That Bluesy Feeling Mix

I've been sort of obsessing over the Blues lately...so here's what I've been listening to.

1. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
2. Bring Me My Shotgun - Lightnin' Hopkins
3. You Was Born To Die - Blind Willie McTell
4. Ragged and Dirty - Willie Brown
5. You Never Can Tell - Blind Boy Fuller
6. Black Cat Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Scrapper Blackwell
8. Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf
9. Rambling On my Mind - Robert Johnson
10. Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James
11. Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Leadbelly
12. Future Blues - Willie Brown
13. Hard Time Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
14. Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wily
15. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
16. Crow Jane - Skip James

Lazerfest Mix 2014

This might be a little early, but I'm super excited for Lazerfest. Not only because I had a boozy blast last year, but also because Queens of the Stone Age and The Offspring are headlining this year! Last year was great, but this year I actually give a fuck about the bands that are playing.

1. 3's & 7's - Queens of the Stone Age (though they'll probably play the new album, which I've previously mentioned) (wish Josh Homme's wife would also be playing)
2. The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring (I have long loved The Offspring)
3. Hero - Skillet (I need a heeeero!)
4. The Bitch Came Back - Theory of a Deadman (I like to replace all the "she" and "her" in this song with "he" and "him" b/c I find guys dislike being called a bitch even more than girls. I do kind of like this band, even though they vaguely remind me of Hinder)
5. Imperium - Machine Head (This band's name seems so familiar, but I can't. I just can't. Think I'll go fetch some drinks while they play. Maybe get a tattoo?)
6. Sick - Adelita's Way (This also seems familiar...or maybe rock is just so homogenized now I don't even...ugh)
7. Make Me Wanna Die - The Pretty Reckless (that girl from Gossip Girl!)
8. Trenches - Pop Evil (yeah, more beer time) (Interestingly, they hail from a place I briefly lived, Grand Rapids, Michigan)
9. The Art of Breaking - Thousand Foot Krutch (so much beeeeeer)
10. Never Let Me Go - We Came As Romans (this reminds me of something 2006 would have wrought)
11. Heavy Bells - J. Roddy Walston and the Business (never done, but I like them, they actually kicks some ass!)
12. Bombshell - Powerman 5000 (I feel like they were hugely popular for some time, but this is the only song of theirs I know) (not that I want to know more) (I'm going to be so drunk)
13. Situations - Escape The Fate (I love this song. Sadly they have a diff lead singer now)
14. Winter - Chelsea Wolfe (sort of dark. I want to like her...not sure if I can. she just builds so slowly)
15. Split the Skies - Green Death (never heard of them, but they're from Iowa and they're pretty good in a death metal sort of way. color me surprised)

Just bought my tickets yesterday with my Kum & Go discount. Yay! the only tangible benefit to working there!

Cover Lover Mix

I was raised by a man who despised covers. So, I was a little biased myself, until I came to the conclusion that not all covers are bad. The artists who do them are paying tribute to a song they like by trying to make it their own. They aren't stealing them out of laziness or spite. Well, probably not most of them. Anyway, these are some of my favorite covers.

1. Hurt - Johnny Cash (much grittier. always gives me chills at the end)
2. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (his acoustic version makes it much sadder sounding than the original)
3. Imagine - A Perfect Circle (they made this hopeful little song sound...a little bleak, but in a good way?)
4. Jolene - The White Stripes (nothing special, but I just like it)
5. Naive - Lily Allen (I just love me some Lily...)
6. Starstrukk - Marina & the Diamonds (turns it into a somber, beautiful ballad?)
7. Down with the Sickness - Richard Cheese (from Dawn of the Dead fame...just a little priceless)
8. Black Hole Sun - Paul Anka (the whole Rock Swings album is totes fab)
9. Hot In Herre - Jenny Owen Youngs (basically one of my favorite things of ever)
10. Beat It - Fall Out Boy (love)
11. Another Brick In The Wall - Korn (better than you expect it to be)
12. Working Class Hero - Ozzy (also notable are the Marylin Manson and Cyndi Lauper covers)
13. I Put A Spell On You - She & Him (crazy good)
14. Human Hands - Sondre Lerche (it's just so much easier to understand what Sondre is saying than Costello. also more...whimsical?)
15. My Hero - Paramore (d'awww)
16. Smooth Criminal - 2cellos (instrumental!)
17. Paranoid Android - Weezer (just love Weezer. but they also did a good job on this one)
18. You Really Got a Hold On Me - She & Him (pretty gorgeous. can't get enough)
19. Creep - Amanda Palmer (ukulele!)
20. Just Like A Woman - Jeff Buckley (powerful)


and this is pretty fun...if you love Amanda Fucking Palmer...

