various | current affairs

this is a digital version of a compilation i put together for my own enjoyment in november 1991 of some of my favourite tunes at the time.

this of course was in the days before itunes and therefore the days before the shuffle button and the playlist, when you'd either have to listen to an entire album straight through or waste a lot of battery time fast forwarding on your walkman to your favourites. or you just made your own playlist on a trusty c90 instead.

mostly contemporary and basically fairly predictable for a dedicated nme-reading 17-year-old, listening to it now - almost exactly 20 years later - makes me glow like the ready brek kid. and i still listen to many of these bands and these very records today.

the above image is a scan of the cover i made for the original. i often wonder what happened to the kids in the photo.

::: my bloody valentine - lose my breath
::: simon & garfunkel - homeward bound
::: the wedding present - mothers
::: chapterhouse - then we'll rise
::: neil young & crazy horse - cinnamon girl (live)
::: ride - unfamiliar
::: daisy chainsaw - get real pleasure
::: thousand yard stare - 0-0 a.e.t.
::: tubeway army - are 'friends' electric?
::: ned's atomic dustbin - selfish
::: lush - sweetness and light
::: kingmaker - when lucy's down
::: power of dreams - does it matter
::: ratcat - getting away (from this world)
::: hole - garbadge man
::: bleach - decadance
::: the cure - pictures of you
::: ride - chelsea girl
::: neil young & crazy horse - cortez the killer (live)
::: babes in toyland - the quiet room

get.

missing posts

hmmm, methinks blogspot is deleting posts it doesn't like. 4 days ago i posted a selection of songs, with direct links to mp3s, and now the post has gone (but you can still see it in hypemachine). what gives? am i doing something wrong or is it for copyright reasons?

oh well, if you want those songs, here's all of them zipped: fuck you blogspot.

various | sunday mix

the weather has been crap recently, lots of rain, grey days and an autumnal chill in the air. it's a shame, but so long as it's sunny mid-may then i'll get over it. i've been itching to get out take pictures of the neighbourhood. the dogwoods are out in full bloom and the streets are covered in pink blankets of petals. maybe tomorrow.

in the meantime, here's a gentle mix for a sunday hangover. happily i don't have one today, but someone else in this house certainly does.

::: pedro the lion - be thou my vision
::: mark eitzel - christian science reading room
::: james blackshaw - running to the ghost
::: movietone - sun drawing
::: south - smoke
::: valgeir sigurðsson - focal point
::: butterfly child - lunar eclipse
::: the wedding present - falling
::: white rabbits - take a walk around the table
::: calliope - did you get what you came for