Monday, November 22, 2010

The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 25: "Mood Ring" Mixtape


1. Low + Dirty Three - Cody
2. Cat Power - Names
3. Brian Eno - By this river
4. Belle & Sebastian - The boy done wrong again
5. Ray Lamontagne - All the wild horses
6. Joni Mitchell - For free
7. Sun Kil Moon - Heron blue
8. Mogwai - Moses? I amn't
9. Radiohead - How to disappear completely
10. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
11. Otis Redding - A change is gonna come
12. Al Green - How can you mend a broken heart?
13. Donny Hathaway - Giving up
14. Billie Holiday - Strange fruit
15. Gladys Knight - Help me make it through the night

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Happy Birthday Zach Mixtape


1. Oy - Trolls
2. Amon Tobin - El wraith
3. Cinematic Orchestra - Man with the movie camera
4. The Sea & Cake - An echo in
5. Matmos - The struggle against unreality begins
6. Tortoise - Along the banks of rivers
7. Dirty Three - Backwards voyager
8. Squarepusher - My sound
9. Mogwai - Radar maker
10. Boards of Canada - The devil is in the details
11. Tarwater - 70 rupies to paradise road
12. Town & Country - Belle isle
13. Bonobo - Ketto
14. Mouse on Mars - Sehnsud
15. U-Ziq - Abmoit

Thursday, October 21, 2010

"Would You Like a Sample?" Mixtape (Dedicated to Eric)


(Happy Birthday, Eric!)
1. Zapp & Roger - More bounce to the ounce
2. Weldon Irvine - We gettin' down
3. Sylvia Striplin - You can't turn me down
4. The Meters - Cardova
5. Buddy Baker - Sign song
6. Billy Brooks - 40 days
7. Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica
8. Bob Azzam & His Orchestra - Rain, rain, go away
9. David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
10. Isaac Hayes - Walk on by
11. Average White Band - Love your life
12. Ann Peebles - I can't stand the rain
13. Sly & the Family Stone - Remember who you are
14. 24 Karat Black - Ghetto misfortune's wealth
15. Lata Mangeshkar - Thoda resham lagta hai
16. Lynn Collins - Think (about it)
17. Third Guitar - Baby don't cry
18. David McCallum - The edge
19. Enoch Light - A little fugue for you and me

Friday, October 8, 2010

The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 24: "Food" Mixtape



1. Grand Lake - Carpoforo
2. Sons & Daughters - Blood
3. The Heavy ft. The Dap Kings - How you like me now?
4. Dengue Fever - Ethanopium
5. Brent Amaker & the Rodeo - Johnny's theme
6. Kyle Andrews - Lov3r
7. Revolver - Get around town
8. Maps & Atlases - Artichoke
9. Shapes & Sizes - I need an outlet
10. Great Lake Swimmers - Your rocky spine
11. State Radio - Keep sake
12. Julie Peel - Living in a movie
13. Sarah June - Motown
14. Lotte Kestner - Crush the bird
15. International Hyper Rythmique - Folka
16. Warpaint - Undertown
17. Blonde Redhead - Penny sparkle
18. Exray's - Hesitation

(each song corresponds to a favorite food listed below)

1. Dungeness Crab at Wharf (San Francisco)
2. Barramundi in Tomato Broth at Cochon (Philly)
3. Ricotta & Brocolli Pizza at Borda's (Philly)
4. Coconut Pachadi at Kopi (Wellington, NZ)
5. Veggie Burrito at Flying Burrito Bros. (Wellington, NZ)
6. American Dream Roll at Yakitori Boy (Philly)
7. Veggie Burger at Noble (Philly)
8. Grilled Artichokes at Houstons (Intercoastal, FL)
9. Grilled Brie & Baguette at Farmacia (Philly)
10. Oysters at Ventana Inn (Big Sur)
11. Tamarind Coconut Shrimp at Clay Pit (Austin)
12. Thousand Layer Bread & Vatana Bean Dip at Rangoon (Philly)
13. Bread Basket at Rattlesnake Club (Detroit)
14. Caesar Salad at Good Dog (Philly)
15. Tricolor Pizza Salad at CPK (Locations Worldwide)
16. Tuna Ceviche at Distrito (Philly)
17. Blue Bay Mussels at Little Fish/Fish (Philly)
18. Gnocchi Sorrentina at AL 34 (Rome)

