Before I Grow Too Old

Category: Sad Bastard Music

Sounds like: Last gasps and last rites.

A compilation of the last recordings of artists who died before their time. I include Joe Strummer in that subset. Each is either the last song on the artist's last album or something recorded after that. It's intentionally a pretty dour experience but the songwriting talent heard here, on songs written mostly before the artist knew he or she was short on time, is nothing short of amazing. Use this mix when you want to be reminded of your own impermanence.

Before I Grow Too Old.

Tracklist:
01: Exploding Hearts - We Don't Have to Worry Anymore
02: The Gits - A Change is Gonna Come
03. Elliott Smith - A Distorted Reality is Now A Necessity
04. Nirvana - Autopilot
05. Ten Grand - Now You Got What I Got
06. Joy Division - Decades
07. Joe Strummer - Silver & Gold
08. Nick Drake - From the Morning
09. Peter Laughner - China
10. Jeff Buckley - Satisfied Mind
11. Chris Bell - I Am the Cosmos
12. Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
13. Gram Parsons - In My Hour of Darkness
14. Hank Williams - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
15. T. Rex - Dandy in the Underworld

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Pure Misery

Category: Various Artists

Sounds like: The captain going down with the ship.

In slight parody of the conventions of those Pure Moods comps you see on TV, this mix chronicles a progression of dour moods. Pianos and piano-like sounds feature as a sonic motif throughout many of the tracks, and there's also a bit of a watery theme, the ship lost at sea but still blundering onward. I tend to pull this out in the dead of winter; the upbeat mixes show themselves once spring's in session.

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01. The May Family Reunion - Henry's Ghost
02. Christina Carter - For All Death/Be Come
03. Blonde Redhead - Four Damaged Lemons (Third Eye Foundation remix)
04. Spokane - The Absentee
05. Mus - Caseria
06. Black Heart Procession - A Light So Dim
07. Rachel's - All is Calm
08. This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
09. Eluvium - There Wasn't Anything
10. The Angels of Light - Praise Your Name
11. Afghan Whigs - My Curse
12. Xiu Xiu - Dr. Troll
13. Rosewater Elizabeth - How You Break
14. Songs: Ohia - Blue Factory Flame
15. Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Again, to Drift

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Loves Me/Loves Me Not

Category: Various Artists

Sounds like: Either you love someone or you wish you didn't.

A lot of songs we all know. Two discs. Pick your poison.

(thanks to Joe for mixing)

Valentines Day

Loves Me

01. Bill Withers - Kissing My Love

02. Junior Senior - Can I Get Get Get

03. The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year

04. The Cardigans - In The Round

05. Air - Radian

06. Jessica Lea Mayfield - Words Of Love

07. Al Green - Love and Happiness

08. George Harrison - Your Love is Forever

09. Mylo - In My Arms

10. Graham Reynolds - Strawberry Pie

11. Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness

12. Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness

13. Richard Hawley - Early Morning Rain

14. Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - You're Gonna Get It

15. Prefuse 73 - Perverted Undertone

16. Ween - She's Your Baby

17. Circulatory System - The Lovely Universe

18. Alan Braxe and Friends - In Love With You

19. The Beatles - The End

20. Daft Punk - Make Love

Friday the 13th

Loves Me Not

01. The Breeders - Fortunately Gone

02. The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You

03. Cibo Matto - Sunday Part 1

04. Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down

05. Procul Harum - Too Much Between Us

06. The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her

07. Mark Mulcahy - In Pursuit Of Your Happiness

08. The Mountain Goats - love love love

09. Okkervil River - Song of Our So-Called Friend

10. Calexico - Alone Again Or

11. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Back of Love

12. Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl to Do

13. Hall & Oates - She's Gone

14. Chris Isaak - The End of Everything

15. Broadcast - Tears in the Typing Pool

16. Dennis Brown - Black Magic Woman

17. Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On

18. Emiliana Torrini - Hold Heart

19. You Am I - Heavy Heart

20. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)

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Black Mix

Catagory: Various Artists

Sounds Like: Sad bastard music

For those days when you're feeling sorry for yourself. Pop this in and lock up the sharp objects.

Black Mix

Tracklist:

01. Alasdair Roberts - I Fell in Love
02. The Legendary Pink Dots - Destined to Repeat
03. Clue to Kalo - This Dies Over Distance
04. Colin Meloy - Every Day is Like Sunday
05. Shudder to Think - So Into You
06. Monster Movie - Shortwave
07. Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday
08. Alejandro Escovedo - She Doesn't Live Here Anymore
09. Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
10. Smog - River Guard
11. Sixteen Horsepower - Hutterite Mile
12. Adem - Long Drive Home
13. Bonnie Prince Billy - Raining in Darling
14. Bauhaus - Crowds

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