Lazerfest 2013 Mix

It appears that I am finally going to Lazerfest this year. For the first time. WTF? I know. I've just never really felt like it/had to work every other time. This year, my Cathy's BFF, Katie, is coming to town for it, so I'm really excited. For Katie. Not so much for the musical line-up (I've not been as into rock as I used to be)...but, that's what this mix is for. To get me pumped. I guess.

I'm not buying an Affliction shirt, though.

1. Man in the Box- Alice In Chains (Cha! Sha-wing!)
2. Last Resort - Papa Roach (I know this one!)
3. Glycerine - Bush (never been a huge fan, but mmm...Gavin Rossdale...)
4. You're Going Down - Sick Puppies (I do like them a bit)
5. Heaven Nor Hell - Volbeat (his voice annoys me for some reason, but they aren't bad)
6. Vilify - Device (is that the guy from Disturbed?)(yes. yes it is)
7. I Get Off - Halestorm (forgot I liked them)
8. Bones - Young Guns (never heard b4...but I kinda like it) (breaking benjamin-esque)
9. Two Weeks - All That Remains (possibly the only song of theirs I know)
10. The Final Episode - Asking Alexandria (asking who? oh, screamo)
11. In Due Time - Killswitch Engage (I've heard of them...more screamo)
12. War of Change - TFK (what does this remind me of? Linkin Park?)(Christian rock Canadians)
13. Oh You Petty Failures - Blood N Stuff (okay)
14. Fatal - Fatal Addiction (Winner of Battle of the Bands for opening band)

Beer Me, I'm Irish Mix

To honor St. Patrick's Day...obviously, a bunch of drinking songs. I'll probably hear "Red Solo Cup" eight million times at the bar tonight, but I'd rather hear these...

1. Beer Is Good - PsychoStick (so good)
2. Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced - Dropkick Murphys (So kiss me, I'm shitfaced, I'm soaked, I'm soiled and brown)
3. Beer - Reel Big Fish
4. Drink - They Might Be Giants (let's drink! drink! This town is so great!)
5. Streams of Whiskey - The Pogues
6. Alcohol - Barenaked Ladies
7. Another Irish Drinking Song - Da Vinci's Notebook
8. Too Drunk To Fuck - Dead Kennedys
9. Fuck You, I'm Drunk - Bondo (and I'm going to be drunk 'til the next time I'm drunk!)
10. Beer, Beer, Beer - Flogging Molly
11. Who Spilt My Beer? - The Adicts
12. Beercan - Beck
13. Tubthumping - Chumbawumba (pissing the night away...)
14. Hooray For Beer - Bowling For Soup
15. Cigarettes & Alcohol - Oasis
16. Pretty Fucked Up - Faster Pussycat (she used to be pretty, but now she's just pretty fucked up)
17. Have A Drink On Me - AC/DC
18. Wasted - Black Flag
19. Alcohol - Gogol Bordello (a love ballad...to alcohol)

Sexin' Mix

In honor of Valentine's Day, here are some songs I find sexxxy. Don't be judging my penchant for high pitches and raw guitars.

1. Madness - Muse (smexxy. I explained this more in my other post)
2. Hey - Pixies (he says "whores" a lot, maybe it's subliminally sexy?)
3. Never Met A Girl Like You Before - Iggy & The Stooges (pretty sure this is in many movie montages demonstrating sexiness. And drugs, but whatever)
4. Kiss - Prince (say what you like about the Artist Known As, but he can make a girl feel things)
5. One More Night - Maroon 5 (Adam Levine, mmm)
6. I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen (this man is clearly up for anything, hubba hubba)
7. Crimson & Clover - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (I'd tap that)
8. Kiss with a Fist - Florence + The Machine (I'm really not sure why. S&M?)
9. El Scorcho - Weezer (boner fully detailed in another post)
10. Add It Up - Violent Femmes (I look at your pants and I need a kiss)
11. I Never - Rilo Kiley (sincerity is sexy)
12. I'll Try Anything Once - Julian Casablancas (anything he sings really. just orgasm central)
13. Howlin' For You - The Black Keys (mmmm)
14. Slow Like Honey - Fiona Apple (it's my big secret, keeping you coming slow like honey, heavy w mood)


Of course sexy means different things to different people (and possibly genders) so you may not agree with my picks. I urge you to tell me your sexxxy songs! Also, you know, have a really sexy time listening to these songs.