"Camping" Mixtape (Dedicated to PK)


1. Wallace Collection - Daydream
2. The Lovely Sparrows - Year of the dog
3. The Tallest Man on Earth - Love is all
4. The Sarcastic Dharma Society - Find love
5. Wand - Soldier movies
6. Devendra Banhart - It's a sight to behold
7. Fire on Fire - Heavy D
8. Michael Hurley - Werewolf
9. Songs: Ohia - I've been riding with the ghost
10. Bill Callahan - Eid ma clack shaw
11. Donovan - Bert's blues
12. Sparklehorse ft. Jason Lytle - Everytime I'm with you
13. The Dodos - Park song
14. Maps & Atlases - Artichoke
15. Aloha - It won't be long
16. Mark Lanegan - Resurrection song
17. Dave Van Ronk - House of the rising sun
18. Electrelane - You make me weak in the knees
19. Built to Spill - Traces
20. Grand Lake - Louise (I live in a fantasy)
21. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Brave as a noun
22. Danny Tatum - Moonlight swim

Monday, September 20, 2010

The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 23: "Girl Rock" Mixtape


1. Cary Ann Hearst - Hell's bells
2. The Duke Spirit - You were born inside my heart
3. Denali - Lose me
4. Emily Haynes & the Soft Skeleton - Mostly waving
5. Elysian Fields - Rope of weeds
6. The xx - Infinity
7. Broadcast - Look outside
8. Stereolab - Infinity girl
9. Slumber Party - You've gone too far
10. Quix*O*Tic - On my own
11. Liz Phair - Girls, girls, girls
12. Electrelane - On parade
13. Sleater-Kinney - Turn it on
14. Deerhoof - Red dragon
15. Blonde Redhead - The dress
16. Bjork - Scatterheart
17. Bela Karoli - Summertime
18. Ani DiFranco - Two little girls
19. Laura Veirs - Secret someones

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 22: "The Break-Up" Mixtape


1. Angels of Light - Black river song
2. The Harvey Girls - The body without any eyes
3. Jose Gonzalez - Down the line
4. Fire on Fire - Assanine race
5. The Consulate General - Half-day honeymoon
6. Tune-Yards - Fiya
7. Dirty Projectors + Bjork - When the world comes to an end
8. Larkin Grimm - Parplar
9. Here We Go Magic - Only pieces
10. Cars & Trains - I know someone who can't recognize
11. Smog - The only mother
12. Birds & Batteries - The villain
13. CAN - Don't turn the light on
14. Nina Simone - Don't let me be misunderstood
15. Leonard Cohen - The partisan
16. The Mountain Goats - Woke up new
17. Spoon - I summon you
18. The Black Keys - I'm not the one

Caresh Birthday Mixtape (LOST Themed)


1. Intro
2. DJ Shadow - Dark days
3. Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle yezeta (my own memory)
4. Liquid Liquid - Cavern
5. Interlude
6. Emiliana Torrini - Jungle drum
7. Spoon - Was it you?
8. Jorge Ben - Xica de silva
9. Interlude
10. Handsome Boy Modeling School ft. Roisin of Molo - The truth
11. Aloe Blacc - I need a dollar
12. Interlude
13. Themselves - Hat in the wind
14. Cars & Trains - The sun always sets
15. Aesop Rock - The water
16. Blakroc - On the vista
17. Interlude
18. The Harvey Girls - FWIW
19. Angels of Light - Promise of water
20. Smog - Let me see the colts
21. Interlude
22. CAN - She brings the rain
23. Sir Victor Uwaifo - Happy day from me to you

