07 – The Weakerthans – Left and Leaving [from Left and Leaving, 2000]
08 – Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees [from The Bends, 1995]
09 – Adem – Long Drive Home [from Homesongs, 2004]
10 – Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney – Beast for Thee [from Superwolf, 2005]
11 – Josh Ritter – California [from Hello Starling, 2004]
12 – Mercury Rev – Vermillion [from The Secret Migration, 2005]
13 – The Church – Under the Milky Way [from Starfish, 1988]
14 – The Decemberists – Engine Driver [from Picaresque, 2005]
15 – Stars – Ageless Beauty [from Set Yourself on Fire, 2004]
16 – The Tindersticks – Buried Bones [from Curtains, 1997]
17 – Beth Orton – Stars All Seem to Weep [from Central Reservation, 1999]
18 – Air – You Make It Easy [from Moon Safari, 1999]
19 – Mazzy Star – Fade Into You [from So Tonight That I Might See, 1993]
20 – A Camp – Song for the Leftovers [from A Camp, 2002]
21 – Simon and Garfunkel – For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
Runtime: 79:36
(MP3)
6 am
Animal Collective / Leaf House / Sung Tongs (2004)
Underworld / MMM… Skyscraper, I Love You / Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)
Drum Island / Glacier / Drum Island (1997)
DJ Food / The Crow… / Kaleidoscope (2000)
Max Richter / On The Nature of Daylight / The Blue Notbooks (2004)
Télépopmusik / Hollywood on my Toothpaste/ / Angel Milk (2005)
Nits / Dreams / Da Da Da (1995)
Talk Talk / Life’s What You Make It / The Colour Of Spring (1986)
7 am – Angels with Synthesizers
Orbital / Halcyon & On & On / Orbital 2 (The Brown Album) (1992)
Lamb / Heaven / What Sound (2001)
William Orbit w/ Beth Orton / Water From a Vine Leaf / Strange Cargo III (1993)
Bjork / All Is Full of Love / Greatest Hits (2002)
Frou Frou / Let Go / Details (2002)
Ivy / Edge of the Ocean / Long Distance (2000)
Air / You Make It Easy / Moon Safari (1999)
Peace Orchestra (Peter Kruder) / Shining / Peace Orchestra (1998)
Vangelis / Rachel’s Song / Blade Runner OST (1992)
Mandalay / Beautiful (7″ Canny Mix) / CD Single (1998)
Craig Armstrong w/ Liz Fraser / This Love / The Space Between Us (1998)
8 am
Daedelus / Thanatopsis / Exquisite Corpse (2005)
13+God / Soft Atlas / Men of Station EP (2005)
Vitamins for You / Luxury and Hope / Saturday Morning Empires (2004)
The Weakerthans / None of the Above / Left and Leaving (2000)
Iron & Wine / Naked As We Came / Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
Sage Francis / The Buzz Kill / A Healthy Distrust (2005)
Radiohead / I Might Be Wrong / Amnesiac (2001)
Patrick Wolf / The Libertine / Wind In The Wires (2005)
Andrew Bird / Case in Point / The Swimming Hour (2001)
Modest Mouse / Gravity Rides Everything / The Moon And Antarctica (2000)
The Constantines / On To You / Shine A Light (2004)
March 9, 2005 – Songs in the Key of AWESOME (MP3)
6 am
The Von Bondies / Cmon Cmon / Pawn Shoppe Heart (2004)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / Babe, I’m On Fire / Nocturama (2003)
Kraftwerk / Computer Love / Computer World (1981)
Coldplay / Talk / ? (2005)
Doves / Almost Forgot Myself / Some Cities (2005)
Tindersticks / Another Night In/ / Curtains (1997)
Badly Drawn Boy / The Shining / Hour of the Bewilderbeast (2000)
Calexico / Not Even Stevie Nicks / The Feast of Wire (2003)
Air / Ce Matin La / Moon Safari (1999)
7 am – Some of the Best songs of 2004
Ted Leo/Pharmacists / Me and Mia / Shake the Sheets (2004)
The Go! Team / Junior Kickstart / Thunder! Lightning! Strike! (2004)
The Dresden Dolls / Girl Anachronism / The Dresden Dolls (2004)
U2 / Original of the Species / How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)
Junior Boys / Bellona / Last Exit (2004)
Annie / Heartbeat / Anniemal (2004)
Feist / Mushaboom / Let it Die (2004)
Adem / Long Drive Home / Homesongs (2004)
Kate Rogers / This Collective / St. Eustacia (2004)
Espers / Voices / Espers (2004)
The Arcade Fire / Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) / Funeral (2004)
Franz Ferdinand / The Dark of the Matinee / Franz Ferdinand (2004)
8 am
Monty Python / Money Song / Monty Python Sings (1991)
Pink Floyd / Money / The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Blackalicious / Deception / Nia (2000)
The Decemberists / The Engine Driver / Picaresque (2005)
The Wrens / She Sends Kisses / The Meadowlands (2003)
The Sadies / Why Be So Curious? / Favourite Colours (2004)
Apostle of Hustle / Song for Lorca / Folkloric Feel (2004)
Final Fantasy / This is the Dream of Win & Regine / Has A Good Home (2005)
Spoon / I Summon You (demo) / [from upcoming album Gimme Fiction] (2004)
The Shins / New Slang / Oh, Inverted World (2001)
Augie March / The Vineyard / Strange Bird (2002)
The Decemberists / 16 Military Wives / Picaresque (2005)
March 2, 2005 – a.k.a. Hey VJ! Sing! (MP3)
6 am
Ween / Push the Little Daisies / Pure Guava (1992)
British Sea Power / Lately / The Decline of… (2003)
RJD2 / Smoke and Mirrors / Deadringer (2002)
Holger Czukay / Der Osten Ist Rot (the east is red) / Der Osten Ist Rot (1984)
The Gotan Project / Epocha / La Revancha Del Tango (2001)
Augie March / The Night is a Blackbird / Strange Bird (2002)
Archer Prewitt / Wilderness / Wilderness (2005)
My Morning Jacket / Bermuda Highway / At Dawn (2001)
Bright Eyes / First Day of My Life / I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2005)
7 am – Duude, you should totally watch this music video!
Blur / Coffee and TV / 13 (1999)
UNKLE / Rabbit in the Headlights / Psyence Fiction (1998)
The Avalanches / Frontier Psychiatrist / Since I Left You (2000)
Pearl Jam / Do the Evolution / Yield (1998)
The Chemical Brothers w/ The Flaming Lips / The Golden Path / Singles 93-03 (2003)
Kosheen / Catch / Resist (2001)
Andre 3000 / Hey Ya / The Love Below (2003)
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Can’t Stop / By the Way (2002)
Bjork / Bachelorette / Homogenic (1997)
Johnny Cash / Hurt / American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
UNKLE / Eye 4 an Eye / Never Neverland (2003)
8 am
Andrew Bird / Sovay / The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005)
Andrew Bird / A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left / The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005)
Andrew Bird / Fake Palindromes / The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / As I Sat Sadly By Her Side / No More Shall We Part (2002)
James / One of the Three / Laid (1993)
Antony & The Johnsons / Hope There’s Someone / I Am a Bird Now (2005)
A.C. Newman / Drink to Me, Babe, Then / The Slow Wonder (2004)
Rogue Wave / Every Moment / Out Of The Shadow (2004)
The Rapture / Echoes / Echoes (2003)
Annie / Anniemal / Anniemal (2004)
Saint Etienne / Sylvie / Good Humor (1998)
Blue States / Across the Wire / The Soundings (2004)