I Hate Your Face Mix

I think the title really speaks for itself, but to clarify, these are songs for when you are hating someone, or maybe just hating the world in general. What can I say, I'm in a bad mood. Still.

1. When You're Around - Motion City Soundtrack (cuz I can't fucking stand it, when you're around)
2. Your Guts (I Hate 'Em) - Reel Big Fish (just letting you know...also, I think you suck)
3. Fuck You - Cee Lo Green (the catchiest "fuck you" ever)
4. Go To Sleep - Eminem (DIE MOTHERFUCKER, DIE)
5. Down with the Sickness - Disturbed (open up your hate and let it flow into me)
6. Blood - In This Moment (bitches be crazy)
6. I Am Hell - White Zombie (no idea what they're saying, but it sounds angry)
6. Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue (oh, Motley)
7. I'm So Sick - Flyleaf (bitches be sick)
8. Burn It Down - Avenged Sevenfold (hatred fuels my blood, I'll burn you down)
9. Bodies - Drowning Pool (overplayed? yes. but totally necessary)
10. Run For Cover - Otep (bitches be scary)
11. Violet - Hole (bitches be...u mad Courtney?)
12. Had Enough - Breaking Benjamin (I will be the one to leave you in your misery)
13. Irresponsible Hate Anthem - Marilyn Manson (um, wow, I wasn't that angry...)(I WASN'T BORN WITH ENOUGH MIDDLE FINGERS)
14. Stein Um Stein - Rammstein (for those really foul moods when you smile at the thought of someone being trapped in a wall, screaming til they die. not that I do that...)
15. Roman Candle - Elliot Smith (sweetly singing you to a painful fiery death)

Though to be perfectly honest, if I'm really bad mood, I just listen to The Blood Brothers. The lyrics are mostly political, but the rage is real. And the screaming noise chaos that is their signature to the music world is somehow calming. And devastating. So then I'm no longer angry, instead I'm super depressed. Of course, I have a mix tape for that too.

Shake Your Can-Can Mix

Cuz you can can!

Okay, so this one's a little hokey, but it's my dance mix. I can't dance, but I can-can try. When I'm alone in my house. Or drunk. Or super happy. Whatever, you get the (awkward) picture. So pop a bottle of wine or 5 and watch some Saturday Night Fever and/or Honey for danceperation and then break it out for my mix. I've added some helpful suggestions.

1. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (feel free to use wildly gesticulating "rap hands" during the rapping parts)
2. Gangnam Style - PSY (because I'm alive, and Gangnam is TEH SHIT) (obviously you do the Gangnam dance as well as you can...or can't)
3. Don't Trust Me - 3OH!3 (do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips!)
4. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 (idk, move like Jagger? I just do a lot of pelvic thrusts and lasso moves. Meow)
5. When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls (a lot of...sexy...stomping and fist pumping. hair flipping, etc...)
6. California Gurls - Katy Perry (hopping from foot to foot. Put your hands up when representin' West Coast)
7. Evacuate the Dance Floor - Cascada (dance like magic...idk how else to describe the moves I use)
8. Gasolina - Daddy Yankee (pretend to be a sexy Latina who likes people shout-rapping at her)
9. Hips Don't Lie - Shakira (try to belly dance like Shakira...fail...keep trying anyway)
10. Untouched - The Veronicas (shimmy shoulders, shake head from side to side, bite lower lip)
11. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (creepy t-rex, spin around alot)
12. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO (pelvic thrusts while pointing to your junk. wiggle wiggle wiggle, yeah)
13. I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters (DISCO!)
14. Blah Blah Blah - Kesha ft. 3OH!3 (the Drunk Bitch, spill your drink, run to the bathroom, puke, pass out in bathroom)

Aaaaaand if you happen to have a cage or a geode cave...try the lycanthropy dance? There's a She-Wolf in your closet, let it out so it can breathe. Seriously, it's suffocating in there from all that poly-rayon.