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

(Untitled) Mixtape


1. Liquid Liquid - Optimo
2. Le Tigre - Tell you now
3. The Slits - I heard it through the grapevine
4. Bush Tetras - Too many creeps
5. ESG - You make no sense
6. Tracy + the Plastics - Best of the 70's, 80's & 90's
7. Paul A Rosales - Crimes
8. James Chance & the Contortions - I can't stand myself
9. Erase Errata - How to tell yourself from a te
10. Delta 5 - Mind your own business
11. Glenn Braca - Lesson no. 2
12. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Wawa
13. Ut - Evangelist
14. Teenage Jesus & the Jerks - The closet
15. D.N.A. - Not moving
16. The Raincoats - Fairytale in the supermarket
17. MARS - Hairwaves
18. Quix*O*Tic - The breeze
19. Slumber Party - Bag of spiders
20. Vivien Goldman - Launderette
21. Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers
22. The Gossip - Jailbreak

Monday, June 28, 2010

The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 21: "Songs To Make You Wet" Mixtape












(All of these songs came from sexy movies)
1. Richie Havens - Freedom (Man on the Moon)
2. Roger McGuinn - It's alright ma (I'm only bleeding) (Easy Rider)
3. Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standing in my doorway crying (Black Snake Moan)
4. Aretha Franklin - I never loved a man (the way that I love you) (Bound)
5. Bill Withers - Who is he (and what is he to you) (Jackie Brown)
6. The Doors - The spy (The Dreamers)
7. Leonard Cohen - I'm your man (Secretary)
8. Marco Antonio Solis - Si no te hubieras ido (Y Tu Mama Tambien)
9. Rebekah Del Rio - Llorando (Mulholland Drive)
10. Cocteau Twin - Alice (Stealing Beauty)
11. Gentlemen Reg - It's not safe (Shortbus)
12. Biel Ballester Trio - When I was a boy (Vicky Christina Barcelona)
13. Solomon Burke - Cry to me (Dirty Dancing)
14. Richard O'Brien - Sweet transvestite (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
15. Wylde Rattz - T.V. eye (Velvet Goldmine)
16. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Whatever happened to my rock 'n' roll (9 Songs)
17. Can - Mother sky (Deep End)

Thursday, May 6, 2010

"Graduation" Mixtape


1. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Eye of the tiger (Survivor cover)
2. Florence + the Machine - Addicted to love (Robert Palmer cover)
3. The Veils - Clap hands (Tom Waits cover)
4. Metric - Don't think twice it's alright (Bob Dylan cover)
5. The Sarcastic Dharma Society - First day of my life (Bright Eyes cover)
6. Mates of State - These days (Jackson Browne cover)
7. M. Ward - Green river (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
8. The Morning Benders - Lovefool (Cardigans cover)
9. Serena Ryder & the Beauties - The funeral (Band of Horses cover)
10. A.A. Bondy - I'm on fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
11. My Morning Jacket - Rocket man (Elton John cover)
12. Joshua James - Losing my religion (R.E.M. cover)
13. Calico Horse - Idioteque (Radiohead cover)
14. Sara Lov - My body is a cage (Arcade Fire cover)
15. Emiliana Torrini - Sound of silence (Simon and Garfunkel cover)
16. Eels - Can't help falling in love with you (Elvis Presley cover)
17. Calexico - I send my love to you (Palace Brothers cover)
18. The Sarcastic Dharma Society - Bad bad things (Andrew Jackson Jihad cover)
19. Dan Mangan - There is a light that never goes out (The Smiths cover)
20. My Brightest Diamond - Lucky (Radiohead cover)

Friday, April 23, 2010

The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 20: "Altered States" Mixtape