Or if you have a partner...try some Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell".

X-Mas Mix

I'm not sure why, but this year, I'm hating Xmas music. I've never been especially keen on the holiday, but I've never been all that bothered by the music. Yes, it's the same every year, but whatever. But this year, my ears are in revolt. So here's some Xmas music I've decided I don't hate because it's not the average radio fare. Some of the songs are anti-Xmas, and some are awesome covers. Oh, and I'm not adding links because that takes way too long and I'm lazy. Look them up yourself.

1. Christmas Celebration - Weezer
2. I Will Be Hating You For Christmas - Everclear
3. Fairytale of New York - Florence Welch and Billy Bragg
4. Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World (cover of the Wham! song)
5. Please Come Home For Christmas - Fiona Apple (Think she only did this at a concert, but love her voice)
6. I Won't Be Home For Christmas - Blink 182 (sorry Fiona)
7. Yule Shoot Your Eye Out - Fall Out Boy
8. Christmas Sucks Song - Arrogant Worms
9. Elf's Lament - Barenaked Ladies with Michael Buble (Green Christmas, the Grinch song, is also entertaining)
10. Don't Shoot Me Santa - The Killers (hahaha, seriously, watch the video)(I Feel It In My Bones is also good)
11. The Anti-Christmas Carol - Joss Stone
12. Santa Baby - Everclear
13. The Christmas Waltz - She&Him (from 'A Very She&Him Christmas' the hipster xmas album of choice)
14. Xmas Cake - Rilo Kiley (very depressing, but beautiful, as all Rilo Kiley songs are)
15. Meri Kuri - Weezer

And here's a bonus vid of Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt singing a New Years Eve song.

BFFF Mix

Just some songs about friendship since my bestie is coming down to the hometown for a visit :) Yeah, I sicken myself too. Just ignore some of the romantic connotations in these songs, it's surprisingly hard to find songs about straight lady friendship. Okay, semi-straight lady friendship.

1. Friend is a Four Letter Word - Cake (love me some four letter words)
2. If There Was No You - Brandi Carlile (my secrets aren't safe, I'm singing out of tune if there was no you)
3. With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles (obviously)
4. We're Going To Be Friends - The White Stripes (cute)
5. My Best Friend - Weezer (aww)
6. BFFF - Bowling For Soup (ah haha ha just found this)(just tryin' to say I love you in a heterosexual way)
7. If She Wants Me - Belle & Sebastian (on second thoughts I'd rather hang around with my best friend if she wants me)
8. Old Friends, Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel (time it was and what a time it was, it was a time of innocence, a time of confidences)
9. You're My Best Friend - Queen (their hair is so great in this vid)
10. I'm Sticking With You - The Velvet Underground (cuz I'm made out of glue)
11. I Miss You - Kimya Dawson (short but sweet)

Dicks Be Gone!

Normally I'm not as much of a feminist/feminazi, but I have a friend who has been blowing up my phone ranting about her stupid husband and I'm feeling like some inspirational chick music might make things better. Hold onto your balls boys, this is my Chicks Not Dicks Mix.

1. Stronger - Kelly Clarkson (b/c it's mandatory to add KC to any femme based music compilation)
2. Single Ladies - Beyonce (my guuuurl Beyonce be fierce)
3. Part of Me - Katy Perry (love me some Katy)
4. Blow Me - Pink (she's pretty much always angry about something)
5. You Outta Know - Alanis Morissette (the goddess of 90's chick rage)
6. Smile - Lilly Allen (the music video is priceless, I don't care what you think)
7. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett  (she inspires badassery)
8. Call Me When You're Sober - Evanescence (I had to)
9. Because I'm Awesome - The Dollyrots (I don't need you cuz I'm neat-o and I beat you cuz I'm awesome!)
10. Just A Girl - No Doubt (Gwen Stefani is hot...js)
11. Ignorance - Paramore (it felt right to add)
12. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (or the Cake version if you prefer, I almost always do)
13. Think - Aretha Franklin (also mandatory to add Aretha to any femme based music mix)

I feel like I probably left some gems out, but I am le tired, so fuck it.