1. Issa Bagayogo - Kanadianfan
2. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Nouessename
3. Sourakata Koite - Ha-madi
4. Teshome Meteku - Mot adeladlogn
5. Mahmoud Ahmed - Bemin sebeb litlash
6. Getatchew Mekurya - Almaz yeharerwa
7. Teshome Meteku - Hasabe
8. Aster Aweke & Sensation Band - Etetu beredegne
9. Testa-Maryam Kidane - Heywete
10. Mulatu Astatqe - Tezeta
11. Feqadu Amde-Mesqel - Asmarina
12. Wallias Band - Musicawi silt
13. BLO - Chant to mother earth
14. Moussa Doumbia - Keleya

Friday, March 19, 2010

The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 19: "Springtime" Mixtape


(Dedicated to my mother)
1. The Dixie Cups - Iko iko
2. The Cookies - Don't say nothing (bad about my baby)
3. The Ikettes - Peaches & cream
4. The Angels - My boyfriend's back
5. Little Eva - The loco-motion
6. Claudine Clark - Party lights
7. The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
8. The Chiffons - He's so fine
9. The Ronettes - Be my baby
10. The Crystals - Then he kissed me
11. The Shangri-Las - Leader of the pack
12. Little Peggy March - I will follow him
13. The Exciters - Tell him
14. Leslie Gore - It's my party
15. Martha & the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
16. Mary Wells - My guy
17. The Jellybeans - I want to love him so bad
18. The Shirelles - Baby it's you
19. The Paris Sisters - I love how you love me
20. Ruby & the Romantics - Hey there lonely boy

Friday, February 26, 2010

The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 18: "Get In My Pants vs. Get Out Of My Pants" Mixtape


"This Is What It Sounds Like When Boys Cry"

1. Eels - I'm going to stop pretending that I didn't break your heart
2. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Into my arms
3. Weezer - Butterfly
4. Elliott Smith - Needle in the hay
5. Sun Kil Moon - Heron blue
6. Radiohead - Street spirit (fade out)
7. Death Cab for Cutie - Passenger seat
8. Daniel Johnston - Story of an artist
9. Caetano Veloso - Cucurrucucu paloma
10. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
11. Bon Iver - Skinny love
12. Tom Waits - Dirt in the ground
13. The Smiths - Asleep
14. Gary Jules - Mad world
15. Palace - You have cum in your hair and your dick is hanging out
16. The Sea & Cake - Parasol
17. Songs: Ohia - Nervous bride

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Tape Player Required Volume 4: "The Philadelphia Mixtape Exchange Volume 17: Nostalgia"


All of this music aside from the Spoon song came from Terrorbird Media. Check them out at http://www.terrorbird.com/

Side A:
1. Spoon - Written in reverse
2. Zaza - Faith in the faithless
3. Casy & Brian - The great owl
4. Cougar - Foil epee sabre
5. Hush Arbors - Coming home
6. Darlings - Teenage girl
7. Polka Dot Dot Dot - Invisibrother
8. The Splinters - Splintered bridge
9. Oh No Ono - Helplessly young
10. Birds & Batteries - The villain

Side B:
1. Brian Glaze & the Night Shift - Bad news
2. Wand - Arriving
3. Cars & Trains - Intimidated by silence
4. Big Spider's Back - Perfect machine
5. VoicesVoices - Flulyk visions
6. Windmill - Big boom
7. Oy - Trolls
8. Themselves - You ain't it

Thursday, January 7, 2010

WCBN Demo Tape

(created August 2002)

1. Coasters - Sweet wheel's of September
2. Mose Allison - Your mind's on vacation
3. Le Tone - Bitter crop
4. DJ Shadow - Mongrel
5. John Abercrombie - Right now
6. Deep in the Heart of Tuva - Sanko
7. Plaid - Rakimou
8. Roni Size/Represent ft. Bahamadia - New forms
9. Nightmares on Wax - Finer
10. Nina Simone - I got it bad and that ain't good